The Giants put up TEN RUNS in Philly tonight and kicked some serious ass. Landen Roupp struggled at the opening and gave up three runs in the 1st. But the Giants responded with six in the 2nd and never looked back. Roupp managed to go five, giving up another run, but the lineup tacked on two more in the 7th and two more in the 9th to seal the deal. Randy Rodriguez, Erik Miller, Tyler Rogers, and Camilo Doval racked up four scoreless, allowing only two hits and one walk alongside four whiffs.
Who are these guys? This has been an amazing start to the season. I did not expect to see this club confidently swagger around in East Coast bandboxes and whip the locals. But so far, so good!
Tyler Fitzgerald was tonight's hitting star and he certainly needed a breakout game. He doubled, tripled, and homered in four trips to the plate, scoring three and driving in three. Mike Yastrzemski added a double and homer as well, scoring two and driving in three.
The 12-4 Giants send Justin Verlander out tomorrow night to face Jesús Lazardo (3:45 PT). There are six more road games before they come home on the 21st, and then they play seven more games before an off-day on the 28th.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
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Interesting schedule this year. The Pads playing a lot of games at home to start the season and they are an amazing `11-0 at home. They also have 6 shutouts. The Dodgers thought they would walk away with this division, and the possibility still exists, but it looks like they have serious contenders so far in the Pads, Giants and Dbacks.
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