Month: April 2016

Dodgers dogged: Giants respond to early deficit with a 12-run outburst, win home opener

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Mays Opening Day
Hall of Famer Willie Mays stands with Pamela Irvin Fields, second from left, and Patricia Irvin Gordon, right, the daughters of Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, before the start of an opening day baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday, April 7, 2016, in San Francisco. At left is Giants pitcher Sergio Romo. The daughters of Irvin, who died in January, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. (Jason Watson/POOL via AP)

 

By Morris Phillips

Talk about tight scheduling. One inning after the Dodgers’ flirtation with pitching history ended, the Giants’ Opening Day offensive fireworks display commenced.

Alex Wood extended the Dodgers’ season-opening scoreless pitching streak to 31 innings–one inning short of the major-league record established in 1963–then fell into trouble in the fifth inning. The Giants scored three times, the first significant blow in a 17-hit attack that carried them past the Dodgers, 12-6 in the team’s home opener.

Angel Pagan delivered a two-run single in the sixth that gave the Giants their first lead, 5-4. Then in the eighth, Hunter Pence capped the Giants’ scoring with a grand slam off J.P. Howell. In all, 11 Giants came up with at least one hit, led by Joe Panik and Buster Posey with three each.

“It can look awfully dim, like it did there for a while today, and then turn,” starting pitcher Jake Peavy said of the period where the Giants trailed 4-0. “That’s one thing about this team we always talk about: this team plays 27 outs, then let the chips fall where they may.”

The Dodgers came into the first of 19 games between the longtime rivals both limping and thriving, after sweeping the Padres in San Diego without allowing a run, despite opening the season with 10 players on the disabled list. Their surprising start continued with the appearance of Peavy, who didn’t have his best stuff, allowing the Dodgers 10 hits and four runs before he was lifted after five innings.

In contrast, the Giants opened with a 12-run outburst in Milwaukee, but were far off of that offensive output in their following two games, totaling five runs while splitting the final two games against the Brewers. But Thursday was a reminder that the Giants’ lineup—in full health—could be among the best in the major leagues, with their ability to attack both big and small. Included in the Giants’ hit barrage Thursday were bunt singles by Kelby Tomlinson and Denard Span, along with four extra-base hits including Pence’s slam.

Through four games, five Giants’ regulars—Posey, Panik, Pagan, Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford—are all hitting .333 and above to rank among the NL’s top 30 hitters.

Once Peavy departed, and the Giants struck for their initial three runs, Chris Heston made his season debut, pitching one scoreless inning and picking up the win. Dodgers’ starter Wood was chased in the sixth after allowing the first two hitters to reach. Then Yimi Garcia came on, and gave up the two-run single to Pagan, and RBI hits to Panik and Posey.

In all, the Giants delivered eight hits with runners in scoring position, and like they did in the opener, showed the ability to hit deep in counts, one way to surely frustrate opposing pitchers.

“All the way down the line, and even a lot of our pitchers, we can hit,” Pence said. “It makes everyone better. We’ve got a lot of guys who are going to keep competing with you no matter what you’ve got.”

Former Giant Dave Roberts assumed the managerial position for the Dodgers this winter after Don Mattingly was fired. So far, the former player under Giants’ skipper Bruce Bochy has had a comfortable ride, but things get tougher on Friday night when he turns to 26-year old rookie Ross Stripling making his major league debut on the mound.   The Dodgers currently are without injured starting pitchers Brett Anderson, Brandon McCarthy and Hyun-Jin Ryu.

Matt Cain will make the start for the Giants with game time set for 7:15pm.

San Jose Sharks Thursday game wrap: Last Seconds Loss Means Sharks Hit the Road

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By Matthew T.F. Harrington

AP photo: Winnipeg Jets right winger Blake Wheeler (26) scores a second period goal past San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones as the Sharks Patrick Marleau (12) looks on Thursday at SAP Center

SAN JOSE, Calif. — An odd feeling permeated the San Jose Sharks locker room after Thursday night’s 5-4 loss at home to the Winnipeg Jets. While the usual sentiments of disappointment certainly were present, it was hard for almost anyone to take the defeat as a crushing blow.

