Just when you thought the Giants were playing well, they turn around and make you wonder if they are about to embark on another losing streak. But after dropping the final game of their make-up double header in extra innings Sunday to Washington, and dropping Ty Blach's start against the Miami Marlins on Monday, they won today behind Madison Bumgarner. Ty gave up 6 runs on 9 hits and 3 walks Monday, including 2 home runs (1 to Giancarlo Stanton, natch). The Giants could only muster 3 runs. The final score was 8 - 3.
Today, the Giants turned the tables. They won, 9 - 4. Madison gave up all 4, he threw 6 innings and gave up 9 hits and 2 home runs (see above). He struck out 4 and walked 1. The 7th, 8th, and 9th belonged to Melancon, Strickland and Gearrin, respectively. Melancon pitched particularly well, he gave up an infield hit, then got the heart of Miami's order without a ball leaving the infield. Strickland gave up 2 hits, but no runs, and Gearrin walked 1 for the victory. Denard Span was 3 for 5 with a home run, Andrew Jones hit a home run and had 2 hits and Kelby Tomlinson and Buster Posey each had 2 hits.
The Giants are, again, 1 win from being a .400 ball club. Matt Cain is slated for tomorrow afternoon before the Giants head home to play Philadelphia, the only National League club with a worse record. Yahoo headlines state that Pablo Sandoval says he played poorly in Boston because he left his heart in San Francisco. Pablo Sandoval is full of shit.
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Pablo is a child in a man's body. But he looks like he might have some ball-playing left in him. I was particularly excited by Ryder Jones having a big night. Let's get those youngsters going!
And I was feeling similarly, like "uh-oh, here they go again" when they came back and won impressively. Speaking of impressive, Giancarlo Stanton is something else. Giants could use a bat like that!
We are taking off today on our eclipse expedition. We hope to find a good camping spot for Monday's event. Wish us luck! Needless to say we will be out-of-touch for several days. I will miss Matty's start and the homestand. I'll check back in next week.
GO GIANTS!
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