In Zaidi we trust - The Giants

Time Lincecum in his debut was taken out in the 5th inning and gave up 5 hits, 5 runs, 5 walks and had 5 strikeouts.

I hope Kyle can make five but he has only done that once this year in the minor leagues.

Huh!

https://x.com/extrabaggs/status/1694045181362753778

De Jong joining the Giants

12 games back of the Dodgers, ouch

De Jong is a Cardinal isn't he?

Getting my players mixed up.

Giants are 4 - 2 against the dodgers but would be slaughtered if they played today.

He was, then the Blue Jays picked him up at the deadline to fill in for Bo Bichette last minute. Then he didn’t hit and Bo came back so they DFAed him. He is pretty decent with the glove iirc.

Giants went 1 for 3, not 2 for 4, yes?

They play the Braves again after the Phillies, was assuming 6 total games - but forgot they had 4 in Atlanta. My prediction is already useless and they're probably just going to lose 10 in a row now ugh

If the Giants win at least one in Philly and one at home against the Braves then they will be fine. They play the Reds after that but not too worried about them.

The Reds have regressed a lot to where they were earlier in the season, but I’m pretty sure they’re still outhitting the Giants. Excited for Harrison though.

Not saying they're a pushover but after the Braves and Phillies it's a break

I'm trying to be positive about the rest of the season. Being negative is getting old and I love my team even with all the flaws.

You should try following the Rockies.

Good news: Harrison's K/9 is pretty great...

I had something come up and missed this live.

I see Bryce Harper took the Rook to school.

Well, tomorrow is a must win.

2 ER was fine, it was the blown save that lost it

Based on the free tickets that were just dropped off in my office, it looks like that's it for the 2023 Giants. gg.

Will have some good pics and reporting for y'all next week.

Camilo Doval has blown four or five saves in a row. The Giants haven't lost all those games but this slump just keeps finding new holes.

Only asked for one, bring on the Reds

What a frustrating 6 weeks it's been. I can name so many seasons where it feels like the All Star break actually broke the positive momentum the team has had. Feels like everyone besides Flores started slumping bad 2nd half and it hasn't relented.

Harrison was dealing, it was a great thing to witness. Dude has killer potential. Made the Reds look silly.

In honor of Dr. Morbius*, I took some good shots of various Giants backsides from the front row behind the batting circle. Almost all the starting 9 plus some PHs. Will upload tomorrow or if I have energy later (it's +1 hour to our normal bedtime routine 😅😅).

*missing this guy esp. this evening.

Kyle Harrison pitching was superb, had a blast watching this game. 11Ks

Ky11e Harrison pic.twitter.com/c7njsDmvzl

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) August 29, 2023

Good seats:
https://imgur.com/a/6ojy42M

Nice seats, jealous.

It was Harry Potter Night, is that part of the reason you went tonight?

I had to explain to my wiiiife about mussina losing a NH to a man who doesnt believe in dinosaurs to keep her from getting upset about the ending for this game go dodgers

So so close for Cobb. Surprised they let him go over 125 to 131 to close out the game.

Of course they aren't going to sweep

Giants scored 6 runs but only 1 earned in the third inning. Padres are a mess, I felt like I was watching the bad news bears.

12-15 month, for awhile there it was really, really dark. They can score runs now which is a huge improvement.

I would love to know which teams had the biggest difference between W-L and xW-L. Are the Padres up there, being 11 games under their xW-L in September? If they played to their differential, they would be in the wild card right now. Very very very very very silly and tragic team

xxp yeah I was just looking at the box and boggled at that. Saw Schmitt came back up and seems to be hitting again? Good for him.

xp the 97 Giants were like a reverse Padres in that they had a negative xW-L and won the division!

Fun year until the Marlins were dickheads

1997 was before I was a Giants fan even though I was living in the Mission District at this time. I became a fan because of the new stadium and then going to the World Series three years after that. '03 was even better going wire to wire in first place. Then losing to Florida in spectacular fashion.

The Giants needed to at least beat the Padres

Stick a fork in them

Even if they would make the playoffs, they won't, they will not do anything once there.

Jesus

Here’s the play in which Patrick Bailey sustained a “potential concussion” in the seventh inning pic.twitter.com/LIqS6yxi1k

— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) September 6, 2023

Joey Bart is back, Bailey has a concussion.

Jesus, hadn’t seen that. Catchers get dinged all the time as well. That’s ten days out for Bailey.

Bot 6th: Giants

Ty Blach pitching

L. Matos walked
W. Flores homered (421 ft.) to deep left center, L. Matos scored
M. Haniger homered (413 ft.) to deep left center
J.D. Davis homered (428 ft.) to deep left center

Ty Blach relieved from game

deep left center can't take much more

Ross Stripling & his player option are a joke, man. They optioned Harrison to reinstate Stripling in part because he complained about being on the phantom il and then came back to cough up 3 runs in 3.1 IP to the Rockies?! Cool.

RIP 2023

When they get no hit through eight at Coors Field, there is no way this team deserves a spot in the playoffs.