“It definitely means something,” said Sharks captain Joe Pavelski, who never the less couldn’t find a real meaning to the loss. “You play for the big prize next week.”

With the loss, the Sharks have guaranteed they will be the visiting team for most of the first series of the playoffs, with the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings both wrapping up the season with higher point totals. That’s not the end of the world for a team that went 28-10-3 on the road versus 17-20-3 at home.

“It doesn’t really matter once the playoffs start,” said Pavelski. “You’re trying to find ways to win. You’re going to have to gut out a few games on the road. You’re going to have to be solid at home.”

Make no mistakes, no one was a happy camper after the Jets rode a Dusitn Byflugien goal with 10 seconds left in regulation. Nor did anyone mince words when asked to comment on blown leads in both the 2nd and 3rd period.

“We know that we can’t play like this in the playoffs,” said defenseman Paul Martin. “In the grand scheme we know how we have to play to win hockey games.”

To play into the middle of April was the objective, something the Sharks locked down weeks ago. There was little at stake Thursday night, no playoff spots to jostle for, no draft spots to jockey for. The only player looking to make an impact was goalie Martin Jones.

“I felt good,” said Jones, making his first start of April. “I had good energy. There were just a couple bad bounces.”

With co-netminder James Reimer playing sterling hockey, Jones hadn’t played in nearly a week. He had the most to benefit from a strong showing. Instead, he turned in a 21-save, 5-goal defeat.

“We’re on the same team,” said Jones if he felt pressure to perform to keep his starting spot. ”Nothing really changes for me.”

Jones was the “beneficiary” of some bad bounces and defensive and emotional lapses from the team in front of him. About the only bright spot for the Sharks was the fact that they were 2 for 4on the power play.

The Sharks scored their first goal at even strength after Joe Pavelski took a one-time feed from Joe Thornton cross crease and deposited it into the vacant net. Thornton’s assist, coming on the Sharks captain’s 37th goal of the year 11:16 into the game, was his 1,339 point. He now sits in 28th place alone all-time in points.

Despite the Sharks goal, neither team had a strong offensive start. Both teams mustered only 6 shots on net each in the 1st. The 2nd period would be an offensive bonanza. Winnipeg would tie the game 9:03 ino the middle period after Mark Scheifele bounced a puck off Roman Polak’s skate and into the back of the net.

After being held to only 2 shots in the first 10 minutes of the 2nd, the Sharks responded in a big way with two power play goals. Joe Thornton beat Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec on a one-timer 11:42 into the period, then Paul Martin snuck a slap shot through for his 3rd tally of the year just under 4 minutes later.

With momentum, and a 3-1 lead, on the Sharks side a win appeared imminent. The Jets, however, took over the final two minutes of the period with Andrew Copp and Blake Wheeler finding the back of the net a minute a part to erase the two-goal edge.

“We kept finding ourselves in the lead,” said Pavelski. “And we kept playing with fire.”

Patrick Marleau’s 25th goal of the season, a wrister delfected into the Jets net by a defender, put San Jose up 4-3 7:03 into the period, but Scheifele would add his 29th goal of the season on the power play with 7:58 left in regulation. From there, Byflugien provided the late dagger.

The Sharks face Arizona Saturday night in the finale of the regular season. After that, they will travel to either Anaheim or Los Angeles to open the Stanley Cup Playoffs at a date yet to be determined.

“We’re excited for the fans,” said Pavelski. “That picture is vivid of the fans and playoffs. So we’re going to have to go do the job on the road.”

Golden State Warriors Thursday game wrap: Reaction From Steve Kerr — Warriors Clinch West, But Will They Rest Players?

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By Ben Leonard

AP photo: The Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry goes for a lay up on the San Antonio Spurs Manu Ginobili (20) at Oracle Arena Thursday night

It wasn’t always pretty, but the Warriors (70-9) found a way to grit through early struggles to topple the San Antonio Spurs (65-13) and claim the Western Conference title with a 112-101 victory. In the process, they became only the second team in NBA history to reach the 70-win plateau.

