A dominant Alex Wood is just what the Giants needed Thursday night as they put an end to their seven-game losing streak.
"It was a weird first inning, frustrating because I pride myself on throwing a lot of strikes," Wood said."I try to be the aggressor and put pressure on hitters. When I was missing there in the first and second inning it was a little bit frustrating, but I was glad they tried to run and Joey made a nice throw and that play helped me get out of that inning. I felt like I settled down as the game went.
When a pitcher has a no-no going, the defense comes into play at some point. That was the case in the sixth, when Mike Yastrzemski took a perfect route on Christopher Morel's liner to right-center and made a leaping grab to rob him of extra bases. At the moment it looked like it might be"the play" in a Wood no-hitter, but it ended up being the best of a very solid defensive night for the Giants.
The advanced metrics say this is one of the best starting staffs in baseball, but that hasn't always played out on the field because the defense has been so sloppy. It was solid all night Thursday and better than that at points, and that helped Wood cruise into the seventh. The all-around effort got the Giants back on firmer footing with the MLB trade deadline just five days away.
"We always do that. You're around 75 pitches, there hasn't been a hit on the grass yet, and you start to wonder what might happen if he's in the eighth or the ninth and he's up there around 105, 100 pitches," Kapler said."I probably would have let him keep rolling, but I don't know."
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