Results tagged ‘ Brandon Belt ’
Much Better
Good news – We found our missing baseball skills after passing through immigration last night. SF 8 – COL 6
Quick Hits for May 15, 2013
TONIGHT’S GAME… The Giants wrap up this brief two game series with the Blue Jays tonight… RHP Ramon Ortiz (0-1, 3.24) will face RHP Ryan Vogelsong (1-3, 7.78).
RYAN VOGELSONG… Has never faced the Blue Jays.
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PABLO SANDOVAL… Has homered in each of his last three games, the second time in his career to HR in three-straight… Is fifth in the NL with 48 hits, tied for sixth with 29 RBI and ranks eighth with a .316 avg.
SCUTARO STREAKING…IF Marco Scutaro went 3-for-5 last night to extend his season- high hitting streak to 13 games, tied for the longest active hit streak in the Majors with LAD’s Matt Kemp and MIN’s Joe Mauer.
MULTI-HIT MARCO…Scutaro has recorded a multi-hit game in each of his last seven contests, establishing a new career-high…the last Giant with seven-plus consecutive multi-hit games was Bengie Molina, who had a seven-game multi-hit streak (Stats, Inc.).
BRANDON BELT… Has homered in each of his last two games (third time in his career for back-to-back Home Run contests) and has now hit safely in his past five games (7-for-15) with 6 RBI… Has been clutch with RISP, hitting .333 (9-for-27) with 17 Runs Batted In.
MULTI-HIT MARCO PART II…Scutaro’s 15 multi- hit games this season are tied for the third-most in the NL…last season he had 56 such games, tied for the second-most in the league.
Quick Hits for May 14, 2013
TONIGHT’S GAME… The Giants play the first of this brief two game series with the Blue Jays tonight… RHP R.A. Dickey (2-5, 5.06) is scheduled to face LHP Barry Zito (3-1, 2.75).
SCUTARO STREAKING…IF Marco Scutaro enters tonight’s game with a 12-game hitting streak, during which he’s batting .479 (23×48)…prior to this stretch, Scutaro hit just .215 (29×93) through his first 23 games…his current hit streak is tied with LAD’s Matt Kemp and MIN’s Joe Mauer for the longest active hitting streak in the bigs.
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JAVIER LOPEZ… Has allowed just one home run in 117.1 innings pitched in a Giants uniform, which ranks as the fewest in the NL since 7/31/10.
GEORGE KONTOS… Opponents are hitting just .191 (13-for-68) against him this season… Left-handed batters are 3-for-their-last-14 off him.
BRANDON CRAWFORD… His 5 home runs and 17 RBI are each tied for 4th among NL shortstops.
BUSTER POSEY… Is hitting .353 (12-for-34) with seven extra base hits vs. left-handed pitching.
BRANDON BELT… Has been clutch with RISP, hitting .320 (8-for-25) with 16 RBI.
From The Club Level
No matter what the outcome of the game is, the view is always great from the Club Level at AT&T Park. ATL 6 – SF 3.
Siete de Mayo
The good news (or GREAT news if you’re in the bleachers): the flock of confused seagulls decided to wait until the end of the game to check out AT&T Park. PHI 6 – SF 2
And This One Is OVER!
Another game, another hero – in the 10th inning Guillermo Quiroz got the 30th hit of the game, a pinch-hit-home-run, which sent everyone home with a smile as the Giants beat LA 10-9. Quick Fact: Out of the Giants 18 victories this year, 11 have been come-from-behind wins.
