Game Wrap 5/21/2021: Dodgers 2 Giants 1

 The Giants offense turned dormant again in the face of a dominating pitching performance by Trevor Bauer RHP.  Game Notes:

Giants SP Alex Wood LHP made one big mistake resulting in a 2-run HR to Chris Taylor LF.  Dodgers SP Trevor Bauer RHP made a mistake(throwing error) and it cost him one unearned run.  That's the ballgame right there.

Wood did not seem to have his best stuff as he seemed to be constantly in the stretch.  Bauer's command got away from him at times, but there's no questioning his stuff.  I lost track of how many fastballs the Giants swung through that appeared to be straight and in the middle third of the strike zone.  Enough so it wasn't likely random chance.

One possible silver lining is the Giants extended enough AB's and the Dodgers needed Bauer to go deep bad enough that he ended up throwing 126 pitches, the most by any pitcher in MLB so far this season.  Giants fans can attest that when a SP throws too many pitches in one game(Cain's perfect game, Timmy's no-no) it seems to have repercussions in subsequent starts and may never be completely the same again.  We'll see.  Bauer looked like a true badass, though.

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The Loss left the Giants tied with the Padres for first place in the NL West with the Dodgers trailing by 1 game.

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Nick Tropeano RHP will likely get the start this evening facing Walker Buehler RHP.  This looks like a tough matchup for the Giants, but there's a reason they play the games.

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Churn on!  Remember Trevor Hildenberger RHP who was picked up on waivers from Mets a few days ago?  Giants waived him to make room on the 40-man roster for Tropeano.  Camilo Doval RHP was optioned to AAA Sacramento to make room on the 26-man Active Roster.

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Down on the Farm:

AAA:

Thairo Estrada SS- 3 for 5, 2B, SB(2).  BA= .364.

LaMonte Wade Jr.- 2 for 5, HR(2).  BA= .273.

Dominic Leone RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 1.29.

Bullpen game after Scott Kazmir LHP was pulled as a contingency in case the Giants had to use Tropeano last night.  I'm thinking Kazmir could still get called up for a tandem start or something along those lines.

AA:

Heliot Ramos CF- 3 for 4, 2B, HR(3).  BA= .304.

David Villar 3B- 1 for 4, HR(4).  BA= .246.

Norwith Gudino RHP- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's, Save(3).  ERA= 1.86.

Ramos breaks out of his slump in a big way!

High A:

Brandon Martorano C- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .300.

Conner Nurse RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 5.40.

Jose Marte RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's, Save(3).  ERA= 0.00.

Low A:

Abdiel Layer 1B- 3 for 4.  BA= .370.

Randy Rodriquez RHP- 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.86.