Saturday, August 19, 2017

Game Wrap 8/18/2017: Giants 10 Phillies 2

The Giants put more distance between themselves and the #1 overall draft pick in 2018.  They piled up 6 runs in the first 3 innings.  Matt Moore took a 1-hit shutout into the 8'th inning before faltering.  The Giants added 4 more runs in the bottom of the 8'th for the blowout win.  Key Lines:

Denard Span CF- 3 for 5.  BA= .273.  Span should be in a strict CF platoon with Gorkys Hernandez or somebody was he is hitting just .230 against LHP's and .286 against RHP's.

Hunter Pence RF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(11).  BA= .260.  Pence shook off a terrible July and is hitting .351 in August.  He's slashing .277/.328/.454 with 5 dingers in 32 games since the All-Star Break.

Jarrett Parker LF- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .267.  Parker drove in Span and Pence with a double for the second night in a row.  I have to say, watching Jarrett Parker in the batters box makes me want a Xanax really bad. Man, that dude is fidgety!  Does he drink from Hunter Pence's coffee jug during the game?

Pablo Sandoval 3B- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .218.  Another guy who might be useful in a strict platoon with Pabs facing only RHP's.

Brandon Crawford SS- 2 for 3, 2B, HR(10), BB.  BA= .229.  Maybe his is Crawford's breakout game for a strong finish?  Anyone else vote that a different hairstyle might help?

Matt Moore LHP- 7.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 5.54.  This as actually a much better line than it looks.  Moore took a 1-hit shutout into the 8'th inning.  After allowing 2 runners to reach around an out, Cory Gearrin came in and gave up a seeing-eye single and a bloop for the 2 runs.  This was Moore's 2'nd QS in a row and 4'th in 7 starts.  In 2 other starts in that stretch, he had 14 K's against 1 BB in 13 IP.

Josh Osich LHP- 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 5.20.  Osich came in to strike out the LH batting Nick Williams with 2 on, 1 out and 2 runs already scored in the 8'th, which is why he is on the roster. The score was 6-2 at that point.  Huge out there.

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Ty Blach goes up against Jared Eickoff in game 3 of the 4 gamer today.

3 comments:

  1. Pence: He also hit .190 in May and was looking pretty bad out in the field to go with it. But whatever his problems were he's seemed to over-come them and he's been playing, since the All-Star break, as well as he's ever played for the Giants. He's running well, he's hitting well.

    Moore: I went to bed at 6-0, in the bottom of the 6th or possibly top of the 7th. So I didn't see anything after that. But Moore looked mostly-sharp last night. Kind of a tease I thought because other times he looks like he's some guy they grabbed out of Rookie League.

    Melancon: I read that he's got pronator damage he suffered during Spring Training. Considering the season is lost, I don't know why they brought him back. He needs more rest, possibly surgery. So I wish they'd shut him down and bring up Law or Rogers.

    Arroyo: Won't be back. They decided to just shut him down for the year since he won't be ready by the time he finishes healing.

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    1. Arroyo remains a rookie --5 ABs short of losing it.

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  2. Funny thing how suddenly the OF is looking better that the IF!
    Hard to believe how good Parker looks -- even his trough was short.
    If, he is out of it.

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