Milwaukee starter Corbin Burnes shut down the Giants for six innings and his bullpen did the rest as the Brewers prevailed. Burnes also added an RBI hit. The best chance for the home squad came in the 7th when Brandon Belt doubled and scored on a single by Brandon Crawford to close the gap to 2-1. With two on and no outs they couldn't add on and pinch-hitter Darin Ruf's hard-hit liner ended the frame. It was a bullpen game and Jarlin Garcia's 3-2/3 IP with one hit, no walks, and four whiffs was the standout performance. John Brebbia, just called up, delivered a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.
Johnny Cueto was a late scratch but there's some hope he can be ready for tomorrow night (6:45 PT). Alex Wood tested positive for COVID and will go on the IL. Kevin Gausman and Logan Webb are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
2 comments:
The runs support during these bullpen games seems to be the type of run support the team used to put up when Matt Cain was pitching. Several hard hit balls for naught. Sometimes swinging for the fences comes up empty. The Braves fought back against the bums tonight but just could not get those runs in the ninth despite putting men on base. A key out was getting a called strike 3 against Duvall. Once again in the giant game, it seemed as if the majority of borderline ball/strike calls went against the giants, including pitches to the two Brewers who walked and scored. Would like to see a game where the calls are even, or heaven forbid strongly in the giants favor. Giants do seem to be on the negative luck side when it comes to infield hits.
The Giants do seem to give up an inordinate number of ground ball hits. I'm going to say it is because Giants pitchers induce a lot of weak contact. And that they pitch to get ground balls.
Batting against Tyler Rogers it seems like beating the ball in the dirt and running like hell would be the best approach!
Ron Wotus announced he will retire at the end of this season. I always thought he'd be a manager somewhere and I know he interviewed for several positions but it never happened. Managers probably have to be a little more cold-blooded than the coaches. Ultimately they have to answer to ownership. They have to have really thick skins, too, as they answer to fans and media every day. Maybe Wotus is just too nice of a guy. Maybe the very qualities that made him a beloved coach (like empathy, patience, etc.) worked against him. He wasn't enough of a hard-ass.
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