The Giants let numerous scoring opportunities slip away on a night when several hard hit balls were caught on or in front of the warning track.
Brandon Belt 1B- 3 for 4, 2B, BB. BA= .417. Belt reached base 4 times with 0. He also made a nifty play on a ball hit down the line with perfect timing on his throw to Camilo Doval RHP covering 1B.
Darin Ruf DH- 1 for 5. BA= .250. I am sure someone is going to comment about "situational hitting." Before you do, please define "situational hitting." Ruf is hitting cleanup. He comes up with runners on base and crushes a ball that is caught on the warning track at the apex of the LF and CF fence, apparently knocked down by the wind and cold. He did what he was supposed to do in that situation. The rest was the BABIP gods and the weather.
Joey Bart C- 1 for 2, 2B, 2 BB. BA= .286. Bart did exactly what his critics wanted him to do too. He did not swing at pitches he couldn't hit and smoked one he could. The double advanced a runner to 3B who scored on a SF(I believe that would also qualify as "situational hitting."). Bart now has 4 BB's out of 11 PA's which is one more BB than he had in 111 PA's his last MLB gig in 2020.
Overall, the Giants had 14 baserunners with just 2 crossing home plate. As in the first series, they had multiple balls hit over 100 MPH that went for outs. They may need to make some launch angle adjustments but mostly they just need to keep doing what they are doing and wait for the BABIP luck to turn.
Alex Wood LHP- 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 4.15. Wood's start was similar to DeSclafani's on Sunday. It looked like he had good stuff. The K/BB supports that. Except for Nola's HR, he did a good job of pitching out of bad BABIP luck.
Tyler Rogers RHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 3.38. Rogers induces more swinging bunts that go for hits than any pitcher I remember. Very weird situation where his biggest problem is giving up too soft contact.
Taylor Rogers LHP(Padres)- Tyler's twin bro just came over in a trade with the Twins. He is not a submariner but has an unorthodox delivery of his own from the south side with a quick little slider that was death to Giants RH hitters. It was in the strike zone, so they had to swing at it, but it made a late quick dive down to the low-inside corner under their bats. No chance! Maybe they'll figure out a plan after they've faced him?
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Alex Cobb RHP finally makes his Giants debut tonight facing Yu Darvish RHP, who we all know runs hot and cold. The trick on Darvish is to take him deep early. Whatever the pitch was that gave up the HR, he won't throw it again in the game.
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