And even though they still have lost twice as many games as they’ve won against the Dodgers this year, it highlighted the difference between this year’s Giants team and the teams of the last three or four years. And it showed up when Scott Kazmir and José Álvarez both allowed a pair of runs.īut the Giants worked around those hiccups. That was always the plan, and I will never bemoan or criticize the Giants for prioritizing health over winning, but that’s exactly what it was. In the sixth inning the Giants turned to the bullpen when Webb had thrown just 62 rather brilliant pitches. The Dodgers scored a run despite Webb not allowing a single baserunner on his stat card. In the third inning, with the Giants leading 3-1, Donovan Solano committed errors not just on consecutive at-bats, but on consecutive pitches. Buster Posey hit what would’ve been an RBI double on the very next pitch. That’s not the case this year.Īustin Slater led off the game with a single, but got picked off trying to steal second on a 3-0 count. Last year they simply didn’t have enough talent to have any margin for error - if they didn’t play perfectly, they couldn’t beat good teams. There were a few moments that made you question the Giants ability to win. It’s easy to sit here now, on my lovely pink chaise lounge that I write from when I’m feeling too classy for my plebeian desk, and peruse the box score and think it was all smooth. They simply played good baseball and were rewarded with good results. The Giants won as comfortably as you can against a laughably talented team that overcame a 3-run ninth inning deficit the night prior. Matt Wisler struck out 4 of the 6 batters he faced. Logan Webb, in his return from the 10-day Injured List, allowed just 2 baserunners - a hit and a hit batter - in 5 innings, while striking out 7. They had 16 hits, with 7 of them going for extra bases. It was just a straightforward, high quality, convincing baseball win, from a team that’s racked up more of those in the first two months than you anticipated for the entire season.Ī week after recording just 3 hits against Julio Urías, while striking out 10 times, the Giants had 11 hits off of Urías, and struck out just 5 times. look, there’s no right way to fan, but if your team playing well is boring, it might be time to find a new hobby. The Giants played exceptionally, and that’s never boring unless you. That’s not to say it was a boring game - anything from it. Save for the opponent, there was nothing particularly noteworthy about the Giants 11-6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Because the San Francisco Giants didn’t have a flashy, thrilling game. I don’t have a flashy, thrilling recap like I did for Friday’s game.

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