For the second straight night, the offense had trouble putting up any earned runs against the D-backs, managing just four hits in tonight’s 2-0 loss. Two solo homers by Chris Snyder and Stephen Drew ultimately defeated the Giants.
Like Brad Hennessey last night, Matt Cain made just two mistakes that directly resulted in tonight’s loss. He went seven innings, allowing seven hits, struck out seven batters, and gave up just those two runs on homers. Cain’s control was pretty solid, as he did not walk one hitter. Jack Taschner pitched a perfect eighth inning with a strike out.
Giants hitting tonight was pretty pathetic, but Dan Haren was on top of his game, limiting San Francisco to just four hits throughout the game. All four hits were singles, and Pablo Sandoval picked up two of them, but he also grounded into a double play. Randy Winn also had a hit, but struck out twice too. Giants hitters struck out twelve times in the loss; Travis Ishikawa was a strikeout victim three times! Rookie Conor Gillaspie picked up his first Major League hit while pinch-hitting for Ivan Ochoa in the eighth inning to get San Francisco’s fourth hit. Dave Roberts and Eugenio Velez recieved the only Giants walks, Velez made the most of his opportunity by proceeding to steal second base, but he was eventually stranded in scoring position.
Jonathan Sanchez will be trying to earn his tenth win of the year tomorrow in the third game of the four-game series. Last year’s Cy Young winner Brandon Webb is once again a candidate to win it back-to-back seasons, he will start for Arizona at 6:40 p.m.
