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[johnstone1987]

That's a plus.

[Manning2Harrison]

Bats Heat Up, Giants Earn Split With Dodgers

The San Francisco Giants have yet to get a quality start from the rotation, but at least one of the SP’s now has a win. That’s thanks to the bats of the Giants, who were able to give Chris Stratton the the run support he needed for the W despite his departure after 5 innings pitched with three runs allowed. Six of San Francisco’s starting position players hat at least one hit, and the team went for extra bases six times, including a solo shot by Gregor Blanco in his first start of the season. And with a double and a triple, Andrew McCutchen finally got his first hits in a Giants uni. What began as a disastrous-looking opening series ended up in a split with the defending NL champion Dodgers. Up next for the G-Men is their home opener, which kicks off a short two-game interleague series against the Seattle Mariners.

San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers
Apr 1, 2018	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco (2-2)	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	6	10	1
Los Angeles (2-2)	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	11	1
W: Stratton (1) L: Maeda (0-1) S: Melancon (2)

San Francisco Giants
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Blanco, CF	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	.333
Panik, 2B	5	0	1	2	0	1	0	.166
Posey, C	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.175
McCutchen, RF	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	.142
Longoria, 3B	4	0	3	2	0	1	0	.666
Crawford, SS	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.083
Sandoval, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.200
Pence, LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200
Stratton, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Law, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Hundley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gearrin, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Smith, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Strickland, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Melancon, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
BATTING: 2B: Blanco, Panik, McCutchen, Longoria 3B: McCutchen HR: Blanco RBI: Blanco, Panik 2, McCutchen, Longoria 2 SAC: Crawford
FIELDING: E: Gearrin

Los Angeles Dodgers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Taylor, CF	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	.294
Forsythe, 2B	5	0	2	1	0	2	0	.266
Seager, SS	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	.210
Turner, 3B	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	.071
Puig, RF	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	.333
Locastro, PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Grandal, C	4	0	3	0	1	1	0	.500
Pederson, LF	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.333
Toles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Utley, 1B	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	.000
Maeda, P	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Owens, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kemp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.423
Stripling, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Liberatore, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Barnes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
BATTING: 2B: Forsythe, Seager, Maeda RBI: Forsythe, Seager, Pederson, Utley 2 SF: Utley 2
FIELDING: E: Puig

San Francisco Giants
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Stratton (W,1-0)	5.0	8	3	3	5	5	0	5.40
Law (H,1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Gearrin (H,1)	0.1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
Smith (H,1)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Strickland (H,1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Melancon (S,2)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.50

Los Angeles Dodgers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Maeda (L,0-1)	5.1	5	4	3	1	4	1	5.06
Owens	1.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	6.00
Stripling	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
Liberatore	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

[Manning2Harrison]

A Spanking And A Blanking

San Francisco Giants rookie pitcher Tyler Beede’s major league debut spontaneously combusted into a 5-run first inning, spoiling San Francisco’s 2018 home opener. Beede was allowed out to the mound (with Ty Blach warming up in the pen) to begin the second inning, but a liner to short that was dangerously close to a base hit was the last picth of his first start. Ultimately it did not matter how many runs Beede allowed and he might as well have pitched longer, as the formerly winless Seattle Mariners got a staff shutout.

Kyle Seager’s 2-run homer capped Seattle’s 5-run first.


Evan Longoria is batting .625, then there’s a steep dropoff to Buster Posey’s .238.

[LopaKa]

Tough start to the season bro, you know I’ll be following along!

[johnstone1987]

WOOO LETS GO MARINERS! lol

Tough start bro.

[Manning2Harrison]

Sandoval's Walk-Off Gives Giants Split With M's

The San Francisco Giants once again got a taste of the stark difference between their starting rotation and their bullpen as they overcame a 4-0 deficit to grind out a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on a walk-off home run by Pablo Sandoval. In the season opener at LA, Madison Bumgarner defeated himself by walking in what proved to be the game-wining run in the 5th. MadBum didn’t even last that long, being pinch-hit for after allowing all four of Seattle’s runs in the third inning, spoiling a start that saw him punch out four batters in the first six outs. Aramis Garcia, who pinch-hit for Bumgatner, stroked a single in his first MLB at bat but was promptly erased as a base-runner in a double play line-out to first.

