The Reds neatly tag-teamed the Giants tonight, with starter Wade Miley handcuffing the lineup for five frames, and reliever Tejay Antone following with a hitless 3-2/3 IP. Lucas Sims came in to get the last guy, but the 1-2 punch was enough for a TKO. Aaron Sanchez did a credible job, allowing a two-run homer to Jesse Winker in his five innings, and certainly would have continued if not being lifted for a pinch-hitter. Jarlin Garcia gave up a solo shot to Joey Votto in his 2-1/3, and Matt Wisler finished the 8th with two strikeouts. Jose Alvarez had a 1-2-3 9th. The pitchers kept it close but the hitters could not get anything going. Austin Slater had two walks, Buster Posey and Donovan Solano had a hit apiece.
Kevin Gausman goes tomorrow night, 6:45 Pacific.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
3 comments:
Thought we are supposed to be a good hitting team with no pitching? My first impression of the pitchers is pretty good —— except I want nothing to do with submariners. The reds look kinda good tho...
Yeah Rogers gives me the hee-bee jee-bees, too, but they have a lot of faith in him. I know they like the idea of "different looks." Have a RH sinkerballer followed by a LH high-heat type followed by a RH submariner, etc. I can't fault the notion. You can't just trot out a whole bullpen of guys throwing 99 mph four-seamers. One, there aren't enough of them, and two, ML hitters will eventually catch up to anything, so you have to have some variety.
Starting pitching was the biggest question mark heading into this season, I think. So the too-early results are gratifying. And there's still Alex Wood, who I think will be a plus addition. And maybe even Tyler Beede later on. The hitters will emerge--there's enough talent there. They won't light up the league, but they will be productive. Let's just hope the pitching is still a steadying force when that starts to happen.
Early season blues for MadBum: 13-2/3 IP over 3 starts, 22 H, 17 R (all earned), 8 BB, 15 K, 3 HBP, 3 HR for a 11.20 ERA and 6.21 FIP.
Yikes. He was really bad last year but I attributed that to, well, it was 2020, and a lot of guys didn't perform to expectations. I figured on a big bounce back, maybe not to the heights of his time with SF, but certainly a quality ML-pitcher.
It's a long season, he can still turn it around. Just not against the Giants, please.
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