Justin Verlander was not at his best this season, but perhaps a confrontation with the philadelphia phillies heating could prove to be the remedy.
Verlander takes the ball for the San Francisco giants on Tuesday when they continue their journey of four games against the phillies.
Thanks to three departures for San Francisco, Verlander (0-0, 6.92 ERA) has not yet succeeded. He granted six points, five deserved, in 5 2/3 rounds during a decision without a decision against the Reds of Cincinnati on Wednesday. The 42 -year -old right -hander posted summits of the season behind the stick (nine) and walks (three).
“I would have liked to do better,” said Verlander, who was hanging on to the defeat before his teammates rallied and won an 8-6 and 10 round victory. “It is early, but I think you can see that this team is pretty good.”
The giants look strong when the series is opened on Monday, displaying a 10-4 victory behind three products produced each from Tyler Fitzgerald and Mike Yastrzemski. San Francisco won his fourth victory in five games. Philadelphia only scored 10 points in the last five games, losing four times.
Fitzgerald finished only one shy in the cycle while he regularly delivered space n ° 9 of the order.
“It is time for the bottom of the programming to rise to the top of the programming,” he said. “I am just happy to participate in the races. We have guys who have been transporting us so far this season, like (Wilmer Flores) and Jung Hoo (Lee), and it is important for some other guys to intensify from time to time.”
Philadelphia, meanwhile, went 1 for 11 with runners in a score position while losing for the fourth time in five games. The Phillies scored three points during the first round, but added only a solo circuit of fifth round of Nick Castellanos thereafter.
“I think they are trying to do too much, they become happy with the traction,” said Phillies manager Rob Thomson. “Many bullets on the ground. They have to come back to what we were doing at the beginning of the year – get good locations to strike, control the typing area and use the whole field.”
Thomson chose to rest Brandon Marsh, whose average in the stick fell at 0.108. Alec Bohm (.156) and JT Realmuto (.222) are among the other phillies that always seek to find their groove.
“They just need to relax,” said Thomson about his team, in general. “It will happen. We have a long way to go. … We have not played our best baseball, that’s for sure. We have to get better – and we will. We have a good club.”
If Philadelphia continues to fight for the attack, at least the team can count on Jesus Luzardo to keep the opponent in check.
Luzardo (2-0, 1.50 ERA), acquired in a business offset with the Miami Marlins, only granted three points in 18 rounds during his first three departures for the Phillies. In two departures this month, he faced a pair of talented offenses in the Los Angeles and Atlanta Braves dodgers and limited them to a round and eight strokes in 13 combined sleeves.
Two current giant players with good figures against Luzardo are Flores (5-in-11) and Willy Adames (3-en-8), who hit his first circuit with San Francisco during the opening of the series. Luzardo has a 1-1 file with a 7.23 MPM in four lifetime starts from the giants.
Meanwhile, Bryce Harper has a life of 4 for 8 against Verlander. The Phillies Voltger, Max Kepler, is 1 for 23 against the triple winner of the Cy Young Award, which has a 3-1 file with a 2.63 MPM in four career starts against Philadelphia.
– field level media