After a promising start with Friday's crisp 6-3 win, whatever momentum the Giants had (three wins in a row!) quickly evaporated. They got whupped on the weekend, 6-2 on Saturday and 6-2 again today. Landen Roupp did great to open things but Logan Webb was not himself (3 walks, homer) the next day. Still, four runs allowed in six frames kept the Giants within striking distance. Unfortunately this team has no pop. They can't get a big extra-base hit with men on base and so they couldn't really threaten a comeback. Today Adrian Houser couldn't finish the 5th and the 'pen gave up two more runs after that. At least Casey Schmitt is swinging a hot bat.
A 6-10 record is a .375 win percentage (a .625 loss percentage!). Two more games and we'll be 1/9 of the way through the season, the first "inning" of baseball. I can say with near-certainty that the Giants will have a stretch of baseball where they will go 10-6 or better. It will happen. It could happen next week. Or next month. Or in September when they are already eliminated. But that will only get them back to a .500 record. That's what we've been getting for the last few years. I was hoping for something better.
I think there's a good chance that this is just a bad team. They have some good players, but it's a bad team. I'm not sure why. Tell me I'm wrong.
Off-day tomorrow before a trip to Cincinnati.
--M.C.
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