Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Wildness costs Giants

LA 3  SF 1

Carlos Rodón pitched another good game, allowing only three hits in six innings, but a bout of wildness in the 2nd inning put the team in a hole and that was that. Rodón walked two lefties--Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger--and with two outs and an 0-2 count to Chris Taylor he uncorked a very wild pitch that moved up both runners. Rodón had trouble corralling his slider early in the game and Taylor, now sitting on the fastball, smacked a single up the middle to score both runs. The Giants had some solid contact against Julio Urías but could not sustain a rally. He left after six efficient (65 pitches!) shutout frames. A sacrifice fly by Luis González cut the deficit to 2-1 in the 7th but the Dodgers bullpen held the line after that. John Brebbia got three outs in the 7th but gave up two hits to start the 8th and a wild pitch by José Álvarez gave LA an insurance run.

Alex Wood goes tonight (7:10 Pacific). The Dodgers have not yet announced a starter/opener.

Go Giants! Beat LA!

--M.C.

1 comment:

nomisnala said...

We need to get back a reasonable MLB lineup. Rodon was still good, but he was not as sharp as in his previous outings.