Can we play the Rockies every day?

Giants linescore: 11 hits, 1 run, 1 error. Diamondbacks linescore: 3 hits, 2 runs, no errors

Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. How a team gets 11 hits and barely manages to scratch out one run confounds me. This game was right up there with the worst played Giants games i've ever been witness to. Mental errors, and no timely hitting resulted in a 2-1 loss. The only bright spot was that our bullpen was lights out and Lowry pitched very well once he found the strike zone. He walked 5 hitters. Lowry gave up 2 hits, and surrendered 2 runs. Those 5 walks burned him, as once again, an error by defensive whiz Omar Vizquel resulted in a key run. In last night's game against the Padres, Vizquel made a crucial "error" that wasn't really scored as an error even though it should have been. How is a team that was supposed to win using pitching and defense going to win if pitching and defense isn't going to perform. Not only that, the offense suddenly can't get runners home. The Diamondbacks scoring inning was started by an unforgiveable sin: walking the pitcher. You can't walk the pitcher. He's supposed to be an automatic out so when you walk him it's just as bad as committing an error. This game just adds to the Giant's frustrations. They aren't hitting, they aren't pitching, and they aren't picking it on defense. My greatest fear is that the Giants will turn into last year's D-Backs: a team full of young players not ready for the majors sweeping the cellar with 100+ losses. I swear to God, everytime the Giants runners in scoring position, there would be 2 outs. No room for error. This game was frustrating from the get-go. First inning, one on, one out, double play. 2nd inning, one on, one out, double play. The reason the Giants record is under .500 is because they're playing sub-.500 baseball. They can't seem to catch a break, and aren't making their own breaks. One thing about the Giant's losses, is that in every loss, there have been opportunities for them to win. The Giants could just as easily be be 14-0, instead they're 6-8. They need to wake up and realize that if they finish April 15 games under .500, it's going to take all of May, June, and July to catch up to the Dodgers assuming they come back down to Earth and start losing again. We can't wait around for the Dodger's to start losing.


I Told You So
I said if Jerome couldn't make it through the 5th inning there would be trouble. Jerome pitches 4 innings; there was trouble. The Giant's had momentum. They were hitting Lawrence hard. Even their outs were line drives. They were winning 2-1, and had momentum going into that 4th inning. Suddenly that momentum shifts back into the Padres dugout as Jerome surrenders the lead due to bad situational pitching, and sub-par defense. Ok I'm going to stop dwelling on Giant's losses before I make a mad rush for the window and swan dive into the pavement.


Sorry for the jumble of random thoughts tonight. All this losing has me incredibly dissheveled. If the Giants don't start winning I might have to bang my head against a wall till I make a hole in it. (do i mean in my head or the wall? maybe both.) Schmidt needs to be a stopper tomorrow otherwise it'll be up to Rueter to win and so far this season I'm eager to see Rueter move to the bullpen.