Giants hope to break the brooms out on Reds
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08/25/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cincinnati Reds may be the National League's highest
scoring team this season, but the San Francisco Giants have been the ones
swinging the powerful bats during this three-game series between the two
postseason contenders.
One day after amassing a season-high run total, the revitalized Giants set
their sights on a sweep of the National League Central-leading Reds in this
afternoon's showdown at AT&T Park.
San Francisco pounded Cincinnati pitching for 17 hits in an 11-2 rout on
Monday, then created even more damage in last night's middle test of this
series. The Giants collected a total of 18 hits and swatted four homers en
route to a 16-5 victory that moved the team into a virtual tie with
Philadelphia for the lead in the NL Wild Card standings.
Pablo Sandoval and Andres Torres each had three hits and four RBI in Tuesday's
shellacking, with Sandoval accounting for one of San Francisco's four long
balls on the night. Freddy Sanchez also went deep as part of a 4-for-4
performance in which the second baseman scored four runs.
Sanchez also had four hits in Monday's game and has raised his season average
from .261 to .278 with his output in this series.
"Right now he looks comfortable up there," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of
Sanchez. "He's got his timing and getting some good swings off. When good
hitters get into a groove, they're going to get their base hits."
San Francisco also received a three-run homer from Buster Posey and a two-run
blast off the bat of Juan Uribe in the win, the club's fourth in six games.
The contest marked the first time the Giants have totaled 11 runs or more in
back-to-back home tilts since September 2-3, 1973.
Cincinnati was able to flex its muscles at the plate as well, with Brandon
Phillips belting two solo homers while going 3-for-5 and Scott Rolen
delivering a two-run shot in a losing cause. All three round-trippers came
against San Francisco starter Jonathan Sanchez, who failed to pitch the
required five innings to gain the decision.
Santiago Casilla (5-2) was credited with the win after holding the Reds
scoreless in the sixth and seventh innings. Sanchez was removed after only 4
1/3 frames and surrendered five runs on six hits while walking three.
Rookies Travis Wood and Mike Leake each had forgettable nights for Cincinnati,
with Wood rocked for seven runs and seven hits over the first four innings and
Leake permitting six runs and six hits -- including homers to Uribe and Posey
-- while recording only a single out in the fifth.
"We just got beat up the last couple of days," Reds manager Dusty Baker said
afterwards. "It makes for long nights."
Despite the two lopsided defeats, Cincinnati remained 2 1/2 games in front of
St. Louis for the Central's top spot after the Cardinals lost to lowly
Pittsburgh last night. The Reds have also gone a respectable 5-3 so far on a
nine-game road trip that ends this afternoon.
Baker will ask Homer Bailey to try to cool off San Francisco's red-hot offense
in the finale. The former phenom may be up to the task, if his two starts
following a lengthy stint on the disabled list are any indication.
After missing close to three months due to a sore shoulder, Bailey returned to
fire six shutout innings in a 2-0 home win over Florida on August 15. The
right-hander backed that up by yielding just one run and four hits over seven
sharp frames to defeat the Dodgers Friday in Los Angeles.
Bailey is 1-0 in three career meetings with San Francisco, but was hit hard in
a pair of clashes with the Giants last season. In those two games, the 24-
year-old was tagged for 10 runs and 16 hits over 11 2/3 innings of work.
The Giants will counter with a talented young hurler of their own in top
prospect Madison Bumgarner, with the rookie entering today's assignment off a
big victory on the road over playoff-hopeful St. Louis last Friday.
Bumgarner limited the Cardinals to two runs over seven-plus innings to improve
to 5-4 in 11 starts since being promoted from Triple-A Fresno in late June.
The 21-year-old has posted a 3.20 ERA as well following the promotion and
allowed two runs or less in six of his past nine appearances.
The left-hander, who will be taking on the Reds for the first time, is still
in search of his first career win at AT&T Park, however. Bumgarner has pitched
four times at home so far this year and gone 0-2 with a 4.21 ERA over the
course of those games.
These teams have split the past eight meetings between one another held in San
Francisco, as well as a four-game series in Cincinnati back in June.
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