S. W. E. E. P! What's that spell? Sweeeeeep!!! The Giants offense showed signs of life and the pitching was again sensational as they swept the weekend series from the Rockies, extended their win streak to 4 and upped their record to 6-3 on the season. Game Notes:
Anthony DeSclafani RHP had a dominant start with 8 K's against just 1 BB in 6 shutout innings. In the process he got strikeouts with sharp breaking stuff and also reach back velocity on the FB. He notched his first W of the season.
Maybe this level of performance from the SP's is not sustainable but if you squint at each one of the Giants SP's, everyone has a narrative which could very reasonably point to an All-Star level season or better. As always, it's not likely the narrative holds for every pitcher, but it's within the realm of possibility and might be even likely that at least 20 or 3 achieve it.
Giants SP's now have 9 consecutive games with at least 5 IP and 3 runs or less allowed to start the season. The last times that occurred was 1937 and 2002. How do you like that?
Alex Dickerson LF got the Giants on the board first with a line drive HR to straightaway CF in the first inning. He's still hitting just .200 but should heat up soon. Alex Dickerson can hit!
Brandon Belt 1B had himself a day with a walk and SB which set up the Giants second run, then homered on a line drive into the arcade that had both Jon Miller and Kruk and Kuip saying it looked like a carbon copy of Brandon Crawford SS's shot on Saturday.
Lamonte Wade Jr CF/LF was called up before the game after Reyes Moronta RHP was sent to the IL with a forearm strain, which does not sound good. Wade Jr. may have postponed his return ticket to Sacramento with a single, double and walk, although he did not figure in the scoring. He also made some plays in CF but might have had a shot at catching one he missed had he judged it a bit quicker off the bat. He was moved to LF late in the game with Mauricio Dubon CF coming in as the defensive replacement in CF.
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The hot-hitting Reds come to town for a 3-game series starting tomorrow evening with Aaron Sanchez RHP trying to keep the train rolling against Wade Miley LHP.
Miley had an excellent start against the Pirates (6 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 6/1 K/BB) in this regular season although, apropos of not much, he didn't have a good ST.
ReplyDeleteThe hot starting Reds might have been cooled off by the D'backs, shut out Sunday, losing 2 of 3.
They didn't face MadBum who has been banged around even more this year than last, giving up 6 runs to SD and 5 more to Rox, both games on the road.
Seems Bummy did the Giants a big favor by signing with AZ...
They say lineups don't really matter so much, but when a team isn't hitting they won't score much with a .100-someting hitter every other batter without a homerun, which the Giants have been doing.
ReplyDeleteRallies don't happen with out bunching hits. For the Giants, IMHO, without HR's, they need to bunch the few hitters they have, not separating them with guys going 1 for 10.