Logan Webb didn't bring his best stuff or command and the Giants lineup might have hit a new low on the season in an embarrassing loss to the BoSox. Key Lines:
Logan Webb RHP- 3.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 4 K. ERA= 2.98. 5 of the 9 hits Webb gave up were groundball singles and two of the line drive hits came in the 4'th inning as Webb's pitch count climbed to 91 so there was some bad BABIP luck involved. If you pitch to groundball contact, you will mostly win but BABIP will extract it's pound of flesh every once in awhile. 3 walks is uncharacteristically poor command for the ace so it wasn't all bad luck.
Sean Hjelle RHP- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, GO/AO= 3/0. ERA= 4.50. Nice appearance for Hjelle who stranded Logan Webb's runner at 3B on a K then got out of a jam in the 5'th by keeping the ball on the ground.
Landon Roupp RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 5.27. Two strong innings for Roupp. Looking for more consistency from him.
The Giants lineup did not get their first hit of the game until the 5'th inning and ended up with 4 singles and 1 walk. Just a weak, weak showing that has become almost the norm and is going to have to improve for the Giants to contend for even a Wild Card playoff spot.
The loss put the Giants 4.5 games behind the Dodgers in second place in the NL West pending the outcome of the D'Backs-Dodgers game which the D'Backs lead 1-0 in the 5'th inning as of this post.
The Giants try to get back on the winning side of the ledger tomorrow evening with TBD facing Kutter Crawford RHP. Word on the street is TBD will be Daulton Jefferies RHP.
It's not a big deal, but don't think it's an embarrassing loss. As of April 30 the red Sox starting pitchers led MLB in ERA 2.59. it's a small sample size but Andrew Bailey is doing a good job. It's a long season so it's not which team you play but when you play them.
ReplyDeleteIs there something between Kapler's analytics driven and Melvin's analytics forbidden?
ReplyDeleteOr is it just Farhan's providing bad teams?
These Giants are close to unwatchable.
Well, let's try Soler batting #2? Oops, that didn't work...