That’s Jon Miller at his most scornful. Willy Tavares was the object of his disgust, just after the Rockies’ center fielder made an ill-advised and errant throw that allowed an extra Giants’ run to score in the bottom of the 7th. A subsequent wild pitch let Barry Bonds score, and the Giants’ tenuous lead went from 5–4 to 8–4. Dave Flemming chimed in with some harshness, calling it “terrible baseball from the Rockies,” who were “just giving the Giants runs.”
Who’s complaining? Certainly not Noah Lowry, who did his best Russ Ortiz 2001 impression with 99 torturous pitches in 5 innings. The bullpen was much better. Kevin Correia gave up three hits, none hit particularly hard, and a run in the 7th, but Kline and Hennessey did a fantastic job to deny the Rockies the tying run. Hennessey threw 11 pitches to retire the side in the 8th, perhaps the best Giants’ relief inning of the year. Benitez actually drew loud cheers from the home crowd when he bailed out Jonathan Sanchez in the 9th.
PLODAG: Steve Kline, who’s been averaging one appearance per week lately, faced Todd Helton with the go-ahead run on base,in the 7th, and he induced a double play. Turning point of the game, and it was Kline’s only batter of the game.
Question of the day: how do you feel about the Giants going into May at 13–11? Surprised? Disappointed? Relieved?
