Winning: It's a Mental Thing

Can't touch this

Giants 2
Braves 1
WP: Lowry
LP: James

There's nothing like a pitcher's semi-duel capped off with a win.

Noah Lowry showed why he has the most wins of the starting rotation last night. The lefty went 8 solid innings, scattered 7 hits, and gave up only 1 run. He induced 3 double play balls, giving him 23 total for the year, good for most in the NL and Top 5 in the league. Lowry's curveball and slider were his most effective pitches throughout the night, creating plenty of easy groundouts. He hit his spots nicely with his mid-80's fastball and ever present change also. It's quite odd, seeing as Lowry's been pitching like Giants fans want Zito to pitch. He might not have any heaters, but he can hit his spots and get guys out with the soft stuff.

Richie, Pedro, and Hennessey has good nights also. Aurilia hit the eventual game-winning home run. He put a balanced swing on it and drove it down the left field line. With the way the wind was blowing last night, I was pretty surprised it wasn't blown foul. As Rich said on the post game wrap, he might have had some good luck thanks to a hug from Woody.


Bye bye baby!

When I saw that Pedro was batting cleanup, I laughed. It's a testament to the sorry state of affairs the Giants are in when Pedro is in the 4th hole. Still, he has the hot bat and went 2-4 with an RBI single. Please keep it up Petey!

Giants' wins never come easy, except in the occasional blowout. It looked like we were in for another long one when Hennessey gave up a leadoff double to Francoeur. Winn made a very nice play to keep it a double, since Francoeur lifted the ball into Triples Alley. Hennessey got Diaz to groundout, but Francoeur moved over to third. These kind of ballgames test a closer, especially one with only 8 save chances on the year, and Hennessey responded beautifully. He got both Saltalamacchia and Johnson to strike out swinging to end the game. The fans went nuts over at Mays Field, and so did I. Great game, Giants.


I'll buy you a bottle of Hennessy, Hennessey. Great save baby!