The Giants fell behind early again but the lineup came to life in the late innings and pulled away for a solid win. Key Lines:
Luis Arraez 2B- 2 for 5, 2B, RBI. BA= .324. What a breath of fresh air Luis Arraez has been so far! He is tied for 10'th in MLB in hits only 3 hits behind the leader, Yordan Alvarez. He has gone hitless in just 6 of 26 games and has multiple hits in 10 games. On top of all that he has been a slightly plus defender per Fangraphs. I am happy to see that defensive metric because he definitely passes my eye test.
Matt Chapman DH- 1 for 3, 2B, 2 BB, R. BA= .286. Chapman's OBP is .342, Arraez is at .355. Anyone for batting Arraez and Chapman 1, 2 and putting Adames lower in the lineup?
Casey Schmitt 3B- 2 for 3, 2B, HR(3), R, 2 RBI. BA= .295. For the second game in a row, Schmitt rounded 2B a bit too far and too hard and got thrown out trying to get back. He made up for that blunder later with a laser shot home run at least a third of the way up the bleachers in left field.
Jung Hoo Lee RF- 2 for 3, 2 2B, BB, R. BA= .287. Lee is finally living up to the "Grandson of the Wind" reputation. He's batting .400 over his last 7 games and .385 over his last 15. The Hoo Lee Gans are loving every minute of it.
Heliot Ramos LF- 2 for 4, HR(3), R, RBI. BA= .277. As much criticism as I have seen of Ramos, I did not realize he is hitting .400 over his last 7 games and .333 over his last 15. His homer in this game was not a splash hit but was over the RF wall which is also rare for a RH batter.
Drew Gilbert CF- 1 for 4, HR(2), R, RBI. BA= .233. Gilbert's numbers are not great but I like the way he carries himself at the plate and I like his swing. He's still learning. Keep putting hime out there. I think he can turn into a....hate to say this.....but a Lenny Dykstra type player.
Patrick Bailey C- 1 for 3, BB, SB(2), R, RBI. BA= .156. At least when Bailey does get a hit it tends to be in the later innings and in higher leverage situations. He singled in Jung Hoo Lee for the Giants 4'th run in the 6'th inning then drew a walk and scored on Arraez' double in the 8'th inning. He was charged with a throwing error in the 9'th that cost the Giants a run although it was a tough angle on a dribbler in front of the plate and the throw clipped the runner's left shoulder changing the ball's direction causing Devers to miss the catch. So not only did they not get the out but it put a runner at 2B who scored on a single.
Robbie Ray LHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 2.70. Ray threw 33 pitches in the first inning and was at 47 through 2. He ended up with 97 in 5 innings but allowed just the one run which gave the lineup a chance to come back in the later innings.
Matt Gage LHP(1.64), Keaton Winn RHP(2.53) and Erik Miller LHP(4.00) pitched a scoreless frame each.
Ryan Walker RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K. ERA= 3.00. Non-Save situation. The runner at 2B on the error was not his fault. He gets extra-credit for an acrobatic comebacker GIDP to end the game.
Hmm....hadn't noticed but the Padres are in first place in the NL West. The Giants trail them by 6.5 games and remain 4 games behind in the Wild Card race.
Landen Roupp RHP tries for another series win tomorrow against Max Meyer RHP.
Arraez was a great sighing.
ReplyDeleteAre Devers and Bader tradeable?
Really, really enjoy watching Arraez play. He is a ball player, flat out. And carries himself with such positive energy.
ReplyDeleteSuper comfortable in the box. Fun when he statues, standing stock still occaisionally for first pitches. Just messing with the pitcher. When he got knocked down by a low inside pitch the other day, what the hell, he does a push up. Smiling all the while.
Man, when he signed, you'd have thought it was the end of the world according to some, the horrors his glove was going to unleash on our pitching staff. Great job Wash, he definitely passes the eye test so far.