It rained in the Bronx and delayed the contest by half an hour. Then it rained for the entire game before the umpires finally called it in the top of the 6th. The Giants jumped all over Marcus Stroman and led 5-0 after the 1st. The highlight was a 3-run homer from Jung Hoo Lee. He (.340) and Mike Yastrzemski (.343) are the best hitters on the club in the early going. Robbie Ray labored in the sloppy conditions but got through four frames with seven whiffs, allowing only two hits (but four walks) and one run. The Giants added three in the 5th, one more in the 6th, and the game was called with the bases loaded. Yankees pitchers issued eleven walks. It was ugly. Unless of course you're a Giants fan!
That's ten wins in the first thirteen games (.769). The last time the Giants started this well was in 2003 when they were 12-1 in the same stretch. That was a good team—they were in first place for the entire season and finished with 100 wins.
Tomorrow's game is listed for 12:05 Pacific. We'll see if the weather cooperates. Jordan Hicks gets the start.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
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I figured I would be more than happy if we were able to take two of three from the Yankees. Now that we did, it is quite a relief. We sure missed J.H. Lee last year. Great catch by Matos too. Chapman in quite the slump. He has walked a lot, but if he was not swinging at so many bad pitches he would have a few more walks. Hopefully he, Ramos, and Adames will all come out of their slumps in unison. Wonder if Fitz isn't a bit hurt, as Koss is getting a start every few days. So far so good for Birdsong.
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