In the early going, it didn’t seem too promising — Draymond Green got into foul trouble and the Warriors’ offense stalled, scoring just six points in the first six minutes. After a crushing loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, Golden State’s prospects of setting the all-time NBA wins record seemed grim.

But as they usually do, the Warriors found a way to kick it into another gear. Stephen Curry led the way for Golden State with 27 points, Harrison Barnes continued his offensive resurgence with 21 points, and Green dropped 18 to help the Warriors’ offense come back to life.

Now, with three games remaining and the West in the Warriors’ hands, the question becomes whether or not to sit the Warriors’ regulars to rest them for the playoffs. Resting them would also imply a wish to prevent a potentially catastrophic injury to one of the Warriors’ key players, but Warriors’ head coach refutes that notion: “It’s not that I’m worried about injury,” Kerr said in his press conference streamed on KNBR. “You can get injured in practice. It’s not so much that I want to get guys to avoid an injury, but that we have a back-to-back and three games in four nights [to close the season].”

Kerr has largely left the decision up to the players, who will convene tomorrow with the coaching staff to discuss the issue. He hasn’t decided yet, but given his players’ health and ability to recover, he seems to be leaning toward gunning for the record:

“The good news for us is that the guys that need rest have gotten rest — [Andrew] Bogut, Andre [Igoudala], Shaun Livingston — and the rest of our core recovers pretty quickly,” Kerr said. “I’m not sure that they actually need a rest physically, but maybe a break mentally would do them some good. I’m pretty sure we’re not going to be in this position next year — you can’t keep winning at this level. It’s a unique situation to be in this position, and most of our guys really want to do this.”

If they want to break the ’95-’96 Bulls’ high water mark of 72 wins, they have to win all of their remaining three games: Saturday in Memphis, Sunday in San Antonio, and the season finale at home against Memphis. Golden State has won its meetings with Memphis by an average of 33 points this season, while they dropped their only game in San Antonio this season, a city in which they haven’t won since 1997. In short, the Warriors will have to overcome history if they want to make history. But as we’ve seen all season long, they’ve got it in them.

 

Sacramento Kings Thursday game wrap: Kings Lose 4th in a Row

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by Tony Renteria

AP photo: The Minnesota Timberwolves Gorgui Dieng (5) takes it to the hoop over the Sacramento Kings Quincy Acy (13) on Thursday at Sleep Train Arena

SACRAMENTO–The lost season of the Sacramento Kings (31-47) continues as they fall again to a less talented but more enthused Minnesota Timberwolves (26-52) 105-97.  The Kings faced a team that had just defeated the Golden State Warriors and fell just as they did.   In the second to last home game in Sleep Train Arena once again the Kings filled a stat sheet with every thing but a win.

Once again the Kings fan were in dismay and confusion as star player DeMarcus Cousins was a late scratch due to rest.   Rajon Rondo also sat the game under the same category.  As the revolt against head coach George Karl seems to be getting worse by the day, the season can not come to an end soon enough.

Fans are looking forward to a new arena in the fall but more importantly they are looking forward to team that hustles up and down the court and wants to win.  It seems the game playing between Karl and his star players have made fans apathetic to the record of the team.

As a town that was only recently rebounded from the financial crisis that plagued the country the season ticket holders are feeling like they had been duped by the inside fighting between the Head Coach and the team.  They feel as though what should have been a playoff run has turned into a soap opera of epidemic proportions.

The Timberwolves have sweep the series 4-0 and the fans have been left feeling empty.   The Kings face the Thundar on Saturday in the last home game ever in the old Arco Arena.  Hopefully the team can patch it together for four quarters and bring a sense of closure to a fan base that has been nothing but fiercely loyal for over 30 years.

Oakland A’s Thursday game wrap: The White Sox beat the A’s again, win the series three games to one.

