Fluky game. Madison Bumgarner was the starting pitcher. And start he did, giving up a single. The second batter, Jose Martinez, hit a line shot that caught Maddy's pitching arm in the triceps at about 99 mph. He shook it off, gave up a run and pitched a scoreless second in spite of a big lump visible on the tv. But the swelling and, probably, stiffness got to him and he did not come out to pitch the 3rd. Madbum's short line: 2 IP, 2 K, 4 hits, 1 run. After the game, they reported nothing broken.
The Giants tied the game in the bottom of the 1st. 1 - 1 remained the score until the bottom of the 4th. Pablo singled, and 2 missed fly balls tied the bases with 1 out. Austin Slater, brought in to hit for Sam Dyson, who relieved Madbum, put one in the seats for a pinch hit grand slam! Did I say fluky? In the 5th, the home plate umpire caught one in the facemask and had to be replaced. The Giants, after a short outing by the starter, Drew Pomeranz, last night, used Dyson, Moronta, Melancon, Watson and Smith to finish out the game.
The 5 - 1 score after the grand slam was not the end of the Giants or the Cardinals scoring. The Giants tacked on 1 in the 7th on a Alex Dickerson triple and 2 more on a Pablo Sandoval home run, and the Cardinals added 3 in the 8th off of Watson on a Paul Goldschmidt (who else?) home run. The Giants win a game in which Madbum was knocked out of the box (almost literally) after 2, by a final score of 8 - 4. 4 rbi for Slater, 3 for the Panda, and the Giants showed some moxie after a loss. That was their first pinch hit grand salami since Rich Aurila hit one in 2003. Rubber match tomorrow before the All Star break.
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Giants pile up the runs again. Wow, I did not expect to see an "offensive explosion" and almost makes me sad the ASB is nigh.
Good thing Bum didn't break anything. That is some serious Brandon Belt-Style bad luck!
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