Some quetionable fielding and a bullpen failure kept the Giants from securing a series win against the Marlins. Key Lines:
Austin Slater RF- 1 for 3. BA= .133. The Giants hit into some bad luck in this one. Slater led off the game by smoking one to RF but right at Jesus Sanchez who struggled to hang on but did for the first out.
Matt Chapman 3B- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(4). BA= .205. Still more than on track to hit 25 on the season.
Nick Ahmed SS- 2 for 3, 2B, BB. BA= .288. There was a missed GIDP which contributed to the Marlins 2-run 4'th inning. Questionable whether it would have been different with Estrada at 2B instead of Fitz. In the end it probably did not matter to the outcome.
Jordan Hicks RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 5 K's, GO/AO= 8/2. ERA= 1.57. At 86 pitches, Hicks probably could have gone another inning but threw a lot of pitches in the 4'th. As it was he left with the game tied at 2. Alas, Ryan Walker RHP didn't have it and gave up a 3 spot in the 6'th which effectively ended the ballgame.
The Loss left the Giants record at 7-11, 4 games behind the Dodgers, 3 behind the Padres and 2 behind the D'Backs.
Keaton Winn RHP goes for a series win tomorrow at 9:10 AM PDT facomg Trevor Rogers LHP
In my humble opinion, a player (Tyler Fitzgerald in this case) should be charged with an error for lifting his foot off the bag and lost an easy force out. I realize that the rule book says it is not on a double play. I am not sure that it woul have changed the outcome of the game, but if they got that out, Jordan Hicks may have stayed in the game and got out of the inning with less damage. It is the little things that happen in baseball that often matter.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I am grateful to Doc for putting out this blog on a daily basis.
Derald Cook