The Giants broke open a pitching duel between Logan Webb and Luis Severino in the 5'th inning and cruised to an easy win. Key Lines:
Lamonte Wade Jr 1B- 1 for 3, 2B, HBP. BA= .357. Double drove in the final Giants run. #4 MLB 1B in fWAR.
Michael Conforto LF- 2 for 4. BA= .281. Conforto is 5 for 12 over his last 3 games.
Thairo Estrada 2B- 2 for 3, 3B. BA= .237. His triple to lead off the 7'th inning started a 2-run rally which made the final 2 innings much easier on the stomach. Thairo is 4 for 10 over his last 3 games. .296/.333/.519 over his last 15.
Mike Yastrzemski RF- 2 for 3. BA= .208. YtY accounted for 4 of the Giants 5 runs driving in 3 and scoring 1. Giants were patient and his bat came to life: .316/.381/.474 over his last 7 games.
Logan Webb RHP- 8 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's, GO/AO= 15/4. ERA= 2.33. Another masterful performance by The Ace. Webb has now allowed just 3 runs in 29 IP over his last 4 starts. That's a 0.93 ERA. Webb's low K rate will probably hurt him in WAR calculations but his walk and GB rates are something else.
The Win enables the Giants to stay 2 games behind the Dodgers and even with the D'Backs in 3'rd place in the NL West. The Padres lost so they are just 0.5 games ahead in second place.
Interesting matchup tomorrow afternoon as the Giants go for the swweeeeep! Blake Snell LHP vs Sean Manaea LHP.
Only thing I would like to see more from Webb is the Ks but I couldn’t ask for better results overall
ReplyDeleteAs long as. he continues to produce Madduxian BB and GB rates, he doesn't need the K's and this approach keeps his pitch counts down allowing him to go deeper into games.
Deletethis is exactly what greg maddux preaches for longevity, MLBPA complains about the pitch clock when it comes to injuries but, starting pitchers are trying to be flame throwers which i think is the chief cause of a lot of injuries. webb is the master of locating your pitches and not being a flame thrower.
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