The San Francisco Giants got a fresh breath of air with a win on Tuesday night. The ball club from the Bay actually amassed nine hits and four runs. These numbers aren’t astounding, but considering that the squad only has scored nine runs in their previous five game losing streak, it’s an improvement.
Todd Wellemeyer started the game for the Giants, and had his best outing of the season. Wellemeyer went six plus innings, allowing only four hits, and two runs. This is Wellemeyer’s third win of the season, he will look to improve to .500 in his next outing. Wellemeyer gave the Giants quite possibly their biggest victory of the season, avoiding dropping to 22-22, instead improving to 23-21. Wellemeyer also avoided the Giants sixth straight loss.
The San Francisco Giants brought their bats to the ball park on Tuesday night, or at least in the fifth inning. The Giants scored all four runs in the fifth. Edgar Renteria, Freddy Sanchez, and Pablo Sandoval all had RBI’s. Sanchez plated two runs. Andres Torres and Renteria did a nice job batting in the one and two slots on Tuesday. Combined they went five-for-eight, scoring two runs and bringing in an RBI. This is great news for the Giants, who have struggled too put men on base.
Coming into Tuesday night’s game, manager Bruce Bochy was looking for answers. Bochy experimented with a new solution Tuesday. Aubrey Huff started in left field, Pablo Sandoval played first base, and Juan Uribe manned the hot corner at third. This may be a solution for Bochy since the infield is stuffed now that Sanchez and Renteria are back from the DL. Expect Pablo Sandoval to eventually move to first base permanently in his career. With Sandoval’s size and love for food, he won’t be able to handle third base forever. This was an interesting move on Bochy’s behalf, the SF Giants won with that line-up so expect it again today.
The Giants look to make it two wins in a row when Tim Lincecum takes the hill today. Lincecum will duel with Nationals pitcher, Luis Altilano. The two time Cy Young award winner will look to make a statement, after his poor start last week in Arizona. Lincecum is in search of his sixth win of the season.
Go Giants.
