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Last season, the San Francisco Giants won an MLB-high 107 wins, well above preseason expectations. This year, San Francisco is looking to return to the NL Wild Card race, matching his season loss of 55 regulars from 2021 in early August.
Despite his recent stretch of 8-of-10 wins before losing his second straight to Arizona, the Giants have some groundwork to advance to the postseason for the second straight season. must be made. They will try to get back on their winning ways when they travel to Colorado to take on the Rockies.
San Francisco defeated Alex Cobb (4-6, 3.99 ERA) in the first game of his three-game series on Friday against Colorado's Jose Urena (1-4, ERA). 4.80).
While the Giants struggled to find consistency for most of his year, Cobb has been a consistent performer in the rotation.
Cobb spent his first 11 years in the American League in his first season in San Francisco and never lost to the Rockies. He has started in his three games in his two games at Coors Field and has a 5.71 ERA that puts him 3-0.
Cobb, 34, pitched well as a starting pitcher, and in San Francisco he won 6-1 over the Diamondbacks. He has given up his 3 or fewer runs in his last 4 trips, a reason for the Giants to return to his hunt for the playoffs.
So did catcher Joey Bart, who was sent to Triple-A earlier this year, but has been in gear since returning to San Francisco on July 6. Giants.
Burt batted .405 (15-for-37) in August with two home runs and he has seven strikeouts.
San Francisco manager Gabe Kapler said, "I'm starting to feel like the performance is picking up and we can build on that." …The thing that stands out the most to me is how much respect he has for his toughness, to see him achieve this success I think everyone is really fulfilling.”
Colorado returned home after losing three games to St. Louis, losing five straight overall. His 13–0 loss on Thursday was particularly painful as pitcher Antonio Senzaterra and outfielder Charlie Blackmon suffered injuries.
Blackmon's leg injury kept him out of Friday night's game, but manager Bud Black said he would not have to be on the injured reserve list. Senzatela's leg injury looked more serious.
"Antonio is due for his MRI (Friday morning)," Black said. "He's definitely sprained his (left) knee to some extent. How important? We won't know until tomorrow. It's devastating, right?
as Senzatela was on the disabled list in July. , gave Urena, 30, a chance in the Rockies as he pitched at least six innings in five of his eight starts for Colorado, but including the last two, his only The win came on July 16. Three starts—against the Giants.
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