Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Maddy Gets an L

Madison Bumgarner picked up his first loss last night against the redoubtable Cliff Lee.   He deserved it, too.  Maddy struck out 7 and walked only 2, but gave up 5 runs in 6 innings.  He also threw 2 wild pitches, one of which led directly to one of Philly's runs.  The Giants picked up a second run in the 8th against Cliff Lee before Jon Papelbon shut the Giants down in the 9th for a final score of 6-2.  The outcome was never much in doubt, the Giants had only 5 hits on the evening, and Hunter Pence had 60% of them.  Maddy threw 100 pitches, 68 of them for strikes, with one of those hit for a home run.  Hunter hit a solo home run off of Cliff Lee, too, as well as a double, but, other than he, the Giants were outmatched.  On a good note, Maddy went six innings.  With the use that our bullpen has been getting lately, that's a good thing.

Rather than dwell too long on the box score and game accounts, I would encourage you to look at the NL West standings this morning.  There are elements of sublime beauty there.

2 comments:

Brother Bob said...

LA in last place is pretty sublime.

M.C. O'Connor said...

Cliff Lee is like Clayton Kershaw, the Giants just can't hit the guy (WS excepted, of course).

I can't figure out why the Dodgers don't score more runs. Don't get me wrong, I hope their offensive futility lasts the rest of the century, but I can't figure it. Seems like they should be better at hitting.