Guzman leads Giants rally
The switch-hitting Jesus Guzman led a late surge by the Giants to beat the Brew Crew yesterday 7-5. Guzman, who is auditioning for a reserve spot on the roster, bolstered his case by hitting a 2 run shot with one out in the 9th to seal the deal for the Giants. So far this spring, the non-roster invitee is hitting .400 with 3 HRs and 10 RBIs. Not too shabby.
After being roughed up most of this spring, Pat Misch finally had a solid outing. He threw 3 scoreless innings, striking out 4 and allowing 3 hits with no runs. Misch got the nod in place of Lincecum who was out due to the flu, and Johnson has a strained bicep.
Ryan Rohlinger has also been a nice surprise this spring. Rohlinger tied the game in the 8th with a 2 run inside the park homerun. Rohlinger is competing for some at bats at 3rd, and has shown some power. He has 4 HRs and 10 RBIs in only 16 at bats and is hitting .313.
By: rcottengim on Mar 18th, 2009
Tagged as: GiantsGold.com
Great article Guzman, he is having an awesome spring but I think us Giants fans have a bad habit of giving a guy who has a hot couple of games a bit too much credit. Any time a hitter shows any kind of short term success we want to crown him the next “Will Clark”. Last year Bowker had a few good games and we were calling him “Babe Bowker”. As much as I hope that the Giants have found something with Guzman lets not forget the A’s passed on him, and as track records go they have us beat the past few years on recognizing talent.
Just my two cents……..
pecoach – whats funny is that i had another paragraph at the end of my post, but had to remove it because it wouldn’t format correctly. the gist of it was basically what you said and that we’ll see if Guzman or Rohlinger even make the opening day roster. they do provide a little hope for Giants fans though, as good potential prospects since there’s no big bat in the current lineup