Blade Tidwell addresses back tightness in outing in Giants' huge loss to Rockies

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Giants pitcher Blade Tidwell speaks to reporters following San Francisco's 13-7 loss against the Colorado Rockies on Sunday at Oracle Park.

So Tony was saying that you've been dealing with a little bit of back tightness.

How much do you feel like maybe that affected you today on the mound?

I don't think it had any effect on the performance.

Just something that came up kind of before the game.

How do you evaluate your performance?

Thought I threw the ball pretty .

A lot of walks, and those kill you.

They did a good job with their plan and, I didn't execute mine.

When that happens, does that tend to be mechanical for you?

Or, or what's, you know, one pitch?

What, what's it for you?

The three-run homer for sure killed me, but, not being able to make it through the innings and killing our bullpen, that, that hurt me.

I'm sure Sam didn't wanna go in the game in the fifth inning.

So then Tony, did he address the team after the game?

What was his message in general?

Just conviction.

Have conviction in everything you do.

You've obviously seen him address teams plenty of times.

How would you kind of, evaluate his, his message, you know, based on kind of your knowledge of him?

I think he did a good job.

Everybody was locked in and, and the guys were nodding their heads and stuff, so I think everybody was on board with what he was saying.