I was all set to write a post about how the Giants couldn't (again) help out Madison Bumgarner with so much as a single run aside from those he generated himself, but then they showed some grit and actually made a game of it. Pablo Sandoval hit into a double play to end the game with the tying run on 3rd. Final score from LA: Giants 5, LA 6.
Madison on the mound, he went 6, threw 95 pitches, struck out 4, but gave up all 5 dogger runs in the 3rd. They were not earned. A throwing error by Maddy put the first runner on, he scored, then a couple of outs and then the big salami. Had Russell Martin been thrown out, he could have gotten out of it with no runs. But he didn't.
In the 6th, with Geraldo Parra on base, Madison went yard. So at least I get to use that label.
The Giants made a game of it in the 9th. At this point I was surprised, but I guess tonight the optimist had the better outlook, even with the eventual disappointment. They looked like they might do it off of our old friend, Kenly Jansen, but after plating in 3 runs, Joe Panik struck out and then Pablo hit into the dp. So it goes. Grit's good though. Grit makes for better games than, well, no grit. I much prefer my Giants with grit.
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Hey the plan was for Bum to allow fewer than three runs and hope for the best. Well, they got half of it right. Five runs is usually enough!
That was one of those from-hell sequences in the 3rd: error, walk to the pitcher, single, out, out, single, grand slam. Belt usually handles bad throws but Bum paid for walking the pitcher. I was thinking DP there with Martin at first. Oh, well. "Un-earned" runs count just the same.
Maybe runs should be "earned" or somehow attributed to the pitcher's record if the pitcher is the one who makes the error.
I've always thought that. You make an error ... you've REALLY earned that run.
That's why I don't bother with "earned" vs. "un-earned" when counting runs. Runs are runs! They all count against the team, the distinction is just a matter of book-keeping.
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