Game Thread: NL Wild Card: San Francisco Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

[HammerDown]

 

[HammerDown]

Very tough for me to have confidence in Edinson.

 

[HammerDown]

 

[TDs3nOut]

Very tough for me to have confidence in Edinson.

I tend to agree with that, though he did have a pretty nice year. I definitely favor Bumgarner. Still, the Pirates have some dangerous bats, particularly from the right side of the plate. As illustrated by last night's game, so tough to say what might happen in just one game.

 

[steelparrot]

Volquez scares me too... but who knows anything can happen.


Great story on one of our relievers, from trying to find an indy ball job to a playoff roster in one year:

Holdzkom's Path To Bigs Took Many Twists - BaseballAmerica.com

 

[Clayton]

Not sure who to root for. Which team has a better shot against the Nats?

 

[hokiehi21]

Not sure who to root for. Which team has a better shot against the Nats?

both

 

[hokiehi21]

rootin for a 20-inning game

 

[hokiehi21]

 

[hokiehi21]

 

[calsnowskier]

Here the Giants roster. Lineup has not been announced yet.

Pitchers (10)
41 Jeremy Affeldt LHP
40 Madison Bumgarner LHP
46 Santiago Casilla RHP
55 Tim Lincecum RHP
49 Javier Lopez LHP
63 Jean Machi RHP
22 Jake Peavy RHP
52 Yusmeiro Petit RHP
54 Sergio Romo RHP
60 Hunter Strickland RHP

Catchers (3)
28 Buster Posey C
14 Guillermo Quiroz C
34 Andrew Susac C

Infielders (7)
13 Joaquin Arias IF
9 Brandon Belt IF
35 Brandon Crawford IF
50 Matt Duffy IF
37 Adam Duvall IF
12 Joe Panik IF
48 Pablo Sandoval IF

Outfielders (5)
7 Gregor Blanco OF
56 Gary Brown OF
45 Travis Ishikawa OF
8 Hunter Pence OF
2 Juan Perez OF

 

[calsnowskier]

Thanks...

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Pence is pretty all or nothing vs Volquez.

Could be a key

 

[calsnowskier]

My anticipated Giants lineup...

CF Blanco
2B Panik
3B Sandoval
C Posey
RF Pence
1B Belt
LF Ishikawa
SS Crawford
P Bum (silver slugger winner - he is a beast with the bat - 4 HRs, 2 Grand Slams this year)

 

[calsnowskier]

Pence is pretty all or nothing vs Volquez.

Could be a key

And he is SUPER cold right now.

 

[da55bums]

SF should handle this one

 

[hokiehi21]

 

[steelparrot]

Thats a big left field for Ishikawa to cover, esp with all the righty vs lefty.

 

[Cobiemonster]

I know the pitching matchup looks lopsided but I think the Pirates have a better shot than what people think

 

[HammerDown]

I fully expect Flablo and Posey to rock Edinson's world. I'll be shocked if it DOESN'T happen.

The good news for Pittsburgh if they can eke out a win is having their rotation ready to go for a 7-game series.

Predicting a big win from the Giants tonight.