Sunday, May 8, 2016

Rockies Rookie Stymies Giants

2-0 loss in SF
Two games in a row the Giants have been shut down by a Colorado rookie hurler. Two games in a row the Giants starters have been excellent. You could almost say the Giants were lucky to get a split. The Rockies got to Samardzija right away with a couple of hard-hit balls, then tacked on with an array of soft stuff to lead 2-0 after three. Those were the only blemishes on an otherwise fine effort. I was happy to see that The Shark followed a good start with a good start. He'd been on a bit of an off-on-off-on pattern, it seemed to me, but today he was solid, whiffing nine with eight hits and one walk over 7-2/3. Most days he gets himself a pitcher-win with that kind of performance, today he gets the pitcher-loss. But I think you have to blame the hitters for failing to get anything going. Not to mention some poor base running, which ruined potential rallies. We'll call that getting "Smarjzed" or something. Rhymes with "charged".

The Rockies have a new team strategy, it's called 'Nolan Arenado-vs.-SF' and it seems to be working. To be fair, they played well as a team. The Giants looked a bit like they'd been out-scouted. The boys will be in Colorado at the end of the month and the Rockies are back in San Francisco in July just before the Break. So they get a couple more shots at these pesky purple-clads. I expect it will be more of the same: close, hard-fought games. They seem to have a particular spark against our lads.

The Toronto Blue Jays come to town for three games, Monday and Tuesday night with a getaway game on Wednesday afternoon.

GO GIANTS!

--M.C.

2 comments:

M.C. O'Connor said...

ChiSox DFA'd our old buddy Hector Sanchez.

Zo said...

Eddie Butler, Rockie pitcher, age 25. 2015: 16 starts, 3 W, 10 L. 2016: 2 starts, so far, 1 W, 1 L. Lifetime record vs. San Francisco Giants: 3 wins, 0 losses. Out of 4 total.
Jon Gray, Rockie pitcher, age 24. 2016: 4 starts. Blanked San Francisco Giants through 7 innings. Out scouted, indeed.