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Nice win today, 6-3. On pace to win 108. . . .

Walker has "back tightness," so Doval closed, 3 up 3 down. Chapman and Ramos homers.

Lots of really good news. Jung Hoo Lee, Fitzgerald and Ramos all had two hits. Lee and Fitzgerald had doubles. Best of all, Ramos, Lee and Chapman (2) had two-out RBIs. Adames, SF RBI. SFG only had seven strikeouts, two were from Huff (no big deal), Adames had two strikeouts, and now has five strikeouts in three games, 11 ABs...little bit of a big deal.

Robbie Ray gave up three runs in the sixth, was sailing until then..had a no hitter through five. Got the win, though. Stanford's Erik Miller gave up one hit in 2/3 of an inning and stopped Ray's bleeding. Trivino is justifying BoMel's faith by pitching a perfect three up/three down inning.  Tyler Rogers gave up two runners, but got out of it in an inning. And Doval got his first save with a strikeout.

And the best part, the very best overall part of the young season? Three games and no errors.

Trivino benefited from the weather conditions.  De La Cruz crushed one into the wind.  It died on the warning track.  Trevino’s reaction said all.  

The Giants were fortunate to play Cincy early in the season before the weather heats up.  On a number of occasions during the series, Kruk and Kuip talked about batted balls that would have been homers in the summer.  A good series, especially defensively.  

OTOH, I watched the Dodgers game Friday night.  Yikes, they are absolutely loaded on offense.  I think the MLB record for most wins by a team in the regular season (116) is in jeopardy……

My New Baseball Year Resolution is to not give a rats behind about what the Dodgers do.  Let them win their 138 games.  

Giants circle 90.  That’s their magic number.  It will get them another wildcard. I think. The National League is loaded at the top. Gonna be pretty damn hard to get there. But that’s what I’m looking at.

When you have a $400 million payroll you damn well should win.

[lex24]

Nice win today, 6-3. On pace to win 108. . . .

Walker has "back tightness," so Doval closed, 3 up 3 down. Chapman and Ramos homers.

Lots of really good news. Jung Hoo Lee, Fitzgerald and Ramos all had two hits. Lee and Fitzgerald had doubles. Best of all, Ramos, Lee and Chapman (2) had two-out RBIs. Adames, SF RBI. SFG only had seven strikeouts, two were from Huff (no big deal), Adames had two strikeouts, and now has five strikeouts in three games, 11 ABs...little bit of a big deal.

Robbie Ray gave up three runs in the sixth, was sailing until then..had a no hitter through five. Got the win, though. Stanford's Erik Miller gave up one hit in 2/3 of an inning and stopped Ray's bleeding. Trivino is justifying BoMel's faith by pitching a perfect three up/three down inning.  Tyler Rogers gave up two runners, but got out of it in an inning. And Doval got his first save with a strikeout.

And the best part, the very best overall part of the young season? Three games and no errors.

Trivino benefited from the weather conditions.  De La Cruz crushed one into the wind.  It died on the warning track.  Trevino’s reaction said all.  

The Giants were fortunate to play Cincy early in the season before the weather heats up.  On a number of occasions during the series, Kruk and Kuip talked about batted balls that would have been homers in the summer.  A good series, especially defensively.  

OTOH, I watched the Dodgers game Friday night.  Yikes, they are absolutely loaded on offense.  I think the MLB record for most wins by a team in the regular season (116) is in jeopardy……

My New Baseball Year Resolution is to not give a rats behind about what the Dodgers do.  Let them win their 138 games.  

Giants circle 90.  That’s their magic number.  It will get them another wildcard. I think. The National League is loaded at the top. Gonna be pretty damn hard to get there. But that’s what I’m looking at.

When you have a $400 million payroll you damn well should win.