The Rangers’ policy most nights is to let the starting pitcher pick the uniform, but Saturdays they go with red, and that just happened to also make their new pitcher feel comfortable.
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Perez (1-2) threw 8 1-3 innings, leaving after allowing a one-out, ninth-inning double to Angel Pagan.
“It was a two-run ballgame” said Banister. It’s always nice to see guys that come in who are fresh. Really felt like he had gotten us to a point we needed to be to.
“Just getting some outs, really”, Bumgarner said on the difference between his outing early and late.
Giants: RHP Tim Lineceum (7-4) started doing some soft toss Saturday, and manager Bruce Bochy said he’s making progress.
This is about the Rangers’ future rotation in 2016 of Hamels, Yu Darvish, Derek Holland, Martin Perez and other huge prospects, such as Nick Martinez and Chi-Chi Gonzalez competing for the fifth spot.
Perez threw 29 pitches in the second inning Tuesday and failed to record an out.
It was 80, to be exact, a miniscule pitch count to have in the ninth inning of a ballgame and, the conventional thinking was, such a harmless total that Perez would be allowed to go for the complete game. That’s part of the game.
“Man, he gave us some life”, said Pence, who is an expert on the subject of live wires.
In the end, Perez was obviously excited after the start and happy to be able to walk away with the win. Martinez hadn’t won a start since June 9 and had lost his last four decisions.
“My sinker was there and my changeup was amazing” said Perez. Choo is 3-5 against Leake, and I expect him to continue his success against Leake this afternoon. He just topped it, and with this (baked) infield here, it gets to them so quick.
Newcomer Jake Diekman entered to face Nori Aoki in a left-vs.-left situation, and issued a four-pitch walk.
The Rangers turned an inning-ending double play on his next pitch, but even after putting up some insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh, Hamels’ new teammates could not get him a victory. With the bases loaded, the defence made a clutch double play to get out of it and preserve the win.
Perez would have also been going through the lineup for a fourth time, and he nearly certainly would have had to face at least one right-handed batter to the 27th out. San Francisco starter Chris Heston surrendered three runs on seven hits in his 4 2/3 innings.The matchup of the only two starters with no-hitters this season quickly became an offensive show.
Mike Leake is in the midst of a hot streak as he makes his San Francisco debut in Sunday’s finale of a three-game set against the Texas Rangers. Belt led off the third with his 11th homer, and added another solo shot in the 11th off Sam Freeman, who hadn’t allowed a run in his previous 17 appearances.
“I think this is an excellent great confederation crew that is actually I’ve been on”, said Belt, whom adam inside the one in three inning was the 1st struck Hamels permitted in 36 at-bats. “The only thing I remember about the day is yes, I’m very happy to have hit the home run but my last at-bat, I wasn’t aggressive”.
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The Giants took a 3-2 lead in the third inning when their left-handed hitters pestered Hamels. The next night, the Giants clinched their first of three titles over the past five seasons. Game time is slated for 7:05 p.m. Connecticut.