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by Jerry Feitelberg

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front page photo AP: The Chicago White Sox Jose Abreu hit a sixth inning home run off Oakland A’s starter Kendall Graveman is congratulated by teammates Todd Fraiser (21) and Melky Cabrera (53)

OAKLAND–The Chicago White Sox beat the A’s 6-1 Thursday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum. A’s starter, Kendall Graveman, and Chisox starter, Mat Latos, engaged in an old-fashioned pitching duel for the first five innings of the game.  Graveman gave up just two hits in the first five innings. Graveman faced three batters in the sixth. He walked Melky Cabrera and then gave up a home run to Jose Abreu. Graveman retired Todd Frazier, but the damage had been done. The White Sox would score four in the ninth, but all they needed was two to win the game. The A’s bullpen pitched well until the ninth. Bob Melvin brought in Liam Hendricks for the ninth, but he was no match for the Sox today. After the game, Melvin said he did not want to use Axford, Madson, or Doolittle. Chicago’s Mat Latos was superb. He pitched six innings and allowed just two hits as he picked up his first win of the year.

In the top of the sixth, the White Sox scored the first two runs of the game. Chicago DH, Melky Cabrera led off with a single. The next batter, Jose Abreu, sent a Kendall Graveman pitch over the out-of-town scoreboard in right field for his first home run of the year. A’s manager Bob Melvin let Graveman pitch to one more hitter before replacing him with Fernando Rodriguez.

The A’s bullpen kept the Chisox in check until the ninth inning. A’s reliever Liam Hendricks did not have a good outing as the Sox sent nine men to the plate. They scored four times on six singles. All the runs were earned, and they hold a commanding 6-0 lead as the A’s come to bat in the bottom of the ninth.

The A’s scored a run in the ninth as they avoided being shut out. White Sox win 6-1 and take the series three games to one.

Game Notes- The A’s used five pitchers in the loss to Chicago. Relievers Fernando Rodriguez, Marc Rzepczynski and Ryan Dull, pitched well and kept the A’s in the game until the ninth inning.

The A’s finished the opening homestand 1-3. The last time they started a season 1-3 was 2012. A’s utility man, Chris Coghlan started the game at second base and had two hits and a run batted in. The A’s defense was a bit wobbly as they made two errors. However, neither of the errors caused them any damage.

The A’s travel to Seattle to face the Mariners. Lefty Eric Surkamp will go for Oakland, and he will be opposed by right Taijuan Walker. Pitching matchups for Saturday will be Rich Hill for Oakland and Nathan Karns for Seattle. On Sunday, Chris Bassitt will make his second start of the year, and King Felix Hernandez will be hurling fo the Mariners. The A’s return home after the Seattle series to face another division rival, the Los Angeles Angels.

There were 12,577 fans watching the game Thursday afternoon, and the game lasted three hours and six minutes.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: New slide rule will frustrate a lot of people

