MIL 5 SF 2
Matt Cain pitched five innings again, unfortunately he allowed 10 hits and five runs. He got clobbered by a good lineup and had a little bad luck as well. The Brewers were sitting on the curveball, Cain's new weapon, and that was that. Matty has hung on as a fifth starter but the lack of strikeouts (5.9/9) and the high walk totals (3.8/9) aren't sustainable. He's putting 1.5 guys on base every inning and that can't last. I don't know what's going to happen but I think when MadBum is back and Cueto gets traded they'll call up Tyler Beede and either send Cain to the 'pen or cut him loose. It's that kind of year. I see the team picked up a former stud closer who has fallen on hard times, Sam Dyson. The Giants, it seems, love projects. The best I can say is to quote FanGraphs' Jeff Sullivan: "It's Anyone's Guess What Sam Dyson Has Left."
--M.C.
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Monday, June 5, 2017
Shark Attack
SF 7 MIL 2
Jeff Samardzija overpowered a potent Brewers lineup tonight in Miller Park, at one point he retired 19 in a row. The big righty bounced back from a stinker last time and delivered one of his best starts of the season, especially when you consider it was on the road against a good team. He threw a season-high 119 pitches and struck out 10 in 7-2/3 IP. The Giants made it a laugher late but The Shark was the difference tonight. Belt, Posey, and Nunez all had two hits; Strickland and Melancon did their jobs, the closer got it done with six pitches. A great win, something much too infrequent this season!
--M.C.
Jeff Samardzija overpowered a potent Brewers lineup tonight in Miller Park, at one point he retired 19 in a row. The big righty bounced back from a stinker last time and delivered one of his best starts of the season, especially when you consider it was on the road against a good team. He threw a season-high 119 pitches and struck out 10 in 7-2/3 IP. The Giants made it a laugher late but The Shark was the difference tonight. Belt, Posey, and Nunez all had two hits; Strickland and Melancon did their jobs, the closer got it done with six pitches. A great win, something much too infrequent this season!
--M.C.
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Familiar Loss
Loss, 5-3 @ PHI
This game report has been written a bunch of times already in this sorry ass season. Solid starting pitching is betrayed by shoddy bullpen work and a feeble offense that makes a mediocre opponent look outstanding. Sound familiar? Today it was Johnny Cueto (5-5, game score 54) doing pretty good for six innings but when he handed off a couple baserunners in a tie game to Strickland it all went BOOM. Meanwhile, some minor league wonder pretty much handcuffed us for 7 innings. If not for a small uprising in the ninth, this game was a total waste of a lovely Saturday afternoon.
So, one day after a great "up lifting" victory, we are right back to the drawing board. It seems like the crucial question for this team is "Are they capable of putting together a winning streak?" If we stand a chance we need to do a 22-8 kind of thing. Even 14 of 16, to get us around .500. Can we do that??
This game report has been written a bunch of times already in this sorry ass season. Solid starting pitching is betrayed by shoddy bullpen work and a feeble offense that makes a mediocre opponent look outstanding. Sound familiar? Today it was Johnny Cueto (5-5, game score 54) doing pretty good for six innings but when he handed off a couple baserunners in a tie game to Strickland it all went BOOM. Meanwhile, some minor league wonder pretty much handcuffed us for 7 innings. If not for a small uprising in the ninth, this game was a total waste of a lovely Saturday afternoon.
So, one day after a great "up lifting" victory, we are right back to the drawing board. It seems like the crucial question for this team is "Are they capable of putting together a winning streak?" If we stand a chance we need to do a 22-8 kind of thing. Even 14 of 16, to get us around .500. Can we do that??
Friday, June 2, 2017
Blach Leads Giants
SF 10 PHI 0
It was the best game of the season. Ty Blach threw a 112-pitch shutout and the lineup got 15 hits and scored 10 runs. It was the kind of game the Giants need to play, oh, ten more times, at least. I'm happy the rookie is looking good, we need young blood badly on this club. Giants beat up on a team much worse than them--let's hope they keep doing that.
--M.C.
It was the best game of the season. Ty Blach threw a 112-pitch shutout and the lineup got 15 hits and scored 10 runs. It was the kind of game the Giants need to play, oh, ten more times, at least. I'm happy the rookie is looking good, we need young blood badly on this club. Giants beat up on a team much worse than them--let's hope they keep doing that.
--M.C.
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