Game 1: Ryan Vogelsong
The Giants gave the ball to Vogelsong in game 1, and it did not go well. He had trouble keeping the ball down and in the strikezone, which led to the Rockie hitters taking advantage of him and his pitch count going up. In the first inning, he fell behind Nolan Arenado, and Vogey fell behind quickly 2-0 which forced him to have to throw a strike. His command of the fastball was non existent and Arenado hit a home run. 3 batters later he faced Wilin Rosario and the scouting report on this hitter is he can crush balls that are throw above the belt. Since Vogey's command was so off he missed a changeup up in the zone and Rosario did not waste a second to hit a three run home run. As a pitcher the last thing you want to do is pitch to the hitters strength, but it seemed the fatigue of the long inning had set in on him which led to the careless location. The second inning was no better, he threw a fastball down the middle on a 2-1 count to Charlie Blackmon and the hot hitting Rockie blasted it into the seats. Buster Posey on the pitch had set up inside but the pitch leaked over the middle. The bullpen had to take over in the 2nd inning.
Colorado 8, San Francisco 2
Game 2: Madison Bumgarner
Madison flipped the script from the day before for the Giants pitching staff as he was able to give the bullpen the night off, going a complete game. His command was superb and his location of his fastballs were what made it a quick night. Inside, outside, and up out of the strikezone, he made it easy for the umpire to give him a pitchers strikezone which made up for his last start when the home plate umpire was terrible. The two mistakes he made during his 8 innings of work were in the 4th and 5th inning. In the 4th, he tried to throw a fastball inside to Troy Tulowitzki but it leaked of the middle and Tulo planted it into the left center field seats. In the 5th he made another mistake on location, Buster Posey set the target away during a 2-2 count to Nolan Arenado, and asked for a fastball. Bumgarner let the ball come back over the middle of the plate and Arenado hit a home run. Besides those two Bumgarner was fantastic, getting himself in and out of jams and had stellar defense behind him. He was unfortunately tagged with the loss because the offense could only score one run.
Colorado 2, San Francisco 1
Game 3: Matt Cain
Cain was given the ball in the final game of this 3 game series in hopes that the Giants could steal one win and not get swept out of Colorado. Coming off of back to back great starts, he was hoping to keep his streak going. This would not be the case. He did go 6 innings but gave up 10 hits, 7 runs, 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. His biggest problem was keeping the ball down, if you leave the ball up in a park like Coors field, it is going to be a long day. The ball carried big time and he seemed a bit lost for words on the mound. He needs to work big time on his control of his pitches, because if he keeps leaving balls up in the zone and missing his spots, this will continue. He was fortunate that the Giants offense finally woke up and was able to come back for Cain. The Giants won in extras.
San Francisco 12, Colorado 10
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