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by Amaury Pi Gonzalez
photo credit nesn.com: The play that instituted a new rule named after the LA Dodgers  Chase Utley after Utley goes in hard in last year’s NLCS breaking the leg of the Mets Ruben Tejada
ANAHEIM–It happened at Tropicana Field home of the Tampa Bay Rays, yesterday, the new rule commonly known as the “slide rule” brought the first controversy of the young 2016 season. “Maybe we’ll wear dresses tomorrow” said Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons after his team lost because of the new slide rule after Jose Bautista tried to break up a double play at second base, in the top of the ninth inning.
 When Gibbons found lots of criticism in this politically correct society we live in today regarding that quote,  he added later in relation to what he said: “Mom found it funny”.  Colleague and MLB Network Eric Byrnes, who played for 11 seasons in the majors and (as we all recalled) played very hard said “Bautista’s play is a product of a “wussified world”. If that is what Byrnes said, we can all imagine what Pete Rose would say XXXX(censored).
I find myself agreeing with Byrnes. We all take risks everyday in our lives, in every profession, every time we drive to work, to a ballgame, life is filled with risks. Granted, I do not want baseball to be like football, because it is just not that type of sport, but the way we are going, someday a hitter running into second base instead of sliding he will bring a tray cookies and milk to the second baseman.
And yes, -and I repeat- baseball is not like the NFL, you are not supposed to initiate body blows intentionally, but baseball still a competitive sport played by men making money than most of us could only dream off. It could be a slippery slope the way the game of baseball is going, running the bases and sliding, it might be someday replaced by stuff like the “do no slide rule anyway”, because you are going to be out.
When we played Little League they gave awards to the first, second and third places after the season ended, today some places they give trophies to every kid that plays. We do no want to be rude or offend anybody, we say we want to be fair, but is Byrnes correct. are we becoming wussified? The “slide rules”or “Utley rule”, because what happened last year in the playoffs when Chase Utley slid at second base and fracture Ruben Tejada’s leg. And we remember the nasty collision at home plate in 2011 which is remembered as the Buster Posey rule. Any of us who broadcast, writes, report and covers the game of baseball can see how things are changing, not only the clock in between innings and the instant replays.
Baseball is truly a unique sport. You do not have 5 seconds left to win the game with a 20 foot shot, or a 2 minute warning to win the game in the fourth quarter, or a goal to score in soccer to end a tied game. The game of baseball was invented by very wise folks, just like our forefathers that wrote the US Constitution, we have to be careful if we tweak it, and tweak it and then, we will have basically a brand new ballgame. What’s next the designated hitter in the National League full time?
Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish TV voice for the Angels and the Spanish radio voice for the Oakland A’s and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
     
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San Francisco Giants Wednesday game wrap: Giants can’t complete sweep, get ready for home opener

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By Jeremy Harness

AP photo: The Milwaukee Brewers Chris Carter tags one to put the Brew Crew in front of the San Francisco Giants in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s game at Miller Park

Chris Carter broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning to point the way to the Milwaukee Brewers’ first win of the season Wednesday afternoon, 4-3, at Milwaukee’s Miller Park. In the process, he denied the Giants a sweep of the three-game series to start the season.

The Giants have nonetheless gotten off to a nice start to the year, winning two of these three games, which will undoubtedly give Giants fans a little juice for the home opener Thursday afternoon against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.

Carter, a former A’s farmhand, was the one who did the most damage to the Giants on Wednesday, as he also hit a solo home run to break yet another tie.

This ruined the Giants debut of starter Jeff Samardzija, another former Athletic who went 5 1/3 innings and gave up three runs on eight hits, walking three and striking out six and left the game with the score tied at 3-3.

Angel Pagan and Hunter Pence each had a pair of hits for the Giants while Matt Duffy drove in a run. Although he is only batting .222 thus far, Duffy now has five RBI through the first three games, which is certainly an encouraging sign.

Unlike the Giants, however, the Dodgers swept their opening series of the year, against the San Diego Padres, and they punctuated that series with the resounding 7-0 win at Petco Park on Wednesday.

Jake Peavy will take the hill against Dodgers lefty Alex Wood, as both starters will be making their regular-season debuts.

San Jose Barracuda Wednesday game wrap:Barracuda fall in overtime on the road in San Antonio

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By: Eric He

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The San Jose Barracuda were defeated by the San Antonio Rampage 4-3 on the road Wednesday night, unable to pull off the overtime win. But they did earn a crucial point that pulled them percentage-points closer to the Checkers for the eighth and final playoff spot.

Down 3-2 in the third period, the Barracuda evened the score midway through the third on a power play goal by Bryan Lerg, his second of the night. But the game headed to overtime, where Gary Nunn beat Barracuda goaltender Aaron Dell a little over two minutes in to win the game for San Antonio.

It was deflating considering the Barracuda had jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Just 15 seconds into the game, Lerg found the back of the net to give San Jose a 1-0 advantage. Then, midway through the first, Petter Emanuelsson notched his third goal in four games and it was a two-goal lead for the Barracuda heading into the second.

But the Rampage responded with three unanswered goals. Borna Rendulic connected on a power play in the second period and Ben Street tied the game at 2-2 less than a minute into the third. A wraparound goal by Brandon Gormley four minutes later gave the Rampage their first lead.

