Brandon Crawford has developed into one of Major League Baseball’s best all-around shortstops in recent years, but the San Francisco Giants may be without their star middle infielder after he suffered a finger injury during Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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He will undergo an MRI on Wednesday to determine the extent of the injury, according to Giants manager Bruce Bochy.
San Francisco finally broke through in the fifth, as Nunez roped a 1-1 pitch just over the 360-foot mark in left field for his 16th home run of the season.
Johnny Cueto: 5.1 shutout innings.
After the Cardinals won and the Mets lost earlier Tuesday, the Giants were a half-game behind St. Louis and NY in the National League wild-card race.
Crawford is also considered day-to-day, according to Bochy.
Though the Giants snapped a three-game losing streak, it came with a price: Winning pitcher Johnny Cueto (17-5) left the game in the sixth inning with a groin strain, and standout shortstop Brandon Crawford exited with a dislocated left pinkie finger.
The Dodgers had nine baserunners in the first five innings – two at a time in four of the five innings. On Tuesday it was one inning earlier, with Hill having only allowed the one run in five innings, with seven strikeouts and just 77 pitches.
“It was more of preservation, where he was at, and to put him in a situation to go any deeper”, Roberts said. He hit.246 with 10 home runs and 69 RBI while helping the Giants win their third World Series title in five years.
“I threw the ball well, but at the end of the day it was disappointing”, he said. “That’s on me. I take 100 percent responsibility”.
San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Sergio Romo reacts as the Giants defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers … “This was just a well pitched ballgame and unfortunately we came up short”. “You can’t miss like that at this level”. A double play short-circuited things in the first inning and the Dodgers went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position against Cueto. “But tonight we grinded one out and got the job done, and that’s a good start”.
San Francisco Giants’ Eduardo Nunez, left, hits a solo home run as Los Angeles Dodgers starting … “On Tuesday, Puig and 1B Adrian Gonzalez tweeted pictures of several Dodgers in the clubhouse wearing T-shirts reading “#DONTLOOKATME”, the words Bumgarner uttered at Puig. The Dodgers activated LHP Alex Wood from the disabled list and designated RHP Bud Norris for assignment.2. It was going to be another inning at the most anyway.
The Dodgers may have burned me Tuesday night, but I still don’t trust this Giants team at all.
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Scully is in his 67th – and last – season with the Dodgers. It was the Dodgers’ sixth sellout of the season.
