sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 May 23, 2008 Offense Fails Cain Again in 1-0 Loss Holliday's home run the only blemish for young ace Matt Holliday drove in the only run of the game with a solo shot in the bottom of the first inning. Matt Cain caught this line drive, but he hasn't caught many breaks this season, falling to 4-4 while posting an ERA of 3.13 this season. Kevin Frandsen tried to get something started with a double to lead off the sixth, but was left stranded by Jason Hirsh. Hirsh picked up his first win of the season tonight, surrendering just three hits while striking out nine over seven shutout innings. Scoring B1: Holliday solo HR W – Hirsh (1-5) L – Cain (4-4) S - Ramirez (9) Player of the Game: Matt Cain 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 K, 0 BB For Boxscore, click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Mailbag-What are the plans for Molina and Vizquel in the future? Also, are there guys ready to step into these positions later in the season should they slump or suffer injuries? As a Giants fan, it's good to see you have an interest in this. Hopefully it will be more fun than this season was... Thanks for the question :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 League News - May 23, 2008 Signings BOS signs C Hideo Rodriguez to a minor league deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 As a Giants fan, it's good to see you have an interest in this. Hopefully it will be more fun than this season was... Thanks for the question Yeah, lets not talk about this season... :razz: and BTW, tough luck with the Cain game, reminds me of a certain game at Fenway this year..., and his entire season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 May 24, 2008 Winn Homer Short of Cycle in 8-3 Victory Lincecum leaves with blister in second inning With a new batting order in place, the San Francisco Giants offense erupted for eight runs tonight, six of which came in a decisive fourth inning in their victory over the Colorado Rockies. It wasn't all good news for San Francisco, however, as Tim Lincecum was pulled with a finger blister after striking out Jeff Baker to lead off the second inning. Bruce Bochy had this to say following the game: "It's a small blister on his index finger. He's never had this problem before, so hopefully a little extra rest will allow it to heal and we can get him back on track. We will skip his next start and take it from there." Jesse Foppert came in for Lincecum and continued to audition for his chance to start, allowing just one run on eight hits in six innings of relief, improving to 3-1 with the victory. Randy Winn fell a home run short of the cycle, going three-for-five with three RBI to pace San Francisco. Scoring T4: Frandsen double scores Ortmeier; Winn double scores Wood, Frandsen; Schierholtz single scores Winn; Lewis triple scores Schierholtz; Vizquel double scores Lewis T5: Winn triple scores Frandsen B8: Helton double scores Baker T9: Molina grounds out to second, Wood scores B9: Atkins double scores Tulowitzki W – Foppert (3-1) L – Morales (0-1) Player of the Game: Randy Winn 3-5, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI May 24, 2008 Boxscore May 25, 2008 Offense Continues Onslaught with 11-3 Win Frandsen drives in five for Giants Over the first seven innings, the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants battled closely with the Giants taking a 4-2 lead into the eighth. But that's when the Giants offense pulled away, scoring seven runs over the final two innings. The biggest blow came in the eighth when a bases loaded triple from Kevin Frandsen capped off a five-run frame. Barry Zito got two outs in the ninth, but couldn't close the door, giving way to Scott Munter to finish the Giants 11-3 win. Scoring T1: Frandsen sacrifice fly scores Lewis; Winn single scores Ortmeier T4: Vizquel double scores Schierholtz B6: Hawpe single scores Tulowitzki, Atkins T7: Frandsen grounds out to short, Ortmeier scores T8: Vizquel walks, Molina scores; Ortmeier single scores Schierholtz; Frandsen triple scores Lewis, Vizquel, Ortmeier T9: Lewis single scores Molina, Schierholtz B9: Spilborghs single scores Helton W – Zito (2-4) L – Deduno (3-2) Player of the Game: Kevin Frandsen 1-4, 3B, 5 RBI, SF May 25, 2008 Boxscore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 League News - May 25, 2008 Signings CHC sign 2B Jarrett Hoffpauir to a minor league deal. MIL signs P Andrew Brown to a minor league deal. NYM sign SS Christian Hammonds to a minor league deal. NYM sign P Dan Kolb. Terms of the deal were not announced. SEA signs 3B Jason Von Kooten to a minor league deal. Trades CLE gets: C Christian Santana PIT gets: C Rey Colyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Next Series (May 27-29): vs. New York Mets (25-26 - 4th NL East - 3 GB) Team Matchup Scheduled First Game Pitcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 May 27, 2008 Beltran Leads Mets Past San Francisco Messenger suffers first loss of the season Carlos Beltran drove in two runs for the New York Mets tonight, giving them the lead on each occasion. The first came when Beltran homered off Kevin Correia in the second, giving New York an early 1-0 ad- vantage. The Giants would eventually answer in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single from Omar Vizquel, tying