The Giants win their fourth straight and knock their magic number down to four. The Diamondbacks made Logan Webb work and he was lifted after five innings and 98 pitches. The Giants cracked open the tense 1-1 affair in the bottom of the 6th with four runs. It was a goofy sequence of station-to-station stuff and I kept waiting for the big blast that never came. Tony Watson gave up a homer in the 7th to make it 5-2 but the Giants were gifted a run in the bottom half to get the lead back to four. Tyler Rogers got hit hard in the 8th and gave up two to make the 9th inning more excruciating than it needed to be, but the 6-4 lead was enough. Camilo Doval gave up a one-out double but was otherwise superb and closed out the 9th for his first save and the team's 103rd victory.
The Dodgers won so the lead is still two. The Giants need four more wins to clinch the West. Alex Wood goes tomorrow night. I note that Madison Bumgarner is slated for Thursday night--the Giants have not yet listed a starter. Both games are at 6:45 Pacific.
GO GIANTS!
--M.C.
2 comments:
The Giants now have over 50 wins on the road and 50 wins at home. The bums have beaten the Pads the last 7 games that they played.
That's a very cool stat and reflects this team's remarkable consistency.
They have to play their very best ball RIGHT NOW. I don't expect any help from the Dodgers.
Just win four more games!!
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