WSN 4 SF 2
Patrick Corbin signed a big contract with the Nats in December after a breakout year with the Diamondbacks. Today he carried a one-hitter into the 8th and notched his first "W" in four starts. It was almost unfair against the Giants anemic attack. The best hitter in the lineup (.231/.342/.508) was called out on strikes twice, with the first resulting in a Boch ejection, and the second resulting in a Belt ejection. One of Belt's strengths as a hitter is his plate discipline and he will take close pitches and that means sometimes he gets burned. At least one of those two pitches ought to have been called a ball--those aren't bad odds so I'm not going to get upset at his approach. If you can't get a pitch to hammer be patient and maybe you can find another way to get on base.
Once again the Giants made some noise against the Washington bullpen scoring a run in the 9th off Sean Doolittle. Pittsburgh tomorrow at 4:05 PDT. MadBum is on the hill.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
2 comments:
Belt was screwed both times.
Those were both good situations to be picky. Leading off the 5th down 3-0 you need to start a rally. A walk is as good as a hit there. In the 7th it was the same thing--the team was down 4-0 with two outs and needed baserunners. The Belt-haters I'm sure will scream "too close to take" but my goodness, the man knows when the pitch is outside, and being a selective hitter is what has kept him in the big leagues. And it was a rookie ump, a sub from the minors filling in. That's not the reason the Giants lost the game, of course, but it is irritating when your player does a good job and gets hosed.
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