Game Wrap 4/19/2024: D'Backs 17 Giants 1

 Blake Snell's start seemed promising but perhaps fatigue caught up with him in the 5'th inning and the route was on.  Key Lines:

Jorge Soler DH- 1 for 4, HR(4).  BA= .240.  Soler's HR in the 4'th briefly cut the deficit to 1 but was the only bright spot in an otherwise absent Giants lineup.

Blake Snell LHP- 4.2 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 11.57.  Snell got through the first two scoreless frames on 26 pitches and 3 GB outs against 1 FB out.  Then he ran into Blaze Alexander who hit the first of two doubles off him, the first only after the initial HR call was overturned.  Still, Snell got through 4 innings with just 2 runs allowed.  The first batter of the 5'th inning doubled on a pop up to 2B.  Snell got the next two batters but Christian Walker singled in a run on a ground ball to RF.  The next two batters hit line drives and that was it for Snell.  Probably not nearly as bad as the line looks and some reason for optimism going forward.

The Dodgers and Padres both lost so the Giants remain 2.5 games behind the Dodgers in 4'th place in the NL West, 1.5 games behind the Padres and 1 game behind the D'Backs.

Kyle Harrison LHP tries to get the Giants back on the winning side of the ledger this afternoon facing Zac Gallen RHP

Down on the Farm: 4/18/2024

 AAA:  Sacramento River Cats defeated the Oklahoma City Baseball Club(Dodgers) 8-4:

Heliot Ramos DH- 2 for 3, HR(5), 3 BB.  BA= .349.

Brett Wisely 2B- 4 for 6.  BA= .353.

Trenton Brooks 1B- 2 for 4, BB, SB(1).  BA= .260.

Casey Schmitt 3B- 2 for 4.  BA= .271.

Blake Sabol C- 3 for 5, 2B.  BA= .265.

Daulton Jefferies RHP- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K.  ERA= 3.38.

Justin Garza RHP- 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K.  ERA= 1.86.

Giants best bet is probably to be a bit more patient with YtY and Slater but Heliot is demanding another chance.

AA:  Richmond Flying Squirrels quieted the Harrisburg Senators 6-2:

Carter Howell RF- 2 for 3, 3B, 2 BB.  BA= .172.

Vaun Brown CF- 1 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .091.

Damon Dues LF- 3 for 4.  BA= .174.

Ryan Murphy RHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 2.25.

Wil Jensen RHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 1.64.

Some low BA's on this Squirrels team.

A+:  Vancouver Canadians beat the Emeralds 7-2:

Onil Perez C- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .379.

Jack Choate LHP- 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 2.25.

Julio Rodriguez RHP- 1.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Onil Perez is a hitting machine! 

A:  Modesto Nuts topped the San Jose Giants 4-2:

Luke Jackson RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.00.

Shane Rademacher RHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's, GO/AO= 4/0.  ERA= 3.38.

Luke Jackson begins rehab assignment.

Game Wrap 4/18/2024: Giants 5 D'Backs 0

The Giants got their homestand off to a rousing start with a sensational start from Logan Webb and put the game away with a late rally.  Key Lines:

Jung Hoo Lee CF- 2 for 4.  BA= .282.  Lee leads the team in hits with 22, 3 more than Michael Conforto.  He also reached on an error by 2B Ketel Marte that was probably caused by his speed.

Lamonte Wade Jr 1B- 0 for 1, 2 BB, SF.  BA= .370.  LMWJ drove in the Giants first run with a Sac Fly in the 3'rd inning.  As it turned out that was the winning run but he contributed to the insurance rally in the 8'th by walking and scoring.

Wilmer Flores PH- 1 for 1, 2B.  BA= .244.  The Giants loaded the bases to start the 8'th inning.  After Soler grounded weakly into a force out at home, the D'Backs brought in a lefty reliever to face Michael Conforto.  Bob Melvin countered with Wilmer who delivered the back-breaker double to make it 3-0.

Mike Yastrzemski RF- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .135.  YtY's double off a LHP drove in 2 to cap the Giants scoring.  He also made a sensational catch in R-CF to rob Gabriel Moreno of a hit leading off the 8'th inning.  Getting YtY going would be a huge boost to the Giants season.

Nick Ahmed SS- 1 for 3, 2B.  BA= .271.  Ahmed started the 8'th inning rally with a ringing double off the L-CF fence that had a serious chance to be a HR.  He also played a stellar SS.

Logan Webb RHP- 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, GO/AO= 13/1.  ERA= 2.93.  Webb allowed singles to the first two batters he faced then set down 19 in a row before walking Christian Walker with one out in the 7'th.   Webb promptly picked Walker off 1B.  Just great, great start by a true ace.

The rest of the NL West was idle so the Giants gained a half game on the division and are now tied with the D'Backs at 9-11, 2.5 games behind the Dodgers and 1.5 games behind the Padres.

Blake Snell LHP faces Jordan Montgomery LHP tomorrow evening in the battle of the Boras late-signers.  Montgomery has already ditched Boras. Will Snell be next?

Down on the Farm: 4/17/2024

 AAA:  Oklahoma City Baseball Club(AKA Dodgers) held off the Sacramento River Cats 4-3:

Blake Sabol 1B- 2 for 4, SB(3).  BA= .227.

Chase Pinder RF- 1 for 3, HR(1), BB.  BA= .300.

Carson Whisenhunt LHP- 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 11.81.

Sean Hjelle RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Clay Helvey RHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Clay Helvey may be a sleeper in the system to keep an eye on.

