From the Porch: Sweepless

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Arizona 4, San Francisco 1 AT&T Park

AZ (23-28) 010 001 020  4 8 0

SF (27-24) 000 100 000  1 7 1

WP: Kennedy (4-5)

LP: Lincecum (2-6)

SV: Hernandez (1)

HR: Goldschmidt (4)

Kennedy: 7.2ip 5h 1er 2bb 7k 4.26 era

Lincecum: 7ip 4h 1er 5bb 6k 5.82 era

In the NL West: Milwaukee beat Dodgers (sweep), Cubs beat San Diego (sweep), Colorado lost to Houston. Giants still 5.5 back.

Update: Oops, sorry about that; not a Brewers sweep of LA yet, they play fourth game in series today. But here's hoping!

Comments: Shoot, somehow the Giants just cannot sweep anybody this year, apparently. Seemed like Ian Kennedy was very good, but Giants still had lots of opportunities, right up until the eighth inning, but just couldn't cash in. Kept waiting for Buster to cash in on major opportunities but they kept getting him. Dang, dang, dang-o.

Pitching: Timmy seemed to battle a little better, but five walks (he's in the top four in the majors in walks the past two years), and probably pitched well enough to win, but it just wasn't there. Giants 2/11 in his starts; which isn't good enough to be a fifth starter anywhere. Not sure what to do there. Hard to say that Edlefson was awful; he's a sinker-baller  and sometimes grounders find holes.

Defense: Kruk and Kuip seemed to think Ryan The Riot had his best defensive game of the year. Two nice double plays, one that limited the damage when Edlefson was pitching and the deficit went from 2-1 to 4-1. 

Offense: Two hits apiece for The Riot and Blanco; Blanco had a nice triple and scored. Melky Cabrera had one hit, which closed May with 51, tying the Giants record for any month with Randy Winn. With the Giants, if you pass Willie Mays one day you usually have to catch Randy Winn the next. Legends.

Baseball Quote of the Day: "It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy." (Nolan Ryan)

Next game: Cubs at Giants, 7:15 p.m. PDT Friday, June 1 at AT&T Park. Maholm (4-3, 4.62) vs. Bumgarner (5-4, 3.14). TV: NBC Bay Area, 7.2 Cable 191 in Central Valley, also TBS cable.