Game Thread: 8/11 Houston we have a problem @ Champs

[msgkings322]

Blanco's gotta make that play

 

[LHG]

Blanco's gotta make that play

Was that on the Gattis triple? Can't see the game and was surprised to see that he, of all Astros, hit one.

 

[msgkings322]

Was that on the Gattis triple? Can't see the game and was surprised to see that he, of all Astros, hit one.

Blanco had a tough play but makable, deep fly ball at the wall, bounced out of his glove

 

[msgkings322]

Belt's having a decent day today....

 

[LHG]

Blanco had a tough play but makable, deep fly ball at the wall, bounced out of his glove

 

[msgkings322]

Bumgarner beast mode.

Now THAT'S a stopper

 

[LHG]

Alright Bumgarner! Great game for the Giants.

 

[msgkings322]

Where'd everyone go?

Milk time!!

 

[SFGRTB]

I think this game was tzill approved™

Excellent performances from Bum and Belt

 

[LHG]

Bumgarner to the bullpen: "No need to show up at the ballpark today. I'm going to give you a 2nd day off."

 

[SFGRTB]

Where'd everyone go?

Milk time!!

I couldn't load the site for a while, and Bum was rolling. So I took it for a sign

 

[msgkings322]

I couldn't load the site for a while, and Bum was rolling. So I took it for a sign

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Outstanding gif....again.

 

[SFGRTB]

Factoid of the night: After the Mariners won in the 10th inning tonight, the home teams ended up winning every game, all 15 on the schedule. Never has there been a day the home teams have won 15 of 15.

 

[msgkings322]

Factoid of the night: After the Mariners won in the 10th inning tonight, the home teams ended up winning every game, all 15 on the schedule. Never has there been a day the home teams have won 15 of 15.

Damn, that's a mind blowing stat....kind of cool it happened, a unique thing....but also kind of surprised it HASN'T happened before from a sheer random night.

Have the visitors ever gone 15/15?

 

[SFGRTB]

Damn, that's a mind blowing stat....kind of cool it happened, a unique thing....but also kind of surprised it HASN'T happened before from a sheer random night.

Have the visitors ever gone 15/15?

I think it has happened, but not since there have been 30 teams, 15 games. Not sure about away teams.

 

[1phlapdown]

Bumgarner just filthy today, best start of the season?

PLAYOFF MODE BABY, but unless things change we're going to need some help getting there, like when the Pads tanked in '10.

Moses can't pull a Hicks on us and disappear, and The Peaved One has to reach down deep and give a 7-8/game.

FYWW needs a gut check: NO MORE FUCK UPS. JA's last outing was a great start!

Sac and Nori coming back soon.

The stint on the DL will help Oxy's knees and he'll no longed be a liability.

 

[tzill]

1. Gregor Blanco (L) CF
2. Matt Duffy (R) 3B
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Hunter Pence (R) RF
5. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
6. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
7. Justin Maxwell (R) LF
8. Ehire Adrianza (S) 2B
9. Madison Bumgarner (R) P

Oxy finally sits; Panik and the 'Sac supposedly "close."

Very few ABs vs. Kazmir, Herk 2-5 with a bomb.
Altuve, Gattis, Lowrie with some mild Bum ownage.

Stro those stroing Stros.....3-2 good guys.

I sold Bum a little short.

 

[tzill]

So without actually calculating it feels like 1/2 of the posts in this thread are 'So and so on pace to go x, Other guy to go y'

But am I the only one that finds those meaningless? Each inning changes it, it doesn't really tell you anything useful about how long a guy is going to go. It's false precision. Guy throws 8 pitches in the first, uh oh he's going 9....really? Nothing different will happen later?

Guy throws 28 in the first...on pace to go 4.1....really? Yeah, if he throws 28 per inning yeah he will go 4, don't need Fangraphs to tell me that. If a guy gets through every inning throwing 8-10 pitches he's gonna pitch a shutout, I get it.

Kaz started the thread to go '10'. Now he's at 5.1, but after the 5th he's more like 6.1. What exactly does this 'stat' help us with?

ok, grumpy...I like following the stat. As it changes, you get a sense of how the game is changing even if the score isn't. Sorry you find it meaningless. I don't.

 

[calsnowskier]

PLAYOFF MODE BABY, but unless things change we're going to need some help getting there, like when the Pads tanked in '10.

Moses can't pull a Hicks on us and disappear, and The Peaved One has to reach down deep and give a 7-8/game.

FYWW needs a gut check: NO MORE FUCK UPS. JA's last outing was a great start!

Sac and Nori coming back soon.

The stint on the DL will help Oxy's knees and he'll no longed be a liability.

I don't want Peavy to EVER go 7 IPs. He has shown over and over that he is a 6-inning pitcher, period.

With Bum being Bum (high probability), Leake being what we traded for (#2/#3 type), Heston continuing to be a stud (medium probability) and Peavy offering a consistent solid 6, I think we will be alright. The #5 slot can either be a bully day, or find the hot hand between Cain, Vogey, or Petit. In the playoffs, we only need 4 starters anyway, and getting more than 4 IPs for a starter in those games is gravy.

I am not concerned about the offense. There are holes, yes, but overall, the O is not going to be the problem with this team.

 

[tzill]

I don't want Peavy to EVER go 7 IPs. He has shown over and over that he is a 6-inning pitcher, period.

With Bum being Bum (high probability), Leake being what we traded for (#2/#3 type), Heston continuing to be a stud (medium probability) and Peavy offering a consistent solid 6, I think we will be alright. The #5 slot can either be a bully day, or find the hot hand between Cain, Vogey, or Petit. In the playoffs, we only need 4 starters anyway, and getting more than 4 IPs for a starter in those games is gravy.

I am not concerned about the offense. There are holes, yes, but overall, the O is not going to be the problem with this team.

Heston may have hit the wall; Leake is coming off injury; Peavy unlikely to provide a consistent solid 6. All three of those things going our way is pretty unlikely -- so we can't afford a moundshattery every fifth day in addition to the trou droppings the other three may have.

Agreed, the O isn't a worry. Nor, IMO, is the bullpen. This season rests on Cain and Peavy being decent, Heston pushing through the wall, and Leake being healthy.