The Giants had a chance for a winning inning but four losses in a row doomed them. Today the Twins finished the sweep of the three-game set in Minnesota. The Giants got clobbered on Friday night 9-0. Alex Wood had another bad start. Yesterday Camilo Doval blew the save in the 9th and the Giants lost in the 10th 3-2. Alex Cobb had a decent start but the lineup could barely manage to score. Today was just another ho-hum 8-3 blowout. The Giants were competitive until the 5th when Jakob Junis got into trouble and Alex Young came in and put gas on the fire. After that it was more zeroes for the offense. Lefty reliever Scott Alexander made his first appearance for the orange-and-black and managed a scoreless frame.
The Giants are 61-65 with 36 games left to play. They are 7-1/2 games behind the Padres (and six games behind the Brewers) for the third wild card spot. Even a run of inspired play--which this team seems incapable of--would likely not be enough to catch up. I'm still holding out for a +.500 finish. That would take a 21-15 record (.583). I'm not sure they can pull that off. Maybe it's time to field a squad of call-ups and prospects. It might get ugly but it wouldn't be much worse than what we are seeing right now!
It's six games at home (Padres and Phillies) starting tomorrow (6:45 PT). Carlos Rodón gets the start.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
1 comment:
A 6 win, 3 loss "first half of the inning" was followed by a 2 and 7 "second half." Although somewhat interesting, that's really meaningless, an artifact of your choice of starting point and ending point more than a change in play. Not that there weren't a lot of blown chances against Minnesota, there were.
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