Hudson vs Hellickson

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Per Mare, Per Terras
KC

TODAY'S LINEUPS
ARIZONA
CF A.J. Pollock (R)
RF Ender Inciarte (L)
1B P. Goldschmidt (R)
LF David Peralta (L)
C W. Castillo (R)
3B Jake Lamb (L)
2B Chris Owings (R)
SS Nick Ahmed (R)
P J. Hellickson (R)
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SAN FRANCISCO
CF Angel Pagan (S)
LF A. De Aza (L)
3B Matt Duffy (R)
1B Buster Posey (R)
RF Jarrett Parker (L)
SS B. Crawford (L)
2B Kelby Tomlinson (R)
C Trevor Brown (R)
P Tim Hudson (R)
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ARI: Jeremy Hellickson (R) (9-9, 4.78)
SF: Tim Hudson (R) (7-8, 4.42)
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Cardinals 42, Bears 23 - 7:46 To go in the game

84* 65% humidity NW winds @8
Pollock
shot deep in the hole to Crawford
long throw gets him
1 out
great off balance throw

EI
strike 1
high 1-0
smash over the leaping Tomlinson for a solid single

Goldy
swing and a miss 0-1
1-1
Ron Kulpa call in today
Giants coming up

Gerrit Cole vs. Bolsinger in the Ravine
Blue's magic number:7
30 scoreless innings streak in progress
longest scoreless streak in an enemy's park in team history
Pagan
shows bunt taking a strike all the way 0-1
big breaker drops right in 0-2
fly to left taken by Peralta crossing the line
1 out

De Aza
fouls it straight back 0-1
Hellickson 2-2 first pitch strikes
ground foul right
pop foul left side, just out of Lamb's reach as he bends over the side rail
fouled away again
high 1-2
hard shot on the line to Goldy
bends down to snag it
plenty of time for the unassisted out
2 out

Duffy
low outside 1-0
high 2-0
swing and a miss low change 2-1
foul back 2-2 fast ball
reaches down and smacks it through the left side hole
single

Posey
big swing, little foul at the plate 0-1
snap throw to first
fouled away 0-2
inside 1-2
fouled away
shot up the middle
Hellickson knocks it down
keeps it close
recovers it
gets the out at first
scoreless after 1
31 consecutive scoreless

Posey 2-9 in the series
no Giant has had more than 1 hit in a game
Peralta
ball 1
way outside 2-0
shot past Posey into right for a single

Castillo
inside backs him off 1-0
grounds to Crawford and it becomes an easy 6-4-3
2 innings 2 DPs

Lamb
strike called 0-1
foul right 0-2
high fly to DeAza in left
going to last of 2
scoreless
Dbacks have an overall 23 straight scoreless innings streak currently
longest of the season
if we can get this kind of pitching next season, no one's gonna stop us

Parker
curve in there 0-1
like to see these hitters started off with different pitches
1-1
swing and a miss as it drops off the table 1-2
check swing on the hard slider
1 out

Crawford
strike at the knees
4-5 career vs Hellickson
low 1-1 change
grounds to Ahmed
2 out

Tomlinson
curve on the inside called 0-1
strike 2 at the knees 0-2
foul back
in the dirt 1-2
swing and a miss
scoreless after 2

Owings
high fly to center
Pagan has it in his tracks
1 out

Giants are 16-24 in one run games
and not unrelated, are a full 5 games worse than they Pythag.

77-71 vs. 82-66

All Hail St. Bochy

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Ahmed
inside ball 1
high fly heading for the pole left and just hooks foul 0-1
curve on the inside called strike 2 1-2
swing and a miss on a change
2 out

Hellickson
strike 1 called
strike 2 at the knees
foul right
way low outside 1-2
foul back
flies to Parker in shallow right
scoreless going to last of 3

Brown
breaker misses outside 1-0
low 2-0
outside 3-0
and is this another case of attention gone south?
strike called 3-1
high ball 4