AA:  Harrisburg Senators outlasted the Richmond Flying Squirrels 5-4(11 innings):

Jimmy Glowenke 2B- 2 for 5.  BA= .250.

Carson Ragsdale RHP- 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 2.77.

Ragsdale looking good coming off arm surgery.

A+:  Eugene Emeralds shut out the Vancouver Canadians 5-0:

Scott Bandura RF- 1 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .167.

Matt Higgins LF- 1 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .409.

Andrew Kachel 1B- 0 for 0, SB(3).  BA= .348.

Dylan Cumming RHP- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, GO/AO= 4/0.  ERA= 0.82.

Nick Sinacola RHP- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 1.00.

Seth Corry LHP- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

3 pitchers, 9 innings, no hits.  Ems are 9-1 on the season.

A:  San Jose Giants topped the Modesto Nuts 5-4:

Maui Ahuna SS- 2 for 4, BB, SB(3).  BA= .250.

Cole Foster 2B- 1 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .306.

Javier Francisco 1B- 1 for 3, 3B, HBP.  BA= .211.

Dylan Carmouche 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K.  ERA= 3.60.

Game Wrap 4/17/2024: Giants 3 Marlins 1

Keaton Winn pitched six strong innings and the Giants hit just well enough to secure a series win on the road.  Key Lines:

Jung Hoo Lee CF- 2 for 4.  BA= .270.  Lee seems to starting to hit his stride, hitting .313 over his last 7 games, and should not bat anywhere but leadoff even against LHP's.

Jorge Soler DH- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .239.  Still not a lot of power but Soler bounces back from a terrible game last night.

Matt Chapman 3B- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .208.  Chapman drove in a valuable insurance run and set up an opportunity for more in the 8'th inning but the Giants left runners at 2'nd and 3'rd stranded.

Thairo Estrada 2B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .239.  Thairo is hitting .380 over his last 7 games.

Keaton Winn RHP- 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 4.09.  Winn did not give up a run until the 6'th inning when he took a comebacker off the foot which appeared to affect his location and the next batter hit a solo HR.  He later issued a walk to Jazz Chisholm but Patrick Bailey C took care of him on a CS.  Bob Melvin indicated he took Winn out early due to concern for the impact of the (very mild) foot injury.  Winn appears to be a full-fledged MLB SP with avoiding serious injury his biggest challenge.

Erik Miller LHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 6.00.  Melvin used Miller in the 7'th with just a 1-run lead.  He now has 4 consecutive scoreless appearances with 7 K and 0 BB in 4 IP.

Camilo Doval RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(3).  ERA= 3.60.  Doval has not allowed a run in 4.1 IP since his first appearance on March 30.

All 4 NL West rivals lost today so the Giants Win puts them 3 games behind the division leading Dodgers, 1 game behind the D'Backs and 2 games behind the Padres.  The Giants record stands at 8-11 or 8-8 outside Dodger Stadium.

The Giants come home to start a 4-game series against the division rival D'Backs tomorrow evening with Logan Webb RHP taking the mound against Ryne Nelson RHP.

Down on the Farm: 4/16/2024

AAA:  Sacramento River Cats defeated the Oklahoma City Baseball Club aka Dodgers 3-2:

Marco Luciano SS- 2 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .352.

Casey Schmitt 3B- 2 for 4, HR(4).  BA= .258.

Heliot Ramos RF- 2 for 4.  BA= .357.

Blake Sabol C- 2 for 4.  BA= .200.

Ismael Munguia CF- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA- .179.

Carson Seymour RHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K's, GO/AO= 5/0.  ERA= 2.16.

AA:  Harrisburg Senators edged out the Richmond Flying Squirrels 3-2:

Grant McCray CF- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .148.

Logan Wyatt 1B- 1 for 3, HR(2).  BA= .200.

John Bertrand LHP- 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K, GO/AO= 7/1.  ERA= 3.00.

A+:  Eugene Emeralds were idle.

A:  Modesto Nuts buried the San Jose Giants 14-2:

Elian Rayo DH- 2 for 4.  BA= .345.

Trent Harris RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Harris is a 25 yo NDFA.

Game Wrap 4/16/2024: Marlins 6 Giants 3

Some quetionable fielding and a bullpen failure kept the Giants from securing a series win against the Marlins.  Key Lines:

Austin Slater RF- 1 for 3.  BA= .133.  The Giants hit into some bad luck in this one.  Slater led off the game by smoking one to RF but right at Jesus Sanchez who struggled to hang on but did for the first out.

Matt Chapman 3B- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(4).  BA= .205.  Still more than on track to hit 25 on the season.

Nick Ahmed SS- 2 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .288.  There was a missed GIDP which contributed to the Marlins 2-run 4'th inning.  Questionable whether it would have been different with Estrada at 2B instead of Fitz.  In the end it probably did not matter to the outcome.

Jordan Hicks RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 5 K's, GO/AO= 8/2.  ERA= 1.57.  At 86 pitches, Hicks probably could have gone another inning but threw a lot of pitches in the 4'th.  As it was he left with the game tied at 2. Alas, Ryan Walker RHP didn't have it and gave up a 3 spot in the 6'th which effectively ended the ballgame.

The Loss left the Giants record at 7-11, 4 games behind the Dodgers, 3 behind the Padres and 2 behind the D'Backs.  

Keaton Winn RHP goes for a series win tomorrow at 9:10 AM PDT facomg Trevor Rogers LHP