The Giants hit three solo home runs, got strong pitching and survived a nail biter finish, while the Padres may have lost much more than the game with an apparent serious injury to young superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. Game Notes:
Darin Ruf LF showed why the Giants wanted to hang onto him as he started in LF against the lefty SP and homered to CF to start the Giants scoring in the 2'nd inning.
Evan Longoria 3B hit his 3'rd HR of the young season and I believe all three have been out to the opposite field.
Mike Yastrzemski PH struggled in the first series in Seattle but hit a HR to straightaway CF in a PH appearance for the game winner in the 7'th inning.
Anthony DeSclafani RHP did not have great command but made pitches while allowing just 1 run in 5 IP.
Jake McGee LHP made his second Save a nail biter with a walk and HBP ahead of Tommy Pham. Gotta say, I thought Pham's drive to CF for the final out was gone as it came off the bat. Whew!
Fernando Tatis Jr SS(Padres) appeared to be badly fooled on a breaking ball for a swinging strike three in the third inning and hyperextended on the backswing. He immediately crumpled to the ground and appeared to be in extreme pain reminiscent of Reyes Moronta RHP in 2019. Like Moronta, Tatis Jr. appeared to be holding his elbow or wrist but the injury was to his left shoulder. Word is a subluxation aka dislocation. He apparently has a history of multiple smaller subluxation incidents so we'll see how this one plays out, but you have to wonder about a more serious structural tear with the way he went down.
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Aaron Sanchez RHP gets the final call for the rotation tonight facing Yu Darvish RHP in Game 2 of the series.
At one point, Posey had his own meeting on the mound with the IFers present. That's what the Giants missed last year.
ReplyDeleteGood win for the Giants on Monday, they toughed it out against a really good Padres team. I don't get why they're starting Aaron Sanchez, he didn't even get himself ready in Spring training.
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