From the Porch: Laffer!

May 19, 2012

Interleague play generally sucks. I'm about to report to you, my friends, that Seattle beat Colorado. What in the effing hell does anyone care about the Seattle Whatever-the-Hells playing the Rockies. It's like that upcoming big SEC rivalry between Missouri and Ole Miss.

Giants 8, A's 6 at AT&T Park

Oakland (20-20) 001 014 000  6 9 0

San Francisco (20-19) 024 200 00x  8 8 1

WP: Zito (3-1)

LP: Parker (1-2)

SV: Casilla (10)

HR: Donaldson (1)

Parker: 2ip 4h 6er 4bb 0k 3.90era

Zito: 5.1ip 5h 4er 1bb 5k 3.00era

In the NL West: Damn Dodgers beat Cards, Colorado lost to Seattle, Arizona beat Kansas City. Guess what, Giants 6 back of LA.

Comments: Whew. A bit of a scary game that should have been a blowout; Gians scored highest number of runs (8) at home this year, and were leading very comfortably into the sixth but the score went from 8-3 to 8-6 very quickly with Edlefson (Future Pirates Report?) on the mound.

Pitching: Zito threw a ton of pitches as usual, but I think probably got the hook a litle early. I don't know jack about baseball, but it seems to me that when Zito has a big lead, he's one of the most dominant pithers. Hitters get anxious, watch Zito throw that horribly slow-ass sloppy curvy crap, and have a very hard time being patient. But The English Inpatient Bochy pulled him in the sixth and the bullpen came close to giving the game away. 

 

Defense: I am currently too impaired to remember what "defense" means in baseball, but it seems to me Angel Pagan and Jeremy Affeldt made good plays.

Offense: Belt had 3 RBIs; Crawford started out nicely in the 2-hole again; RBI double early. Hector Sanchez 2 RBIs; so nice to get a win without needing Buster. Hector can hit! Weirdly but perhaps importantly (if I understood Kuip and Dave corecctly) in past 4 games Giants have drawn 9 walks twice and 10 walks once. Please deliver that to us every day!

Baseball Quote of the Day: "The thing about Reggie (Jackson) is that you know he's going to produce. And if he doesn't, he's going to talk enough to make people think he's going to produce." (Catfish Hunter)

Next game: A's 1:05 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at At&T Park. Tyson Ross RHP (2-3, 6.25) vs. Ryan Vogelsong (1-2, 2.6). TV: CSA-BA, unless you're in Vermont, which means you're SOL.