Brandon Crawford slashed a liner to right to drive in Brandon Belt in the bottom of the 9th and the Giants edged out the D-backs to take the series. That's the fourth walk-off win this season against six walk-off losses. The Giants are now 11-18 in one-run games.
It was a bullpen game today and they did great. Sam Long got banged around in the 2nd for two but it could have been much worse. He made some big pitches to limit the damage. He gave up a solo shot in the 3rd and that was it. Everyone else had a clean outing: John Brebbia opened, Tyler Rogers followed Long with 2-1/3 IP, Jarlín García got the next six outs, and Mauricio Llovera and Camilo Doval handled the final two frames. The early 3-0 lead seemed to let the air out of the Giants tires but they recovered and rallied late, scoring in each of the last three innings to get the win.
Arizona starter Zac Gallen stymied the offense until the 7th when Belt homered with one out. Thairo Estrada singled, Mike Yastrzemski doubled, and David Villar hit a sac fly to get within a run. BCraw then whiffed to end the threat. Wilmer Flores, pinch-hitting in the 8th, homered to tie the game. In the 9th Belt led off with a single, Yaz again doubled to put men on 2nd and 3rd, Villar was walked, and BCraw got a chance to be the hero and he delivered. He was having a rough week up until that big hit.
The Milwaukee Brewers come to town for a four-game set starting tomorrow night at 6:45 Pacific. Then it's the All-Star Break. Carlos Rodón will start for the Giants tomorrow against Brewers ace Corbin Burnes. Rodón is tied for the MLB lead in fWAR (3.7) with Kevin Gausman, and also has 124 K in 100 IP! Burnes was the NL Cy Young Award winner last season. Should be a great matchup.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
p.s. Rodón was named to the NL AS squad when Brewers reliever Josh Hader opted out. Burnes was already on the team. You could make a case for Logan Webb, don't you think?
2 comments:
Giants picked up a RH reliever on a waiver claim, Angel Rondón. He's 24, from the DR, and has 7 IP MLB time over two seasons with the Cardinals. He was a starter in the minors. He takes Jake McGee's spot on the 40-man.
Lefty reliever Aaron Fletcher was claimed by the Giants after he was released by the Pirates. He goes to AAA.
José Álvarez goes to the 60-day IL.
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