MLB: Bayside Stories - an 09 San Francisco Giants Dynasty

[Mit]

Series Preview

VS.

(8-5) (4-8)

Game 1

Jonathan Sanchez (1-1, 5.54 ERA) vs. Doug Davis (0-1, 4.38 ERA)

Game 2

Barry Zito (1-1, 1.17 ERA) vs. Jon Garland (1-1, 5.25 ERA)

Game 3

Tim Linecum (2-1, 5.25 ERA) vs. Max Scherzer (0-1, 5.40 ERA)

[Woy]

Avoiding Webb and Haren, nice.

[Mit]

Avoiding Webb and Haren, nice.

Yeah. Haha. Good thing, too. If I faced Webb and/or Haren, those would probably be two definite losses. My offense has not done that great, so.

[Mit]

Bengie Molina has been a disappointment thus far for the San Francisco Giants. He was supposed to be a large part of the Giants hitting, but he hasn't shown up. Molina is hitting a dismal .209 with 0 HR and 3 RBI's so far.

The Giants have been looking at other catchers because they do not have any decent backups. The best backup is Eli Whiteside, who is at best a AAA catcher.

The Giants have been shopping mid-level prospects like Nick Noonan and AAA 2nd Baseman Kevin Frandsen for another catcher. The Giants have been interested in Yankees catcher, Jose Molina, Braves catcher, David Ross, and John Buck on the Kansas City Royals.

Bengie expressed his discontent about the Giants looking for another catcher. "I'm old. What the [expletive] do you expect? I am trying my best, but it's still early in the season. You can't take away my starting job after 13 games."

[DJ Rhude]

wow, Molina is scuffling....lol @ a ball player calling himself old

He's right though, 13 games is too quick to judge

[DJ Rhude]

I just read back and saw Tim pitched 11 innings.......amazing

[Mit]

wow, Molina is scuffling....lol @ a ball player calling himself old

He's right though, 13 games is too quick to judge

Haha. Yeah, man. He's an old catcher and age takes a toll on performance, especially on the catchers' performance. 13 games is pretty quick, but if he does not produce soon, then I might have to make some moves.

I just read back and saw Tim pitched 11 innings.......amazing

I know, man. Linecum was killing in that game. I just decided to keep him in the game.

lovin the updates, keep it up

Thanks a lot, man. Good to see you are following, now.

[Mit]

Sanchez Pitches Well As Giants Win 2 to 0



Fred Lewis robs a homer to keep the score 2 to 0.

Giants Pitching
Jonathan Sanchez (W, 2-1) - 7.0 IP | 5 H | 0 ER | 6 K | 3.60 ERA
Merkin Valdez - 0.1 IP | 0 H | 0 ER | 0 K | 0.00 ERA
Noah Lowry - 1.0 IP | 0 H | 0 ER | 2 K | 0.00 ERA
Brian Wilson (S, 6) - 0.2 IP | 1 H | 0 ER | 1 K | 0.00 ERA

Diamondbacks Pitching
Doug Davis (L, 0-2) - 7.0 IP | 8 H | 2 ER | 3 K | 3.72 ERA
Tom Gordon - 1.0 IP | 1 H | 0 ER | 0 K | 1.80 ERA

Giants Notable Hitting Stats
RBI: Pablo Sandoval (5)
SB: Randy Winn (1)

Diamondbacks Notable Hitting Stats
2B: Stephen Drew (3); Eric Byrnes (3);

Pepsi Player of the Game

SP Jonathan Sanchez

[-Ray27Rice-]

Nice win, Sanchez pitched well.

[Mit]

nice catch and nice win

Thanks, man. I was surprised I caught it. I was like screaming that I caught that. lol. Sometimes, you get too much into the game.

Nice win, Sanchez pitched well.

Thanks, man. Sanchez looked real good in this start. My rotation minus Randy has looked pretty good thus far. I'm hoping to keep this up.

[Mit]

Giants Win In Walk-Off Fashion Thanks To Sandoval



Pablo Sandoval celebrates after hitting his game-winning homer here in the 10th inning; it was his 2nd homer of the game.

Giants Pitching
Barry Zito - 7.0 IP | 8 H | 4 ER | 0 K | 2.42 ERA
Brandon Medders - 2.0 IP | 2 H | 0 ER | 2 K | 2.08 ERA
Noah Lowry (W, 1-0) - 1.0 IP | 0 H | 0 ER | 0 K | 0.00 ERA

Diamondbacks Pitching
Jon Garland - 6.0 IP | 8 H | 2 ER | 1 K | 4.50 ERA
Jon Rauch - 1.0 IP | 0 H | 0 ER | 1 K | 9.82 ERA
Tom Gordon - 1.0 IP | 1 H | 1 ER | 0 K | 2.25 ERA
Chad Qualls (L, 0-1) - 1.2 IP | 1 H | 1 ER | 0 K | 7.36 ERA

Giants Notable Hitting Stats
HR: Pablo Sandoval 2 (4); Dallas McPherson (5);
RBI: Travis Ishikawa (9); Pablo Sandoval 3 (8); Dallas McPherson (7);
SF: Travis Ishikawa (1);
CS: Randy Winn (1);

Diamondbacks Notable Hitting Stats
2B: Felipe Lopez (3);
HR: Chris Snyder (2);
RBI: Chris Snyder (10); Felipe Lopez (3); Mark Reynolds (6);
HBP: Chris Snyder (1);
SB: Felipe Lopez (2);

Pepsi Player of the Game

3B Pablo Sandoval

[Mit]

Linecum and Rowand Lead Giants To Late Comeback Victory



Aaron Rowand hits an RBI single that puts the Giants on top 3 to 2.

Giants Pitching
Tim Lincecum (W, 3-1) - 8.1 IP | 8 H | 2 ER | 11 K | 4.45 ERA
Brian Wilson (S, 7) - 0.2 IP | 0 H | 0 ER | 1 K | 0.00 ERA

Diamondbacks Pitching
Max Scherzer - 7.0 IP | 6 H | 1 ER | 1 K | 3.00 ERA
Tom Gordon (L, 1-1) (BS, 1) - 1.0 IP | 2 H | 2 ER | 2 K | 3.18 ERA

Giants Notable Hitting Stats
2B: Edgar Renteria (4);
HR: Bengie Molina (1);
RBI: Aaron Rowand (6); Bengie Molina (4); Edgar Renteria (3);
IBB: Travis Ishikawa (1);

Diamondbacks Notable Hitting Stats
HR: Chris Snyder (3);
RBI: Chris Snyder (11); Justin Upton (8);
SB: Eric Byrnes (1); Justin Upton (2);

Pepsi Player of the Game

SP Tim Linecum

[Woy]

Linceum was beast once again. Nice wins.

[Mit]

Linceum was beast once again. Nice wins.

Yeah man. He's bouncing back nicely after that rough first start. Only bad thing about Lincy is that he gave up his 7th homer of the year in this last start and that he gives up way too many hits. Could be bad down the stretch if he doesn't reduce both of those.

nice win. that 8th inning was huge

Yeah man. I needed that 8th inning. I tore up Tom Gordon in that inning. Was quite fun for me. Haha.

[Mit]

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