SB Nation Bay Area - Giants vs. Brewers: Giants Blanked 6-0, Lose Series to Brewers https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48817/bayrea-fave.png2011-05-29T13:43:43-07:00http://bayarea.sbnation.com/rss/stream/19576542011-05-29T13:43:43-07:002011-05-29T13:43:43-07:00Giants vs. Brewers, MLB Scores: Giants Blanked 6-0, Lose Series to Brewers
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<p>Matt Cain was looking to lead the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">San Francisco Giants</a> to a much needed victory this afternoon against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Milwaukee Brewers</a>, but instead had one of his roughest outings of the year. The Brew Crew were all over Cain early and often, and eventually blanked the Giants by a score of 6-0 at Miller Park.</p>
<p>Cain (L 3-4) lasted for six innings, striking out six and walking one. But he allowed an uncharacteristic 11 hits leading to five of Milwaukee’s six runs, although 10 of those hits were merely singles. <span>Yovani Gallardo</span> (W 7-2) pitched very well for the Brew Crew, lasting eight full innings while allowing only five hits with only one walk and five punch outs.</p>
<p>The lineup filled with youngsters and call ups this afternoon for San Francisco couldn’t get anything going at the plate, grounding into two double plays and leaving three runners in scoring postion.</p>
<p>With the loss the Giants move to 28-24. Full box score can be found <a href="http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310529108" target="new">here</a>.</p>
<p>The Giants will head to St. Louis tomorrow to begin a four game set with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> at Busch Stadium. Madison Bumgarner (1-6 3.79 <span class="caps">ERA</span>) will be on the bump to take on <span>Kyle McClellan</span> (6-1 3.11 <span class="caps">ERA</span>) for the Red Birds.</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/san-francisco-giants/2011/5/29/2196430/giants-vs-brewers-mlb-scores-giants-blanked-6-0-lose-series-to-brewersErnie Pomin2011-05-29T10:08:08-07:002011-05-29T10:08:08-07:00Giants vs. Brewers, Starting Lineups: All Call-Ups in Starting Lineup Today For Giants
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<p>For the first time since they were called up earlier this week minor leaguers <span>Brandon Belt</span>, <span>Brandon Crawford</span>, and Chris Stewart will all get the chance to be in the starting lineup together today when the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">San Francisco Giants</a> take on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Milwaukee Brewers</a> at Miller Park. Skipper Bruce Bochy went with one of his youngest and most athletic lineups to date this year, with <span>Emmanuel Burriss</span> at third, <span>Nate Schierholtz</span> in right field, and <span>Andres Torres</span> back in center. Crawford will be at short while Belt will be out in left field, while Stewart gets the chance to catch <span>Matt Cain</span> in his first big league start of his carrer.</p>
<p>Your San Francisco Giants:</p>
<p>. Andres Torres CF<br>
2. Emmanuel Burriss 3B<br>
3. <span>Freddy Sanchez</span> 2B<br>
4. <span>Aubrey Huff</span> (B<br>
5. Nate Schierholtz RF<br>
6. Brandon Belt LF<br>
7. Brandon Crawford SS<br>
8. Chris Stewart C<br>
9. Matt Cain P</p>
<p>Milwaukee Brewers Lineup:</p>
<p>1. <span>Rickie Weeks</span> 2B<br>
2. <span>Nyjer Morgan</span> CF<br>
3. Ryan Braun LF<br>
4. <span>Prince Fielder</span> 1B<br>
5. <span>Casey McGehee</span> 3B<br>
6. <span>Mark Kotsay</span> RF<br>
7. <span>Jonathan Lucroy</span> C<br>
8. <span>Yuniesky Betancourt</span> SS<br>
9. <span>Yovani Gallardo</span> P</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/san-francisco-giants/2011/5/29/2196161/giants-vs-brewers-starting-lineups-all-call-ups-in-starting-lineup-giantsErnie Pomin2011-05-29T09:54:56-07:002011-05-29T09:54:56-07:00Giants vs. Brewers, Schedule Preview: Matt Cain, Yovani Gallardo Set for Matinee Rubber Match at Miller Park
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<p>After the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Milwaukee Brewers</a> walked off on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">San Francisco Giants</a> for only the second time all season Saturday, the G-Men are going to have to take the rubber match today if they want to remain in first place in the NL West. That will prove to be a bit of a challenge seeing that the Brew Crew are one of the winningest teams at home in <span class="caps">MLB</span>. Luckily the Giants have <span>Matt Cain</span> on the bump to try and keep them from falling back anymore in the standings.</p>
