I like it when Timmy has tough luck and the boys get him out of a jam.
Despite an 0 for 6 from their back up 3rd baseman Miggy, the Giants answered all 5 runs that the Cardinals put up with a 9th inning, 2 out, game tying Nate Schierholtz single after Manny Burriss stole second to put himself in scoring position.
Then, Nate the Great knocks in Fred with an 11th inning single to put the Giants up for good.
Timmy looked pretty good, he had a few tough innings and coughed up a lead int he 7th, but he deserves an off night. The Giants made it a point to pull him out of the fire, and got to the Cards' perfect closer in the 9th.
When Sandoval comes back, and hoping that Nate can pull off a .270 avg with 15 ding dongs this year, the Giants might have a shot.
The boys have at least a split in a big series and keep pace with the first place WTF D-Backs.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Game 44: Voges is for reelzies, Huff smacks single in 10th, Giants pull out win 2-1
Why do the Giants need to fear a good pitcher? They only need to score a couple anyways.
In fact, they were up 1-0 after the 1st despite being hitless until the 4th.
Defensively they play more crisply @ home, which shows just how good their pitching is because they utilize the fielders. I listened a bit on the radio and watched the last couple innings, then I caught up with Extra Baggs and on mlb.com -- but I'm going to have to start watching more as if seems that Nate the great and Fred Sanchez are spinning fantastic defensive seasons. I saw Nate spear a screamer to the right field corner to keep the A's down in the 9th, but I missed it when he gunned down Willingham @ 3rd on a hit and run.
Fred helped Voges out in a jam, with the bases loaded and 0 out, Fred dove for a ball in the hole and started a double play on speedy Coco Crisp.
Voges is for real and that's no joke. 6 strong, good command, got out of jams with Ks and double plays. He stared down the AL's best pitcher and didn't blink.
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In fact, they were up 1-0 after the 1st despite being hitless until the 4th.
Defensively they play more crisply @ home, which shows just how good their pitching is because they utilize the fielders. I listened a bit on the radio and watched the last couple innings, then I caught up with Extra Baggs and on mlb.com -- but I'm going to have to start watching more as if seems that Nate the great and Fred Sanchez are spinning fantastic defensive seasons. I saw Nate spear a screamer to the right field corner to keep the A's down in the 9th, but I missed it when he gunned down Willingham @ 3rd on a hit and run.
Fred helped Voges out in a jam, with the bases loaded and 0 out, Fred dove for a ball in the hole and started a double play on speedy Coco Crisp.
Voges is for real and that's no joke. 6 strong, good command, got out of jams with Ks and double plays. He stared down the AL's best pitcher and didn't blink.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
One Month Review: Infielders
The giants currently have the 13th most errors on the season with 17 and 18th best fielding percentage at .982.
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Miguel Tejada is the glaring offender in the infield, as he sports 4 errors and a .954 fielding percentage. That places him 20th and 21st for those stats respectively amongst regular MLB shortstops currently. It's not just the errors, though. Miguel Tejada is not playing crisply. Playing in the wrong position on stolen bases, shifted in properly and not getting to balls. All messed up.
Unfortunately, Panda Bear will miss all of May, and it looks like Miggy's going to have to stay in the lineup as the closest thing to a back up 3rd baseman. Not promising.
Fontenot, Whiteside, and Huffy are the only regular infielders that haven't commited an error yet this seaosn (including the Burriss and Belt). Of course, Fontenot was util in April, Whiteside is off the bench and Huffy's only been playing first for like 10 games.
The weak spot right now is the infield and that's going to be an issue. Since Burriss is up, hopefully he can offer a little late inning support.
Belt's hitting was a disappointment. Thinking that it's best to bring rookies up midseason rather than from opening day. Hopefully Belt's tough enough to mature and be a force at game 60 or 70-ish. It could be like Matt Williams.
Of course he could be like Todd Linden.
Huffy's another story. Ugh, .202 with only 2 homers, 18 K's in 90-something at bats.. Woof. We've finished month one, now's the time to worry.
Fred has been pulling his weight, I'd like to see him get really hot for about 2 or 3 weeks, but he's been pretty good so far, which makes me think he's going to slump soon.
Fontenot's been playing a very good defense, and when he starts, he hits like .300. But he's o'fer 10 as a pinch hitter. I'd like to see him get a little more time at SS. After all, Miggy's not hitting, and I remember that Fontenot was a regular on the Cubs.
Panda Bear has been a truly bright sot for the Giants so far this year. He's hustling, he's hitting, he's making plays he couldn't have last year. 2011 should be the year of the Panda Bear -- I really like a .300 Pablo with appropriate power and a bit of base stealing ability. Today it was revealed that Panda's going to be out 4-6 weeks with wrist surgery. Wrist surgery makes me think about DeRo, and DeRo was out a whole year.
