The Giants had another great night at the plate, rapping out 12 hits and 10 runs to overwhelm the Seattle Mariners and claim their fifth straight win. Tyler Anderson bounced back from a couple of poor outings to throw six scoreless innings and give the home squad a chance to wave their big sticks. Which they did, with Yaz yanking a three-run bomb, Longo driving in three, Wilmer getting two hits and scoring two, and Bart rapping out two hits with an RBI and a run scored.
It's been a little rocky for the veteran southpaw in 2020. On August 22nd Anderson threw his best start ever, a three-hit, one-run (unearned) complete game win against the Diamondbacks. The next two starts, also against Arizona (thanks to the goofy schedule), resulted in eleven runs allowed in 8-2/3 IP. Tonight Anderson put a man on in the 1st on an error by Solano, but then picked him off. He kept them at bay after that. Trevor Gott handled the 7th, and Rico Garcia gave up a run in the 8th but pitched a clean 9th to finish it off.
The Giants will face a stern test on this next road trip, their last one of the season, starting tomorrow with four against the Padres. San Diego (28-17) is the second-best team in the NL, four games behind the Dodgers, and in fact lead all of baseball in runs scored.
6:10 p.m. PDT.
GO GIANTS!
--M.C.
3 comments:
Pablo Sandoval's tenure with the Giants comes to an end. He was given his release today. I suspected it was coming when they signed Justin Smoak and I suppose we'll see Smoak called up at some point pretty soon.
The Panda was one of a kind. I sure enjoyed rooting for him all these years. But, like Pence, it was time for the team to move on. Both men were certainly beloved in San Francisco.
Whatever happens over these final 16 games I've been really encouraged by the way this club has come together and improved their play since the start of this goofy season. That's what the team needs--to keep adding new talent and to keep improving!
They DFA'd Pablo, the guy that started the rally the other day, and later went 2-4 blazing down the line like Ty Cobb to leg out an infield hit. Bye bye Mr. October.
Yeah, he WALKED to start the rally! When you think of Panda, you don't think "strike zone discipline." The guy was an uncanny bad-ball hitter.
He had 12 hits in the 2014 Series, as did Hunter Pence.
I'm sorry to see him go but I do believe it was time. The Giants are slowly parting with all the pieces of the championship teams. Pablo (other than Buster) is the last piece of the 2010 club.
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