[新聞] Schierholtz, bullpen give Giants walk-off win
http://0rz.tw/pteXZ
Schierholtz, bullpen give Giants walk-off win
By Adam Berry / MLB.com | 7/7/2011 4:00 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO -- As good as the Giants bullpen has been, Madison Bumgarner
admitted, it's easy for the rest of the team to take the work it does for
granted -- to just expect it to put up zeros until the lineup finally
scratches a run across.
But even by its lofty standards, Wednesday night was an impressive effort by
the relief corps.
San Francisco's pitchers recorded 19 strikeouts, 13 of them coming from the
bullpen, tying a club record for most punchouts in a game at AT&T Park. Their
work preserved a tie long enough for Nate Schierholtz to blast his second
home run of the night -- one that gave the Giants their 10th walk-off win of
the season, a 6-5 victory over the Padres in 14 innings.
"Our bullpen really shuts the door, so we feel like if we can get someone in
scoring position, that's our goal -- just to get the first guy of the inning
on and hopefully get him in," said Schierholtz, who finished 3-for-6 with a
double and three RBIs.
The right fielder's 14th-inning bomb was his first walk-off homer in the
Majors and, when added to his two-run bomb in the fourth inning, gave him his
first two-homer game as a big leaguer.
"It's hard to have a better game than what Nate did tonight," Bochy said.
While the game-winning long ball came off Schierholtz's bat, everyone agreed
the heroes of the game came out of the bullpen, which made the win possible
with an unbelievable night collectively.
Ramon Ramirez and Guillermo Mota contributed a shutout inning apiece after
Bumgarner's six innings of work. Brian Wilson struck out four in two
scoreless innings, getting a little help from a great diving play by Pablo
Sandoval in the ninth. Sergio Romo tossed a perfect 11th and 12th, striking
out three. Javier Lopez threw a spotless 13th and 14th.
Between the ninth and 14th innings, the Giants retired 17 straight Padres
batters. They struck out so many batters that fans in the right-field stands
had to mortgage the "K" signs from the middle of the pack to the end of the
line. Combined with San Diego's 17 strikeouts, the two teams set a Major
League season high for single-game strikeouts with 36 overall.
"We couldn't get anything going," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Two good
bullpens going at it."
And good might be something of an understatement, too. By the time the night
was over, San Francisco's relievers combined to toss eight scoreless innings,
allowing two hits and two walks.
"They won the game for us," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "They stepped
up. ... We needed all of them, and we were down to one more, so the home run
couldn't have come at a better time."
And the win couldn't have come at a much better time, either. San Francisco
entered the night on a three-game losing streak, having scored only three
runs in each defeat. But, as they have done all season, the Giants relied on
their bullpen to keep them around, pulling out the kind of close game they
grew accustomed to during last year's championship run.
"I think a lot of it was winning the World Series and just expecting to win
every game. There's no more pressure than playing in the World Series,"
Schierholtz said. "Every game's important to win, but after playing in the
postseason, I think it allows a lot of guys to relax a little more."
"It's who we are," Bochy added. "We have tough losses, losing streaks, but
they're a very resilient club. They don't get down."
But for a while, it looked like the Giants were heading toward another 5-3
loss to the Padres, what would have been their third straight by the same
score.
Down by two and barreling toward another tough home loss for Bumgarner,
Sandoval smashed a two-out double to deep center field in the eighth off
setup man Mike Adams, scoring Andres Torres and Brandon Crawford to tie the
game. The game-saver also extended Sandoval's career-best hitting streak to
17 games.
Torres also put together a nice night at the plate, bouncing back with his
best game in two weeks one day after feeling disrespected by Padres reliever
Chad Qualls' tag, spike and scream at the plate. The center fielder,
struggling at the plate for most of the year, finished the night with three
hits -- two of them doubles -- and two runs, sparking the offense.
"Sometimes it's good to play angry, and he was upset. He felt like he was
being shown up there. Sometimes that's a good thing," Bochy said. "It's an
emotion that some guys play well with. I know Andres has had his struggles,
but sometimes something like that can wake somebody up. He came out today,
and he was upset about the incident. He felt that was personal. He wasn't
trying to show up anybody, so what's important is how he handled it."
Adam Berry is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject
to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 114.39.145.53