the game at one. In the sixth, Carlos Delgado and Lastings Milledge went back-to-back to put the Mets up 4-1, a lead they would hold until an RBI single from Randy Winn tied the game at four in the bottom of the eighth. Randy Messenger came on to pitch the ninth for San Francisco, walking Paul Lo Duca and surrendering a single to David Wright to bring Beltran up with one out and two men on. Beltran singled, driving in Lo Duca to give the Mets their final lead of the game, 5-4. Billy Wagner threw a perfect ninth to secure the victory for New York. Scoring T2: Beltran solo HR B5: Vizquel single scores Schierholtz T6: Delgado two-run HR; Milledge solo HR B7: Molina solo HR B8: Frandsen double scores Ortmeier; Winn single scores Frandsen T9: Beltran single scores Lo Duca W – Lawrence (1-0) L – Messenger (2-1) S - Wagner (15) Player of the Game: Dan Ortmeier 2-4, 2 2B May 27, 2008 Boxscore May 28, 2008 Deja Vu: Mets Win 5-4 Milledge home run in the tenth propels New York to victory A late Giants rally sent the game into extra innings, but Mets right fielder Lastings Milledge ended it quickly with a solo home run in the tenth, leading New York to a 5-4 victory. Pat Misch continued his early success, allowing just three runs, two earned, on seven hits in seven and two-thirds innings. But the lefty was in line for a loss until the Giants offense erupted for three runs in the bottom of the ninth. Orlando Hernandez held the Giants to just one run through his first eight innings of work, finally fault- ering in the ninth. Billy Wagner entered with one out in the frame and surrendered the tying run on an RBI single from Bengie Molina. Brad Hennessey pitched a scoreless ninth for San Francisco, but gave up the deciding run on Milledge's home run in the tenth as he fell to 2-3 on the season. Scoring T2: Gotay single scores Beltran T7: Gomez single scores Delgado T8: Milledge walks, Lo Duca scores B8: Aurilia single scores Schierholtz T9: Lo Duca double scores Gomez B9: Frandsen single scores Ortmeier; Winn grounds out to the pitcher, Wood scores; Molina single scores Frandsen T10: Milledge solo HR W – Wagner (2-1) L – Hennessey (2-3) Player of the Game: Dan Ortmeier 3-5 May 28, 2008 Boxscore May 29, 2008 Offense Repays Cain with 14-Run Outburst Lewis falls just a home run short of the cycle As Tim Kurkjian would say: Only in baseball. In his first start since losing 1-0, Matt Cain picked up the victory after allowing seven runs on nine hits in six innings, his worst outing of the season. The Giants chased Mets starter Philip Humber before he could finish the second inning, scoring six times on seven hits off the young hurler. Every Giants starter but Dan Ortmeier posted multi-hit games, with Fred Lewis finishing the contest three-for-six with an RBI, falling a home run short of the cycle. Brandon Wood drove in four runs for San Francisco, going two-for-three with his sixth home run of the season. He also walked twice. Scoring T1: Wright single scores Lo Duca B1: Wood grounds out to third, Lewis scores B2: Schierholtz double scores Molina; Lewis triple scores Schierholtz; Vizquel single scores Lewis; Wood single scores Vizquel; Frandsen single scores Ortmeier T3: Lo Duca solo HR; Beltran solo HR T4: Reyes double scores Gotay, Milledge B4: Winn triple scores Vizquel, Ortmeier, Wood; Molina sacrifice fly scores Winn T5: Delgado sacrifice fly scores Wright B5: Wood two-run HR T6: Gotay solo HR B8: Molina two-run HR W – Cain (5-4) L – Humber (2-6) Player of the Game: Brandon Wood 2-3, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB May 29, 2008 Boxscore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 League News - May 29, 2008 Injuries OAK LF Shannon Stewart was placed on the 15-day DL with a minor concussion. Signings CIN signs 2B Greg Garcia to a minor league deal. CLE signs 3B Royce Huffman to a minor league deal. MIL signs SS Mark Minicozzi to a minor league deal. MIN signs 1B Nomar Lloyd to a minor league deal. OAK signs 1B Chip Cannon to a minor league deal. PHI signs 2B Chris Basak to a minor league deal. SEA signs 2B Alex Meneses to a minor league deal. TEX signs 1B Francis Lumpkin to a minor league deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Next Series (May 30 - June 2): vs. Philadelphia (30-24 - 1st NL East) Team Matchup Scheduled First Game Pitcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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philliesphan18 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Mailbag ?: If Nate Schierholtz continues to struggle, what are the chances of Rajai Davis or someone else taking over the starting job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 May 30, 2008 Frandsen Wins It with Tenth-Inning Single Giants outhit 14-9, but leave with victory The San Francisco Giants drove Kyle Kendrick out of the contest with a four-run fifth inning, but a re- silient Phillies offense came back to send the game into extras. Barry Zito allowed four runs on 14 hits in eight and two-thirds innings, giving way to Randy Messenger with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth. Messenger induced a groundout from Shane Victorino to preserve the 4-4 tie. The Phillies struck first in the contest with a two-run second inning, but Omar Vizquel capped off the fifth inning with a three-run shot, his fifth of the season, to put the Giants ahead 