A beautiful Day For Baseball
With the roof open and a light wind the 34,789 fans were able to enjoy a wonderful day of baseball in the desert.
The final score was not what we wanted, but with sunny skies and a starting temperature of 79 degrees it was a great day to play baseball.
In the bottom of the 5th inning Jason Kubel is forced out at second on a great play by Brandon Crawford.
Ryan Roberts flies out to Angel Pagan in the 2nd inning.
Javier Lopez pitched a perfect 8th inning when John McDonald grounded out, Gerardo Parra flew out and Ryan Roberts struck out.
Santiago Casilla made his 2012 regular season debut and struck out one, while walking one.
Pablo Sandoval showed his power with a 2 run home run off Diamondbacks' starter Daniel Hudson in the top of the 4th inning. He would finish the game with a .500 batting average.
Brett Pill is congratulated by Tim Flannery after hitting his first career pinch-hit home run in the 7th inning.
God bless Brandon Crawford. His orientation to the field is unreal.
Seconded. His defensive skills and intuition are phenomenal. He’s going to be a great Giant.