The Giants are not yet mathematically eliminated from Wild Card contention. Hard to believe, eh? We'll just let that one go. They won again last night, apparently re-discovering the Colorado Rockies kryptonite that they had last season when they won 15 of the 19 games played. This season the Giants have won 13 of 18 including the last six in a row.
John Brebbia opened and pitched a scoreless inning--that's the ninth time he's done that this season. He's tied for second in MLB with 72 appearances. He's one man in the 'pen that has delivered the goods all year. Sean Hjelle took the next four innings and gave up two runs but was awarded the win. Shelby Miller struck out five in his two frames and Tyler Rogers was filthy in his scoreless stint, whiffing two. (Former Giants starter Ty Blach pitched the 8th for Colorado and struck out the side.) Yunior Marte gave up a run in the 9th.
The Giants scored early and clung to a 3-2 lead until the 6th when Ford Proctor drove in a run on a bases-loaded sac fly and Joc Pederson followed with a triple to make it 6-2.
Carlos Rodón makes his final home start at 6:45 tonight (PT). He could make one more start in San Diego in the penultimate game.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
p.s. Ryne Stanek opened 29 games for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018 and added 27 more in 2019. (Those were 90-win and 96-win teams.) Only seven relievers have opened ten or more games in a season.
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