Giants beat Braves 7-3 as Devers keeps hitting
The Giants beat the Braves 7-3 on August 31, their 3rd win in the last 5, but at 57-81 and already eliminated in the NL West, it's scenery on a lost season.
Cox and Devers homer in a 7-3 win over Atlanta
The Giants beat the Braves 7-3 on August 31, their 3rd win in the last 5 games. Jonah Cox went 2-for-5 with a home run and 2 RBI, Rafael Devers went 1-for-3 with a solo shot, and Osleivis Basabe also homered, going 1-for-4 with 1 RBI.
Braves7-3Anthony Molina started and worked 5.0 innings, allowing 6 hits and 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts and no walks — a career high in strikeouts, the club's own account noted afterward.
Devers hitting like himself again, per @StoolBaseball
@StoolBaseball posted this week that Rafael Devers has been hitting like himself in the second half, and his home run against the Braves fit the read — a 1-for-3 night capped by a solo shot in a 7-3 win.
It's one bright spot on a season that has little else to point to. The win moved the Giants to 3-2 in their last 5, but they sit at 57-81, 25.5 games back in the NL West and already eliminated, with Devers' bat one of the few reasons to keep watching in September.
Upcoming
Logan Webb (8-8, 3.72 ERA) starts as the Giants are in Pittsburgh tonight, opposed by Paul Skenes (9-11, 3.79 ERA). Webb's last start went 6.0 innings with 2 earned runs, 6 strikeouts, 1 walk and 5 hits against the Reds; Skenes was better in his last outing, 6.0 shutout innings with 4 strikeouts, no walks and 3 hits against the Padres.
The market favors the Pirates, and with both starters coming off strong recent outings, the total reads low-scoring — a night that likely comes down to whichever offense can scratch across a run or two against a good arm.