I didn't tune in until just before the Giants started scoring with those doubles in the bottom of the 3rd, but when I saw Cruz batting, I was thinking... "that's a bit early to be pinch-hitting..."
Once I saw the lineup I kinda had a "ah... it's an "experiment" night, is it?"
Also, I think Coop's being overly sensitive to the fact that this is a 10-game road trip in the middle of a 20-games-straight, every single day stretch.... But yeah, I didn't like what I saw. Loretta wasn't so hot, he had the most LOB after Oswalt, in the final analysis. Cruz ended up finally having a good offensive outing beyond just drawing walks in PH situations.... BUT...
I happened to see him just miss a catch on one of those doubles in the 3rd... that Bourn (had he been playing around the same spot in CF, of course), would have easily made. So defensively, I thought him being out there instead of Bourn kinda blew... especially since Bourn has already gotten plenty of days off when we face lefty pitching.
So... I kinda wish Bourn was in there, but yeah, if they wanna give Kazuo a day off, so be it.
Looks like you and I are on the same wavelength (I had just posted that you should call out Wigginton next in that thread where we were talking about your magical call-outs to other players) on Ty.
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