Austin Slater CF led off the first 3 innings of this game which tells you almost all you need to know about it. The other would be Anthony DeSclafani RHP pitching a complete game shutout that was undoubtedly helped by the huge early lead. Game Notes:
The aformentioned Austin Slater struck out to lead off the Giants half of the first inning then smoked two balls up the middle for hits leading off the second and third innings.
Relieved to see Wilmer Flores 2B back in the lineup the day after leaving the game with an acute illness. He hit 2 singles in 5 AB's.
Evan Longoria 3B was back in the lineup and went 2 for 2 with double and drove in 3 runs before Kap decided that was enough in his first game back and a with huge lead.
Buster Posey C had 4 hits including a double and his 5'th HR of the season. Buster is hitting .327 and is on a pace to hit about 40 HR's.
Mauricio Dubon SS, who has really been hitting into horrible BABIP luck, cleared the bases in the second inning with a double to the base of the CF wall. He added a walk and flied out on a hard hit ball to RF.
Once he got the lead, DeSclafani knew what to do with it. Just throw strikes! He cruised to a CG shutout with 4 baserunners and 9 K's.
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Mike Yastrzemski has a very mild oblique strain on MRI. Giants are hoping he will only miss 4-5 games and might keep him DTD. I'm thinking might as well go on the IL and make sure he's completely healthy when he comes back. It's a long season!
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The Giants destruction of the Rockies came on the day GM Jeff Bridich resigned, obviously under pressure, after 6+ years of incompetent GM'ing on a level that is pretty rare in the Information Age.
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The Win ups the Giants record to 15-8 and puts them in a tie with the Dodgers for first place in the NL West. First place!
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The Giants try to keep the good times rolling tomorrow evening with Aaron Sanchez RHP facing Chi Chi Gonzalez RHP.
Doc,
ReplyDeleteSeems like Buster is having his best hitting coming after days of rest. He hit homers in the first two games of the season coming after 3 days of rest, went 2 for 3 on April 9th after 2 days rest. Then after getting hit and not playing for 3 days he went 3 for 4 with 2 Hrs. Then last night came after resting on the Sunday day game, 4 for 5 with an HR. Being in the squat must take its toll on the legs and body and nice to have Casali in there as a backup. Buster is back!
It's fun to be on the winning side of a blowout. Doesn't happen all that often.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see Dubon have a good day. I'm still optimistic about him, and I have a strong feeling the Giants are going to need him a lot this season.
Peralta dealt to Yankees. Can't say that I'll miss him much. Hope he does well for them.
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