SF 1 COL 0
FNG-no-longer Kevin Pillar continued his heroics with a game-changing blast in the 7th inning. In a scoreless tie he hammered Jon Gray's first pitch of the frame over the left-centerfield wall to make it 1-0 for the home team. Add in a dominant start by Jeff Samardzija who fanned seven over seven allowing only three singles and one walk and the Giants prevailed. Excellent relief (Tony Watson in the 8th and Will Smith in the 9th) and slick fielding closed the door on the Rockies.
You could call a game like this "a scintillating pitchers duel" but there is nothing scintillating about the Giants offense. They did just enough, however, and I think we'll take it! Giants go to 5-9 and are now a game-and-a-half out of last place (Colorado is 3-10).
Let's keep the good times rolling. Drew Pomeranz tomorrow night at 7:15 Pacific.
GO GIANTS!
--M.C.
3 comments:
This is the first shutout that the Giants have won since September 15, 2017 against Colorado in SF. The one before that was Sept 14 v Colorado, those were Stratton and Madbum. The Giants threw 12 shutouts last year, 6 of those came on back-to-back efforts (before Colorado, in September at home against Arizona by Stratton and Madbum again; and on June 1 and 2 at home against Philly by Stratton and Suarez). The Giants have scored 2 runs or fewer in 7 of their 14 games this year. Last year, the Giants scored 2 or fewer in 62 games. It's too early to draw any conclusions from this year's numbers, for one thing, teams tend to score less in the early part of the year. Last year the Giants also scored 2 or fewer in 7 of their first 14. Still, 2 takeaways: Stratton was a pretty good pitcher for the Giants last year and the Giants need to step up their offense, yesterday's win notwithstanding.
Oops - should be "first shutout since September 15, 2018...."
Well Strat had some good moments but overall his RA/9 was over 5, so I think that's why they felt they could take a chance on Pomeranz (and hold on to Suarez) while letting him go. So far he's had two starts in Anaheim (8-1/3, 6 R). At 28, it is his time, if he has the ML goods this is when it will happen for him if he hasn't already peaked out. Even 1st round picks aren't sure things! I hope it turns around for him, I always appreciated his efforts in orange-and-black.
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