The Barracuda battled back, but it was not enough as they fell to 4-8 in overtime games this season. There are four games left in the regular season as the push for the playoffs continues, with San Jose endeavoring to claim the final berth in the Western Conference.

Oakland A’s Wednesday post game wrap: The A’s play another one-run game, this time they win.

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by Jerry Feitelberg

AP photo: The Oakland A’s Billy Burns trots across home plate in the first inning to put the A’s on the board past Chicago White Sox  catcher Dioner Navarro

OAKLAND–The Oakland A’s and Chicago White Sox played their third consecutive one-run game. This time, however, the A’s won 2-1 behind a strong effort by Sonny Gray. Gray, who was not able to pitch Monday or Tuesday, went seven innings, allowed just three hits and received credit for his first win of the year. The A’s bullpen did their job again; John Axford pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Ryan Madson closed out the game to earn his first save as a member of the A’s. Jed Lowrie drove in a run in the first and Mark Canha homered in the second to give the A’s all the runs they would need.The A’s jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Singles by Billy Burns and Khris Davis put men on at first and third with no out. The A’s leading RBI man, Jed Lowrie, hit a sacrifice fly to right to drive in Burns. Lowrie has knocked in five of the eight runs the A’s have scored so far this season. Carlos Rodon took the loss for the White Sox.

The A’s jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Singles by Billy Burns and Khris Davis put men on at first and third with no out. The A’s leading RBI man, Jed Lowrie, hit a sacrifice fly to right to drive in Burns. Lowrie has knocked in five of the eight runs the A’s have scored so far this season.

The A’s scored again in the second inning. Big Mark Canha, playing right field in place of Josh Reddick, hit his first home run, and the A’s first home run, of te season. With one out, Canha hit a big fly to deep right field that hit the wall just over the scoreboard. A’s lead 2-0.

The White Sox scored their first run of the game in the top of the third. Center fielder Austin Jackson led off with a double. He advanced to third on a ground out and then scored on a sacrifice fly to short left field.

There was no more scoring after the third inning. Carlos Rodon pitched well for Chicago, but Sonny Gray pitched better for Oakland as the A’s won their first game of the year 2-1.

Game notes- The line score for Oakland was two runs on seven hits and no errors. The White Sox line was one run, six hits, and no errors.

After the game, A’s manager Bob Melvin was pleased with his team’s efforts Wednesday night. He took Gray out after seven innings of work. He remarked that “after Sonny had got the first out, he was dragging, and that was going to be the last inning” of work. When talking about the bullpen, Melvin said that his guys ” aren’t afraid to pitch with guys on base. He also said that John Axford was ” really good about being quicker to the plate and was very effective.” Sean Doolittle was not available to pitch, and Melvin elected to bring in Ryan Madsen to close out the game. Melvin, when asked about the stellar defensive effort and particularly the play of Marcus Semien had this to say. Semien’s play “was about as good as we have seen him play.”

The A’s conclude the four-game series with the White Sox Thursday afternoon. Game time will be 12:35 PM PT. Kendall Graveman will start for Oakland, and they will face the well-travelled Mat Latos. Latos will be making his first start as a member of the White Sox.

The Golden State Warriors’ Festus Ezeli was in the crowd, and he received a nice ovation from the fans. Former A’s pitcher, Dallas Braden, was here to broadcast the game on ESPN and visited with the fans in right field beating on a drum to get a little excitement going.

Attendance was 16,468 and time of game was two hours and fifty-four minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Dodgers and Giants expected to be the two teams fighting for top spot in NL West

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On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca the Giants so far are getting their return on their $130 million investment for their starter Johnny Cueto who got his first win of the season against the Brewers on Tuesday night 2-1. Although it’s too early to make that prediction and with making predictions too early and making projections on what you’ve seen so far it just doesn’t work out that way.

The Giants are currently on pace to go 162-0 this season which would be really exciting but the Los Angeles Dodgers are also on pace to go 162 this season and they also play each other 19 times. Meeting number one is at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Thursday afternoon. So it’s not likely that both of those things are going to happen.

Michael Duca does the Giants podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com click below to listen for the latest