Logan Webb had a bit of an unusual line: three walks and three strikeouts. But he allowed only three hits and got ten ground ball outs in his seven innings (27 TBF, 98 pitches) which is the kind of start we are used to seeing from him. One of the walks scored on a two-out double and that was the only damage the Diamondbacks managed against Webb. Unfortunately the Giants lineup was feeble, getting a mere three hits, one a solo homer from Michael Conforto. Arizona got another walk in the 9th (Tyler Rogers) and that was followed by another double and that was the winning run. That's three straight losses. The Giants are a half-game out of last place.
Webb pitched like a stopper but got no help. Brandon Pfaadt started for the D-backs. This was only his third big-league game. He gave up 16 hits and 13 runs in his previous two starts but held the Giants to one run in his five frames. Three Arizona relievers struck out seven and walked none in the final four innings.
It was a short trip--the team comes home to take on the Phillies tomorrow night (6:45 PT) at Oracle. Alex Wood gets the start.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
3 comments:
Giants not a good enough team to overcome bad calls. Think it was the guy who doubled in the first run. He thought he had a called strike 3, also a grounder was called foul, probably was. But after the called strike 3 was not called. the guy hits a double just fair. I watched the Braves Toronto game. Twice with men in scoring position, and during Toronto rallies, and 2 outs, Toronto hitters were called out on some really bad pitches. Yes the hitters did get upset. But somehow Toronto still ended up coming from behind and beating the Braves 6-5. Twice batters in key situations had the bats taken out of their hands, by not swinging at bad pitches and the Braves getting the calls anyway, kind of like the Glavine Maddox days. The giants do not seem to be able to handle adversity. They also cannot seem to hit mediocre pitchers, and especially mediocre relievers. They do strike out a lot, and when there is a check swing, you know it is going to be a strike when the hitter is on the giants. Something has to change soon, or this team is likely a 72 win team. Our aces cannot even beat their fifth starters if our guys cannot hit. Schmitt it seems needed to calm it down in that last game on offense. He supposedly has good plate discipline from reports from Sacramento, but he showed none of it in the series finale.
Schmitt is just a kid so he's going to have some bumps in the road. I'm excited to see him. The lineup needs some energy! As you say, too many whiffs overall. Not getting the run-scoring hits in key spots. We need the FAs to start delivering (Haniger, Conforto, Manaea, Stripling, Ta Rogers).
Conforto starting to deliver. Haniger still slumping a lot with an occasional hit, Taylor is doing a bit better, but control still an issue, Strippling and Manaea, need to find it soon, or the season is basically never going to be better that slightly under 500. If one or both of these guys figure it out, the giants can still have a season with more than 80 wins. As soon as Pederson starts hitting again he gets hurt, now Yaz is back. Yaz was hitting before he got hurt. Will he come back still hitting, or will he need a while to get his timing back? We will see. Sometimes these guys come back and hit well for one or two games and then go into a prolonged slump. I am hoping that whatever Yaz was doing, he can recapture.
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