by
Greek Giant
This is getting ridiculous! A scrap heap minor league signing is turning into one of the big stories of the year in the National League and he happens to be a Giant. Dereck Rodriguez was fantastic in yet another start yesterday, allowing only one run in 7 innings against the Pirates. The Giants won with a nervy eighth, 4-3 and ended up splitting the series against the suddenly surging Pittsburghers.
The big right hander lowered his ERA to a Marichal-esque 2.25. Perhaps even more impressive was the fact that Rodriguez did not have all his strikeout stuff and still only allowed two hits to a very good Pirates team
Joe Panik had two runs batted in. Nick Hundley also drove in two and legged a stand-up RBI triple that scored Steven Duggar.
The Box
courtesy of ESPN
Tonight the Giants begin a three game series at Los Angeles. Madison Bumgarner faces Clayton Kershaw. First pitch is at 7:15 PM.