Game Thread: 8/18 Game 124 - Mad Bum @ Almost Giant

[LHG]

Going into tonight, the Giants are in 4th place in the West, 7 games back of 1st and 6.5 games back of the 2nd Wild Card, with 5 teams between them and the Brewers.

Edit: Duggar hitting 8th and playing center field. Bumgarner, of course, pitching and in the 9th spot.

 

[Stokes1931]

Post-ASB

Giants are 27th in baseball in runs scored

Giants are 27th in baseball in doubles

Giants are 30th (dead last) in baseball in home runs

Giants are 26th in baseball in walks

Giants are 26th in baseball in batting average

Giants are 28th in baseball in on base percentage

Giants are 28th in baseball in slugging percentage

They are also 10th in baseball in ERA

Tied for 1st in blown saves (7) with the Rox

 

[LHG]

Post-ASB

Giants are 27th in baseball in runs scored

Giants are 27th in baseball in doubles

Giants are 30th (dead last) in baseball in home runs

Giants are 26th in baseball in walks

Giants are 26th in baseball in batting average

Giants are 28th in baseball in on base percentage

Giants are 28th in baseball in slugging percentage

They are also 10th in baseball in ERA

Tied for 1st in blown saves (7) with the Rox

Two of the last three years have seen this team's offensive production nosedive horribly in the 2nd half. Is it conditioning or age (or both)?

 

[1phlapdown]

6 pitch 1st inning for bum garner.

 

[jeep99tj]

6 pitch 1st inning for bum garner.

Not like him.....but I like it.

 

[Stokes1931]

Harvey's 3rd:

6 pitches, 6 strikes, 2 outs.

 

[Stokes1931]

Two of the last three years have seen this team's offensive production nosedive horribly in the 2nd half. Is it conditioning or age (or both)?

Would love to say Bam Bam's fault, but he's not directly to blame this year.

There are good hitters in this lineup, and one does wonder why they are so bad at scoring runs. And the precipitous drop off in power is concerning.

 

[Stokes1931]

What's this I see? Baserunners? Do my eyes deceive me?

 

[SFGRTB]

 

[Stokes1931]

Belt 0-2 with 2 K's

 

[Stokes1931]

...and Longo with the FPOM to end the scoring threat.

I suppose at this rate, in the most hitter friendly park in existence, a scoring threat is as close as the Giants will get.

"Hey, if you aren't nice to us, we promise to score some runs."

"Oh, no! Anything but that! We'll be nice! We promise! Don't threaten us, please!"

 

[SFGRTB]

This team is so amazingly..... ordinary

 

[SFGRTB]

The first sub-.200 hitter walks. The second sub-.200 hitter drives in two. The guy with 6 homers and a sub-.400 SLG% hits a homer

 

[Stokes1931]

And the Reds' leadoff hitter in the next inning hits an 0-2 pitch out for a homer.

1-0 Reds

Game over.

sigh

 

[SFGRTB]

Well at least the 49ers are on. And they already have a score

 

[SFGRTB]

Posey losing the ball again. He also missed it last inning.

edit: to be fair, that's on Duggar

 

[Stokes1931]

Well at least the 49ers are on. And they already have a score

They may win a Super Bowl before the Giants score again.

And now it is 5-0 Reds.

I am out. This is a terrible waste of time.

 

[SFGRTB]

They may win a Super Bowl before the Giants score again.

And now it is 5-0 Reds.

I am out. This is a terrible waste of time.

Yeap, this is a soulless affair.

 

[jeep99tj]

They look ugly now.

 

[SFGRTB]

Well at least we won't be no-hit