The Giants and Padres played a see-saw game which went into extra innings. Madison Bumgarner's PH single in the 12'th was the walk-off game winner. Key Lines:
Hunter Pence RF- 2 for 5, HR(4). BA= .228. If you squinted real hard, you could see Hunter Pence from 2012, forcing errors with his speed, scoring easily from 1B on a double into the LF corner, hitting a HR. He is hitting .375 with 2 HR's over his last 7 games. .279 over his last 15 and is slugging .435 over his last 30 games. For the right price, do you bring him back next season?
Gregor Blanco PH/LF- 1 for 2, 2B. BA= .220. Blanco gave the Giants the lead in the 7'th inning with a PH double to drive in 2. He is hitting just .167 over his last 7 games, .178 over his last 15 and .159 over his last 30. Probably won't and shouldn't be back next year. I could see him coaching somewhere in the organization next season.
Madison Bumgarner PH- 1 for 1. BA= .167. Gorkys Hernandez led off the 12'th inning with a triple and scored on Bummy PH single. It was the first walk-off hit of Bummy's career. Well, yeah. He's not usually going to be batting in the 9'th or extra innings, right?
Chris Stratton RHP- 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 5 K's GO/AO= 7/0. ERA= 4.85. Stratton huffed and puffed and struggle through 102 pitches in the 4.2 IP. Left his team with a chance to win. Do you pencil Stratton into the 2019 rotation?
Steven Okert- LHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 0.00. Okert got out of Stratton's jam in the 5'th with a K then got the first 2 outs in the 6'th around a double by Freddy Galvis. Reyes Moronta came in to end the threat on a groundout by Uber-rook Franmil Reyes. Both Tony Watson and Will Smith likely have significant trade value. The Giants could afford to part with one of them and still have the other plus Okert and Ty Blach as LH arms out of the pen. Okert looks like he's upped his game significantly this season.
Mark Melancon RHP- 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K. ERA= 3.08. It wasn't pretty, but it was 6 outs without allowing a run. Melancon had some pretty serious luck, though when he got an out from Franmil Reyes getting hit with a batted ball between 2'nd and 3'rd in the top of the 12'th, although Crawford almost certainly would have started a GIDP had the ball not deflected off Reyes' foot, so maybe it was actually bad luck!
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The Giants are tied with the Twins for 10'th place in the Tank Derby.
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Casey Kelly gets a chance to showcase himself for next season with a start tonight against Luis Perdomo in the final game of the series and Giants last game agains the Padres this season.
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