SF 5 TEX 3
After blowing a 6-0 lead last night the Giants looked like they might blow today's 4-0 lead but they hung on to win 5-3. Rookie Andrew Suarez had an excellent start: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, righting the ship after a disastrous start in Cincinnati. Last night rookie Dereck Rodriguez delivered 6 IP and only 2 R but the 'pen couldn't hold the lead and the Rangers prevailed in extras. This afternoon the 'pen was shaky but ultimately shut down the Texas lineup when it mattered and the team managed to notch one in the win column. The Giants sit in fourth place at 64-67, 8-1/2 off the pace in the West. Getting back-to-back solid outings from the young starters is nice to see. Let's hope they can carry their successes over to next year as the rotation will be without Johnny Cueto.
Buster Posey goes for surgery on Monday, ending his season. The hope is that he will be healthy for the start of next season. Aramis Garcia will be called up to take his spot. Garcia was a second-round pick in 2014, the 52nd overall, five spots above Andy Suarez. Tyler Beede was the team's first-round pick that year (#14), and Austin Slater was acquired in the 8th round (#238 overall). Derek Holland gets the start tomorrow in the rubber game. The rotation has not been announced for the Arizona series.
GO GIANTS!
--M.C.
3 comments:
This is the weird softball uniform weekend where players put their nicknames on the back. Some players don't really have nicknames, though. Like Brandon Belt, so he put Bob (Brandon on base, apparently). I guess, short of a frequently-used nickname like Cutch or Buster, you can put whatever you wish. Hunter Strickland put Strick, which I doubt is a real nickname. I imagine he mostly gets called Shit For Brains or maybe just Hey, Asshole.
And what's with Ronald Guzman, 1st base for the Rangers? How come he gets to have Cepeda on the back of his uniform?
The 7 to 6 loss reminded me of two losses. The world series loss, to the Angels after being up 6-0, and the loss in the playoffs to chicago after Crawford made an error, it seemed the whole team collapsed. so it seemed yesterday after Panik's error, and it almost happened again today after Slater's error. The baseball Gods have been especially cruel to the giants this year. For a team that sells out almost every game, one would think that they would be nicer to the giants. My pitch tracker showed that two of Dyson's pitch in that game losing walk, easily could have been called strikes, and several pitches during that game in the same spots were called strikes. More ammunition for an electronic strike zone. My worry is that Posey will not be ready until the end of May or June next year, and at that point not sure that he will be a hundred percent. The giants should consider second base or third base for him. I prefer Belt over Longoria or Panik. If we do not re-sign Cutch, we will have to get someone better. Worse will not suffice. Washington has gone no where with Harper, it is doubtful that he can put the giants over the top. Lets see how the giants do the rest of the season without Buster.
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