He did a little better than I did the next day, Crawford said. “That’s the game. That’s baseball”. Bonds then came onto the field to briefly argue further before being pulled away by manager Don Mattingly. “We’ll get the bats going”.
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Miami’s loss left them 7-1/2 games behind NL East leader Washington, who beat American League Central leader Cleveland.
They survived the trip still clinging to first place, although for the first time in 87 days, they woke up Wednesday without sole possession of it. But Miami bunched two hits in an inning only once – in the second – and Derek Dietrich was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double.
“Obviously Chris thinks it’s outside”, Mattingly said. “You have to tip your hat to our bullpen – to go 3 1/3 innings and hold them at 1-0, they should get the win”.
The Giants start a 10-game homestand on Friday, beginning with three against the Baltimore Orioles.
Fernando Rodney, filling in for the injured A.J. Ramos, pitched the ninth to record his 19th save in 21 opportunities.
By the end of the sixth inning, Barry Bonds had had enough. Sure enough, Stennett had two hits in his first two at-bats – both ground balls that Cash fielded.
“I’ve never seen anything like that”, Koehler said. “That’s a joke. That guy is so strong”. A bat’s not supposed to go 110 feet and the ball 370. “I just made a decision to turn it over to my bullpen, because of my confidence in them”. They come into a four-game set against St. Louis at Wrigley Field with three straight series sweeps after consecutive victories over the Angels.
“That’s huge”, Marlins catcher Jeff Mathis said.
“I felt I was fighting my rhythm all night”, Moore said.
Pagan had two of the Giants’ three hits. Bochy said. “We wish we could’ve maintained where we were”.
Samardzija said he wanted to stay in the game, “but you also understand who’s running the show”.
NOTES: Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton (sore hip) was not in the starting lineup, although he went 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter. Stanton will not play Wednesday in what was already a scheduled day off for him before the injury.
The Marlins were shut out for the fifth time since the All-Star break and eighth time this season, and dropped four of their six games this season against the Giants (65-49). Span struggled to an 0-for-4 line with a strikeout on Tuesday.
Phelps (5-6), making his second start of the season after moving from the bullpen into the rotation, pitched five innings and allowed one run on Crawford’s homer.
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Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin (11-5) allowed seven runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.
