SF 6 MIA 3 (16)
The Giants finally break the curse of the Fish with a 16-inning win that featured a superb long relief performance (6-2/3 scoreless innings) from Ty Blach. Hunter Strickland, pitching with a 3-2 lead in the 9th, was victimized by an error on a popup from Joe Panik and that put the tying run on second base. Two sacrifices later the Giants had blown another lead and the Marlins were thinking sweep. Fortunately the game lasted long enough for Pablo Sandoval to get his first hit of the day which drove in the first two of the winning three-run rally. Speaking of three, that's how many times Panda walked today. That's normally a month's worth of walks for the free-swinging bad-ball hitter we all know and love. It seems he's been working on new approaches at the plate and it is paying off with a respectable .271/.341/.424 slash line. Andrew McCutchen and Alen Hanson each had three hits with Cutch delivering another two-run shot (he's heating up). Hanson was in the game because Evan Longoria got hit by a pitch and fractured his pinky. Hey, let's get all the guys in on the DL-action! Such fun! The one-two hitters (Panik and Buster Posey, who caught the whole game) were 0-for-12.
A win is a welcome relief. Now it's a showdown in LA with the Dodgers who have been playing really well (9 wins in 11 games). Derek Holland, Madison Bumgarner, and Chris Stratton get the starts.
GO GIANTS!
--M.C.
4 comments:
Longoria's injury same as Bumgarner's. I guess we'll be seeing lots of Alen Hanson. He hasn't played much 3B in his career. Perhaps Sandoval will get a turn or two.
Good win today, but Jeez......
Some early offense, not enough,
missed opportunities, sloppy fielding,
give away the lead, give away the lead, give away the lead.
The Giants looked so good against Washington, Miami was 23 - 42 before we got there. You have to make hay against shitty teams. I hope they don't embarrass us here next week.
Good start by Rodriguez--gotta look for the positives!
Being in Florida I could only get the Marlin's feed as the giants feed was blocked. On the radio they thought that The error by Panik should have been scored a hit. On the TV feed they blamed it more on McCutchen. They said if he wanted to take it or get that close on a ball hit where it was, he needed to loudly and clear Panik off the play. They claim he did not, and was at fault for the Panik error. They also said that Panik's first AB, despite not getting on base was 11 pitches and set the early tone to cause problems in the first inning. In the last inning, they claimed that there is no way that McCutchen should not have scored on Hanson's hit, but as long as we won the game that is all past, and they team will have to concentrate on a fresh dodgers team, after taking a long flight to Los Angeles. The bums could not be happier that the giants had to play a tense 16 inning game the day before their series with the giants, while they were able to have a day off and enjoy an afternoon in Brentwood.
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