The Giants won their second consecutive shut out of the Colorado Rockies by a score of 3 - 0, Madison Bumgarner at 5 - 6 coming into the game against Rockie German Marquez, with a 12 - 9 record. Marquez has been a mainstay for the Rockies this year, already with 177 IP and a 3.96 era.
The Giants were able to score early, in the 2nd and then again in the 3rd. A Crawford single and a Hundley double led to the first run on a Slater ground out and the 2nd on a Pence single. In the 3rd, Madison Bumgarner led of the inning with a double. Blanco singled, then after a Panik ground out, Longoria was hit by a pitch to load the bases. A very wild pitch scored Bumgarner, but the Giants left the other runners on base. That was it for scoring.
Meanwhile, Madison scattered 5 hits, 1 walk and 1 hit batsman nicely over 6 innings. He threw 64 pitches, striking out 2. Watson, Melancon and Smith pitched scoreless innings for the win. And speaking of twinges, Madison Bumgarner left the game after 6 with a twinge in his side. It was reported that Bruce Bochy "thought he would be ready for his next start." Let's hope so.
The net result is that LA, after pounding St. Louis by a score of 17 - 4, is now in 1st place. Fucking great. The Giants couldn't win when it would do them some good, now they win, only to help the smogsuckers. The Rockies have yet to go to LA, so they just might have to do things themselves. The dbacks lost. There's still a wild card race and St. Louis is not a lock. In fact, no one is. Milwaukee lost. Washington (who beat the Braves) might even have a late season shot.
2 comments:
I'll bet he tweaked himself sliding into home.
At this point I just like to see the team winning even if it helps LA. Back-to-back shutouts, that's 15 team shutouts for the year. Only Cleveland (17) and the Cubs (16) have more. You'd think that would be something to build on next year. There just might be a really good pitching staff in orange-and-black in 2019 even without Cueto.
Funny, the weak-hitting Giants have only been shutout seven times!
Former Giants first-rounder Charlie Culberson is kicking ass at age 29. He was drafted in 2007 and traded for Marco Scutaro in 2012. That worked out well for the Giants! He's back home in Georgia these days after stops in LA and Colorado. I'm always intrigued by guys who put their game together late in their careers, especially if they were high draft picks (he was 51st, supplemental round). Giants got MadBum with the 10th pick that year.
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