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Left-handed Carlos Rodón makes his first start in his career with Arizona on Monday night when he opens a three-game series against Diamondbacks in Phoenix.
Rodon (7-4, 2.62 ERA), who signed a two-year $ 44 million free agent contract in March after pitching for the Chicago White Sox for seven seasons, is one of the few glorious spots these days. is. For San Francisco.
He scored 3-0 at 1.25 ERA at the start of June, hitting 4 on June 28 and defeating Detroit 4-3, allowing 1 run with 7 hits in 6 innings. Did. ..
The Giants, who set the highest record (107-55, .660) in last season's majors and finished a match ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West, now. There are three games in the season, over .500 (40-37). They have lost four games in a row, 3-10 in the last 13 games.
"I don't think we've brought the highest levels of energy to the stadium in the last few weeks," said manager Gabe Kapler. "I think it's important to find out where we're spending energy when that happens."
"We didn't play good baseball," Kapler said. I did. "I don't know what else to say."
Kapler is 3rd behind the Dodgers by 8 1/2 games and his team is 5 games behind the 2nd place San Diego. Said not ready to push.
"This is a group that has previously experienced adversity, both individually and collectively," he said. "Therefore, this is not new. It's a challenge that we all take very seriously, but we all have previously experienced personal and collective adversity, so we take shape. Will not crumble and become super low. This is part of baseball. This is what happens during the Major League Baseball season.
"It's not breaking us. It's part of the game. No. "
Diamondbacks can be involved. They have been 3-8 in the last 11 games and have lost 6-5 in Colorado on Sunday.
Arizona led 5-0 in 5th place after David Peralta hit a 452-foot grand slam.
Meanwhile, Zac Gallen was the first visiting pitcher in Coors Field's history to play more than six innings in a row, keeping the Rockies in five innings. He threw seven shutout innings at his last start on August 21st last year.
But C.J. Kron messed up a record attempt with the first of two three-run home runs. The second came to the bottom of the eighth off-relief Noe Ramirez for what proved to be the winner of the game.
"It's a game as a ball club and as a franchise you have to win 100 out of 100 times," Garen told MLB.com. "If you want to reach a place I know this franchise can reach, and if you want to reach it, those are the games you have to win. You can't miss those games."
It will start with Diamondbacks, one of the cornerstones of the San Francisco team, who won the left-handed Madison Bumgarner (3-8, 3.63 ERA), the Giants 2014 World Series MVP, and the three World Series (2010, 2012, 2014).
Bumgarner, who signed a five-year $ 85 million free agent contract with Arizona in December 2019, is 1-1 at 3.94 ERA with three career starts with his old club.
– Field-level media