<p>Cain (3-3 3.53 <span class="caps">ERA</span>) will really need to bring his A game against the slugging Brewers, who despite having players like <span>Prince Fielder</span> and Ryan Braun, both amongst the top in homers so far in the NL, have been relatively quiet this series; but are liable to wake up in a hurry at Miller’s Park.</p>
<p>Cain’s adversary today will be <span>Yovani Gallardo</span> (6-2 4.35 <span class="caps">ERA</span>), who is coming off a win against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.federalbaseball.com/">Nationals</a> where he kept them to one run and five hits in seven innings of work. Gallardo has been on fire as of late, getting a win in his last four straight starts never allowing more than two runs in those contests.</p>
<p>If the Giants can figure out how to plate at least three runs against Milwaukee, they should have a great chance of winning today. History shows us that Matt Cain is a perfect 14-0 when the G-Men score three or more runs since 2010, so get em’ up, get’ em on, get em’ over is the motto for today.</p>
<p>First pitch is set for 11:10 PT this morning with coverage on <span class="caps">CSN</span> Bay Area and <span class="caps">KNBR</span> 680 AM.</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/san-francisco-giants/2011/5/29/2196146/giants-vs-brewers-schedule-preview-matt-cain-yovani-gallardo-rubber-match-mlbErnie Pomin2011-05-28T16:23:19-07:002011-05-28T16:23:19-07:00Giants vs. Brewers, MLB Scores: Brewers Execute Perfect Squeeze to Walk Off With 3-2 Win
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<p>After <span>Brandon Crawford</span>’s fireworks last night for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">San Francisco Giants</a>, the team found themselves in another one of their patented low scoring pitcher’s duels in today’s matchup with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Milwaukee Brewers</a>. It went down to the bottom of the ninth when <span>Jonathan Lucroy</span>’s perfect squeeze bunt ended the game in walk off fashion 3-2 at Miller Park.</p>
<p>The Brewers jumped out early with a <span>Carlos Gomez</span> inside the park homer in the first when <span>Cody Ross</span> lost the ball in the right field corner, followed by a <span>Casey McGehee</span> sacrifice fly in the fourth. <span>Randy Wolf</span> kept the Giants scoreless in his seven and 1/3 innings of work until <span>Freddy Sanchez</span> knocked him out of the game with an <span class="caps">RBI</span> grounder in the eighth, followed by a <span>Pat Burrell</span> single to tie the game.</p>
<p>Skipper Bruce Bochy decided to use <span>Guillermo Mota</span> (L 2-2) instead of <span>Brian Wilson</span> in the ninth, which eventually proved to be a bad decision after he walked the bases loaded, an was unable to field Lucroy’s bunt to end the game. With the bases loaded and only one out, the squeeze was a brillant move by Milwaukee skipper Ron Roenicke. As for Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez, he pitched well in his seven innings of work, allowing two runs on two hits, with four walks and eight strikeouts.</p>
<p>Full box score can be found <a href="http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310528108" target="new">here</a>.</p>
<p>The Giants will finish up their series with the Brewers on Sunday with <span>Matt Cain</span> (3-3 3.53 <span class="caps">ERA</span>) scheduled for the Giants and <span>Yovani Gallardo</span> (6-2 4.35 <span class="caps">ERA</span>) for the Brew Crew. First pitch is at 11:10 PT tomorrow morning with coverage on <span class="caps">CSN</span> Bay Area and <span class="caps">KNBR</span> 680 AM.</p>
<p><em>For more discussion and analysis of the Giants, head over to <a href="http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/" target="new">McCovey Chronicles </a>to get in on the action. </em></p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/san-francisco-giants/2011/5/28/2195388/giants-vs-brewers-mlb-scores-brewers-execute-perfect-squeeze-walk-off-winErnie Pomin2011-05-28T11:21:15-07:002011-05-28T11:21:15-07:00Giants vs. Brewers, Starting Lineups: Emmanuel Burriss Back at Shortstop, Pat Burrell Batting Third
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<p>Skipper Bruce Bochy and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">San Francisco Giants</a> are about to roll out their 38th different lineup of the season for game number 50 this afternoon, here’s how it shakes out:</p>
