Thursday, November 30, 2017

Giants Are Moving On


The San Francisco Giants won game #7 in Oakland to advance to the Millenium Semi-Finals.  Here is a recap of the series:


Game 1 - Giants 3, A's 1:  Zack Greinke and Zach Britton combined to shut down the Athletics' offense on just one run.  Puig hit a 2-run shot in the 9th for the winning runs.

Game 2 - Giants 11, A's 2:  David Freese (3 doubles) had four hits and Andre Ethier (triple and a homer) knocked in 4 runs.  Max Scherzer went the distance by fanning 10;  loser Carrasco failed to get out of the first inning as he gave up 5 runs.

Game 3 - A's 5, Giants 1:  Jose Quintana pitched a strong 8 1/3 innings as Colby Lewis takes the loss.  A's top three batters in the lineup (Enciarte, Kendry Morales and Kyle Seager) combined for 6 hits, 2 runs and 3 ribbies.

Game 4 - A's 6, Giants 3:  Oakland ties up the series as Arrieta tosses CG and also hit a solo homer.  Enciarte, batting .391 in the series so far, had 4 hits for Oakland.

Game 5 - Giants 3, A's 2:  Nick Hundley knocked in Andre Ethier with the winning run in the bottom of the 8th as San Francisco moved to a 3-2 series lead.  Craig Kimbrel recorded the save with a scoreless ninth.

Game 6 - A's 3, Giants 0:  Carlos Carrasco made amends for his game #2 loss by firing the third post season no-hitter in Millennium history.  Jeff Samardzija pitched one for Seattle in last year's playoffs; Boston's Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz combined for one way back  in 2002.

Game 7 - Giants 12, A's 4:  Rebounding from getting no hit in game #6, the Giants scored 12 runs to advance to play the winner of the Houston/Toronto series.  Zach Greinke (2-0 2.61) gets the win while Arrieta (1-2 3.60) takes the loss.  Votto and Cozart (4 ribbies) hit homers for San Fran.

Carlos Carrasco Fires Post Season No Hitter for A's

Oakland (AP) - Carlos Carrasco fired a clutch no-hitter in game #6 of the opening round of the 2015 playoffs.  Carrasco's gem knotted the series at 3-3 with the deciding game to be played in Oakland.

You can see the box score by clicking on the following:  Carrasco No Hitter