FTP: Bumsnorter

Friday, June 1, 2012

Giants 4, Cubs 3 at AT@T Park

CH (18-33) 000 000 003  2 11 0

SF (28-24) 202 000 00x  4 9 0

WP: Bumgarner (6-4)

LP: Maholm (4-4)

SV: Lopez (1)

HR: Soriano (8)

Malholm: 5.1ip 8h 4er 2bb 4k 4.82 era

Bumgarner: 8ip 8h 2er 0bb 11k 3.04 era

In the NL West: Smasage. Rockies crushed damn Dodgers, San Diego smashed Arizona. Giants are now 4 games back of LA; oh... yeah-yeah-yeah.

Comments: Bumsnorter struggled a little early but wriggled off the hook, and after that settled down and was absolutely dominant, striking out 11. For some reason Bochy pulled him and bullpen made it way more interesting that it had been, but hung on for a 4-3 series opener. Saturday game, I think, is in throwback uniforns, one of my least-favorite things in baseball and football. I have a feeling both teams will look stunningly dumb. (Pink Floyd, I think? "I have become stunningly dumb?") Offensive stars were, of course, Melky and Buster, but ex-Cub Ryan The Riot had his best hitting/scoring game of the year so far.

Note of Oddity: If you ever start to forget what a weird game baseball is, consider: Toward the end of spring training, it became clear that young catcher Hector Sanchez had hit his way onto the Giants roster as Buster Posey's backup. You'll remember that last year after Dickhead Cousins broke Buster's leg off, the catching duties were split between Eli Whiteside and Chris Stewart. On the basis of his very slightly better bat, Giants decided to keep Whiteside and let Stewart go. Well, Eli is now batting .211 in AAA in Fresno and Stewart is the backup catcher, and has played 14 games so far, for the Yankees. The Freaking Yankees. Weird.

Baseball quote of the day: "I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself." - Johan Santana (Congrats, dude, by the way. You are now as good as Jonathan Sanchez. This was the first fake no-hitter in Mets history, if you look at replay on Beltran's hit.)

Next game: Cubs vs. Giants, 4:15 p.m. PDT on Saturday, June 2 at AT&T Park. Garza (2-3, 4.22) vs. Cain 5-2, 2.79). TV: Big FOX.