The Giants scored eight runs in the three-game set with the Royals. That's not going to get it done! Robbie Ray pitched a great game on Monday but the lineup was stymied by Kris Bubic. On Tuesday five scoreless from Hayden Birdsong and good work from four relievers led to a narrow win. Things looked good for the Giants in the rubber match with MLB FIP-leader (2.17) Logan Webb getting the start. Unfortunately the KC lineup battered Webb for 10 hits and the Giants got whipped 8-4.
The rest of the month the team will be on the road for a three-city trip. They go to D.C. to face the Nationals on Friday (3:45 PT), Saturday (1:05 PT), and Sunday (10:35 PT). Justin Verlander was sent to the IL so it's likely Kyle Harrison will start in his place. I make it Roupp-Ray-Harrison for the weekend. They go to Detroit right after that for three games, there's a travel day on Thursday the 29th, and then three games over the weekend in Miami. They are home the first week of June for four against the Padres.
The 29-21 Giants are in second place in the NL West, two games behind LA (31-19). Monday (the 26th) in Detroit is Game 54, the one-third mark in the season.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
2 comments:
I figured that Webb was leaving his pitches up a little too high, or that for some reason the royals had access to the giants communication system and knew what pitches were coming. As his balls can break either left or right, to guess would make the odds of getting 5 hits in a row unlikely, unless they knew what pitch was coming. I guess I am just a baseball conspiracy theorist, but the evidence is compelling.
He throws a lot of strikes. His whole game is to get swings and weak contact. When he's a hair off he's vulnerable. I think he was too much up in the zone, like you say. He might have been tipping, of course. He's only have to have a "tell" on one pitch to get clobbered.
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