This game reached it's high water mark for the Giants when Gorkys Hernandez led off the bottom of the first inning with a long HR to left of CF. After that, the Giants offense went into hibernation and Ian Desmond's 3-run dinger in the 4'th inning all but ended it. Key Lines:
Gorkys Hernandez LF/CF- 1 for 3, HR(3), BB. BA= .273. Gorkys has muscled up for 2 HR's within his last 7 games, but he's hitting just .188 in that span. Some fun facts about Gorkys: He did not have any HR's in 310 AB's last season when he was reportedly battling a persistent wrist injury. He's hit 3 in 77 AB's so far this season. Last season he had 20 doubles in the 310 AB's. Amazingly, he has yet to hit a double this season.
Derek Holland LHP- 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 4.94. Holland actually pitched quite well except for one horrible pitch to Ian Desmond, who Jeff Sullivan said was hopelessly washed up in his Fangraphs chat yesterday. Desmond came into the game hitting .167, but maybe he read that chat and got fired up? Despite the anemic BA, this was Desmond's 7'th HR of the season and it was a back-breaker for Holland and the Giants who never recovered. It was essentially the difference in the game as the Rockies score their final 2 runs in the 9'th against Jose Valdez who would not have been in there if the game was close.
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The NL West leading D'Backs lost to the Mets 3-1, so the Giants remain 4 games behind them in 3'rd place. The 2'nd place Rockies gain a game and are not just 0.5 games out of the lead. The 4'th place Dodgers were rained out in Washington so gain 0.5 games for a 7.5 game deficit. The Padres topped the Pirates 3-2 and are 8 games off the pace in last place just 0.5 games behind the Dodgers.
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Chris Stratton tries to play the Stopper today facing another good young RHP in Jon Gray.
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