Saturday, June 26, 2010

Giants Baseball - the Leading Cause of High Blood Pressure

Just a quick summary with how the Giants tempted with fate today:

  • The Giants scored their three runs in the first inning thanks to:
    • Posey's RBI single up the middle - perfectly placed line drive/grounder that went perfectly between Sandoval's leg at second
    • Two infielders colliding on a ground ball up the middle.
    • A perfectly placed bunt single by pitcher Jonathan Sanchez with the bases loaded.
    • A throwing error on the same play allowing the tying run to score.
  • The Red Sox loaded the bases 3 times in the last 4 innings, trailing by a run in each case, and failed to tie the game. (See Casilla's Houdini act here.)
    • They also had two runners or more in three other innings and failed to score in two of them.
  • The Red Sox stranded 11 baserunners in the final four innings.
  • Every Red Sox starter besides Wakefield and Hall finished with at least 2 LOB.
  • Giants pitchers issued 10 walks this game and four wild pitches - three by Casilla.
  • Wilson somehow got a save despite giving up six baseunners.
  • After facing three hitters just to get one out in the 8th, Wilson was one out away from a clean 9th.  However, a triple, two singles (one coming on a fastball down the middle in an 0-2 count... seriously WTF Wilson??), and a walk later: the bases were loaded.  Wilson managed to escape the jam by coaxing a grounder to short from Darnell Macdonald to end the game.
  • Here's the box score for reference.

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