The Giants offense woke up this afternoon in Pittsburgh and bailed out a laboring Alex Wood. The Pirates bullpen helped out, too. It was another one of those games that should have had a lopsided score. Giants hitters got nine walks to go along with their ten hits. I can't complain about seven runs, especially after this long stretch of low-scoring games, but it felt like it should have been more. Regardless, the Giants finally surrendered some runs after a long stretch of low-scoring games. Starting with the sweep of LA here are the runs allowed in the last seven contests, all wins except one: 2, 2, 0, 2, 2, 3 (loss), 0. That's some good pitching!
Today Wood kept getting to two strikes but could not close the deal. He gave up six hits, two walks, and four runs in 5-1/3 IP. Dominic Leone had a rough 8th, giving up a leadoff homer and loading the bases, but Jake McGee got the third out in an epic, 10-pitch battle with Tyler Heineman. After the Giants tacked on to take a two-run lead in the 9th Camilo Doval came in to get the save. He faced the top of the lineup, whiffing Ke'Bryan Hayes, getting Bryan Reynolds on a weak grounder, and whiffing Daniel Vogelbach (he hit the homer off Leone) to end it.
Alex Cobb gets back to the mound tomorrow after his IL stint. First pitch at 10:35 a.m. Pacific.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
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Giants pick up Yermin Mercedes, a waiver claim from the White Sox. He mostly was a catcher in the minors but in his limited MLB time he was almost entirely a DH. I see him as AAA depth and perhaps a RH bat (he has good numbers against lefties) that can play 1B/OF/DH in a pinch and maybe be the emergency backup "taxi squad" catcher. He's 27. He was a bit of a rookie sensation on the South Side last spring but then tailed off. He famously pissed off manager Tony La Russa for hitting a homer on a 3-0 count off of a position player in a blowout.
They let go of Michael Papierski which closes the book on Mauricio Dubon. I thought we might see more of Papierski. It's too bad they couldn't get more for Dubon, but at least they tried. Most teams would have just DFA'd him. Dubon has been in 16 G for the Astros (38 PA) and has six hits and two walks. He's slashing .176/.216/.235 which is a 31 OPS+. He'll be 28 next month. Perhaps Dubon has hit his ceiling as a player. The Giants seemed to think so. They gave him a fair look and last year was a bit of a letdown from the promise shown in 2020. He's still got a versatile glove and can help a team as a utility player.
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