Giants win!

SF 5  LA 4
It was torture, but the Giants prevailed this afternoon in LA. At one point on the broadcast Duane Kuiper said “I’m going to puke!” and that was exactly how I felt. The Giants youngsters–Logan Webb, Caleb Baragar, and Shaun Anderson–delivered seven strong innings against the formidable Dodgers linuep. Webb had command issues but showed tremendous concentration and determination and with a little help from his fielders kept the lid on for four innings. Webb also made a huge play himself, backing up at third base to nail Chris Taylor in the 4th to help defuse a possible big inning. Baragar made his debut today and got six massive outs in relief, looking quite poised in the process. He turned it over to Anderson who walked the first man he saw but whiffed the next three. Nicely done!

The lineup enjoyed a better day, scoring five runs over the first four innings to take a 5-1 lead into the 7th. Austin Slater walked (he had three on the day) and scored on Darin Ruf’s hit in the 1st, Yaz doubled and scored on a wild pitch in the 2nd, Wilmer Flores homered in the 3rd, and Donovan Solano doubled in two in the 4th. Solano’s egregious error in the 8th set up two runs for the Dodgers, but I have to put the blame on Tony Watson for that ugly inning. He’s the veteran, he has to get the lefties out, especially after how well the rookies performed in front of him. Flores also looked shaky late in the game and almost threw a ball away. I don’t need that! Trevor Gott gave up a solo shot to Will Smith in the 9th (aaaaghhhh!) but retired Max Muncy, Mookie Betts, and Cody Bellinger to close it out.

Hunter Pence got hit by a pitch and it looked bad but he stayed in. We’ll see if he’s hurt. Giants pitchers hit Muncy twice and Joc Pederson once. Maybe it was something in the air.

Regardless, THE GIANTS BEAT THE DODGERS!! First win of the season in the books!

Giants will see the lefty Julio Urias tomorrow at 7:08 p.m. PDT. It’s TBD for the Giants, I suppose we’ll be playing “pin the tail on the starter/opener” for a while. It seems like they aren’t quite ready to stretch someone out. Should be interesting going forward.

Go Giants!

–M.C.