Spring Training Game Wrap 3/8/2016: Giants 16 Reds 7

The Giants wore their hitting shoes to the park last night and ran up a football score on the Reds in Scottsdale.  Key Lines:

Angel Pagan LF- 1 for 2, BB.  BA= .500.  Angel makes his spring debut a success.  The shorter hair looks good on him.

Mac Williamson LF- 1 for 3, 2B.  Mac's double was a scorcher down the 3B line.  Wonder what the exit velocity was on that one?  It was not a good look to drop one on the warning track for a 2-base error, but he had just entered the game and the lighting at Scottsdale Stadium is notoriously bad.  Later in the game, Junior Arias appeared to not see a pop-up in shallow left-CF at all.

Joe Panik 2B- 3 for 4, 3B.  BA= .231.  Panik was off to a slow start to the spring, but appeared to be in mid-season form in this one, especially when legging out the triple.

Rando Moreno 2B- 2 for 2, 3B.  BA= .500.  Moreno continues to open eyes and show that last season in Richmond was not a fluke.

Jarrett Parker RF- 1 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .313.  When Parker gets those long arms extended, he generates as much bathead speed as anyone in the game.  His shot to R-CF brought back memories of last September.  Stay hot!

Kelby Tomlinson SS- 1 for 2, 2 BB, SB(1).  BA= .286.  Another gritty game from Kelby who has to be the favorite to land the backup MI job.  Doubt the Giants are going to carry 2 backup MI's.

Conor Gillaspie 1B- 2 for 3.  BA= .364.  Gillaspie continues to make his case, but can he compete with Blanks' power?  Those two are probably competing for the same roster spot.

Christian Arroyo PH-3B- 2 for 2, HR(1).  BA= .500.  Oh my!  In thinking of a future LF for the Giants, I have been assuming that Mac Williamson has more raw power while Arroyo is the better all-around hitter.  After watching Arroyo's dinger sail into the night somewhere behind the berm in LF, I'm not so sure!  THAT was a blast!  Even more impressively, Arroyo worked his way back from an 0-2 hole to 3-2 then jumped on a pitch to hit in a hitter's count.

Andrew Susac C- 1 for 1, 2 BB.  BA= .167.  Trevor Brown got the start in this one, catching Bummy.

Grant Green 3B- 1 for 3, 3B.  BA= .412.  Does Green's versatility give him an advantage in the competition for the last roster spot?  If Tomlinson can handle the backup SS duties, it probably comes down to Blanks, Gillaspie, Parker and Green for the last 2 bench jobs.  I would bet on Blanks and Parker, but Gillaspie and Green can play 3B which gives Boch more options, and we know how much Boch loves his options.

Madison Bumgarner LHP- 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 2 K, GO/AO= 5/1.  ERA= 7.20.  Bummy is a notoriously slow starter in the spring.  No worries.  He looked fine out there.

Chris Heston RHP- 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K's, GO/AO= 4/1.  Heston was sailing along looking great until he loaded the bases with 2 outs in his 3'rd inning of work.  Derek Law came in and threw a WP for 1 run and then gave up a bases-clearing double on the pop-up that Arias lost in the night.

Josh Osich and George Kontos pitched 1 scoreless inning each.

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Johnny Cueto is expected to make his spring debut today against the Rockies in Scottsdale.

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Around the League:  The Cardinals may have found a secret weapon to fill in for Jhonny Peralta at SS in former Cuban bonus baby, Aledmys Diaz, who went 4 for 4 with 2 doubles.