On the bullpen note, it’s abundantly clear that the Giants don’t trust Watson right now. He, Shaun Anderson, Wandy Peralta, and Tony Watson proceeded to no-hit the Rangers until the ninth inning, when Sam Selman took over. Conner Menez took over after Webb walked the bases loaded, and got out of the jam on one pitch. The bullpen, which has been weak for much of the year, was stellar. But he held the Rangers to 2 runs, and just 1 earned run, and he deserves credit for that. He seemed to have a very hard time figuring out where the ball was going. He went just 3.2 innings, and gave up 4 hits, 4 walks, and 1 hit batter, while striking out just 4 of the 20 hitters he faced. Logan Webb’s second start mirrored his first, which is to say he didn’t have his stuff but managed to limit the damage regardless.
He hasn’t been playing well, but he sure hasn’t been lucky, either. In a game with 17 hits, and eight extra-base hits, Pence had the ball with the fourth-highest exit velocity, and ninth-highest expected batting average. But his poor play was compounded by poor luck in this particular case, as a ground out in the first inning left his bat at 104.5 mph, with an expected batting average of. While Dubón was able to take a step towards breaking out of his funk, it was another donut for Hunter Pence, who went 0-4 with 2 strikeouts, bringing his season total to 0-22. That’s a pretty nice formula for success. Those final three batters in the lineup - Ruf, Tromp, and Dubón - combined to hit 6-10 with 2 walks and 5 RBI. Tromp then scored on another single by Dubón which, again, made for a nice sight. Tromp having himself a night /poQVbHYtMC- SF Giants on NBCS August 1, 2020 Chadwick Tromp lined an opposite field single for his first hit as a big leaguer, and the rally was on. The party started in the fifth inning, and it started in the happiest way possible: with a first career knock. Cool!”īut when the games come around where they look the part? They’re fun. They need those games against the Dodgers that leave you thinking, “Wow, they probably shouldn’t have won that. Every team wins a handful of games where they simply look good, but if the Giants only win those games, they’ll finish outside of the playoff picture. The Giants don’t have the talent to pull that off. The Giants got the run back in the second inning, and while they briefly fell behind 2-1, they rattled off eight consecutive runs to make it look easy. “Here we go again,” you thought.īut it was a false alarm. Shin-Soo Choo hit an opposite field dinger on the first pitch of the game, and Logan Webb walked two more batters in the inning. It didn’t look that way for the whole game, but it did settle into it quickly. They looked like a squad that can have an error here, leave a runner stranded there, have a less-than-stellar performance from a reliever, and still walk away with the win. They looked like a baseball team that was beating another baseball team because they are the better baseball team.
In the win against the San Diego Padres, the Giants wet the bed, then furiously blow-dried it and hoped we’d forget they wet it in the first place. The looked like the worse team that sequenced things together in a more handy manner. Is that to say that they are a good baseball team? Goodness no.īut in the two wins agains the Los Angeles Dodgers, they didn’t actually look like the better team. They will face CBJ and PIT five times each and all other Metropolitan teams four times each.For the first time all season, the San Francisco Giants looked like a good baseball team. The Rangers will play 30 games against Metropolitan Division teams.In March and April the Rangers will play 12 games on the road in their final 19 games of the regular season.The Rangers will twice have four game road trips, one in November and one in March.The season begins at home against the Islanders and ends at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins.The home opener coinciding with the beginning of the season is happening for the first time since 2007-08.The Rangers will play nine regular season games in October, six of which are home games.The World Cup is clearly having an impact on the start of the NHL season.Let’s turn our attention to a few key details about the announced schedule and take a look at how next season will kick off for the Blueshirts. RangersTown our schedule is here! Get ready for our 90th season together! /2u4BRolenX- New York Rangers June 21, 2016