(06-21-2023, 04:38 PM)old spanish trail Wrote:(06-21-2023, 03:42 PM)Mick Wrote:(06-21-2023, 11:29 AM)Leftcoast Wrote: What's more, the games have been FUN. Winning's fun, comebacks are fun, and homegrown talent breaking in on the big stage is also fun.
This is good news for the Giants as watching last year's patchwork squad of older players and joyless games was rarely fun.
Fun = attendance.
32,060 for a Tuesday night game against the Padres. Not bad...
Ryan Walker opens against Yu Darvish tonight. Walker's ERA is 1.65. Darvish gave up six earned runs in five innings against Tampa Bay and four earned runs against Colorado in 5 1/3 innings before that.
Should be fun. My guess is a lineup similar to last night's (Pederson, Estrada, Davis, Conforto, Yastrzemski, Matos, Bailey, Crawford, Villar.
Is Wade Jr injured? Villar is not a great 1st baseman
Wade has "right side tenderness. Might be available for pinch hitting tonight.
Turns out they didn't need Wade. Slater had a pinch hit single, Matos and Sabol two hits. Crawford, Pederson, Yaz, Davis knocked in runs as they won their tenth straight, 4-2. Walker started, Hjelle pitched well, both Rogers, Luke Jackson, and Doval. Hjelle won, Doval got save, Tyler Rogers got his 15th hold. Casey Schmitt walked TWICE. Schmidt has four walks in his last three games...
Audaces fortuna iuvat