Giancarlo Stanton may be known as a power hitter but the outfielder showed off his range, laying out to make an inning-ending diving catch in right field to rob the Cardinals Matt Adams.
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Upton Jr. isn t in the lineup Friday night. The 32-year-old was released by Miami last month and has a 7.02 ERA in five minor league starts this season, but Padres manager Andy Green remains optimistic.
Casilla took the mound after Buster Posey had sent up a rescue flare with his home run in the top of the 10th inning – the first of his career in extra innings. Combined with the Dodgers victory at Arizona, the Giants lead in the NL West was trimmed to a very assailable 5 games.
Bumgarner’s night was a series of frustration flash points.
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy argues with umpire Mike Estabrook during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Friday, July 15, 2016, in San Diego.
Then center fielder Denard Span slowed up rather than make a diving attempt on Yangervis Solarte s RBI single, which scored Wil Myers from second base.
Bumgarner offered a grim stare back at Cashner in the fifth inning after he chased an 0-2 waste pitch out of the zone.
Cashner, left-handed relievers Brad Hand and Ryan Buchter and closer Brandon Maurer retired 22 of the last 25 Giants they faced.
It was not the kind of night that a hopeful Giants fan might have envisioned.
The Giants evened the score in the second, partially because reserve catcher Christian Bethancourt was starting in left for the Padres with Melvin Upton Jr. away from the team on bereavement leave. Bumgarner finished just four outs short of a ideal game against the Padres a year ago.
But the Padres scored in the third on three straight, one-out singles by lead-off hitter Derek Norris, Myers and Matt Kemp, who drove in his 59th run.
But now it is up to Samardzija (9-5, 3.91 earned run average) to prevent the Giants from losing a second straight game to the Padres, who are 19-18 since the start of June.
Then Bumgarner paid for two more mistakes. I don’t remember him ever ripping off sliders like that. But the Padres jumped ahead with three consecutive singles to start the third inning, including a blast off Myers’s bat that deflected off Gillaspie. Bochy said he’d like Pence to get at least 30 at-bats before rejoining the active roster.
All the games are important to me, Casilla said.
The San Francisco Giants look for a win after winning eight of their last 12 games. The current plan calls for him to play five innings for Sacramento at Round Rock, Texas, on Saturday, then five more innings on Sunday. It s expected Panik will play just three or four games, then be activated in time for next Friday s series opener at Yankee Stadium. “He’s becoming more confident”.
“I was just waiting around”, Bumgarner said.
I think you guys know that (walks) frustrate me, Samardzija said.
Bumgarner (10-5) allowed four runs, seven hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in six innings. Lancaster is in the High Desert, and it s a calm day if the winds are only gusting out at 20 miles per hour.
Bumgarner got darn close against the Padres previous year, retiring 23 consecutive batters before Melvin Upton Jr. whistled a single with two outs in the eighth. Cain could start Wednesday at Boston.
Infielder Ehire Adrianza found the rehab conditions more to his liking.
Cueto, a right-hander, wasn’t feeling good on Tuesday, when surrendering home runs to former teammates Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez.
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“He just stumbled, caught a spike when he put his foot down”.
