Giants 8, D-Backs 5: Who would have bet that the day after being swept by San Diego, the Giants would win against Brandon Webb? They didn’t exactly beat Webb, but they hit him well enough to force him out after six innings then improbably beat up Tony Pena for five runs in the eighth.
The best thing about playing the Diamondbacks, however, is hearing Tom Brennaman’s voice on the video highlights and thanking the Sweet Lord of the Airwaves that Brennaman doesn’t work for the Giants. His is the perhaps most unlistenable voice of all baseball broadcasters. If you ever want a chuckle, imagine his self-satisfied wannabe-baritone drone and the words “Juan Gonzalez.” (That’s not my joke; it’s his.)
PLODAG: I’m going with Brad Hennessey, who continued his recent run of bad pitching by walking the only two batters he faced tonight. Why Hennessey? He’s been deposed as the closer, which was inevitable, but I wanted to give him a high five for filling every role the Giants have asked — starter, long man, swing man, set-up, closer, now back to middle relief — without much complaint.
