Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Game Recap: Rockies 5, Giants 3

On the bright side, that was only the fourth time in Jonathan Sanchez's career that he's gone 7+ IP without allowing a walk.

Date Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GSc
2007-09-07 SFG LAD W 5-4 GS-7 7.0 8 3 3 0 5 1 112 76 54
2009-07-10 SFG SDP W 8-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 0 0 0 0 11 0 110 77 98
2010-09-16 SFG LAD W 10-2 GS-7 ,W 7.0 4 2 1 0 12 1 90 67 75
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Generated 5/17/2011.

Jonathan Sanchez threw 61 of 88 pitches for strikes. That's good for a strike percentage of 69.3%. He's only bested that mark in four career starts.


Date Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GSc

2009-07-10 SFG SDP W 8-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 0 0 0 0 11 0 110 77 98

2009-09-23 SFG ARI W 5-2 GS-6 ,W 5.1 6 2 2 2 9 0 84 62 55

2010-08-19 SFG PHI W 5-2 GS-9 ,W 8.0 2 1 1 2 7 0 98 68 79

2010-09-16 SFG LAD W 10-2 GS-7 ,W 7.0 4 2 1 0 12 1 90 67 75
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Generated 5/17/2011.

And he needed only 64 pitches to get through innings two through seven:





Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals (via BrooksBaseball.net)
  Inning    Pitches in Inning    Strikes in Inning    Strike% in Inning    Cumulative Total Pitches  
1171058.8217
210880.0027
399100.0036
412975.0048
511654.5559
613861.5472
79666.6781
87571.4388

I think you get the point. Great outing by Jonathan.

Unfortunately, things didn't go so well in the eighth inning for the San Francisco Giants...

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Notes --

  • Aaron Rowand needs to stop receiving consistent playing time.
  • Pablo Sandoval needs to return. Mark DeRosa is hitless since returning from the DL, and has looked atrocious at the plate. 
  • The Giants' pitchers need to learn how to field.
  • Bruce Bochy needs to start using Sergio Romo as his go-to guy out of the 'pen. That means, in high leverage situations, Romo needs to be the one pitching. Because guess what? He's really really good. 
  • Brandon Belt hit a grand slam today, and drew two walks. When's he coming back?



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