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Tag Archives: Cardinals
Giants Lose Season Series to Cards 3 – 4; Logan Webb Rolls On, Jakob Junis Continues to Impress, and Carlos Rodón Lays an Egg on National TV
The Giants rolled into St. Louis hot, were chilled to zilch by a shutout and then lost a laugher, as they fell to the Cardinals two games to one and lost the season series. It was announced Friday morning that … Continue reading
Giants Come Roaring Back Behind Logan Webb and Jakob Junis to Earn Draw with Cardinals 2 – 2; Flores Rolls, Dubón Turns Up, Yaz Smashes 93rd Splash Hit as Game-Winner
My concerns were for naught. I was being too negative. The Giants lined up behind Logan Webb and cranked three home runs (Wilmer Flores grand slam, Darin Ruf and Mauricio Dubón) in a nine-hit, 13-run performance in game three. Giants … Continue reading
Posted in McCovey Cove, Post Game Blasts, Series Recaps
Tagged baseball, Brebbia, camilo, Cardinals, corner, cove, Darin, dave, Dominic, doval, Dubon, Flores, francisco, Giants, John, league, Leone, Littell, Louis, major, mccovey, mike, mlb, national, Ruf, san, SF, St., Wilmer, Yastrzemski, Zach
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Giants Lose Another Bullpen Game, Cardinals Pound Relievers in Support of Mikolas
Cardinals 7, Giants 1 The Giants are without key players so strategy in the losses this past week has been complicated by the very real fact of attrition. It is hard to assess a team filled with guys who are … Continue reading
Kwang Hyun Kim Has Three-Hit the Giants Twice and Beaten Them at Home and on the Road, DeSclafani Blinks First, Cards Win 3-1
The pitchers duel I predicted came to pass and Kwang Hyun Kim was stellar. DeSclafani left one up in the second that got tagged for a solo shot and then slipped in the seventh and Goldy drove in two more. … Continue reading
Posted in full games, Mid Series Reports, Road Trips
Tagged Anthony, baseball, Brandon, Cardinals, Crawford, DeSclafani, francisco, Giants, hits, Hyun, Kim, Kwang, league, Louis, major, mlb, national, performance, pitcher, pitching, san, second, SFG, St., st.louis, stl, three, three-hit, win
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Giants Start Second Half with Solid Road Win in St. Louis, 7-2
Kevin Gausman was given leave. Logan Webb was given the start. Mike Tauchman was brought back up. Jay Jackson, who hadn’t pitched in the majors in two years, was called up for his Giants debut. He was used in intensely … Continue reading
The San Francisco Giants are Alone in First Place in the NL West on the Last Day of April
The highest payroll in Major League Baseball in 2021 is that of last year’s 60-game season World Series Champs ($249m). Appearing in three of the last four World Series’, they acquired Mookie Betts two years ago, Trevor Bauer this past … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged 26-man, angeles, angels, baseball, Cardinals, diego, dodgers, Farhan, first, francisco, Giants, highest, league, los, major, Mets, moneyball, most, national, Nationals, padres, payroll, Peralta, phillies, place, san, Tauchman, ten, top, trade, Wandy, west, yankees, Zaidi
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Giants Come From Behind, Hit With RISP, Beat Cards in St. Louis
This was the game where I began to wonder if we might have this. We might have the division because we are a real team … built from good guys. I was worried because St. Louis is a baseball town … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Post Game Blasts
Tagged baseball.st., Cardinals, commentary, francisco, gia nts, karthik, league, Louis, mlb, mtk, nl, one, san, series, SF, win
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Series Recap: The Cardinals Have “Figured Out” Matt Cain
Crazy double header in which the Cards scored an obscene number of runs off Matt Cain for the second time in a row in, specifically, the third inning – representing some adjustment they are making to a habit he has … Continue reading
Posted in Series Recaps
Tagged 2013, baseball, busch, Cain, Cardinals, doubleheader, Giants, June, Louis, Matt, mlb, recap, sanfrancisco, series, SF, St., stadium
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Cardinals Back Against Our Wall
The National League Championship Series last year was between the winners of the two previous World Series and both teams relied heavily on defense – and in particular, pitching. Relief pitching. Specialist pitching. Pitching. When Barry Zito broke the spirit … Continue reading
GBC Recap – The Opening Series v. LA (2-1)
It took a perfect outing from one of the best lefties in baseball – including the first home run he ever hit in his life – to mar what was otherwise an excellent opening series for the San Francisco Giants. … Continue reading
Posted in Series Recaps
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Giants Baseball Corner 
Giants Lose Home Series to Rockies, 1- 2; On Outside Looking In One-Third of Way Through Season as Dodgers Come to Town … Beat LA!
The National League West is absurdly stacked with expensive talent on two teams that play in southern California. The Dodgers have outspent every team in baseball the last three seasons. The Padres have climbed to fifth in payroll – $60 … Continue reading →