From the Porch: Zounds

Friday, June 8, 2012

Rangers 5, Giants 0 at AT&T Park

TEX (34-25) 100 111 001  5 14 0

SF (33-26) 000 000 000  0 5 1

WP: Harrison (8-3)

LP: Zito (5-3)

SV: None

HR: Kinsler (7), Hamilton (22)

Harrison: 9ip 5h 0er 0bb 4k 3.87 era

Zito: 6ip 9h 4er 2bb 2k 3.24 era

In the NL West: Dodgers lost to Mariners, Padres lost to Brewers, Arizona beat Oakland. Giants still 4 games behind LA.

Comments: The millions of readers who follow this blog know that I've been worried in the past week about the titanic struggles the Giants have had against Truly Terrible teams, like 20 games under .500 teams, like the Padres and Cubs. What might happen when they play an actual competent team? Well, there you have it. For all intents and purposes Texas threw a no-hitter at San Francisco; absolutely nothing ever got going and Zito was almost immediately behind. Rangers answered another question -- it's not that home runs are impossible at AT&T, it's that homers are impossible for the home team. Kinsler and Hamilton had no problem at all, durn it. Hamilton has 22, Giants as a team have 35.

Injury news: Melky Cabrera was out and remains out with a dodgy hamstring; Pablo Sandoval activated and will be lineup Saturday; Brett Pill optioned to Fresno, which is likely good news because he can get some ABs. Giants often treat young players like him pathetically; leaving them to rot on the bench and lose whatever rhythm they might have had.

Baseball quote of the day: "I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio." (Phil Rizzuto)

Next game: Rangers vs. Giants, 1:05 p.m. PDT Saturday, June 9 at AT&T Park. Feldman (0-4, 7.01) vs. Vogelsong (4-2, 2.38). TV: CSN-BA