The Giants acquired P Anthony Banda from the Tampa Bay Rays last week at the trade deadline. Here’s what Manager Gabe Kapler had to say about Banda’s progress at the Alternate Training Site (Sacramento):
I actually had a big lunch coming into the game tonight, but my appetite was still pretty strong so I was really hoping whatever the kitchen staff had on-deck for the evening would be something substantial.
Overall they didn’t disappoint: the Banh Mi (a roasted Vietnamese pork sandwich with cilantro and pickled cucumber, for those who don’t know) was more or less filling and pretty tasty. I do have to mention that it did fall victim to a horrible bun to meat ratio (it was practically like eating bread with a side of meat).
The coleslaw side dish was standard if not a little bland, but I can’t complain.
Gausman gets the job done if not in the most unusual sense: after retiring Rojas and Marte on grounders, Christian Walkers reaches on a dropped third strike wild pitch. Yet he proceeds to pick off Walker after getting Calhoun down 0-2.
Rojas 4-3, Marte 3U, Walker K (reaches on a wild pitch)
Score: ARI 0, SF 0
Bottom 1st – RHP Zac Gallen
Dickerson’s broken-bat weak line drive off an 88 mph pitch WAYY inside results in a double play. Solano K’s
Gausman with his second and third strikeouts of the game and makes it threw the inning with just 10 pitches.
Calhoun 4-3, Mathisen K, Peralta K
Bottom 2nd
Belt with some uncharacteristically weak contact during his ground out and Gallen gets through the inning on 11 pitches. Also, Crawford had an ugly swing to end the inning on his 2-2 count.
Belt 3U, Flores 5-3, Crawford K
"(Wyatt) Mathisen has yet to make his major league debut but hit .283 with 23 home runs and 61 RBIs in 87 games at Triple-A Reno last season."
Nine batter Carson Kelly hits the hardest ball (so far) on the day for the Diamondbacks and suddenly there are two men on with one out. Gausman gets a grounder with the bases loaded, but awkward positioning from Crawford at short allows just one out.
Ahmed K, Varsho BB, Kelly 1B, Rojas BB, Marte FC (Varsho scores), Walker K
ARI 1, SF 0
Bottom 3rd
I was getting some ice cream during this inning so I didn’t see it personally, but Bart & Dubon both struck out *shrug*
Panda 4-3, Bart K, Dubon K
👨🍳After much reflection, I’ve decided to get not one but TWO ice cream desserts tonight
Arizona strands Calhoun and Ahmed with a flyout from Varsho. Gausman’s strikeouts against Mathisen and Peralta were impressive. Also, Calhoun’s double was his first extra-base hit since August 26th and it broke his hitless streak of 15 games without a 2-strike hit.
Calhoun 2B, Mathisen K, Peralta K, Ahmed BB, Varsho F7
Bottom 4th
Dickerson has left the game after fouling a ball off his leg during his at-bat.
Yaz K, Dickerson/Ruf K, Solano L8
Ruf came in and took one pitch for a ball before striking out on the next pitch (3-2 count)
The Giants blow the inning wide open as Gallen allows the first three batters he faces to reach. Yaz and Ruf snag the Giants’ first RBIs of this game and there are still no outs. Guerra walks in Belt on five pitches.
Panda BB, Bart 1B, (Robertson pinch-run for Panda after Bart singles), Dubon BB, Yaz 1B, Ruf 1B, Solano 1B, (Junior Guerra pitching) Belt BB, Flores 5-2-3 DP, Crawford F7
🔥Gausman picks up his 3rd win as the Giants explode in the 6th inning for 4 runs. Kevin threw his splitter more often than his FB which was overall effective.
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