A huge night for Joc Pederson helped the Giants overcome another disatstrous BABIPing to put out a much-needed walk-off win.
Tommy La Stella DH- 2 for 6, HR(2). BA= .304. With all due respect to Joc Pederson, let's not forget La Stella's 3-run bomb in the 4'th inning which gave the Giants a 6-1 lead at the time. The Giants lineup against RHP's is better with La Stella in it.
Mike Yastrzemski CF- 2 for 3, 2B, 3 BB. BA= .308. 7 members of the Giants lineup had multiple hits. YtY reached base 5 times out of the 2-hole and he scored 3 times.
Joc Pederson LF- 4 for 6, 3 HR(10). BA= .255. What an explosion for Joc! He drove in 8 of the Giants 13 runs and they needed every single one of them!
Luis Gonzalez RF- 3 for 5, 2B. BA= .338. Looks like we have our FZ find of the season. LuGone looks like a keeper from here.
Logan Webb RHP- 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 6 K's, GO/AO= 6/2. ERA= 3.54. Webb left the game with what appeared to be a safe 8-2 lead. Imagine the emotional roller-coaster he was on!
Tyler Rogers RHP- 0.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 0 BB, 0 K. ERA= 7.41. 5 of the 7 hits were on groundballs. That is some kind of bad BABIP luck which has always been Rogers kryptonite. He depends on putting the ball on the ground and letting his fielders make the outs. That does not always happen for several reasons. The only part I don't understand is why Kap waited to lose the lead before bringing in Camilo Doval RHP, a guy who at least has a chance of getting a K or two to get out of it.
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Jake Junis RHP tries for a series win tomorrow afternoon against TBD.
Giants are really seeing some defensive issues. Poor defense in OF in particular IMO. Yaz overstretched in CF and Ruf in left is an adventure. Even Joc who seems solid is unimpressive according to the metrics. Team is really missing Slater.
ReplyDeleteAgree. They are also missing Duggar and Lamonte Wade Jr. The Giants best lineup against RHP's is Wade Jr in LF, Duggar in CF and YtY in RF with Joc at DH and Slater in CF against LHP's. They are willing to accept a bit less D from Ruf in LF against LHP's but that's only about 25% of the innings.
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