Join Sam as he covers the SF Giants Summer Camp Training LIVE from Oracle Park. Each day’s post updates live in real-time and is meant to be something between a tweet and an article – the brevity and timeliness of a tweet combined with the analysis and organization of a blog post.
Live Streams!
- Now we have two options, the classic batter vs pitcher and now a KXSF Sports Eagle-Eye broadcast with live notes and commentary!
Intrasquad Game Notes
- New today: Major league umpires making the calls today. It’s a scaled-back staff though, just home plate and first base umps in attendance.
- Confirmed: Walk-up music is being played during most at-bats, no music during the game itself like in previous days.
- Top 1st
- PITCHING: LHP Drew Smyly
- Smyly makes quick work of Yaz (1-2), Dubon (K) and Dickerson (K)
- SCORE: Orange 0, Black 0
- Bottom 1st
- PITCHING: RHP Jeff Samardzija
- Yolmer Sanchez strikes out, nice well-hit single up the middle for Slater, flare single for Jaylin Davis.
- Hunter Pence walk-up song – Thunder by Imagine Dragons.
- He battles to 3-2, but doesn’t have the lighting to get on base (3-2 strikeout)
- Darin Ruf check-swing grounder to first base as Samardzija cries “All you baby” to Panda who fields it unassisted.
- Top 2nd
- PITCHING: Drew Smyly
- Panda makes an out, Heineman as well (6-3)
- Wilmer Flores debuts his Friends themed “I’ll be there for you” walk-up song,
- Bottom 2nd
- PITCHING: RHP Jeff Samardzija
- Tromp home run, Will Wilson rips a double
- SCORE: Black 1, Orange 0
- Top 3rd
- PITCHING: Smyly
- Avelino reaches on a two-base error, nothing comes of it.
- Bottom 3rd
- PITCHING: Tyler Anderson
- Yolmer doubles to center field (probably could have been caught if they were playing straight up).
- Top 4th
- PITCHING: Kevin Gausman
- K on Toribio, Yaz groundout
- Bottom 4th
- PITCHING: Anderson
- Tromp with a loud line out to left field, it’s a flyout but still interesting
- Top 5th
- PITCHING: Gausman
- Dickerson single up the middle, Panda double play, Flores K
And The Winner Is…
- The black squad is now 2-0 in Giants Summer Camp after a 5-0 victory today
- MVP: C Chadwick Tromp (2 home runs) making a case for starting catcher
Kapler Quotes
- Kapler on the rotation (Smyly, Samardzija and Gasuman all pitched today): “We’re not committed to any 2-3-4”
- Kapler on Samardzija’s rough outing: “Shark is just getting his arm in shape…he got his pitches and innings in.”
- He also said they’re not too worried about bottom-line stats from the veterans with proven success this Summer Camp Training
- Gabe Kapler on his biggest worry this season: “Health always, that’s never going to change…right now we’re a healthy club…in a large part because our medical staff has done a great job”
- “Good solid workhorse day”
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