Hanley Ramirez tripled home the tiebreaking run on a ball that bounced over Bautista’s head in the fifth. Two innings after that, Cueto officially picked up his second win in as many starts.
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The Padres were overdue for some runs after being shut out in the first three games, in which they were outscored 25-0 by the Dodgers. Nobody in orange and black felt like it was an unearned on.
A steady, but light rain has been falling and Giants manager Bruce Bochy said the reports are its expected to continue until about 4 a.m. He also said at the time that he expected the game would be able to continue through that light rain. “It’s how tough he is, and that he’s a pro”. One of the top hitting teams in the league are the Dodgers, who have a. 288 batting average.
“With our offense, there’s no sense of panic”, Panik said.
The two losses were by a combined two runs, and both were definitely winnable games for the Giants, but it’s hard to be unhappy about a 5-2 start. Knowing that you have a team of hitters that can always get you back in the game.
Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run homer and Raisel Iglesias allowed a run in five innings as Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh.
“I was really impressed with the performance overall”, Posey said. We can’t help you there. I think that’s kind of what we were hoping when he signed here. Stripling went 7⅓ innings, then left after his 100th pitch on a rainy Friday night.
Pitching coach Dave Righetti met with Cueto after the first and told him to get more depth on his pitches. Despite loading the bases, Bumgarner struck out the next two batters and limited the damage to one run.
“With Gonzo running it might have been close”, Bochy said. Cueto grounded out but went two more innings. “It’s a great message for these pitchers. Keep going, keep grinding, and give us a chance to catch up”.
RANGERS 4, ANGELS 1 Adrian Beltre had a home run and doubled twice, leading Cole Hamels and visiting Texas over Los Angeles. The wild series could be an important one looking back. Clayton Kershaw has managed to take home an incredibly impressive three Cy Young awards.
Welington Castillo singled off ex-Diamondbacks starter Trevor Cahill (0-1) and Owings, the pinch runner, took second on a groundout.
The Pirates went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position with a chance to improve to 5-0 for the first time since 1983. “I made that decision if somebody gets on base, we’re going to go to (Chris Hatcher)”. Despite those mirror image records, it turns out Kershaw has the better-earned run average at 2.12 compared to Bumgarner’s 2.58. They might have the best lineup in the National League, and Bumgarner and Cueto are a talented one-two punch.
On the flip side the Dodgers are deeper than in past years, and they put out a competitive lineup without Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, Yasmani Grandal and Howie Kendrick, all of whom are on the DL.
SAN FRANCISCO Scott Kazmir pitched against the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants in his first two starts this week as a member of the Dodgers.
He might have bought himself some time, though, after playing a steady shortstop in place of Seager, who was not asked to start against the left-handed Bumgarner.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 10: Denard Span #2 of the San Francisco Giants scores on a two-run rbi double from Joe Panik #12 (not pictured), beating the throw to catcher Austin Barnes #28 of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the bottom of the six inning at AT&T Park on April 10, 2016 in San Francisco, California. A bobbled grounder on rain-soaked turf separated them from a four-game sweep of Los Angeles.
