Series Thread: San Francisco Giants vs. Washington Nationals

[Cobiemonster]

Game 1 @ WSH 3:07pm
Game 2 @ WSH 5:37pm
Game 3 @ SF TBA
Game 4 @ SF TBA
Game 5 @ WSH TBA

Should be a fun series - I think the Nats will win but the Giants always find a way whenever they're in the playoffs

 

[apachef4]

 

[Cobiemonster]

 

[HammerDown]

Did Huddy say this dumb shit while still drunk from their wild celebration?


The Nats should take jump on them in Game 1 and rock Peavy.

 

[Gooch1034]

ummmm....The Giants will win every game 7-0 all no-hitters and a 1 perfect game.

 

[Clayton]

I actually think this looks like the most even series. Nats obviously had the better season but the Giants have the best coach and a lot of experience. That Nationals series with the Cardinals a few years back probably looms in the mind of more than a few Nationals fans and this Giants team looks poised.

 

[calsnowskier]

I actually think this looks like the most even series. Nats obviously had the better season but the Giants have the best coach and a lot of experience. That Nationals series with the Cardinals a few years back probably looms in the mind of more than a few Nationals fans and this Giants team looks poised.

I hope you are right, but I fear the Giants have too many key holes. They only have 2 SPs that are post-season-worthy and they have no lead-off hitter (the difference in the Giants record with Pagan and without is pretty startling).

However, the Giants went through a good portion of the season (96 games, if I am not mistaken) without Belt (two totally freakish injuries -- he is not injury prone) and he is back at 100% now and is carrying a hot bat.

SF is clearly the under-dog, but 30 rings on the 40-man roster is a LOT of experience, and as mentioned, having Bochy, Wotus and Raggs making the decisions tends to even the odds a bit.

 

[ColinCoby]

As a Giant fan, I'm not feeling too confident. As Cal said, not having Pagan hurts a lot. If MadBum was available to pitch twice, I'd give the Giants a fighting chance. Instead, SF fans have to hope Peavy and Hudson can keep the Giants in the game and unexpected production continues to come from Crawford, Belt, and others.

Nats in 4. We shall see.

 

[calsnowskier]

Stras throwing cheese, but two of the outs were LONG flies...

 

[podsox]

safe at 2nd

 

[calsnowskier]

1-0 Good Guys!!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Strassy looking a little shakey....2-0, SF in the 4th

 

[podsox]

peavy throwing a shitload of pitches

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Strassy hits Busty Poser on an 0-2 pitch....yikes.

....and comes back to K the Panda.....

2 on, 2 out for Pence

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

he pops him up to get out of it...

onto the home 5th.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Harper singles to lead off the bottom 5th....for the Nats 1st hit of the game...
But Ramos GIDP on the very next pitch.....lol

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

1st 2 Giants reach (b2b singles) in the 6th...(4th consecutive inning they get the leadoff hitter on)

Strassy is Done.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Ex Giant Nate Schierholtz w/ a leadoff PH double....
Span fails to move him over....pops out.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Rendon also fails...shallow fly out to RF

Werth & LaRoche looming....

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Peavy walks Werth and is now @ 104 pitches......Bochy goes to the pen....Peavy is pissed.

Southpaw Javy Lopez in to face Laroche ....2 on - 2 out