4-2. Philadelphia tied it up in the seventh on an RBI double from Chase Utley and an RBI single from Pat Burrell. The two combined to go seven-for-10 and drive in three of the Phillies four runs. Dan Ortmeier singled with one out in the tenth and advanced to second with a stolen base. Two bat- ters later, Kevin Frandsen singled with two outs to send the crowd of 35,309 home happy. Scoring T2: Burrell double scores Utley; Bourne single scores Burrell B5: Lewis double scores Schierholtz; Vizquel three-run HR T7: Utley double scores Rollins; Burrell single scores Utley B10: Frandsen single scores Ortmeier W – Hennessey (3-3) L – Carrasco (1-2) Player of the Game: Kevin Frandsen 1-3, GW RBI May 30, 2008 Boxscore May 31, 2008 Giants Offense Ends May with 11-Run Performance Molina falls a triple short of the cycle Kevin Fradsen paced the Giants offense with two home runs and five RBI, and Bengie Molina finished four-for-four and a triple short of the cycle as the San Francisco Giants finished the month of May with an 11-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Both starters were chased before the end of the fifth inning, with Cole Hamels allowing seven runs on nine hits and Kevin Correia surrendering eight runs on 10 hits. Those struggles brought the game down to the bullpens, with the Giants relievers combining to throw four and one-thirds scoreless innings. The Phillies bullpen surrendered four runs on six hits in their three and two-thirds innings of work. Five Giants posted multi-hit games with three driving in multiple runs. The Giants ensured at least a series split in the four-game set with the victory. Scoring T1: Utley double scores Helms B1: Ortmeier two-run HR; Frandsen two-run HR T2: Helms double scores Hamels, Rollins T3: Utley solo HR B3: Frandsen grounds out to short, Wood scores T5: Victorino single scores Utley; Hamels double scores Burrell, Victorino, Bourn B5: Molina two-run HR B6: Velez grounds out to first, Davis scores B7: Frandsen two-run HR B8: Ortmeier sacrifice fly scores Lewis W – Messenger (3-1) L – Happ (1-3) Player of the Game: Kevin Frandsen 2-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI May 31, 2008 Boxscore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Thanks for the questions guys. I'm going to start on the end of the month stuff, and will post the mailbag along with that. If anyone else has questions feel free to ask them while I prepare the monthly standings, etc. The more the merrier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 League News - May 31, 2008 Injuries TOR 1B Lyle Overbay has been placed on the 15-day DL with wrist tendonitis. Signings CWS sign 3B Irving Hackman to a minor league deal. DET signs 2B Gary Cates to a minor league deal. FLA signs C Casey Myers to a minor league deal. NYM sign C Jason Phillips. Terms of the deal were not announced. OAK signs 2B Brett Dowdy to a minor league deal. PHI signs 3B Cody Ransom to a minor league deal. SEA signs P Steve Schmoll to a minor league deal. TEX signs RF Barry Wesson to a minor league deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rambo Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Frandsen tied with Howard for homers. I hope he comes up big like that next year for the real Giants :razz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sfgiantsflgators Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 Frandsen tied with Howard for homers. I hope he comes up big like that next year for the real Giants :razz: Heh...that'd be nice, huh Obviously, Frandsen probably isn't going to develop into a power hitter. However, if someone would f'n start the guy, I think he could be the Giants #2 hitter/second baseman for many years - ala Robby Thompson. But, he can't develop into that until the Giants let him. Moving him all over the field at random just screws with the kids head. Durham is on the downslide and shouldn't be starting at second...hell, anywhere...anymore. Do a 70/30 platoon of Frandsen/Durham and let the kid learn the game. In an ideal world, Sabean could get someone to give up $100 or so to trade for Durham straight up. Now I'll step off my soapbox... :soap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Heh...that'd be nice, huh Obviously, Frandsen probably isn't going to develop into a power hitter. However, if someone would f'n start the guy, I think he could be the Giants #2 hitter/second baseman for many years - ala Robby Thompson. But, he can't develop into that until the Giants let him. Moving him all over the field at random just screws with the kids head. Durham is on the downslide and shouldn't be starting at second...hell, anywhere...anymore. Do a 70/30 platoon of Frandsen/Durham and let the kid learn the game. In an ideal world, Sabean could get someone to give up $100 or so to trade for Durham straight up. Now I'll step off my soapbox... :soap: Exactly, didn't he play nearly every position except CF and 1B this year, and with the season Durham had, I'd be inclined to let him take over 2B full time. When he started getting regular playing time his offense picked up dramatically. Personally, with Frandsen as the future for 2B, I find it hard to come to grips with the fact that Sabean resigned Durham for 2 years at the start of 07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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