Dissecting Matt Wilkinson allowing three early homers in Giants' loss to Mets
On "Giants Postgame Live," Kylen Mills and Sergio Romo discuss San Francisco's 10-6 loss to the New York Mets on Friday at Citi Field.
Dissecting Matt Wilkinson allowing three early homers in Giants' loss to Mets originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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The offense made some noise.
Yeah.
Got some runners on.
Yeah.
But unfortunately they could not drive them in, which has been a theme we have talked about all season long.
The fifth inning tonight, the perfect example of that, or the not so perfect example of that, Giants loaded the bases with a double, a walk, a single; could not drive in a run with no outs.
Jung Hoo Lee struck out three pitches, wasn't even a competitive at bat.
Drew Cavanaugh grounded into a double play, which has happened way too often this season.
Well, McLane was coming into this outing, into this game on fire.
Like, this guy- True I mean, he was just mowing down opponent line ups and they, they made him work today.
They, you know, he worked in walks and getting into counts and putting runners on base so the pressure was on McLane, and you kinda gotta give him a little shout-out there, a little kudos, tip o' the cap because th- of what he was able to do, especially in that fifth inning with the bases loaded, no outs.
But I do feel he didn't allow the Giants to be able to focus in that situation.
He attacked, Jung Hoo Lee ri- I mean, just straight up attacked him and just went Didn't, didn't hold back, didn't go to waste any pitches.
He needed a strikeout in that situation and he found a way to get it.
And then when Cavanaugh came up, he just got Cavanaugh out front es- on that sinker and when, McLane's sinker, I mean, he's throwing at 95 and 97.
Mm-hmm.
And it's hard to get out front, but it was the way he set him up.
He sped up McA- Cavanaugh earlier in that bat with some heaters inside so that it made him cheat to that spot.
And I tell you what, it was a big, big, big, pitches that he made in that situation, and unfortunate for the Giants because that was at a time, too, where they were still in the ballgame.
Granted, they were down.
Th- they were still in the game.
Yep.
And they still had some life, after putting up some runs the ending prior.
McLane is having an awesome year, to your point.
Gave up six hits on the day, two earned runs, four walks, seven K's as again, the Giant's offense made some noise, not quite enough to overcome that seven nothing early deficit.
With the loss tonight, the Giants fall to 58 and 84 on the season.
They are on pace to lose right around 95, 96 games this season, which they've, this would be just the second time that has happened in the last 40 years.
You look at the win percentage, could be potentially the fourth worst in franchise history.
Sergio, what is on the line for these players who, we talked about it pregame, a lot of these young guys have shown incredible fight.
They've shown resilience.
Tonight didn't go their way.
Like, what is the motivation from here on out when you look at the numbers and where this team is at this season?
I mean, you're disappointed with the numbers overall in terms of the standings and the overall winloss record, but, you look at the positive side right now.
A lotta these young guys are getting these opportunities, and they're not backing down from the fight.
Even tonight, down early they still found ways to get into the ballgame and they made it interesting there, especially with, of the hot, behind the hot bat of Devers, who's been leading the way in the hitter's meetings.
He's been leading the way in the dugout.
Mm-hmm.
Being more of a l- a visible leader and impactful, voice in that, in that lineup.
So, I do see that they're promising, they're showing fight, they're showing resiliency, they're showing that they are capable and they're competent to play at this level.
It's a matter of gaining that experience and finding a continued, routine or pattern of- you know, or equation for individual equations and see how they fit and how to be successful in the big leagues.
The other thing is that these players still have pride.
Yeah.
Whether you're one of the young guys, whether you're one of the vets who's still healthy, which are few and far between, you don't wanna go down as the worst, you know, win percentage, the most losses in franchise history, anywhere on a top five list.
Like, these games still very much matter to these guys who are incredible competitors
