SAN FRANCISCO — One day after knocking Colorado out of first place
http://www.padresfanproshop.com/authentic-trevor-hoffman-jersey , the San Francisco Giants go for a three-game sweep Sunday afternoon in a game that could drop the Rockies out of playoff position.Giants rookie Dereck Rodriguez (6-3, 2.35 ERA) and Rockies sophomore Antonio Senzatela (4-6, 5.01) are the scheduled starters in a game that will begin with the Rockies (81-67) a half-game behind the Los Angeles Dodgers (82-67) in the National League West but a half-game ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals (81-68) in the race for the second NL wild-card spot.The Dodgers and Cardinals will go head-to-head Sunday night.Article continues below ...On the eve of a showdown series in Los Angeles that begins Monday, the Rockies have been shut out in consecutive games by a Giants team that was riding an 11-game losing streak when Colorado came to town.After a solo effort by Chris Stratton in a 2-0 Giants victory Friday night, Madison Bumgarner went the first six innings of a 3-0 whitewashing Saturday. He also doubled and scored.The Rockies, who were shut out in back-to-back games for the first time this season, hope to have better luck against Rodriguez, whom they have seen twice this season — including in his major league debut in May. They’ve touched the rookie for five runs (two earned) and 11 hits in 9 1/3 innings.Outfielder David Dahl provided the only run the Rockies scored against Rodriguez in six innings last week with a home run. Rodriguez did not get a decision in a game Colorado wound up winning 6-2.Rodriguez’s debut came in relief at Coors Field on May 29, when he was called upon in the second inning of a game the Giants already trailed 2-0. He was pounded for doubles by Kyle Freeland
Evan Longoria Jersey , Gerardo Parra and Nolan Arenado among the five hits he allowed in 3 1/3 innings.Arenado doubled in Saturday’s loss and now has at least one extra-base hit in four of his last five games.He has only three hits in his last 22 at-bats against the Giants.Senzatela, winless on the road since April 27 — he is 0-3 in five starts — also did not get a decision in a start against the Giants last week. That came in the 5-3 Rockies win Sept. 5, during which he allowed three runs and nine hits in five innings.He has faced the Giants seven times (five starts) in his career and never lost, going 4-0 with a 3.57 ERA.He’s 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in two games (one start) in San Francisco.After Nick Hundley has gone 3-for-7 with two doubles in the first two games of the series, chances are Senzatela will see Giants backup catcher Aramis Garcia on Sunday.Garcia homered off Senzatela in their head-to-head matchup on Sept. 5 in Colorado.The Rockies, who lead the season series 11-7, have lost 11 of their last 14 games in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants hope to continue an increasingly improbable run to a playoff berth in the National League when they host the New York Mets on Saturday afternoon on the second day of a three-game series.On the same day that they appeared to raise the white flag when they dealt Andrew McCutchen to the New York Yankees for two prospects, the Giants (68-68) used Aramis Garcia’s first major-league home run and Chris Shaw’s first major-league RBI to help beat the Mets 7-0 on Friday night and inch within 6 1/2 games of first-place Arizona (74-61) in the NL West.The win was the Giants’ fifth on a homestand that also has seen them lose Buster Posey and Steven Duggar to season-ending injuries.Article continues below ...The Giants, who remained eight games back in the race for the second NL wild-card berth
Andrew McCutchen Jersey , haven’t given up hope, as was evidenced by the sight of Posey and Pablo Sandoval, also out for the season following hamstring surgery, rooting on the club on Friday.“He’s doing fine,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of Posey, who underwent hip surgery Monday. “He’ll be rehabbing for a while. I know he’s glad to get this part of it over, especially that first day or two, when you’re in a lot of pain.”Shaw, promoted earlier in the day to fill McCutchen’s vacated roster spot
http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-tony-watson-jersey , eased a lot of the pain when he produced the Giants’ first run in the seventh inning Friday.Then Garcia, a catcher who had watched Nick Hundley do all the catching in the Arizona series that ended Wednesday, came through with a memorable first major-league hit — a homer off Mets reliever Robert Gsellman that triggered a six-run eighth inning.The Giants are hoping for more of the same Saturday with left-hander Derek Holland (7-8, 3.65 ERA) on the mound.The veteran is unbeaten in his last seven starts, including a five-inning outing on Aug. 20 in New York in which he limited the Mets to one run and four hits in a 2-1 win.Holland did not get a decision in the victory, and has never beaten the Mets in his career, going 0-1 with a 3.27 ERA in two starts.He is scheduled to be opposed by fellow left-hander Steven Matz (5-11, 4.36), who is winless in his last four starts
Gregor Blanco Jersey , having allowed 14 earned runs in 14 2/3 innings.Like Holland, Matz didn’t get credit for a win when he pitched the Mets to a 6-3 home victory over the Giants on Aug. 21. He gave up just two runs and two hits in five innings.Matz is 1-0 with a 1.64 ERA in two career starts against the Giants.After the Giants roughed up the New York bullpen for six runs in the eighth inning Friday, the Mets called for reinforcements that are expected to join the team in time for Saturday’s game.Highly regarded reliever Eric Hanhold and minor-league mate Tim Peterson were reported to be headed west Friday night and should be ready to go when major-league rosters expand to 40 on Saturday.Hanhold, a hard-throwing right-hander, was acquired from Milwaukee as a player to be named later after the Mets dealt Neil Walker to the Brewers last September.
