The Giants lost last night and on Sunday as well and that's the first time they've lost two in a row in the month of June. They are 16-8 with with one more game to play, that's tonight in Los Angeles. Giants pitchers only gave up five hits to the Dodgers but three of them were homers and that was just enough. The Giants hit two homers off Trevor Bauer and had lots of other scoring opportunities but could not get the big hit. They were 0-for-13 with RISP! Anthony DeSclafani started and went five, giving up two homers to the first two batters and another in the 4th. The bullpen followed with three hitless frames to give the team a shot at a comeback but they fell short. Wilmer Flores had four hits including a double that missed being the game-tying homer by a few feet. LaMonte Wade, Jr. continues to rake and Brandon Crawdford launched a 444-footer, his longest homer since the Statcast era (2016).
Kevin Gausman gets the chance to even the series at 7:10 Pacific. He'll face Walker Buehler.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
2 comments:
It was amazing to me, how every time Bauer had men reach base on him, the strike zone he had seemed to double in size. It was hard to watch. A few years ago a friend told me that if a game looks like a good game, a game that picking the winner is close to a 50/50 proposition, do not bet on the giants if Angel Hernandez is umping behind the plate. Flores missed a home run probably by less than a foot. Looks as if Desclafani needed an opener for that game. The giants did fight hard, and it was an epic battle between two Titans. Hoping that the giants can split the series, once again having to face a very touch pitcher. Overturning the Tauchman play at second was a tough task, which did not work out. Had he been called safe, I don't think it would have been overturned either.
Yeah Bauer got all the calls on his fastball up in the zone. He's good enough--he doesn't need the ump's help!
I was upset at Tauchman for running. He didn't need to. I get that it was a reaction play, he saw the ball get away from Bellinger, but it was too risky in my mind.
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