A road trip. A long one.
The San Francisco Giants are starting to find their bearings, even if it’s not entirely smooth. They’ve scored more than five runs just once in their last 14 games, yet they’re starting to show glimpses of being a competent and, dare I say, perhaps even dangerous baseball team.
But they’re about to get tested. Starting today, the Giants are beginning their longest road trip of the season. Not only do they play 10 consecutive games away from the prettiest ballpark ever built — three each in Boston and Colorado, sandwiching a four-game set in Philly — but they play those 10 games in 10 days … and then return home for six straight games before finally getting an off day on May 16.
We’ll learn a lot about the Giants, or at least we’ll gain some important info about their place in the standings. Not only is it a treacherous set of games, but when they finally get that beloved off day, they’ll be 45 games into the season. That’s not exactly the time of year to start looking at. magic numbers, but it is deep enough to be looking at the standings regularly.
It’s a testing set of games. The Red Sox have been sneakily good this year, and the Phillies have been excellent, and after those seven games the Giant head to the land of regret, weirdness, and frustration, Coors Field. When they return home, they have to host a team they’re in direct competition for the postseason with, the Cincinnati Reds. And the final boss they get to face, as a reward for making it to the end of 16 games in 16 days? The Los Angeles Dodgers, naturally.
Personally? I think they win 17 of these next 16 games. Keep the faith.
What time do the Giants play today?
The Giants and Red Sox play a good old fashioned game of baseball at 4:10 p.m. PT today.