StL 5 SF 2
Matt Cain was tonight's emergency starter as Madison Bumgarner was a late scratch due to illness ("flu-like symptoms"). He gave an adequate performance, lasting five innings with only two runs allowed on seven hits. Each time he takes the ball I think "this could be the last." At some point--the end of the season I suppose--the team will cut ties with their longest-tenured player. Alas, the Giants had a hard time scoring runs. Imagine that! They did get a rally going in the bottom of the 9th, but it was too little, too late, not to mention farcical. Some douche interfered with a Brandon Crawford homer after a Buster Posey double and turned it into another double, thus turning a 5-3 game into a 5-2 game. Duane Kuiper, rightly I think, complained on the broadcast about the delay on the video ruling. It really should take less time, but that's just one of those things to file for later. Meanwhile the Giants got some clutch hitting from Buster Posey and Brandon Crawford, that's nice, let's get some more of that.
Giants match their May record by going 13-16 in August. It's not much, a .448 win percentage, but it beats the sub-.400 months of April (.346), June (.333), and July (.360). Twenty-six games left--can they win ten of them?
Johnny Cueto is slated for tomorrow night. Parsons, you're up!
--M.C.
6 comments:
The Jae-Gyun Hwang experiment is over. Tim Federowicz gets the roster spot.
If they are only going to win 1 of 6 against divisional rivals, then the answer to your question is: No.
I am definitely not "up" for anything to do with this year's team, however I will try to post tonight. It may not be pretty. I make no promises.
This team may be a stinking black hole of ineptitude but they're OUR stinking black hole of ineptitude so we are stuck with them. At least it's good to see Cueto back on the hill. I hope he sticks around after this season.
according to the ground rules, Crawford's shot was a homerun, and the fan did not interfere, and he should sue MLB for all they are worth for the embarrassment of being kicked out of a game incorrectly.
all that mlb is worth is a considerable amount.
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