If you get good pitching then good things can happen. The Giants (mostly) dinked their way to a 3-0 lead against Chris Sale and it held up. Robbie Ray had another excellent start, going eight innings and yielding just one (unearned) run. He only struck out two, unusual for him, but he only walked one, also unusual. That's three strong starts in a row for Ray: 6-1/3 in Atlanta (2 H, 0 R), then 8 IP against the A's (2 H, 1 R), and now tonight, also against the Braves. I hate to be cynical and say he's "auditioning" as the trade deadline approaches. Ballplayers have good stretches and not-so-good stretches. I ought to be enjoying a good stretch of pitching.
Caleb Killian made it interesting in the 9th (leadoff double that eventually scored) but he nailed down the save and sent the fans home happy.
The team travels to Arizona for three (all at 6:40 PT), there's a travel day Thursday, and then they play a weekend series in Colorado. They are 0-6 against the Diamondbacks this season.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
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