Johnny Cueto came out to pitch the 6th inning with the Giants leading 4-1. He probably should not have. I get that Kap needs to stretch out his guys, the team can't rely on the bullpen every night. But Cueto got burned, predictably, on his third time facing the Rockies batting order. A Charlie Blackmon single and a Nolan Arenado homer made it 4-3 and that was it. He'd thrown 85 pitches to 22 batters, yielding five hits and three runs. Wandy Peralta came in and got a ground ball out, but the next batter hit a ball off the glove of Alex Dickerson and it went for a triple. A couple of hits followed and Dick made a throwing error that allowed two more to score. It was an ugly half inning! The Rockies added another in the 7th to make it 7-4, that final run making a difference, unfortunately. The Giants fought back in the 9th and scored two, and poor Dick got to make the last out. He had two hits in the game including a homer, but his fielding misplays were costly. It's been the story of the season so far--poor fielding. They need to tighten that up just like they need to get more innings out of their starters.
Tomorrow Colorado sends out German Marquez at 5:40 p.m. PDT.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
p.s. Caleb Baragar continues to impress. The lefty had another good outing tonight, retiring Blackmon, Arenado, and Daniel Murphy.
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Errors and poor defense, end up with our pitchers extending themselves, and the giants do not seem to commit an error without it helping the other team. The team is one game below 500, and that is despite super sloppy play in the field which probably has already cost them 2 or 3 games.
Yeah the hitting has been better than expected and the 'pen has really put up some big performances. But the fielding has cost them a couple of games, maybe more, like you say.
Watched the second game as the giants lost 5-2. Same recipe. Poor fielding, the third catcher's interference of the year, and some piss poor balls and strikes calling going against the giants. I am that geek that watches every pitch, in HD, and sometimes play them back in slow motion. The number of close pitches that go against the giants on offense and defense, has been very alarming this year. I truly believe that it does effect the game. Not sure when the giants will fix their defense, but it is getting to be too predictable. Time to get back and put some games in the W. column. I watched the 3-0 count go right in the K zone vs. the Rocks late in the game, and it was called ball 4. Then C.M. throws a wild pick off move and runner goes to second. Note his next two pitches were over the plate. Then with 2 strikes they get a hit and the run scores. Just a minor example. I will not whine about it more, but I have the evidence.
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