Game Thread: 8.20.17 Lively Bum

[LHG]

Span - cf
Tomlinson - 2b
Parker - lf
Posey - c
Sandoval - 3b
Crawford - ss
Jones - 1b
Moncrief - rf
Bumgarner - sp

Bum looking good but the Phillies working the pitch count against him. What a novel idea. Lively not looking as good but his pitch count is slightly lower through 5. Nice to see Moncrief with a start today. Looks like Parker is getting every chance to be the starting left fielder on this team, if he can keep from slumping too badly.

 

[1phlapdown]

Strick got singled to death...


edit: geez were they all seeing eye?

 

[shrksfn9192]

Strick got singled to death...


edit: geez were they all seeing eye?

No, they were hard hit singles due to the typical brain-dead, idiotic 2-strike pitching from the Giants this season. Nice job to blow it for Bumgarner. Not surprising, though.

 

[Stokes1931]

Strick got singled to death...


edit: geez were they all seeing eye?

You'd think maybe putting someone else in there? Six hits in an inning? Brilliant relief work against a bad hitting team.

Good news: no inherited runs were allowed to score.

 

[Stokes1931]

RISP for Posey.

Edit: Posey hit with 95 mph fastball. Great. Can we please just end this season before someone gets killed or maimed?

 

[Stokes1931]

Bases full for Panda. This should be interesting.

Nice strikeout, just what we needed.

 

[shrksfn9192]

That abortion of an 8th inning sums up this abortion of a season.

 

[shrksfn9192]

RISP for Posey.

Edit: Posey hit with 95 mph fastball. Great. Can we please just end this season before someone gets killed or maimed?

No, they have to somehow find a way to win 13 more games to finish 63-99.

 

[shrksfn9192]

Great job giving up another hit and HR to Hoskins. Giants getting owned by him.

 

[LHG]

And, that, folks, sums up the 2017 season perfectly. Splitting a home set against the worst team in baseball and failing to throw even a shut out yet at home this year.

 

[shrksfn9192]

Great job to get the series split at home against that tough PHI team.

 

[LHG]

Great job to get the series split at home against that tough PHI team.

It was looking really bad after the first two games. But pulling off that split kept the team in the running for 1st draft pick contention.

 

[shrksfn9192]

And, that, folks, sums up the 2017 season perfectly. Splitting a home set against the worst team in baseball and failing to throw even a shut out yet at home this year.

Doing their best to lose 100. Going 13-23 to finish this completely forgettable season will be a challenge.

 

[LHG]

Doing their best to lose 100. Going 13-23 to finish this completely forgettable season will be a challenge.

That is asking this team a lot to play .361 ball the rest of the way.

 

[shrksfn9192]

It was looking really bad after the first two games. But pulling off that split kept the team in the running for 1st draft pick contention.

Yeah, thankfully they scored 5 in the 9th when getting blown out yesterday rather than doing that today. What a relief!

 

[Stokes1931]

Giants played six innings, Phillies played 9 innings today. This team is a total train wreck.

 

[shrksfn9192]

That is asking this team a lot to play .361 ball the rest of the way.

Actually, they have played "solid" .397 ball up to this point, so playing .361 ball the rest of the way just might be possible.

 

[shrksfn9192]

Giants played six innings, Phillies played 9 innings today. This team is a total train wreck.

At least the Panda is back.

 

[Stokes1931]

At least the Panda is back.

Yeah, but this is Boston Panda. SF Panda may never return, but I sure don't want Boston Panda around.