<p><span>Aaron Rowand</span> will be back in center and leading off, giving <span>Andres Torres</span> a day off. <span>Pat Burrell</span> has been moved up to third in the batting order and will play left field, while <span>Emmanuel Burriss</span> will be back at shortstop after <span>Brandon Crawford</span>’s amazing day yesterday.</p>
<p>I mentioned it in the preview but figured I would again: <span>Freddy Sanchez</span> is only two hits away from career number 1000. Keep an eye out people.</p>
<p>Your San Francisco Giants:</p>
<p>1. Aaron Rowand CF<br>
2. Freddy Sanchez 2B<br>
3. Pat Burrell LF<br>
4. <span>Cody Ross</span> RF<br>
5. <span>Aubrey Huff</span> 1B<br>
6. <span>Miguel Tejada</span> 3B<br>
7. Emmanuel Burriss SS<br>
8. <span>Eli Whiteside</span> C<br>
9. Jonathan Sanchez P</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Milwaukee Brewers</a> Lineup:</p>
<p>1. <span>Rickie Weeks</span> 2B<br>
2. <span>Carlos Gomez</span> CF<br>
3. Ryan Braun LF<br>
4. <span>Prince Fielder</span> 1B<br>
5. <span>Casey McGehee</span> 3B<br>
6. <span>Yuniesky Betancourt</span> SS<br>
7. <span>Wil Nieves</span> C<br>
8. <span>Nyjer Morgan</span> RF<br>
9. <span>Randy Wolf</span> P</p>
<p>First pitch is set for 1:10 PT this afternoon with coverage on <span class="caps">CSN</span> Bay Area, <span class="caps">MLB</span> Network, and <span class="caps">KNBR</span> 680 AM.</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/san-francisco-giants/2011/5/28/2195011/giants-vs-brewers-starting-lineups-emmanuel-burriss-shortstop-pat-burrell-batting-thirdErnie Pomin2011-05-28T11:11:15-07:002011-05-28T11:11:15-07:00Giants vs. Brewers, Schedule Preview: Jonathan Sanchez Looks to Keep Giants Rolling at Miller Park
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<p>When you think about the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">San Francisco Giants</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Milwaukee Brewers</a> season’s thus far, this three game series at Miller Park is vital to both of them. The Brew Crew are trying to use the defensing champs as a measuring stick as to how well they do against top notch teams, while the Giants are looking to keep the vibe positive and lively after the injury bug bit them hard and fast. Game two is this afternoon, so who’s got more to prove?</p>
<p>Jonathan Sanchez (3-3 3.47 <span class="caps">ERA</span>) is out to prove that he can last deep into the game and keep his walks to a minimum, hopefully showcasing some of the ‘good’ Sanchez that Giants fans have grown to love instead of the ‘bad’ or ‘ugly’ Sanchez that can creep up from time to time. The Sanchize is only 1-1 with a 6.83 <span class="caps">ERA</span> in nine career starts against Milwaukee, something he can definitely improve on this afternoon.</p>
<p>Brewers veteran <span>Randy Wolf</span> (4-4 3.70 <span class="caps">ERA</span>) has seen the Giants many a time in his career as an ex-Dodger and Padre, and is trying to build off of the seven innings of work against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> last week that kept them to only one run and an eventual win for Milwaukee. Wolf is out to prove that he can keep up with other cannons in his rotation like <span>Shaun Marcum</span> and Zack Duke; today’s outing may do just that for him today.</p>
<p>As for the Giants offense, they can’t sit around and hope <span>Brandon Crawford</span> keeps hitting salmi’s every game, so they have to get something going today as well. <span>Freddy Sanchez</span> is the hottest hitter on the team right now, recording at least one hit in 10 of the last 11 games he’s played. He’s also only two hits shy of career number 1000, something to keep an eye out for this afternoon.</p>
<p>Interesting stat: the Giants are 11-4 against left handing pitchers this season, third best in <span class="caps">MLB</span>. Food for thought.</p>
<p>First pitch is set for 1:10 PT with coverage on <span class="caps">CSN</span> Bay Area, <span class="caps">MLB</span> Network, and <span class="caps">KNBR</span> 680 AM.</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/san-francisco-giants/2011/5/28/2194997/giants-vs-brewers-schedule-preview-jonathan-sanchez-looks-to-keep-giants-rolling-miller-parkErnie Pomin2011-05-28T05:00:42-07:002011-05-28T05:00:42-07:00Brandon Crawford's Grand Slam in MLB Debut Provides Sneak Peak of Future for Giants
