The Giants had perhaps their nuttiest finish of the season so far with an improbable comeback against the Astros to take the series opener. Down 3-1 after a goofy top of the 10th where the Astros bunted twice, the lineup fought back with their own oddball attack. Tonight's top of the order featured the youngsters: SS Brett Wisely, CF Heliot Ramos, and C Patrick Bailey. They all singled. With Michael Conforto batting the pitcher made an error and the game was tied. After Jorge Soler made an out (big surprise), Austin Slater hit one off the wall to end it.
Kyle Harrison pitched well but lost the shutout and the 1-0 lead in the 7th. Sean Hjelle, Ryan Walker, and Camilo Doval kept it quiet until Erik Miller's unfortunate 10th. But the Giants put together quite a comeback. Here's FanGraphs win probability chart:
Jordan Hicks goes tomorrow night at 6:45 Pacific.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
4 comments:
I thought that the error in the 10th on Ramos' grounder should have been called a hit. It was a really tough chance and the ss just could not get the ball. No bobble, nothing, ball just got by him. Kind of a questionable scoring call. Glad to take the win. Was not sure what Ramos was doing on third, when Soler grounded out.
Rookie lapse in concentration, I suppose. He can't do that again. He's a key cog now, not just another prospect. He looks better all around, really seeming to find himself this time. He still whiffs a lot, he'll have to cut down on those to be a regular.
I noticed on the box score after the Hicks game tonight that he was charged with 3 earned runs. (You would think we would have a clue on to how to get Dubon out, and by the way, DeJong who we let go last year after a few games has 13 home runs), but there were 2 out and 2 on, and Chapman threw the ball away on an error which would have been the third out and 2 runs came in. How are those earned? Or is the box score just wrong? I checked it out, on MLB and on ESPN and both had those as earned runs.
They ruled it a hit--an infield single. The error was on the throw, that kept the inning alive. I suppose you could say the first runner scored on the hit and the second runner scored on the fielder's choice (throw to first).
It's hard to tell on the replay but a good throw might have got him. I guess the scorer figured it was too close to call.
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