The Giants got another Quality Start from Matt Cain and this time they gave him enough runs to come away with the Win. Key Lines:
Buster Posey- 2 for 4, HR(5). BA= .274. Buster was hitting .185 over his last 7 games and .175 over his last 15, so this is not a trivial slump he's been in. Hopefully this is the start of one of his long hot streaks.
Brandon Crawford- 2 for 3, BB. BA= .260. This was Crawford's second 2-hit game in 3.
Matt Cain- 1 for 3, 2B. BA= .059. Cainer took matter into his own hands and drove a double over Dexter Fowler's head to drive in the first 2 runs of the game.
Matt Cain- 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 5.37. In his last 3 starts, Cain has allowed just 4 runs in 21 IP for a 1.71 ERA. He's struck out 17 with 4 BB's. I'm going to cautiously say Matt Cain is back! He gives the Giants 4 starters capable of going up against the other team's best and having a chance to win.
Javier Lopez- 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 4.50. Lopez may be a lefty specialist, but RH batters are 0 for 9 against him this year after hitting .214 against him last year. Thanks to Baggs for that little stat, although they mentioned it on the Fox broadcast too.
Santiago Casilla- 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 K, Save(11). ERA= 2.04. Casilla fell behind the leadoff batter, Fowler 3-0 and ended up throwing 1 too many pitches over the plate. With a 3 run lead, it was probably just as well the ball went out of the park so he did not have to pitch to the big guns out of the stretch.
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The Win allowed the Giants to remain 3.5 games ahead of the Rockies, who topped the Pirates 5-1, in the NL West. The big news here is the Dodgers lost again to the Padres 3-2 in 11 innings to fall into 3'rd place, 4.5 games behind the NL West leading Giants. The 4'th place D'Backs lost to the Cardinals to fall 6 games off the pace while the Last Place Padres remained 6.5 games back.
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Madison Bumgarner tries for a series win tomorrow evening in the ESPN game facing Kyle Hendricks.
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