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The San Francisco Giants weren’t able to keep Barry Zito‘s streak alive. This marks Zito’s first lost since August of 2012. He had 16 straight starts that resulted in a Giants win. It was an incredible streak, and he deserves a standing ovation in his next AT&T Park start!
Reliever Jeremy Affeldt is on the DL with a right oblique strain, and reliever Jean Machi has be called up from the Fresno Grizzlies to take Affeldt’s roster spot.
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The San Francisco Giants start a three game series tonight in Milwaukee after taking three out of four from the Cubs in Chicago.
In the final game of the Cubs series, Hunter Pence came through like a champ! Pence was down to his last strike, and hit a homer to center field to tie the game in the 9th inning. The Giants did go on to win the game 10-7 in extra innings. The hometown guy (George Kontos) picked up the win, and closer Sergio Romo recorded his 7th save on the year.
Ex-Giant Nate Schierholtz received his ring from manager Bruce Bochy. Schierholtz also was trying to give some payback to the Giants for trading him in the Pence deal. Schierholtz went 5-for-12 in the series against the Giants with a homer and 2 RBI.
Side Notes
Infielder Nick Noonan picked up his first two RBI’s of his career on Sunday, congratulations Nick!
Brett Pill has returned from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the DL. He’s been optioned to the Fresno Grizzlies (via Giants tweet).
Pitcher Andrew Kown has been released and pitcher Brett Bochy was reinstated from Richmond’s DL, and transferred to the Grizzlies (via Grizzlies tweet).
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Yesterday was a great way to start the road trip for the San Francisco Giants! They were down 5-0 but didn’t throw in the towel. The scratched and clawed their way back into the game, and ended up winning 7-6.
Closer Sergio Romo added another save to the back of his baseball card under the 2013 season stats section. Romo has been perfect thus far, and is 6-for-6 in save chances.
Infielder Nick Noonan took advantage of his first Major League start at second. Noonan had a 3-for-5 game and scored 2 runs.
Today’s Lineup
CF Angel Pagan
2B Marco Scutaro
3B Pablo Sandoval
C Buster Posey
RF Hunter Pence
1B Brandon Belt
LF Gregor Blanco
SS Brandon Crawford
P Matt Cain
Down on the Farm
Outfielder Francisco Peguero is currently hitting .448 with 5 RBI in 7 games for the Fresno Grizzlies. Outfielder Roger Kieschnick has 1 homer, 7 RBI with a .379 average in 7 games for the Grizzlies as well.
Infielder Adam Duvall is off to a hot start with the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Duvall has 2 homers, 10 RBI, and is hitting .379 in 8 games. Catcher Andrew Susac also has 2 homers, 6 RBI and hitting .318 in 6 games for the Flying Squirrels.
Infielder Angel Villalona is off to a really slow start for the San Jose Giants. Villalona has more strikeouts (13) than games played (8), and is currently hitting .030. He’s 1-for-33 early on in the season.
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It was a nice hot day in San Francisco as the San Francisco Giants put an old fashion whooping on the Rockies (10-0) to sweep the series. Barry Zito tossed 7 innings of shutout ball, and hasn’t allowed a single run on the season. Is it too early to start the Cy Young Award campaign? Zito didn’t just do it with his arm. He also racked up a couple hits and an RBI. Someone needs to get this guy to put on a hitting clinic during the offseason (just kidding)!
Zito is the first Giants pitcher since Al Worthington (1953) to begin a season with 2 straight starts of at least 7IP and no runs allowed. Dating back to last season the Giants have won 13 straight Zito starts. In this span, Zito is 9-0 with a 3.20 ERA (via MLB Stat Twitter links).
The Giants start a road trip today in Chicago where the weather is bone chilling cold! All four games in Chicago are day games, so I hope you’re ready for afternoon baseball.
Nick Noonan is going to make his first Major League start today at second for the Giants.
