It was the moment that Giants fans have all been waiting for. Brandon Belt's first big league homerun. IT came in his second big league game and he hit it where the big boys hit em!
The excitement lasted for about an inning and a half.
That was how long it took for the Giants to literally give the lead to the Dodgers for the second straight night.
Their two errors in the sixth brought their total to five for the last two games and the unearned run total to 3. But there were positives in the two games.
Brandon Belt.
Belt has looked like every bit the big league player we thought he might be. He doesn't look overmatched at the plate and, the two unearned runs aside, he almost was the hero of the game. I saw a tweet, from John Shea I think, that said Will Clark hit a homer in his first game and Belt hit one in his second game. If this guy turns out to be as good as Will "The Thrill" we will be happy for a long time.
Jonathan Sanchez.
Ol' Dirty pitched well enough to win. Unfortunately, his error in the 6th inning was basically the deciding factor of the game. But 8 strikeouts in 5.2 IP is something to get excited about. If Johnny No-No pitches like this all season then not trading him for Prince Fielder was a good move.
Pablo Sandoval.
I know he made a throwing error tonight, but if Sanchez fields Gimenez's comebacker then all is forgotten. The bigger story is the fact that he is leading the Giants in hits (sure it's only 3, but it's a start) and he has looked much improved on defense. (error notwithstanding). I think this season is going to be a return to the Panda that we all know and love.
I'm not gonna dwell too much on the fact that the Giants are 0-2 right now. I know they looked pretty bad but everybody has stretches. It looks like the little tailspin they went into at the end of spring training has kind of carried over into the regular season. Hopefully they can pull out of it behind Cain today.
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