SF 10 SD 4
Tyler Beede had his best start ever (7 IP, 4 H, 1 R) and the Giants pounded out 17 hits to subdue the Padres in San Diego. That's three straight games in which the Giants have scored in double figures: 10 on Sunday, 13 yesterday, and 10 tonight. Who are these guys? One is Evan Longoria who had four hits including a double and a homer, scoring three and driving in five. Donovan Solano led off the game with a homer and had two more hits and is starting to look like a real option at shortstop. Kevin Pillar had four hits, Brandon Belt added three, and Austin Slater two. But the story is Tyler Beede who threw 100 pitches (63 strikes) to 24 batters, with a solo homer to Wil Myers his only blemish. Let's see some more of that!
Reyes Moronta had an ugly 8th but also struck out Fernando Tatis, Jr. and made him look bad. Derek Holland gave up a run in the 9th but got the last three outs. The Giants take a shot at a sweep tomorrow behind Shaun Anderson.
GO GIANTS!
--M.C.
p.s. Tomorrow will be the 20th straight game for the Giants (June 14th to July 3rd) and thus they will have an off-day for The Fourth. They are 10-9 in those 19 games.
3 comments:
I agree..........Who in the hell are these guys? Who is this team? Multiple hits, runs and scoring runs with runners in scoring position? Beam me up Scotty before I wake up and realize this is just a dream. Keep it up Gents!
I am hopeful that Donovan Solano can keep it going and stay in the lineup. Mike Yastrzemski is hanging in there, too. Maybe now Tyler Austin can get his mojo back. And just to confuse things Austin Slater has returned. And then there is Alex Dickerson. That's a lot of names!
A league-average batter hits about .251/.322/.430 for a .752 OPS. The Giants need guys who can crack that line!
My modest hope for this team is to reach .500. Slightly loftier dream is that once they get to .500, they manage to stay there until the end of the year. Recent performance makes me believe this might be possible. Not likely, perhaps, but possible. Also closely watching the "not in last place" metric. We are getting closer to achieving that monumental goal!
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