From the Porch: Miller Time

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Giants 6, Brewers 4 at Miller Park

SF (23-20) 200 202 000  6 5 0

MIL (17-26) 000 200 200  4 11 0

WP: Cain (4-2)

LP: Marcum (2-3)

SV: Casilla (11)

HR: Arias (1), Posey (6)

Cain: 7ip 11h 4er 0bb 8k 2.94era

Marcum: 6ip 5h 6er 2bb 5k 3.93era

In the NL West: MIA beat CO, STL beat SD and, of course, LA came back from a 6-1 deficit to beat AZ 8-7. Giants in second, 7 games behind forever and ever, amen.

Comments: I like a game in which Bernie Brewer sits up there on his idiotic slide and has nothing to do all day but groom his ugly yellow plastic mustache and watch Buster Posey bomb away with about a 450-foot homer while rolling a steroids doobie for Ryan Braun. Actually, I don't know how steroids are administered, to be perfectly honest. All I know is that Braun used to get his munchies and Prince Fielder used to eat the Cheetos; they were team players. Now the Brewers suck. Oh, and this was two in a row where Matt Cain didn't have his best stuff but got a personal win and a win for the team somehow.

Pitching: Whew, Matty was shaky; I think it was two triples and five doubles, 11 total hits and four earned runs. Not up to standard. One of the few things I like about Bochy's decisions lately is that he's sticking with the bullpen vets, tonight Romo and Casilla, and even in yesterday's 14-inning marathon we didn't see guys like Edlefson and Loux, who just aren't ready for prime time.

Defense: Melky, Melky, Melky. Whew, what a throw he made to hose Aoki at the plate on a sac fly attempt by ... what's that little .199 piece of s--t's name? Nyger Morgan, that's it. Double play, bitch. That throw made Nate Schierholtz look like a noodle arm.

Offense: Power team all of a sudden! Six runs on five hits? What? Two homers. Posey is on fire; he is absolutely sick at Miller Park. Nice to see 1 for 2 RISP and only 2 left on base, while the other team leaves seven and goes 2/13 with RISP.

Baseball Quote of the Day: "It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball." (Jack Buck)

Next game: Giants vs. Brewers, 10:10 a.m. PST Wednesday, May 23 at Miller Park. Zito (3-1, 3.00) vs. Estrada (0-3, 4.63). TV: CSN-BA