5/18 Gamethread: Giants vs. Rockies

Kyle Harrison vs. Ty Blach

Luis Matos hit a three-run home run as I was putting this thread together so, you’re welcome. Just look at it… listen to it… soak it up.

It’s a miracle what a 3-run home run can do. It feels like a lot of teams have been able to get these frequently over the years and I hope a youth movement on the San Francisco Giants leads to it happening more often because, wow, that really loosened me up.

Meanwhile, the Giants will try to go for their third consecutive win for the first time this season. The pregame show had this incredibly funny/awful graphic:

To do so, they’ll have to do it against former Giant Ty Blach, who shutdown the Rangers for the Colorado Rockies in his last start. I’d like to think that he’s actually Agent Blach and wanted to help his former team look better by serving up a pitch he just knew Luis Matos could hammer.

In any case, go Giants!

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Lineups

Giants

1. Jorge Soler (R) — DH — 92 OPS+
2. Thairo Estrada (R) — 1B — 105 OPS+
3. Wilmer Flores — 2B — 71 OPS+
4. Matt Chapman (R) — 3B — 85 OPS+
5. Luis Matos (L) — RF — 161 OPS+
6. Heliot Ramos (R) — LF — 111 OPS+
7. Marco Luciano (R) — CF — 103 OPS+
8. Mike Yastrzemski (L) — C — 102 OPS+
9. Curt Casali (R) — SS — -250 OPS+ (3 PA)

P. Kyle Harrison— LHP — 3.42 ERA / 3.89 FIP

Rockies

1. Ezequiel Tovar (R) — SS — 105 OPS
2. Brendan Rodgers (R) — 2B — 76 OPS+
3. Ryan McMahon (L) — 3B — 135 OPS+
4. Elehuris Montero (R) — 1B — 63 OPS+
5. Brenton Doyle (R) — CF — 119 OPS+
6. Sean Bouchard (R) — RF
7. Jordan Beck (R) — LF
8. Hunter Goodman (R) — C
9. Alan Trejo (R) — 2B

P. Ty Blach — LHP