Johnny Cueto RHP looked like he was going to be on the losing end of a blowout after 3 innings but got stronger as the game progressed and fell one out short of a Quality Start. The bats did their thing and the bullpen was stellar. Game Notes:
Donovan Solano 2B hit over .300 the past two seasons and is back at it again. "Donnie Barrels" rapped out 3 hits including a scorching double down the LF line that drove in the go-ahead runs. Is there another Silver Slugger Award in his future?
Just when it looked like Buster Posey C's third inning HR was going to be the Giants scoring, Evan Longoria 3B unleashed his second oppo field HR of the season to tie the game at 3 in the 6'th.
Austin Slater LF/CF looked like he wasn't seeing the ball well going 0 for 5 with 3 K's.
YtY RF is 0 for 9 with a walk over the first two game and I wonder if the hand contusion is bothering him. I thought he looked a bit more comfortable at the plate in this game than Opening Day.
Cueto wasn't fooling anyone in the 2'nd and 3'rd innings but found the right mix of pitches, velocity and tempo and kept the game within reach through 5.2 IP.
Memo to Kap: If you bring in a reliever to finish an inning and their stuff looks good and they end the inning with a K, you might want to send them back out to start the next inning. That's what he did with Wandy Peralta LHP in the 7'th inning. Peralta responded by dominating with exceptional looking stuff.
Jake McGee LHP has been unhittable in two 1-inning appearances so far. He nailed down the Save dominant fashion last night. BTW, McGee is one of my Closers for my fantasy team.
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Logan Webb RHP tries to build on his spring training success tonight facing Chris Flexen RHP, a dude who I wanted the Giants to sign. Game time is an hour earlier at 6:10 PM.
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