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Tag Archives: Ruf
Giants Games After the Stretch Have Become Must-See-TV No Matter the Score Because of Kapler’s Use of Pinch Hitters and the ‘Pen; Ruf’s First Grand Slam Ties Game in Seventh in Chavez Ravine
The Giants fell behind by five runs down in L.A. and didn’t seem the least bit worried. The defense was again the problem. This time Luis Gonzalez, our great-hitting rookie playing only his second game ever in right field at … Continue reading
Posted in full games, NLWest, Post Game Blasts, Road Trips, TradeDeadline
Tagged Austin, baseball, Bellinger, Betts, bums, Cody, corner, Darin, dave, defense, dodgers, Dom, Dominic, errors, Estrada, Evan, first, francisco, Gabe, Garcia, Gavin, Giants, Gonzalez, grand, Jarlin, Kapler, league, Leone, Longoria, Luis, Lux, major, Mercedes, mlb, Mookie, national, nemesis, Roberts, Ruf, salami, san, SF, slam, Slater, Thairo, Thompson, Trayce, west, Yermin
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Giants Take Home Series Against Snakes (2 – 1); Bats Awaken Tuesday, Bullpen Game With Bench Bats Get Walkoff Wednesday; Can Still End Gauntlet of 17 Games Over .500
The Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks two games to one at Oracle Park this week, losing a cliffhanger on Monday night Giants 3, Diamondbacks 4; exploding for a massive score in a shutout on Tuesday Giants 13, D-backs 0; and … Continue reading
Posted in GauntletII, NLWest, pitchers, SCRBRDWatch, Series Recaps, walkoffs
Tagged Arizona, Austin, baseball, belt, Brandon, Brebbia, Buddy, bullpen, corner, Crawford, d-backs, Darin, Daunton, David, Diamondbacks, Estrada, Flores, francisco, Gabe, game, Giants, Gonzalez, Jake, Joc, John, Kapler, Kennedy, league, long, Luis, major, mark, Marte, McCarthy, Melancon, mike, mlb, national, Oracle, park, Pederson, Ruf, Sam, Sammy, san, SF, snakes, Thairo, Varsho, Wilmer, Winns, Yasztremski, Yaz
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Giants Handle Royals Series 2 – 1, End Home Stand 6 – 3 Including Sweep of Dodgers
The homestand had a rocky start as we fell to Colorado twice. The last game against the Rockies was atrocious, worst of the year so far for the Giants, who made four errors. Things looked bleak. Then the Giants swept … Continue reading
Posted in Series Recaps, SFG Off Day Posts
Tagged american, Andrew, baseball, Benintendi, Brandon, camilo, city, corner, Crawford, Darin, doval, Estrada, francisco, Gabe, Giants, Gonzalez, inter, interleague, Jake, Kansas, Kapler, LaStella, league, Llovera, Logan, long, Luis, major, Mauricio, McGee, mike, mlb, national, Royals, Ruf, Sam, Sammy, san, SF, Stella, Thairo, Tommy, Webb, Yastrzemski
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Wood Embattled Early; Manny Machado Goes Four for Four with Three Doubles and a Triple; Padres Pulverize and Sweep Giants at Oracle to Establish Superiority
The Padres looked a little better than the Giants in every aspect of the game and a lot better at batting. All weekend, their starting pitching was better, their batting was much better, their relievers were better, their fielding was … Continue reading
Posted in full games, NLWest, Post Game Blasts, Series Recaps
Tagged alex, Austin, baseball, Brebbia, Darin, diego, doubles, four, francisco, Giants, Gore, Ha-Seong, hits, John, Jurickson, Kim, league, Littell, Machado, Manny, McKenzie, mlb, Myers, national, Nola, padres, Profar, Ruf, san, SF, sweep, Wil, will, Wood, Zach
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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 Handle Gallen, Win Series 3-1, Achieve .500 and Sole Possession of Third in NL West
A tight, well-fought series win at home, 3-1, created still more distance between the Giants and the cellar-dwelling D-backs as San Francisco climbed to 0.500 and sole possession of third in the division. It has been a long, slow crawl … Continue reading
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Alex Cobb Debut: Five Innings, Four Hits, Two Earned Runs, Two Walks and Ten K’s; Awakened Giants Bats Hit with RISP, for Ten Runs in First Two Innings
The San Diego Padres came into town with the NL West division lead and beat the guys at Oracle on Monday, Padres 4 – Giants, 2 in the first game of the season series. Alex Wood struck out six over … Continue reading →