The Giants completed a sweeeeep of the Rockies and made it look easy.
Lamonte Wade Jr RF/LF- 3 for 4, BB. BA= .333. Wade Jr reaches base 4 times from the leadoff position. That got him an RBI but he did not score.
Brandon Belt 1B- 2 for 3, BB, SF, SB(1). BA= .253. The Giants top two hitters in the lineup combined to reach base 7 times with no runs scored to show for it.
Brandon Crawford SS- 1 for 4, HR(3). BA= .223. Crawford's 2-run blast went to the deepest part of the park with the highest part of the wall. It extended the Giants lead to 5-0 in the 5'th inning.
Joey Bart C- 1 for 3, HBP. BA= .167. We haven't called Bart's name in awhile, at least in a positive way. He ripped an RBI single up the middle in the fourth inning. Like most of Bart's hits so far, it was scalded. Hopefully this is the start of better times for the former #2 overall draft pick.
Alex Cobb RHP- 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 3.98. It's becoming a familiar Giants winning formula. SP goes 5-6 IP, Giants hitters give him a lead and the bullpen cruises to the Win.
Jarlin Garcia LHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 0.00. Garcia pitched the 9'th inning in mop-up time but this was his 12'th appearance with 12.1 IP. He ERA is still 0.00.
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The Giants activated Evan Longoria 3B before the game. Jake McGee LHP went to the IL "lower back tightness". Uh huh. And if you believe that, I have some land.......
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The Giants get a travel day off tomorrow before starting a weekend series in St Louis. The SP is listed as TBD but it should be Logan Webb RHP's turn in the rotation.
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The Giants made a curious trade today sending Prelander Berroa RHP to the Mariners for Donovan Walton IF. Walton is a LH hitter who can play both MI positions. It's especially curious they would sacrifice a fairly high ceiling pitcher for what appears to be a depth piece. Are there more moves to come? Is Tommy La Stella's heel still bothering him? The Giants sent Mike Ford IF on down FZ's sluice box aka The Churn to make room for Walton.
Should Austin Slater be batting against RHP?
ReplyDeleteSplit G GS PA HR RBI BA OBP SLG OPS
vs RHP 19 30 24 1 6 .333 .467 .500 .967
vs LHP 20 33 27 1 4 .222 .364 .407 .771
He has the highest OPS on the team with the fewest overall PAs (63), excluding Wade who has only 15 PAs.
His numbers against RHPs compare very favorably to the LHBs that are facing RHPs.