The Dodgers walk off with a win, literally. Tyler Rogers walked two in the 9th with a 6-5 lead before allowing a three-run homer. That's the first time this season he's walked two batters in an appearance. The Giants hit four homers to take a 6-2 lead but couldn't hang on. John Brebbia gave up three runs in the 6th in relief of Alex Wood. Jarlin Garcia and Jake McGee put up zeroes in the 7th and 8th but Rogers couldn't get it done at the end.
Logan Webb gets the start tonight.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
p.s. I'm on the road for the next several days so I won't be posting. I'll be back early next week.
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Shit. You know how much I hate the Dodgers? I lived near San Diego in the late 70s and early 80s, so I was a temporary Padres "fan." Steve Garvey became a Padre, and he played well and improved the team. He had some kind of "Ironman" streak going, best in the NL. I was in attendance at a game, Garvey slid into home awkwardly, and jumped up in obvious pain. I think it was a broken thumb. I also jumped up and cheered at the top of my lungs, celebrating his injury. Fuck Garvey. Fuck the Dodgers.
I think pitching an experiment like Brebbia in a Game the giants had a nice lead vs. the Dodgers was ill advised. Also prior to Rogers' predictable breakdown vs. the dodgers I am two friends who were watching the game were ineffectively sending mental signals to keep McGee in the game: (win or lose). We all had the same thought that the bums just seem to have Rogers' number. Putting in a guy like Brebbia who is currently struggling is ill advised. Shout I mention his continued attempt to pitch Gott last year and watching him implode as the closer several games in rapid succession. The old adage of putting the pitcher who failed right back the next day etc. is not a good one. Relievers get hot and cold, and if a reliever struggles on Saturday and/or Sunday, don't put him in a key game on Tuesday. Give him time to get his mechanics back. With foresight we did not like those options. In hindsight we were right. But of course, it is hard to second guess a manager with so much success this year. It is just that long time fans that watch every game, and figuratively live and die on every pitch get a feeling that defies even the best baseball knowledge. If we can manage a split of this series all will be good in Mudville.
And of course, once nomisnala committed this comment to print, Kapler put Rogers back into the game against the Forces of Evil, facing the very man who crushed him yesterday, and Rogers polished off the enemy on ten pitches. Rogers’ role as goat yesterday was taken over by the high-paid Kenley Jansen. Please, nomisnala, let’s agree that neither you nor I will write a post praising Jay Jackson—current ERA of zero—so as not to jinx him for tomorrow’s game in rescue of DeSclafani.
Loved both your comments nomisnala and campanari - better yet loved turning on the computer this morning to see that Yes we will At Least manage a split - Go Giants beat LA!!
I think Kapler played Russian Roulette with Rogers, and frankly, lucked out. I think it was not the greatest idea. Sometimes one has to get lucky. At least he did not muddle up the game with Brebbia. Sometimes one plays Russian Roulette and lives another day. How many times was Bochy going to use Casilla against Lamb? Every time, he took him deep. Bochy played Russian roulette and lost. At least it was not in the playoffs where Bochy thrived. The good news was that K.J. did not have his closer stuff yesterday. His fastball topped out at 92 and his control was shaky. I watched him last week where his fastball was going at an easy 96, and his control was impeccable. Hopefully if we have a tight game today, Jansen will not be available. I am willing to put my thoughts on the line and if wrong it is right there in print. Others may see that as the ultimate in earnest ragging. Nevertheless, it was an awesome win, and according to ESPN, Roger's WAR went from 1.2 to 1.3, althouth the day before it went from 1.6 to 1.2. Makes me value the WAR stat a little bit less, as it is too variable, especially for relievers. Anytime the giants win, I sleep better.
I have to agree, nomisnala, that by putting Jansen in to face Flores today, after Flores beat Jansen yesterday, Dave Roberts played Russian Roulette and lost. You and I will both sleep better tonight, as a result.
Same thoughts and I agree Campanari. The dodgers sure whine about bad calls, much more than the giants do. The Dodgers thought they won the game with the force out at second. The N.Y. replay reviewers said not so fast. When A team thinks they have won, and it gets reversed, it often takes the wind right out of their sails. And it did. Just like about 2 decades ago, when Miami beat Ohio state for the National Championship, and then a 6 second delayed flag took the win away from Miami. After the initial celebration Miami had nothing left, and the momentum swing was palpable. I was hoping that Posey would get a hit in the ninth to put the game more out of reach, but I guess he can now save that hit for when we need it more. Have to have a good series against Pittsburg to go into next bums series in good shape. There could be a let down vs. Pitt so lets hope not. I guess at this particular point in the time continuum, Kapler is better than Roberts at playing Russian roulette.
Wow! What a shame that MOC is out of the loop for these last couple of doozies. SPECTACULAR turn of events. He looked safe at second to me but it sure looked like a swing on the next guy. Very close and I bet the ump got a little excited, it is way more exciting to keep the comeback alive. After that lucky break it was total stud time. This team continues to , let’s face it , AMAZE.
If you were to peruse dogger-centric websites (something I am not about to do) I am guessing you would find a lot of vitriol directed at the umpires this morning. Ruf's swing that sure looked like a strike though was on the 5th ball, he should have already been on first base. So it evens out.
Giants have had way more than their share of bad calls this year. We definitely should not feel guilty if a few calls go our way. Some of the dodger hitters were complaining about called strikes that were clearly in the strike zone. Casali's walks was on a 50/50 pitch on Wednesday also, but earlier in that AB he had a called strike that was clearly a ball.
It's so sweet to beat LA ugly. It should have been a sweep. Let them piss and moan. Poor babies.
Bums announcers still complaining about it during today's game against the Rockies.
Does anyone else have the impression that the Giants have gone from doing really well hitting with RISP to not doing so well in that department? I don't know where to find stats for that to verify it one way or the other.
I hope it is a mistaken impression and not an indication of reality. The Giants schedule has, for their remaining 63 games in this season, 6 more against LA, 7 against division-leading Milwaukee, 6 against the division-leading Mets, 3 against division-leading Houston and 3 against the playoff-bound A's, and 10 against San Diego starting September 13, who just acquired hits leader Andy Frazier. We last played them in May. Weird. That's 35 games of the 63, leaving only the Cubs (3) and Braves (6) and 19 games against Arizona and Colorado.
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