After stranding two men in the first, the Giants finally got on the board in the 4th inning. Andrew McCutchen hit a lead-off double, then Buster Posey walked. A bloop single by Brandon Belt loaded the bases, and consecutive sac flies by Hunter Pence and Brandon Crawford cut the M’s lead in half at 4-2. A liner to short by reliever Tony Watson, which came agonizingly close to being a base hit, prevented the Jints from doing any further damage in the inning.

In the top of the 8th Derek Law put a golden sombrero on Seattle catcher Mike Zunino, and in the bottom the Giants tied the score at 4. Singles by Austin Jackson and Evan Longoria put runners on the corners with 1 out, thanks to thanks to Nelson Cruz bobbling Longoria’s hit. Cutch then drove an opposite-field double to the right field corner, scoring Jackson. Posey was issued a free pass to fill the bags, and with the pitcher spot up next due to an earlier double-switch, Joe Panic pinch-hit. With the count at 3-1, Panic swung and missed, but with a better pitch on 3-2, he ripped a base hit to right, driving in Longoria for the tying run, thus leaving Bumgarner at 0-1 and robbing Seattle starter Wade LeBlanc of the W he had been in line for. The count also went to 3-2 for Pence, but he ending the inning with the dreaded GIDP.

Setup man Hunter Strickland retired the Mariners in order after issuing a lead-off walk, and there was one down when Pablo Sandoval, batting 9th as a result of the aforementioned double-switch, came to the plate and blasted the game-winning homer over the right field wall.

Jackson, who was benched for two games after going hitless in the first three in LA, got off the schnide with a 3-for-4 day.

Seattle Mariners at San Francisco Giants
Apr 4, 2018	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle (1-4)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2
San Francisco (3-3)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	5	9	0
W: Strickland (1-0) L: Altavilla (0-1) S: -

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			SEA	SFO

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Gordon, CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.300
Segura, SS	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.111
Cruz, RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.263
Zunino, C	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	.250
Healy, 1B	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	.313
Seager, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.211
Cano, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.150
Haniger, LF	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	.429
LeBlanc, P	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500
Nicasio, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gamel, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Phelps, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Diaz, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Suzuki, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Altavilla, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
BATTING: HR: Haniger (1) RBI: Cruz (4), Seager (3), Haniger (4), Healy (1)
FIELDING: E: Gordon (1), Cruz (1)

San Francisco Giants
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Tomlinson, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.133
Jackson, CF	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.167
Longoria, 3B	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.526
McCutchen, RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.190
Posey, C	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.217
Belt, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.211
Law, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Panik, PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.182
Strickland, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Pence, LF	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	.143
Crawford, SS	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.053
Bumgarner, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Garcia, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Watson, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Sandoval, 1B	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	.286
BATTING: 2B: McCutchen 2 (3) HR: Sandoval (1) RBI: Panik (3), McCutchen (2), Pence (2), Crawford (2), Sandoval (1) SF: Pence, Crawford GIDP: Pence, Jackson

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
LeBlanc	5.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	3.60
Nicasio (H,1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Phelps, (H,2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Diaz (BS,2)	1.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	45.00
Altavilla (L,0-1)	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	13.50
TEAM TOTALS	8.1	9	5	4	4	6	1

San Francisco Giants
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bumgarner	3.0	5	4	4	2	5	1	6.75
Watson	3.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.00
Law	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Strickland (W,1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	4	4	4	13	1

That sign probably got trashed during the Seattle half of the 3rd.

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by LopaKa

Tough start to the season bro, you know I’ll be following along!

At least I'm not doing worse than real life. They were 3-3 at this point too. Thanks for checking in Lo.

Quote: Originally Posted by johnstone1987

WOOO LETS GO MARINERS! lol Tough start bro.

Back at ya, hahaha.

[Manning2Harrison]

In one of the biggest goofs of my chising career, I did not get a video clip of the walk-off. With that missing, no point in doing a game video.