Tuesday, September 19, 2017

We are Spoilers, Yippee!

Col 3 SF 4 

In a game that meant nothing to the Giants, and quite a bit to Colorado, Hunter Pence came up big with a walk-off sac fly.  Earlier he crushed a 440 foot 2 run homer, so I guess it is safe to say Hunter was the offensive hero.  On the pitching side, JohnnyC (8-8) gets the nod with 6.2 solid innings, giving up 2 runs and 7 hits.  He looked shaky at the start once again, and, once again threw a million pitches early.  That is about three starts in a row like that.  Kinda hard to watch but he settled down and gotta couple big double plays.

Cute Moment:  Hunter was subjected to the slowest ever home run trot.  Cueto was on first ahead of the mammoth blast and took his sweet time rounding the bases.  Pence nearly caught him at third but JohnnyC waved him back.  It made a nice visual.  Cueto is good at that, isn't he?


3 comments:

M.C. O'Connor said...

I predict JohnnyC will be back to full-strength next season.

When the bases were loaded in the 9th I knew the Giants would win because they are masters of the sac fly. If they need a homer, forget it. But a productive out? No problem!

M.C. O'Connor said...

Giants claimed a former 1st-rounder (#43 supplemental pick in 2012) from the Cubs. Right-handed pitcher, 26 y.o. from Missouri State, starter converted to a reliever in the minors. Most accomplished picks from 2012? #1 was Carlos Correa, #18 Corey Seager, and #11 Addison Russell. Good draft for shortstops! Giants took Chris Stratton with the 20th pick.

M.C. O'Connor said...

His name is Pierce Johnson, I note I neglected to mention that.