Daniel Susac will probably get a good ribbing from his teammates after his 0-for-5 showing. Everyone else in the starting lineup got at least one hit, including Jung Hoo Lee who extended his hitting streak to 13 games. Matt Chapman hit a grand slam which is the new signature hit of the 2026 Giants. He also had a sac fly and a three-run homer for a spectacular 8-RBI day. Two other guys—Willy Adames and Casey Schmitt—also hit a pair of homers. It was exciting to see young CF Jonah Cox get three hits including his first homer. He came over from the A's in the Ross Stripling trade and was promoted from AA-Richmond to the big club. He was crushing it (.400/.453/.644) with the Flying Squirrels in his 44 games.
It was "efficient" today as they got the 18 runs on only 19 hits. They were 6-for-10 with RISP and only left four runners on base.
This is the most bewildering team I have ever followed.
Tomorrow's game is also at 11:20 Pacific and Sunday's is listed for 5:30 p.m. Landen Roupp and Trevor McDonald get the call. Robbie Ray managed a clean five frames today despite five walks. Reminds me of another lefty, Jonathan Sanchez, who was effective despite too many bases on balls. Both guys were/are hard to watch.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
2 comments:
I think maybe Jonathan Sanchez pitched to his age 34 season. Ray, I think is around that age, but Sanchez was a strike out pitcher. That whole slew of really good giants pitchers, cain, Timmy, bumgarner, vogelsong, and Sanchez, all had their stuff Peter out way too soon, from injury or otherwise. Cain's first 7 years or so he had numbers similar to many pitchers with around 600 winning percentages, but as the constant victim of low run support his winning percentage always hovered around 500!
Cain's early career comp is Justin Verlander. Somehow JV kept his arm intact even after surgery and kept going. Once Cain had the surgery he never got back to his original form.
Everyone figured Timmy would wear down physically and he did. Sanchez peaked at age 27 (2010) just like the "aging curves" say. He was out of MLB a few years later but kept going in Mexico and Puerto Rico. Vogie was the classic late bloomer.
Most guys wear down. 2000 IP is hard on the body. Only about 150 guys in MLB history have made it to 3000 IP. Bumgarner was done at age 33 and 2200 IP. Both him and Cain came up so young that they had a lot of mileage by age 30.
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