Ouch! The SF Giants took it on the chin in NY against the Mets Friday night. The Mets came out firing on all cylinders as Jake Peavy struggled to find the strike zone. When you walk five batters in less than three innings it pretty much makes for an ugly loss. By walking so many batters the Mets were in the enviable position of just standing at the plate daring the Giants pitcher to throw a strike. When Peavy did find the strike zone the Mets were all over it.
Unfortunately for the Giants, Mike Broadway did not have any better luck with Mets batters and that led to a 12-0 lead and game over. The Mets showed why they won the NL East last year. They did it with pitching and hitting and Matt Cain will need his A-Game if the Giants are to even the series Saturday afternoon. If the Giants get behind early it will be a tough hole to dig out of against Mets pitching.
The bright side of this story is a 13-1 defeat is no different than 1-0 in the loss column. Every team has games like this during the course of a 162 game season. I remember very clearly a game late in the 2014 season against the LA Dodgers where the Dodgers scored sixteen runs in a rout. It happens and mentally you have to move on.
Keys to a Giants win today is for Matt Cain to contain the Mets early and for the Orange and Black to get the offense going ASAP against Mets pitcher, Jacob deGrom. Go Giants!!!
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