W....TF?

So, I stepped into media blackout after the final A's game because my wife had a kid

 

my daughter Tyler

 

And I come back and all hell has broken loose.

• 3-6 since then
• Swept by Marlins at home
• Posey has a broken leg (clean or not, unnecessary hit)
• Belt came back and went down
• Crawford might be purty good
• The D-Backs are in first place and the Rockies are below .500?

As my son would say, "That's cwazy!"

Game 46: Another walk-off win, Giants sweep A's with 5-4 win in 12

A rant:  Jeremy Affeldt and Bruce Bochy must have a very special relationship.  How else can you explain Jonathan Sanchez's removal from a game where he only had one truly stressful inning and only went to 6.  1 out, nobody on, B6 inning -- there's no reason to PH for a guy that's only thrown 100 and has only given up 1 run.

Let your pitchers go 7 innings, McFly; unless you've got a guy on third.  Seriously, if you're clinging to a 1 run lead, is Sanchez or Affeldt the guy you go with?  No to mention the fact that Sanchez has been hitting doubles lately.

Negatives over, now let's talk about how sweet it is to sweep the A's again.  Oh, and BTW, your Colorado Rockies dropped all 3 to Milwaukee.  For those keeping track, your boys in black are now 3.5 up.

Not to say that I'm counting my chicks before their eggs have hatched, but I do like the little bit of pulling away.  The Giants MO has been to streak at home and stumble on the road.  But, a .500 record on the road ain't so bad when you've got 9 consecutive wins at home (three sweeps against the best teams of late to sweep: LA, Colorado, and Oaktown).

All kidding aside, the A's outfielders have been awfully impressive this series.  Too bad they can't hit, but they are a fantastic defensive team, and they'll be a force to reckon with should they make it to the playoffs.

Their starters were nasty too.  Couldn't say as much about their bullpen, if the Giants were a better offensive team, they would've scored a lot more than they did.  You give up 4 runs to SF, that's like giving up 8 to Philly or the Yankees.

just sayin

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Game 45: Timmy kicks ass and takes names, Giants win 3-0

Timmy pitched the best damn game I've ever seen him toss, and he only had 6 K's.



Complete game, 133 pitches, 3 hits, 0 BB.  At one point, he retired 21 straight.

It was a 1-0 game all the way until the B8 when they opened up a can of ass whoop with a 2 run splurge.

The Giants are the only team that can make a 1-0 lead feel like a 7-0 lead -- especially at home. 

Not top shit on anything, b ut 10 hits only led to 3 runs, and a 1 for 10 with RISP.  But, I mean jeez, they're 2.5 games up (Rockies lost again), 3rd best record in the NL, and the least amount of runs scored.



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Early standings watching

Just saying

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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Homestand Preview: 6 Consecutive Pitching Duels

A's bring a sub 3 ERA through town, Marlins start 2 out of 3 skyscrapers.

Giants are 1/2 game up over the Rockies and the Rockies' next 7 games are vs the middle-of-the-pack Brewers and the bottom-of-the-barrel D-Backs.  So, The giants at home should be aiming at 4 wins out of 6 games.  A .500 record is perfectly adequate, but their at home, and 3-3 @ home should be considered failure.

Upcoming: 3 vs Oakland

The A's are going to throw 3 sub-3.5 ERAs at the Giants this weekend.
The Giants are goinmg to be throwing 3 sub 3.75 ERAs at the A's.

This series will more than likely be 3 low scoring, tight games.  When nboth teams are good, the advantages go to the home team.

If the Giants go 5-1 over the 6 cross-Bay games, that would even the all-time series at 43-43.

I'd like to see that.

But for now, I'll settle for 2 wins in SF.  I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop with Vogelsong, as well as Cahill.  But, never let it be said that the Giants will be the first team to get to a 1.8 ERA pitcher.  So, unless the Giants c an scratch 1 run out of Cahill (unlikely) and Vogelsong can hold the A's to 1 or 2 (maybe) and the Giants can get to the bullpen, Cahill will probably shut them down.

A win in game 1 will be nice, but not expected.

Considering Timmy is under .500 and pitching at home,I give him the edge in game 2 vs. Brett Anderson.

That should make Sanchie's start the rubber match.  Oooh, not a fun place for Sanchez to be, but he's been showing better of late.  Unless he's pitching a 2 hit shut out or better, I'd be surprised if Boche let's him star the 8th again, but who knows?

The Giants and the A's are totally light hitting, numbers-wise, but the Giants have been scoring runs lately and Buster is starting to put a little stank on the ball.  Plus, they're good at home, so hopefully they can get to Gio Gonzalez a bit on Sunday and get to the bullpen.