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<p>With one crack of the bat <span>Brandon Crawford</span> has vaulted his stock in the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">San Francisco Giants</a> organization more than anyone could have possibly imagined. The 24 year old call up from the Single A San Jose Giants made the most of his Major League opportunity Friday night when he crushed a grand slam in his first major league game. But could he now possibly be a legitimate option at shortstop for the G-Men? Let's take a closer look at Mr. Crawford and his historic home run.</p>
<p>Crawford became the first Giant since Bobby Bonds in June of 1968 to hit a grand slam in his first game in the Majors, and the first since <span>Daniel Nava</span> did so last summer for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Boston Red Sox</a>. But was this just a lucky break or can this kid really hit? His stats lean to the latter. He has a career .270/.336/.412 batting line in four years in the minors, and despite having a late start to his season due to a broken finger, he's batting .322 with three home runs and 15 RBI in only 59 at bats for the year. </p>
<p>Brandon made some nice plays in the field on Friday as well, looking more than comfortable fielding in the Majors. Can be become the Giants shortstop? Probably not. With <span>Pablo Sandoval</span> returning soon, <span>Miguel Tejada</span> will likely be moved back to shortstop. <span>Mike Fontenot</span> will be out for a few weeks still, while <span>Emmanuel Burriss</span> brings the speed element to his game the Crawford does not. If he can really stay hot at the plate, like really hot, he may be able to stay with the big boys. But more than likely he'll be back to the minors when everyone is healthy again. But the Giants might have gotten a great sneak peak of their shortstop of the future while he's around. </p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/san-francisco-giants/2011/5/28/2194461/brandon-crawford-grand-slam-mlb-debut-provides-sneak-peak-giantsErnie Pomin2011-05-27T20:24:23-07:002011-05-27T20:24:23-07:00Giants vs. Brewers, MLB Scores: Brandon Crawford's Grand Slam Sends Giants Past Brewers 5-4
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<p>The <a href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">San Francisco Giants</a> came to Milwaukee with a case of the blues. They’d been swept at home, lost arguably their best player along with their starting shortstop and magic bullet to injuries, and have been slumping at the plate for the majority of the season. But with an appearance of the Freak and one spectacular crack of the bat from a rookie call-up, the Giants ended their losing streak by a score of 5-4 at Miller Park.</p>
<p>Lincecum (W 5-4) didn’t have the same quality of stuff as in his last few starts, but had enough to keep the <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Brewers</a> close. Timmy went for seven innings, allowing six hits, three earned runs, no walks and four strikeouts. His lone mistake was a <span>Rickie Weeks</span> two run jack in the third, while Weeks recorded another <span class="caps">RBI</span> on a fielder’s choice in the fifth.</p>
<p>The Giants got on the board in the sixth with an <span class="caps">RBI</span> single from <span>Freddy Sanchez</span>, who’s 2-4 night now leaves him only four hits shy on career number 1000. And just when the Giants needed a little energy injected into their squad they got it from one of the least likely members of the team. Single A call up <span>Brandon Crawford</span> made quite the impression in his first major league game as he crushed a seventh inning grand slam for his first major league hit, vaulting the Giants ahead 5-3. Crawford finished the game 1-3 with a walk.</p>
<p>But the Brewers battled back, loading the bases in the bottom of the eighth. <span>Jonathan Lucroy</span> hit an <span class="caps">RBI</span> single to left, but <span>Cody Ross</span> gunned out <span>Prince Fielder</span> at the plate as his attempted steamroll of <span>Eli Whiteside</span> wasn’t to be; preserving the Giants lead 5-4. Brian Wilson came in for the ninth, solidifying his 14th save of the year.</p>
<p>With the win the Giants move to 28-22 this season. Full box score can be found <a target="new" href="http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310527108">here</a>.</p>
<p>The Giants will have the second match of the series Saturday afternoon with Jonathan Sanchez (3-3 3.47 <span class="caps">ERA</span>) on the bump to take on <span>Randy Wolf</span> (4-4 3.70 <span class="caps">ERA</span>) for the Brewers in a battle of the lefties. First pitch is set for 1:10 PT with coverage on <span class="caps">CSN</span> Bay Area and <span class="caps">KNBR</span> 680 AM.</p>
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