I'm cautiously optimistic about CT3's resurrection – he seems to be going the other way, when appropriate, rather than trying to pull everything. Yesterday's off-field RBI single and today's double (which could've been a triple under other circumstances) were especially encouraging.
See you all again in a couple of weeks. I’m off to the land of sleeping in a cabin, nightly campfires and many, many mosquitoes.
Have a good time Dave. Sounds like fun.
Paxton has been mostly solid, once or twice spectacular and other times sucky.
However, even before the season started, I had wished that the Dodgers had gotten Chris Sale instead of Paxton – which is easy to dream about these days, considering how well Sale has done with Atlanta.
No 8 run inning to be had.
Dodgers 16-10 in June. But probably should have been 18-8 or better, considering their run differential.
P-U. What a stinker..
Admittedly, I would be a tad more excited about a full on comeback if Teo and Freddie were still in the game.
Barnes!!!
While we have the first of hopefully several pitching changes this inning, I will say that I’m off to work at a summer camp for 2 weeks starting tomorrow.
May as well get a few last licks here just for kicks. Can’t run out the clock in baseball.
CT3 our last and greatest hope today.
Yikes!
Giants must be relieved they have an 8 run lead again rather than just 7.
I arrive late for another game. This one is more problematic than yesterday’s game (although it is a problem that Glasnow only went 3 yesterday).
CT3 doing some work to make sure it’s not a shutout anyways.
Well, Pages is not a good CF.
Bivens making Shohei look lost at the plate. Crazy.
Probably the lasting highlight of a brief MLB career.
CT3! Upside-down world.
Mercy rule?
How many runs til Kike can pitch?
This is grotesque.
Good one, Paxton. Right down the middle.
This is really embarrassing.
Paxton throwing BP now.
Paxton’s setting the wrong tone, offense is following suit.
We need to get a couple back.
Dodgers making a minor leaguer look like Cy Young.
Not feeling this one, I confess. We are lackadaisical. They are intent.
Really?
Paxton ain't got it today.
Bear down, Paxton.
plate ump not being helpful
Quique scoots with his banana shoes!
Paxton probably won’t make the fifth (if only for pitch count) and the pen is bare.
Gnats apparently have attended the Jack Clark School of Baserunning.
Bear down, Paxton!
Blackout day is back, so I'll probably have questions.
Meanwhile, Sawx have just unplugged the Fryers at Fenway, with Kenley getting the save.
Dodgers (52-32)
Giants (40-44)
SP James Paxton L
7-1 3.39 ERA
vs
SP Spencer Bivens R
1-1 3.00 ERA
Lineup:
DH S. Ohtani L
LF T. Hernandez R
1B F. Freeman L
CF Andy Pages R
RF J. Heyward L
2B Gavin Lux L
3B Chris Taylor R
SS E. Hernandez R
C A. Barnes R
Paxton is gonna have to weave a gem to win with this lineup.
Overlooked in last night's results – Gnats have reclaimed sole possession of fourth place.
Smoltz may be irritating, but he's not always wrong: "In the top of the fifth inning, Smoltz innocuously asked Davis if he knew why Oracle Park is considered the coldest ballpark in all of baseball. When Davis didn’t know, Smoltz replied: “Because it’s filled with Giant fans.”
I'm cautiously optimistic about CT3's resurrection – he seems to be going the other way, when appropriate, rather than trying to pull everything. Yesterday's off-field RBI single and today's double (which could've been a triple under other circumstances) were especially encouraging.
See you all again in a couple of weeks. I’m off to the land of sleeping in a cabin, nightly campfires and many, many mosquitoes.
Have a good time Dave. Sounds like fun.
Paxton has been mostly solid, once or twice spectacular and other times sucky.
However, even before the season started, I had wished that the Dodgers had gotten Chris Sale instead of Paxton – which is easy to dream about these days, considering how well Sale has done with Atlanta.
No 8 run inning to be had.
Dodgers 16-10 in June. But probably should have been 18-8 or better, considering their run differential.
P-U. What a stinker..
Admittedly, I would be a tad more excited about a full on comeback if Teo and Freddie were still in the game.
Barnes!!!
While we have the first of hopefully several pitching changes this inning, I will say that I’m off to work at a summer camp for 2 weeks starting tomorrow.
May as well get a few last licks here just for kicks. Can’t run out the clock in baseball.
CT3 our last and greatest hope today.
Yikes!
Giants must be relieved they have an 8 run lead again rather than just 7.
I arrive late for another game. This one is more problematic than yesterday’s game (although it is a problem that Glasnow only went 3 yesterday).
CT3 doing some work to make sure it’s not a shutout anyways.
Well, Pages is not a good CF.
Bivens making Shohei look lost at the plate. Crazy.
Probably the lasting highlight of a brief MLB career.
CT3! Upside-down world.
Mercy rule?
How many runs til Kike can pitch?
This is grotesque.
Good one, Paxton. Right down the middle.
This is really embarrassing.
Paxton throwing BP now.
Paxton’s setting the wrong tone, offense is following suit.
We need to get a couple back.
Dodgers making a minor leaguer look like Cy Young.
Not feeling this one, I confess. We are lackadaisical. They are intent.
Really?
Paxton ain't got it today.
Bear down, Paxton.
plate ump not being helpful
Quique scoots with his banana shoes!
Paxton probably won’t make the fifth (if only for pitch count) and the pen is bare.
Gnats apparently have attended the Jack Clark School of Baserunning.
Bear down, Paxton!
Blackout day is back, so I'll probably have questions.
Meanwhile, Sawx have just unplugged the Fryers at Fenway, with Kenley getting the save.
Dodgers (52-32)
Giants (40-44)
SP James Paxton L
7-1 3.39 ERA
vs
SP Spencer Bivens R
1-1 3.00 ERA
Lineup:
DH S. Ohtani L
LF T. Hernandez R
1B F. Freeman L
CF Andy Pages R
RF J. Heyward L
2B Gavin Lux L
3B Chris Taylor R
SS E. Hernandez R
C A. Barnes R
Paxton is gonna have to weave a gem to win with this lineup.
Overlooked in last night's results – Gnats have reclaimed sole possession of fourth place.
Smoltz may be irritating, but he's not always wrong: "In the top of the fifth inning, Smoltz innocuously asked Davis if he knew why Oracle Park is considered the coldest ballpark in all of baseball. When Davis didn’t know, Smoltz replied: “Because it’s filled with Giant fans.”