If you score 14 runs in a day you ought to come away with a win or two and that's just what the Giants pulled off in Atlanta. Thanks to Mother Nature they played two games in one day and thanks to the Baseball Deities (be they evil or good) the Giants won both.
Yesterday the rained interrupted a 3-2 Giants lead in the 2nd. That game resumed today with Robbie Ray on the mound and he was brilliant (6-1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 SO). Dylan Smith and new closer Caleb Killian finished up. That game featured back-to-back homers by Rafael Devers and Jung Hoo Lee in the 5th.
Later Carson Whisenhunt got the call-up and the start and he was unscored upon for his first five frames. TonyV went to the well one more time and tried to get through the 6th with his recently promoted southpaw and it didn't work out so well. In the end the youngster got charged with a mere two runs.
Three of The Hateful Four (JTB, SH, RW) covered the next nine outs. With a 7-2 lead Matt Gage was tasked with the 9th. It was nearly a disaster but Tristan Beck got the job done and the Giants squeaked by the best team in baseball. Luis Arraez had two hits and four RBI and both Bryce Eldridge and Willy Adames hit homers.
Like I said the 2026 Giants are a bad trip. There's no sense to be made of it. Oh, I'm sure you've seen a story or two about the Giants being "sellers at the deadline." Well, duh.
Tomorrow's game is at 4:15 Pacific. Go Giants!
--M.C.
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FYI
Major League Baseball on Monday decried the use of personal writings on any team-issued Pride Night hats after members of the San Francisco Giants had Bible verses etched into their caps during Friday night's game against the Chicago Cubs.
In a statement to multiple outlets, MLB chief communications officer Pat Courtney said, "The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations."
This is from ESPN.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49079138/mlb-decries-use-personal-writings-pride-night-hats
Don't tell me MLB has more stones than our local club. Yikes.
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