Friday, September 15, 2017

Game Wrap 9/13/2017: Dodgers 4 Giants 1

Giants bats were listless and Matt Moore was Matt Moore in a quiet loss.  Key Lines:

Hunter Pence RF- 2 for 4.  BA= .258.  Back in the leadoff spot.  Pence had 8 hits in the series.

Jarrett Parker LF- 2 for 4.  BA= .250.  Parker was 3 for 9 on the series.

Matt Moore LHP- 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 5.39.  After a brief run in August, Moore has fallen back into a familiar, bad, pattern mostly all attributable to poor command.

Kyle Crick RHP- 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.31.  Cricky continues to be one of the few Giants pitchers who can throw a FB by a hitter when they know it's coming.

Reyes Maronta RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.45.  6 K's in 3.2 IP but also 3 BB's.  Giants need more of his and Crick's type of arms in the pen.

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The Giants led the Phillies in the race for the #1 draft pick by 0.5 games after this game.  The Phils fell another 0.5 games behind with a W yesterday.  The ChiSox are falling off the pace a full 3 games back.  So far, there is no clear cut best prospect in the 2018 draft so I'm not sure having the #1 overall is all that, but at least they are guaranteed to get the guy they want if it ends in this order.

4 comments:

  1. It's true there doesn't seem to be a consensus #1 pick in the draft. However, I think Jared Kelenic the OF and Kumar Rocker the big righty are the cream of the crop. The Giants need to draft one of those guys imho

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    1. Kelenic and Rocker seem to definitely be in the mix. We'll start doing some detailed profiles of the top draft prospects after the season ends.

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    2. Can't wait! I'm very excited about having such a high pick. The last time we had such a high pick we drafted Posey, so it's fun to think about possibly getting another franchise superstar.

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    3. Giants are proof that if an organization makes the right choice and gets a bit lucky with 1 or 2 or 3 top 10 draft picks, it can absolutely turn a franchise around in a short time. So yeah, it's exciting.

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