
2020 Week 13. (37-40)
The new week starts with a trip out west to San Francisco. We faced the Giants and won our sixth game in a row. This time it was a one-run win thanks to a run-scoring single by Austin Slater at the top of the 11th. Zac Gallen was the starter and he went 6.1 innings giving up 2 earned runs in 5 hits. Riley Ferrell made his first appearance since coming out of the IL and had a shutout inning recording 1 strikeout and giving up 1 hit. Julio Urias had another great performance in relief and went 2.0 innings, (the 10th and the 11th) without allowing a single hit and was credited with the win. James McCann had a two-run homer in the seventh.
Our winning streak came to an end thanks to a terrible bottom of the 5th inning. Dallas Keuchel was rolling but he struggled in the 5th and gave up six earned runs in seven hits. Nick Anderson gave up three unearned runs thanks to a Jorge Soler 2-out error. Victor Victor Mesa had a good game as he went 2 for 2 with an RBI and 2 bases on balls.
It was another loss at Oracle Park at the series finale. Yamamoto struggled a lot as the starter and gave up 5 runs in 10 hits and 2 homers. Corey Dickerson and Brandon Belt were the players who went deep for the Giants. Hyun-Ryu had a great game for the home team as he went six shutout innings with six strikeouts. We tried a comeback in the last two innings as we scored three runs, thanks to a Scooter Gennett homer and a Victor Victor Mesa triple, but that wasn't enough.
League news: Joakim Soria, with the Oakland A“s, has decided to retire effective immediately. He had a career ERA of 3.21.
Our third loss in a row came in the series opener at Coors Field. Martin Perez had a great game and went six innings allowing just one run in 4 hits. Nick Anderson was batted around in the seventh and gave up 2 runs, that finally cost us the game. Anderson was credited with the loss. The offense struggled and only scored one run in 8 hits.
We passed from a six-game winning streak to a 4 game losing one. This time it was a shutout loss as Peter Lambert had a great performance for the Rockies. Caleb Smith gave up 6 runs in the first three innings. Riley Ferrell has improved since coming back from the IL and recorded another multi-inning clean outing. Coors Field has been bad for our offense.
We avoided getting swept thanks to a great offensive performance and an extra-innings triumph. Zac Gallen surrender to the Coors field effect and gave up 5 earned runs in just 3.2 innings. Gerson Bautista also suffered and gave up 5 more runs in 1.2 innings. Nevertheless, there was some pitching magic in Julio Urias who had 3 clean extra-inning outings and was credited with his 3rd W of the season. The offense did not rellied on the long ball as the only homer came thanks to Tim Anderson. The other 11 runs were scored thanks to singles, doubles, and triples. Victor Victor Mesa is still swinging a hot bat and had a 3 for 4 day with a base on balls. Kike Hernandez is batting for average as well as he went 3 for 6 in our last game in Colorado.
We“ve made a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays. We“ve sent minor leaguers Chad Wallach (C) (who was in the 40 man roster) and Trevor Rogers (SP) and received minor leaguers Edgardo Rodriguez (C) and Daury del Rosario (3B). I“ve also offered a minor league contract to free-agent catcher, Jacob Nottingham.
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