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Originally Posted by Great Expectations
We hit Bumgardner pretty hard, especailly early. His strikeouts with runners in scoring position and us hitting the ball hard right at people sucked. I thought Hoz hit a homer or at least a gapper early with Cain on, Butler drove the ball well. We just didn't find the holes last night. The type of contact we made usually gets us 3-4 runs through 7 innings.
We need Ventura to have a strong outing tonight. If he can go 6 while giving up 2 or maybe 3 runs I like our chances against Peavy. So far in the postseason having our #1 starter getting shelled hasn't hurt our MOJO too much, but we've been carrying him with the bats.
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They squared him up quite a bit (for Bumgarner) early in the game, just didn't find a gap or string them together.
I thought Hosmer had taken him out in the first (and he would have, had he gotten a fraction of an inch further under the ball... probably would have taken him to the fountains).
That one ended in the bottom 3rd/top 4th, when the Royals missed a chance to cut into the 3-0 lead and the Giants tacked on a few runs to blow it wide open.
Still like KC's chances in the next 3 games. Hopefully, Ventura is healthy and ready to go tonight. Need a big start from him!