Posey
My calls: No sophomore jinx ; .295/20/90, 140 games (batting 3rd)
Actuals at 4/30: .261/4/17 ; 24 games out of 26 ; primarily batting 4th ; back-up Whiteside is 3 for 14 with a GIDP
Belt
My calls: send him to Fresno if he struggles out the gate ; .285/15/70, 500 ABs (batting 8th)
Actuals at 4/30: .192/1/4, 52 ABs ; Fresno
Fred Sanchez
My call: .290/8/60, 80 R, 160 games, 6 errors (batting 2nd)
Actuals at 4/30: .273/2/9, 25 out of 26 (none missed due to injury), 1 error ; primarily batting 2nd ; back ups are Burriss and Fontenot
Sandoval
My calls: .310/25/90-95 ; 60 BB, 8 errors (batting 6th)
Actuals at 4/30: .313/5/14 ; 8 BB ; 1 errors ; primarily batting 5th ; no real back-up ; DL
Tejada
My call: hope for .270 w/ 15 HRs ; .260/15/65, 12 errors (batting 7th)
Actuals at 4/30: .216/1/9, 4 errors ; primarily batting 7th or 8th ; back up is Fontenot .233/1/2 w/ 30 ABs and 0 errors in 18 games out of 26
DeRosa
My call: .270 <15 HRs
Actuals at 4/30: .333/0/3, 18 ABs, DL
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Miguel Tejada is the glaring offender in the infield, as he sports 4 errors and a .954 fielding percentage. That places him 20th and 21st for those stats respectively amongst regular MLB shortstops currently. It's not just the errors, though. Miguel Tejada is not playing crisply. Playing in the wrong position on stolen bases, shifted in properly and not getting to balls. All messed up.
Unfortunately, Panda Bear will miss all of May, and it looks like Miggy's going to have to stay in the lineup as the closest thing to a back up 3rd baseman. Not promising.
Fontenot, Whiteside, and Huffy are the only regular infielders that haven't commited an error yet this seaosn (including the Burriss and Belt). Of course, Fontenot was util in April, Whiteside is off the bench and Huffy's only been playing first for like 10 games.
The weak spot right now is the infield and that's going to be an issue. Since Burriss is up, hopefully he can offer a little late inning support.
Belt's hitting was a disappointment. Thinking that it's best to bring rookies up midseason rather than from opening day. Hopefully Belt's tough enough to mature and be a force at game 60 or 70-ish. It could be like Matt Williams.
Of course he could be like Todd Linden.
Huffy's another story. Ugh, .202 with only 2 homers, 18 K's in 90-something at bats.. Woof. We've finished month one, now's the time to worry.
Fred has been pulling his weight, I'd like to see him get really hot for about 2 or 3 weeks, but he's been pretty good so far, which makes me think he's going to slump soon.
Fontenot's been playing a very good defense, and when he starts, he hits like .300. But he's o'fer 10 as a pinch hitter. I'd like to see him get a little more time at SS. After all, Miggy's not hitting, and I remember that Fontenot was a regular on the Cubs.
Panda Bear has been a truly bright sot for the Giants so far this year. He's hustling, he's hitting, he's making plays he couldn't have last year. 2011 should be the year of the Panda Bear -- I really like a .300 Pablo with appropriate power and a bit of base stealing ability. Today it was revealed that Panda's going to be out 4-6 weeks with wrist surgery. Wrist surgery makes me think about DeRo, and DeRo was out a whole year.
Posey
My calls: No sophomore jinx ; .295/20/90, 140 games (batting 3rd)
Actuals at 4/30: .261/4/17 ; 24 games out of 26 ; primarily batting 4th ; back-up Whiteside is 3 for 14 with a GIDP
Belt
My calls: send him to Fresno if he struggles out the gate ; .285/15/70, 500 ABs (batting 8th)
Actuals at 4/30: .192/1/4, 52 ABs ; Fresno
Fred Sanchez
My call: .290/8/60, 80 R, 160 games, 6 errors (batting 2nd)
Actuals at 4/30: .273/2/9, 25 out of 26 (none missed due to injury), 1 error ; primarily batting 2nd ; back ups are Burriss and Fontenot
Sandoval
My calls: .310/25/90-95 ; 60 BB, 8 errors (batting 6th)
Actuals at 4/30: .313/5/14 ; 8 BB ; 1 errors ; primarily batting 5th ; no real back-up ; DL
Tejada
My call: hope for .270 w/ 15 HRs ; .260/15/65, 12 errors (batting 7th)
Actuals at 4/30: .216/1/9, 4 errors ; primarily batting 7th or 8th ; back up is Fontenot .233/1/2 w/ 30 ABs and 0 errors in 18 games out of 26
DeRosa
My call: .270 <15 HRs
Actuals at 4/30: .333/0/3, 18 ABs, DL
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Game 14: Zito gets hurt just as he started making the game interesting, Giants win 5-3
Giants clinch the series with their 4th consecutive win Saturday night.
