This was the first game that I’ve watched in about a week, and it was certainly a game worth paying attention to. Now, the games in Colorado were just ridiculous; yesterday’s game got way out of hand. Tonight’s game was never comfortable, but never out of reach. Babe Buster came up to bat in the first in a home-run situation and clubbed it out, as he’s pretty much been doing regularly since the All-Star Break. Posey’s name will be in the discussion for MVP this year; Andrew McCutchen is probably the front-runner, but Posey (and Melky Cabrera) will almost certainly be in the running.
Barry Zito was excellent. His curveball curved, his cutter cut, his slider slid, his fastball…looked like a grandma driving through the suburbs on a Sunday afternoon. He really didn’t make many mistakes, as the hits against him mostly came on relatively good pitches, or pitches out of the zone. He also didn’t walk anybody, for just the second time this year. Continue reading
