Momentum is as good as...
Blue Jays 9, Giants 3
Fresh off a resounding win, the Giants kept the good times rolling for exactly one inning. By the third they were down 8-1. So it goes.
Eight times this season the Giants have scored 10 or more runs, including Monday night. That’s where the fun has stopped. They’re 3-5 in the games after those games, scoring three runs or fewer in all five losses.A little too much truth in those “save some runs for tomorrow” jokes.
Strip away all the qualifiers and criteria, and you’re still left with a team that hasn’t won more than three games in a row. Every last-place team in baseball has managed to do better than that.
Momentum might be vibe-based and nebulous and hard to quantify. But it’s clear these Giants have never had it.
Up next: It’s a good day for some afternoon ball. Dylan Cease (5-4, 2.79 ERA) and Logan Webb (5-6, 3.66 ERA) will go at it to decide the series. There will be strikeouts. First pitch at 12:45 p.m.
All season long, I've been wondering about the assessment re the Giants' attendance figures. I've heard multiple times that the Giants have increased attendance this year and are averaging over 35K. I don't buy it. Views of the crowd, whether it be early in the game or later (with a few exceptions of course), reveal tons of empty seats. Are these folks on food, beverage, bathroom, and exercise breaks, or are the Giants really pulling in more like 25K in actual attendance (not tickets sold)?