Today’s Lineup
CF Angel Pagan
SS Brandon Crawford
3B Pablo Sandoval
C Buster Posey
RF Hunter Pence
1B Brandon Belt
LF Gregor Blanco
2B Nick Noonan
P Ryan Vogelsong
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Now that all the festivities are over the San Francisco Giants can start to focus on the 2013 season. There’s no more Opening Day, MVP Award or Ring Ceremony’s. It’s time to get things rolling and start marching ahead to another NL West Championship!
The red hot Rockies were stopped dead in their tracks last night, thanks to Madison Bumgarner and the Giants bullpen. Bumgarner wasn’t on point but he did his job to get the ball to the bullpen with a lead. Bumgarner now has two of the Giants four wins this season.
Relievers Santiago Casilla (1.1 IP), Jeremy Affeldt (1 IP) and Sergio Romo (1 IP) tossed 3.1 innings of shutout ball and only allowed one hit. That was a leadoff double in the top of the ninth inning. Romo was still able to shut down the Rockies for his 4th save of the young season. Romo has saved every Giants victory thus far.
The Giants got a shot in the arm in the first inning by outfielder Hunter Pence. Pence hit a 3-run bomb that gave the Giants a quick 3-0 lead. That’s also Pence’s 3rd homer on the year, and it wasn’t a cheap one either! Giants fans are starting to see the real Pence, not the one that couldn’t find his stroke after the trade last season.
After tonight’s game, the Giants will need to break out their sunglasses and sunscreen for a while. The next six out of eight games (after tonight) will be day games. Get ready to listen to these games on the radio if you have a day job!
Side Notes
It’s no secret that Pablo Sandoval looks heavy, but it’s sure fun to watch this guy play! Sandoval still provides great defense at third and boy can he hit! He’s currently hitting .360 with 2 homers and 5 RBI in 7 games for the Giants.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, Matt Cain became the second starting pitcher in Giants history to give up at least nine runs in an inning. The other was John Cronin on September 27, 1902 against the Brooklyn Superbas (via Chris Haft Twitter links). As time went on, the Superbas eventually became the Dodgers.
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The Opening Day loss didn’t faze the San Francisco Giants. They went on to take the next two games to win the series. Madison Bumgarner pitched a gem against the Dodgers in game two of the season, and Tim Lincecum struggled through five innings yesterday. He walked seven Dodgers and was obviously having trouble with his command. However, it was good enough to get the win.
Pablo Sandoval not only got the first hit of the season for the Giants on opening day, but he also hit the first homer for the G-men last night as well. Hunter Pence also showed his power by hitting a solo shot later in the game.
Welcome To The Show
Infielder Nick Noonan made his Major League Debut last night with an AB late in the game. He wasted no time at the plate, and grounded out to second on the first pitch. I’m sure he was looking for something he can hit and got it right away. Don’t worry Nick, your first career hit will come soon!
Down On The Farm
The Fresno Grizzlies (Triple-A Affiliate) are sending Yusmeiro Petit to the mound for their home Opener. The Richmond Flying Squirrels (Double-A Affiliate) are also at home and they’re sending Craig Westcott to the mound to start their season. The San Jose Giants (Class-A Advanced Affiliate) start off on the road tonight, and they’re sending the Giants number 6 prospect Clayton Blackburn to the mound.
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Opening Day didn’t go the way San Francisco Giants fans had hoped for, but guess what?!?! It’s just game 1 of 162! The Giants are back at it tonight against the Dodgers, and Madison Bumgarner will try to get the Giants their first win of the 2013 season.
Matt Cain started his first career Major League Opening Day, and it didn’t end like he hoped it would. However, he did pitch a great game! Cain tossed 6 innings of shutout ball. He gave up 4 hits, 1 walk and racked up 8 strikeouts.
There wasn’t much offense generated against Clayton Kershaw. There was a few hard balls that were hit right at the Dodgers. Infielder Marco Scutaro snapped his 20-game hit streak that carried over from the end of last year’s regular season.
