Aubrey Huff had a big night and Madison Bumgarner pitched possibly the most dominant start of he career so far as the Giants cruised to a 6-0 victory over the Bucs. Key Lines:
Aubrey Huff- 3 for 4, 2B, HR(11). BA= .249. Huffster is hitting .355 over his last 10 games and has raised his BA from .240 to .249. His BA reached a nadir on July 18 at .232. It has been climbing fairly steadily since then. I know Huff has had big games before and then gone right back into a slump but this one felt different. He was driving the ball to all fields, seeing good pitches and hitting them hard. We'll see. If the Giants could have just a career average Huff the rest of the way, it would be huge.
Orlando Cabrera- 2 for 4, SB(7). BA= .244. OCab has performed right at his season average since the Giants acquired him. With noticeably better D than Tejada or Fonty and noticeably better O than Crawford, he should be an asset if he just keeps doing what he's doing.
Chris Stewart- 1 for 4, HR(1). BA= .223. CStew hit his first MLB HR in 10 years of professional baseball. He was presented the ball at the end of his interview with Amy G on he CSN Post Game Show.
Madison Bumgarner- 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K's. ERA= 3.53. Great stuff, good velocity, pinpoint control....Bum had it all going from the get-go and dominated the Bucs. On any given day, he's as dominating as any pitcher in baseball right now.
With the Win, the Giants hung onto their 0.5 game lead in the NL West over the Dangerous D'Backs who win a slugfest from the 'Stros 11-9.
Jonathan Sanchez takes the mound today facing Jeff Karstens as the Giants try for a much needed series win
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OGC pointed out in a Fangraph comments on Huff that he was performing well when he was not asked to carry the team by himself. In fact he was doing well with a buddy like Burrell or another big bat like Posey but had bad year in Detroit or Baltimore when ask to be the man.
ReplyDeleteThis year with Beltran, he may have found the right teammate to help him to find back his stroke (even if Beltran was not in the line up last night).
Let just hope Beltran will benefit from Huff the same way.
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