SF 2 LA 1
Clayton Kershaw is certainly the best pitcher against the San Francisco Giants in my lifetime. Before tonight this was his line against the boys in orange-&-black: 45 G, 44 S, 6 CG, 5 ShO, 323-1/3 IP, 229 H, 70 R, 46 BB, 333 K. That's a 22-10 record with a 1.70 ERA. Only 18 HR allowed and a ridiculous 0.851 WHIP. That's the picture of dominance, and that's over 12 seasons. The guy is absurd, and tonight he held the Giants to two runs over seven frames and the home team still prevailed. Brandon Belt got everything going with a great effort against his greatest nemesis in the 6th, working a walk and starting the two-run rally that proved to be the difference. Drew Pomeranz could have fallen apart in the 1st inning but whiffed two with the bases loaded and sported a filthy curveball that kept the Dodgers in the yard for five innings. Nice to see him bounce back from that stinker in Baltimore. Reyes Moronta handled the 6th on 13 pitches and Sam Dyson used 13 pitches for the 7th. Tony Watson gave up a solo shot in the 8th, but a superb 9th from Will Smith got it done.
Giants improve their home record to 11-18. They've scored 88 runs in those 29 games.
Jeff Samardzija and Rich Hill are the starters tomorrow, 4:15 Pacific.
GO GIANTS!
--M.C.
3 comments:
This team is driving me fucking crazy. I watch a game like the last Mets game and think that the Giants will struggle to put up a .400 record. Then I watch a game like last night's and think that maybe the team has a potential to be decent.
It's weird that they are so bad at home. I should have noted that the 88 runs scored was "balanced" by 151 runs allowed, so maybe that's it. They are 15-18 on the road having allowed 167 runs in four more games. They've scored 150 runs in the Un-Oracles.
Home: 3.0 RS, 5.2 RA, 11-18
Away: 4.5 RS, 5.1 RA, 15-18
Still a losing team, just less so!
The losing is consistent between home and road. It is the winning that is lacking at home. Means absolutely nothing, just a comment on the numbers.
This team is frustrating because it just isn't good enough, but it is sure entertaining.
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