And clean up is exactly what he did. “If Strick gets it then we have a chance at a double play”. But it was the same old Posey who was the difference-maker.
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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner throws against the San Diego Padres in the fourth inning of their baseball game Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in San Francisco. “I kid around (saying) I love three-run homers”.
ARLINGTON, Texas -Brett Lawrie drilled a grand slam in the first inning and Oakland won for the eighth time in 10 games. Will Middlebrooks singled to right and Bumgarner threw to first base on a pick off try, but instead Alonso was hung up between third and home and tagged out.
Gregor Blanco and Panik each drove in runs in the fifth to give the Giants an early edge.
Duffy scored on the infield hit, and Joe Panik followed with a more impressive blow – a line drive double past center fielder Melvin Upton Jr. – and Bumgarner appeared to have all the support he needed, but it wasn’t to be. That brought Posey to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded, and the first baseman belted a two-strike change-up into the left-field bleachers. “Elevated a tiny bit, usually most lefties will swing and miss at that, but he got on top of it and slapped it down the line”.
Vogelsong (6-5) took it from there.
Padres starter Odrisamer Despaigne allowed just two runs but was only able to go five innings. He struck out four.
MILWAUKEE – Scooter Gennett homered, Adam Lind hit an RBI double and Jimmy Nelson allowed only two hits over eight innings for Milwaukee.
Ryan Vogelsong pitched six scoreless innings for his second straight win.
“He hasn’t talked to me, but I have the understanding, we have the understanding, that it’s about winning games”, Posey said. “It kept the momentum on our side”.
Javier Lopez and George Kontos retired three batters each, while Jean Machi pitched the ninth for the Giants to complete the five-hitter.
San Francisco’s’ All-Star catcher doesn’t mind the break. Gregor Blanco then singled.
San Francisco earned its 12th shutout of the season in its last game.
“It’s not just the defense’s fault and it’s not just Ian’s fault”.
Padres manager Pat Murphy, who had Mateo at Triple-A El Paso from the start of the season, said it was special. “The offense could have made it a closer game”.
Getting the ball for San Diego tonight will be Ian Kennedy, who is 4-5 with a 5.43 ERA on the year so far, while on the road he has gone 2-2 with a 3.77 ERA.
NOTES: The Padres and Giants began the three-game series having split their last 40 head-to-head matchups. “They haven’t been able to sustain it”, Murphy noted. Offensively, the Padres have really sputtered in the last 10 games. “I got to meet Hunter Pence,” he said. “It’s more the way I like to do things than him not knowing what to do. But here’s reason for hope”.
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It was his fourth career grand slam in the regular season – fifth when you include his bases-loaded shot off the Reds’ Mat Latos in the 2012 N.L. Division Series. He went 0-for-4. Kemp hadn’t batted first in the order since 2010. To create a spot for Mateo on the 40-man roster, the Padres transferred RHP Brandon Morrow (right shoulder inflammation) from the 15-day to 60-day disabled list…. Ishikawa struck out as a pinch hitter.
