Found July 19, 2009 on
Bleacher Report:
The Giants salvaged the final game of their three game series with the Pirates in Pittsburg today, winning 4-3, after scoring all of one run in 23 innings in the first two games of the series and losing the two games by a combined score of 4-1.
The series really showed the Giants' offensive weakness. Losing a series in which their three starters had a combined ERA of 1.77 (20.1 IP, 16 hits allowed, four earned runs, three walks and 22 Ks) is pretty pathetic, especially against an als0-ran like the Pirates.
Meanwhile, the Pirates made patently ridiculous contract extension offers to SS Jack Wilson and 2Bman Freddie Sanchez. I don’t think much of Jack Wilson. He's now 31-years-old, and has really had only two good seasons with the bat in a nine year career. He's good with the glove, but with a .690 OPS, he’s way overpaid for what he give you in the current economy.
Sanchez, however, is legitimately a strong-hitting 2Bman, who's having a good year. The...
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