Pablo Sandoval did have a 2-for-4 day at the plate. It just wasn’t enough of a spark to get things rolling for the Giants.
No need to be down Giants fans. Championships are won in October and not in April. Let’s not forget that the Giants were swept in Arizona last year to start the 2012 season, and we all remember how that season ended?!?!
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Opening Day has finally arrived and this is the day that all San Francisco Giants fans have been waiting for! Matt Cain will lead the Giants into Los Angeles against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers.
Giants Opening Day Roster
Pitchers
Jeremy Affeldt
Madison Bumgarner
Matt Cain
Santiago Casilla
Chad Gaudin
George Kontos
Tim Lincecum
Javier Lopez
Jose Mijares
Sergio Romo
Ryan Vogelsong
Barry Zito
Catchers
Buster Posey
Guillermo Quiroz
Hector Sanchez
Infielders
Joaquin Arias
Brandon Belt
Brandon Crawford
Nick Noonan
Pablo Sandoval
Marco Scutaro
Outfielders
Gregor Blanco
Angel Pagan
Hunter Pence
Andres Torres
Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle says the Giants have invited Brian Wilson, Aubrey Huff and Ryan Theriot to the ring ceremony (April 7 at AT&T Park). Huff will be attending, Theriot isn’t sure because of a prior commitment, and Wilson hasn’t let the team know if he will be attending or not.
Wilson is also not hosting any workouts at this time. He’s waiting till he’s 100% before he throws for teams and starts to negotiate a contract.
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The San Francisco Giants have announced that they’ve extended GM Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy‘s contracts through 2016, and have options for 2017. It’s nice to see the team taking care of their GM and manager after winning two World Series in a three year span.
Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reported earlier that the Giants and Buster Posey were in serious talks on a long-term deal. Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com later reported (via Twitter) that the Giants and Posey have agreed to a nine-year deal (8 year extension). The deal covers the remaining three years of arbitration and five of Posey’s free agency years. There’s also an option for 2022. You can pretty much say Posey is a Giant for life!
John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle (via Twitter) breaks down the contract details.
Signing bonus: $7 million
2013: $3 million
2014: $10.5 million
2015: $16.5 million
2016: $20 million
2017: $21.4 million
2018: $21.4 million
2019: $21.4 million
2020: $21.4 million
2021: $21.4 million
2022: Option – $22 million or $3 million buyout
Alex Pavlovic of the San Jose Mercury News says (via Twitter) Posey’s deal is a record for a player with fewer than four years of service time, and obviously, the largest deal in Giants history.
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Yesterday was getaway day for the San Francisco Giants. They played their final game in Arizona, and then boarded a plane to head back to San Francisco. They’re facing the A’s tonight at AT&T Park.
Alex Pavlovic of the San Jose Mercury News reports (via Twitter) that manager Bruce Bochy is optimistic that Pablo Sandoval will be ready for Opening Day. If Sandoval has to start the season on the DL, he’ll be eligible to come off the DL for the 5th game of the season. That’s if he stays out of the rest of the spring training games.
Sandoval is a big part of this Giants offense, so I hope the G-men don’t rush him back just to play opening day. I wouldn’t want him to risk his health and end up having to spend more time on the DL. He did a workout yesterday by swinging, throwing and taking groundballs. He showed no signs of feeling pain. It’s looking more and more like he’ll be ready for opening day!
Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com says (via Twitter) Bochy is also confident that backup catcher Hector Sanchez will start on the active roster. He has to work on his throwing technique but his arm strength is still there. Sanchez has had nagging injuries all spring, but seems to be getting healthy at the right time.
I’m sure everyone knows by now that the Giants are opening the season against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. The Dodgers are sending Clayton Kershaw, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Josh Beckett to the mound in games 1, 2, and 3 against the Giants.
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