David Villar PH/1B's two-RBI hit gave the Giants a walk-off win in extra innings to send a Fan Appreciation Day crowd home happy.
The Giants used 8 pitchers, all relievers, in a bullpen game. The first 3 were all LHP's against a left-leaning D'Backs lineup. The D'Backs had 9 hits/11 baserunners through 6 innings but 3 GIDP's, all started by Brandon Crawford SS helped hold them to just 1 run.
Austin Slater PH/CF hit a leadoff PH HR in the 7'th inning to give the Giants a temporary 2-1 lead.
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As mentioned yesterday, the Giants shut down Logan Webb RHP for the season by placing him on the IL for a low back strain. They also optioned Jakob Junis to AAA Sacramento since he pitched bulk innings yesterday and would be unavailable for the last 4 games anyway. The Giants brought back Sean Hjelle RHP and Luis Ortiz RHP to the active roster.
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The Giants final series of the season is on the road against the Padres. John Brebbia RHP opens another game tomorrow evening with Hjelle likely in line for bulk innings work. Joe Musgrove RHP starts for the Padres.
Nice win - one more makes 81 and a .500 season, something that didn't seem possible just 2 weeks ago after being swept by LAD.
ReplyDeleteHow hard will SDP play to secure the 2nd WC?
Maybe not too hard because the 3rd WC plays StL not the Mets or Braves whichever doesn't secure the East, then avoids LAD in the NLDS.
Because MLB has adopted NO re-seeding, 3rd WC is better than 2nd!
Human psychology and numbers.
DeleteA .500 season vs a sub .500 season (.494 to be exact, 80/162).
That seems to be a bigger thing than winning 81 vs 81 games in
Sorry, accidentally hit a wrong key.
DeleteAnyway, to continue, .500 vs below .500 (or .494 in this case) seems to be a bigger deal than 81 wins vs 80 win.
It's like your mutual fund going from plus 2% to down minus 1%. That seems to be a bigger deal than going from being up 11% in return to being up only 7%. In the former, you go from making money to losing money and it may be time to panic, whereas in the latter case, you are still making 7% (perhaps in the course of 1 week).