The Giants hitting production consisted of a solo home run by Rafael Devers and 4 scattered singles. Logan Webb tried to hold the line but reinforcements never came and he ran out of gas in a 3-run 7'th inning. Key Lines:
Rafael Devers DH- 1 for 4, HR(23). BA= .256. Devers is hitting just .217 over his last 7 games but 3 of his 5 hits in that span are home runs for a SLG% of .609 and he's walked 7 times for an OBP of .419. So right now, at this point in time, Devers is not the problem.
Drew Gilbert RF- 1 for 3, SB(1). BA= .077. Gilbert finally gets his first MLB hit. May he have many more. It appears the newbie was not quite ready for the speed of the MLB game. If Buster is convinced that contact skills trump power in Oracle Park, Gilbert deserves some time to see if he can slow the game down. How that helps the rest of this lineup is a little hard to see at the moment.
Logan Webb RHP- 6.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 3 K's, 14/1 GO/AO. ERA= 3.34. Webb had a classic Webb Gem going until he ran out of gas in the 7'th right after Devers tied the score with his HR. The sequence was LD double, GB single, HR. That made the score 4-1 and that's where it stayed.
This team is as dead in the water as at any time I can remember and that includes the last two seasons. I don't know why and I certainly don't know how they are going to break out of it but there needs to be some soul searching at every level of the organization. What kind of a team does Buster have right now and how does that compare to what kind of team he wants? Unfortunately it's a little late for that assessment because he is committed to 4 big, long term contracts. Bob Melvin has now managed 3 grossly underperforming teams in a row. Is it time for a new voice in the clubhouse and different strategies in the dugout? For the umpteenth time, I am no batting coach but it sure looks to me like Adames is letting his front shoulder fly open again. If it's not that, something is clearly off as he is in another deep slump. If I am right, can the batting coaches see it and if they do are they communicating that to him? If they are communicating it, is he receiving it and acting on it? I'm just asking questions here.
Tomorrow is a new day and Robbie Ray LHP tries to even the series facing Nestor Cortes LHP who comes in with a 7.11 ERA.
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