The usual suspects contributed in tonight's win over the Dodger Blue. Posey and Panda drove in runs, but what was great to see was Nate Shierholz driving in Travis Ishikawa with a 2 run homer. We need to stop and appreciate from time to time that Baseball is a TEAM SPORT.
On the other hand, I was most impressed with the pitching performance of one Jeremy Affeldt. Affeldt came in to the game with the bases juiced in the bottom of the 7th with 2 outs in relief for Sergio Romo and got Andre Ethier to ground out to 1B. In the 8th Affeldt allowed one base runner after retiring the first two batters he met. He gave up a single to Matt Kemp then got Belliard swinging. A great solid performance by a middle reliever should always be appreciated.
Bochey chose to go with a tired B.Wilson in the ninth. Wilson loaded the bases before he struck out Casey Blake to end the game. Wilson pitched his fourth game in a row with out a day's rest. In doing so Wilson set himself up for a walk off situation. This writer questions Bochey's reluctance to go with a rested Chris Ray. Sitting on a three run lead tonight, you wonder who Bochey is going to call on tomorrow if they're trying to save a 1 one lead in the ninth?
Again, Bochey shows a lack of faith in his players. They may have won tonight's game, but now the GIANTS Bull Pen is without a closer for game #2.
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