Sometimes Bumgarner seems like the only Giants (except maybe Peavy) who gives a RFA about the way things are going in Gigante-land. You see even in this clip he stands alone for a pretty good length of time.
It would be nice to see a few more Giants man up. Maybe they need a Marine recruiting poster in the locker room or the clubhouse guy putting some big-boy pants on each of the Desaparecidos locker.
Bochy states the obviously dire situation facing the Giants rolling into the playoffs.
- Two OF's ailing (Morse & Pagan)
- Two starting pitchers scuffling (Hudson & Lincecum)
- Two hackers flailing (Pence & Sandoval)
- Five golden rings......
from mercurynews.com
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2014/09/24/postgame-notes-bumgarner-keeps-slugging-gets-help-heart-order-pagan-scutaro-yes-scutaro-updates/#more-18467
The magic number is one for the Dodgers, and all of a sudden, the Giants need to make up two games on the Pirates just to make sure they don’t have to go to Pittsburgh next week. That’s a tough road — one-game playoff, Nationals, Cardinals-Dodgers winner, with all series being played primarily on the road — if that’s the way this ends up. Especially with Angel Pagan done for the year and Michael Morse possibly soon joining him on the ineligible list. And with Buster Posey, Hunter Pence and Pablo Sandoval all slumping at the same time.
Posey had two hits tonight, but it’s still been a quiet road trip for him: 9 for 31 with only one extra-base hit, one run and two RBIs. Sandoval has 12 hits in 63 at-bats over the last 17 games. Pence is 7 for 55 over his last 15 appearances.
“It’s hard to score runs when the heart of your order is having a hard time,” Bochy said. “It’d be nice to get them going the last five games and take some pressure off the pitchers.”
Even Posey looks like he's in the dumpster lately, hitting seemingly everything straight up into the air. Who's hitting? Blanco and Crawford maybe? That's not going to do it.
Oops, shows you what I know, expectations vs. reality: (HR's last month Posey 6, Blanco 4, Pence 3, Sandoval ??)
The pitching has to get help or it's going to be one and done. Looks like we'll be heading to Pittsburgh, like I expected a couple of weeks back, and perhaps a Liriano - Bumgarner match-up.
from MLBFarm.com
Last Month:
Hits
44 for 111
34 for 117
31 for 101
30 for 109
30 for 87
Last 10 days:
Hits
14 for 34
13 for 40
11 for 45
9 for 41
7 for 42
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