Buster hit a 2 run ding dong in the 1st, and the Giants jumped out to an early lead. But 2 runs is not a safe lead with Z on the mound and he promptly gave up 2 in the second (one on a Zito error).
2 batters after giving up the lead, Z lunged after a bunt back to the mound, came down funny on his right foot and sprained it.
Mota came in and pitched 1 run ball over the next 4.1. His longest outting ever.
Offensively, the Buster dinger might have been the lone highlight, especially after they hit into 5 double play over the 5 innings that followed Buster's blast.
But Fred doubled in Rowand in the 6th to tie the game at 3, then singled in a couple runs the next inning to put the Boys up for good.
Rowand got 3 hits. He seems to be hitting for average this year and might be making a claim to create more drama in the outfield. (or perhaps increasing his trade value) Rowand is 7 for his last 17 at bats in the last 4 games -- impressive enough, but then take into account that on Friday he was 0 for 5. Thusfar, Row-Waaand is hitting .359.
Belt might be climbing out of his start-of-the-career funk. A pinch hit last night put his average up to .217. About 60 points higher than this time last week.
The Boys are starting to play well, get on base. If only we could cut out the double plays -- Oh how frustrating. I would have rather won today over yesterday, so I guess they're just going to have to sweep the D-backs in their own house. Ha ha.
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Buster hit a 2 run ding dong in the 1st, and the Giants jumped out to an early lead. But 2 runs is not a safe lead with Z on the mound and he promptly gave up 2 in the second (one on a Zito error).
2 batters after giving up the lead, Z lunged after a bunt back to the mound, came down funny on his right foot and sprained it.
Mota came in and pitched 1 run ball over the next 4.1. His longest outting ever.
Offensively, the Buster dinger might have been the lone highlight, especially after they hit into 5 double play over the 5 innings that followed Buster's blast.
But Fred doubled in Rowand in the 6th to tie the game at 3, then singled in a couple runs the next inning to put the Boys up for good.
Rowand got 3 hits. He seems to be hitting for average this year and might be making a claim to create more drama in the outfield. (or perhaps increasing his trade value) Rowand is 7 for his last 17 at bats in the last 4 games -- impressive enough, but then take into account that on Friday he was 0 for 5. Thusfar, Row-Waaand is hitting .359.
Belt might be climbing out of his start-of-the-career funk. A pinch hit last night put his average up to .217. About 60 points higher than this time last week.
The Boys are starting to play well, get on base. If only we could cut out the double plays -- Oh how frustrating. I would have rather won today over yesterday, so I guess they're just going to have to sweep the D-backs in their own house. Ha ha.
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Upcoming: 3 @ Arizona
The Giants first non-Opening Day-related road trip will whisk them away to the magical land that they occupied not 3 weeks ago: Phoenix, Arizona.
The Giants will send Cain, Zito, and Bumgarner agaist Daniel Hudson, Joe Saunders, and Barry Enright. Combined those 3 D-Back pitchers are 0-4, but Hudson is sporting an ERA just above 3 (the other 2 are at an eRA of 6)
Cainer should be able to handle the Zonas, even with their "best" pitcher on the mound.
I worry about guys that have high ERAs after 2 starts because you know that they're due for a reaosnable start.
Saunders gives up baserunners, whereas Enright is a bit more stingy in that department. I see another bullpen game in Z's future, but I see Maddy pitching a little more comfortably against a sub-par team.
Saunders will let the Giants hit, and I hope that it'll wake up Belt in that game in particular. The Giants are going to have at least one 6, 7, or 8-run game, and I think that middle game will be the horse race. It should also be the gravy game.
Game 3 moight be lower scoring, but I'd like to see Maddy take a 4-1 win in his pocket and go 7.
The way Panda Bear and Fred have been hitting, and with the hopes of an andres Torres return by Saturday, plus the Giants on an upswing, nothing would be better than taking a 3 game sweep into Colorado next week. That would also put them 3 games over .500.
The Giants will send Cain, Zito, and Bumgarner agaist Daniel Hudson, Joe Saunders, and Barry Enright. Combined those 3 D-Back pitchers are 0-4, but Hudson is sporting an ERA just above 3 (the other 2 are at an eRA of 6)
Cainer should be able to handle the Zonas, even with their "best" pitcher on the mound.
I worry about guys that have high ERAs after 2 starts because you know that they're due for a reaosnable start.
Saunders gives up baserunners, whereas Enright is a bit more stingy in that department. I see another bullpen game in Z's future, but I see Maddy pitching a little more comfortably against a sub-par team.
Saunders will let the Giants hit, and I hope that it'll wake up Belt in that game in particular. The Giants are going to have at least one 6, 7, or 8-run game, and I think that middle game will be the horse race. It should also be the gravy game.
