Arizona starter Zac Gallen sliced through the Giants lineup with seeming effortlessness for five scoreless innings. But in the 6th, the cagiest of the cagey vets, Pablo Sandoval, of all things, worked a walk to start the fateful frame. Down 1-0, the Giants needed a spark, and Joey Bart followed the Panda with a sharp line drive single. It was one of the only hard-hit balls of the night against Gallen. Maurico Dubon also walked, a wild pitch followed, and Mike Yastrzemski hit a single that scored pinch-runner Daniel Robertson. Singles by Darin Ruf (filling in for Alex Dickerson who fouled a ball off his knee in the 4th) and Donovan Solano along with a walk to Brandon Belt scored three more runs. Suddenly the Giants had the lead and the Diamondbacks were calling on the bullpen.
Meanwhile Kevin Gausman was pitching an outstanding game of his own, allowing only two hits and the one run in his six innings, while striking out nine. The Diamondbacks threatened against the Giants bullpen, but a solo homer off Sam Coonrod in the 9th was the only blemish.
The Giants finish the season series 8-2 against Arizona. The Seattle Mariners come to town for two games, Tuesday and Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. They are surging right now, having won six in a row to bring their record to 19-22 and pass both the Rangers and Angels to claim third place in the AL West. The Giants get to .500 (21-21) after winning 13 of their last 18 games.
GO GIANTS!
--M.C.
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Here's Gausman:
“I just love these guys, and in a season when coming to the ballpark is a headache on certain days, these guys have made this as normal as it can be,” Gausman said. “More than anything, I just feel confident in our team. Knowing I was coming back, it was, ‘All right, here we go. This is the team we’ve got, and we can really hone in on winning games.’
That's from Baggs' game story on The Athletic.
A lot of people were mystified that the Giants did not trade Gausman or Watson or even Cueto (whose salary made him immovable). My guess is that the so-called "buyers" had nothing to offer and did not have enough urgency to take on a rental player. So, like last year, the Giants "gambled" by staying pat.
They have 18 games left. Let's hope they can continue to play good baseball.
Logan Webb tonight.
Possibly Drew Smyly tomorrow.
Tyler Anderson tomorrow.
Did anyone else notice the Giants won Game 42 by a score of 4-2? How very Douglas Adams of them!
And for that cagey walk they gave the Panda his walking papers.
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