After a one-game detour in Oakland, where I watched the A's beat the American League Champion Cleveland Indians on Saturday night, I'm back at AT&T Park to watch some good old-fashioned National League ball, in a National League Park, with National League lineups as the Giants face … The American League Champion Cleveland Indians. Lest you think hamstring strains are the sole provenance of the Giants, two Cleveland regulars - second baseman Jason Kipnis and right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall, are on the disabled list with right hammy strains. Furthermore, the Giants will not see Opening Day starter and recent All-Star Corey Kluber in the series. Left-hander Matt Moore carries his league-worst 6.04 ERA to the mound in the series opener Monday night. More doom and gloom followed the Giants home from San Diego, with Cueto on the DL, Brandon Belt nursing a wrist sprain and a series loss against the Padres. Had Buster Posey hit his bases-loaded drive to left about 3 feet farther in Saturday night's game, he would have had a grand slam, the Giants probably would have won and even with Jeff Samardzija losing big Sunday the series victory would have been viewed as "a step forward." The Padres hit two three-run homers off Samardzija on Sunday. If the pitching staff can curtail two-strike mistakes that lead to frustrating homers, and the front office can add a little more pop via trade, free agency and their system, they can shrink that run differential significantly by squeezing it from both sides.
Comment on Giants try their luck against depleted Indians
By Henry Schulman, San Francisco Chronicle: Sports
Mon, 07/17/2017 - 3:28pm
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