Game 3 moight be lower scoring, but I'd like to see Maddy take a 4-1 win in his pocket and go 7.
The way Panda Bear and Fred have been hitting, and with the hopes of an andres Torres return by Saturday, plus the Giants on an upswing, nothing would be better than taking a 3 game sweep into Colorado next week. That would also put them 3 games over .500.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Upcoming: 3 vs LA @ SF
Goal: 2 out of 3
Game 2 of the series is Timmy vs Billingsley which should slide in Lincecum's favor. That means the other 2 are the rubber matches.
Game 1 offers Maddy a chance to get back on the horse after a less-than-stellar 1st start vs the Padres. He's going against Giant-killer Clayton Kershaw, though, so Maddy's got to pitch for a 2-1 win. I'd call this one the gravy game (meaning if they can take game 1, so much the better, but if they drop it, games 2 and 3 are easier to win anyway).
Game 3 will be Sanchez vs Lilly. Considering that the home team tends to have a major advantage in the rivalry, and Sanchez is nails at home: this should be the Giants' game to win.
If they can score the runs.
Double plays kill rallies and the Giants have been shooting their rallies in the head regularly. Torres still out indefinitely, but Posey and Burrell should be back in. These guys are due.
Fred Sanchez, Miggy, and Panda Bear have been lighting it up. Hopefully they can get a bit more help throughout.
Game 2 of the series is Timmy vs Billingsley which should slide in Lincecum's favor. That means the other 2 are the rubber matches.
Game 1 offers Maddy a chance to get back on the horse after a less-than-stellar 1st start vs the Padres. He's going against Giant-killer Clayton Kershaw, though, so Maddy's got to pitch for a 2-1 win. I'd call this one the gravy game (meaning if they can take game 1, so much the better, but if they drop it, games 2 and 3 are easier to win anyway).
Game 3 will be Sanchez vs Lilly. Considering that the home team tends to have a major advantage in the rivalry, and Sanchez is nails at home: this should be the Giants' game to win.
If they can score the runs.
Double plays kill rallies and the Giants have been shooting their rallies in the head regularly. Torres still out indefinitely, but Posey and Burrell should be back in. These guys are due.
Fred Sanchez, Miggy, and Panda Bear have been lighting it up. Hopefully they can get a bit more help throughout.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Game 3: Freddy Sanchez leads a 10-run outburst, Giants win 10-0
First and foremost, the last time that Matt Cain allowed and earned run, my 2 1/2 year-old son only knew about 4 words. Now, the kid speaks like and damn....speaking.....guy who know..... a lot of words.
I missed the game, had a family day to the Roaring Camp in Felton, but I kept checking in ont he ol' cell phone.
Looks like all of the old guys (led by F Sanchie) drove the bus today. Rowand must've been chomping 'cuz he got a couple hits, scored a couple runs. Sanchez went yard and got some other RBI's. Tejada, batting lead off, got a couple hits, scored a couple, got a couple RBI's. In fact, Burrell was the only starter that didn't get on base, and Belt was the only other starter without a hit (but he walked twice).
10-0, Giants score in bunches again, that was their M.O. last year, lose the one-run gmes, and score a shit-ton for the guy that tosses a shutout.
Cainer only went 6, gave up 5 hits -- I can only figure that Boche didn't want to waste him this early in the season in a route. Personally, I believe in letting pitchers finish shut outs.....
But I'm between managerial jobs.
Like I said earlier, leaving LA with a 2-2 record would be just fine by me, Z's really gotta come through tomorrow out of the 4-hole. I think it's a perfect place for him, v Kuroda.
I missed the game, had a family day to the Roaring Camp in Felton, but I kept checking in ont he ol' cell phone.
Looks like all of the old guys (led by F Sanchie) drove the bus today. Rowand must've been chomping 'cuz he got a couple hits, scored a couple runs. Sanchez went yard and got some other RBI's. Tejada, batting lead off, got a couple hits, scored a couple, got a couple RBI's. In fact, Burrell was the only starter that didn't get on base, and Belt was the only other starter without a hit (but he walked twice).
10-0, Giants score in bunches again, that was their M.O. last year, lose the one-run gmes, and score a shit-ton for the guy that tosses a shutout.
Cainer only went 6, gave up 5 hits -- I can only figure that Boche didn't want to waste him this early in the season in a route. Personally, I believe in letting pitchers finish shut outs.....
But I'm between managerial jobs.
Like I said earlier, leaving LA with a 2-2 record would be just fine by me, Z's really gotta come through tomorrow out of the 4-hole. I think it's a perfect place for him, v Kuroda.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Player Preview -- The Infielders
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The Giants depth is in the outfield, but their run scorers are in the infield. It also might house their weakest cogs defensively.
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