Jesus Guzman A Giant

The big news leading up to tonight's game three against the Padres is the Giants have purchased the contract of infielder Jesus Guzman from Triple-A Fresno. Many people who follow the organization have been screaming and crawling on all fours waiting for this move to finally take place. Now everyone will have a chance to see exactly what Guzman has to offer on the Major League level.

Jesus is expected to bring some added power to a lineup that is next to last in runs scored (152). He put together a batting line of .363/.391/.983 in 157 at-bats with the Fresno Grizzlies. In 39 games, Guzman hit six home runs and had 32 runs batted in.

Even more impressive is his .419 average with runners in scoring position. The Giants as a team have hit .220 with runners in scoring position this year. If Guzman's run production carries over to the big leagues, he will quickly become a valuable asset to this team. Hell if he can hit a couple sacrifice flies he'll be a fan favorite.

Jesus will be available to pinch hit tonight against the Padres, and he is expected to DH for the Giants in their upcoming series against the Seattle Mariners.

Backup catcher Steve Holm has been sent back down to Fresno to clear room on the active roster for Guzman. Joe Martinez has been placed on the 60-day DL to make room for him on the 40-man roster.

No Sweep? No Problem.

Sunday the Giants avoided a ball-busting four game sweep on the strength of Matt Cain's 4th victory of the year.

The young right-hander threw six shutout innings, and struck out two while allowing three hits and five walks. Cain littered the diamond with baserunners, as the Mets leadoff hitters managed to reach base four out of the six innings he pitched, but managed to wiggle his way out of tight spots all day.

The Giants starter helped himself with the bat in the fifth inning, by hitting an rbi single. Bengie Molina drove in Pablo Sandoval in the first, for the Giants only other run of the game. Two runs were all they needed though, as Brian Wilson saved the shutout in the ninth, his ninth save of the year. San Francisco improved to 15-0 in games when they score first.

Kevin Frandsen, who was called up from Triple A Fresno and started at shortstop, went 0 for 4 but played well in the field.

Twittergate Is Over

One of the funnier non stories of the season has now been put to rest by Brian Wilson himself (You can read the first part in this post). Andrew Baggarly made a post on his blog, Extra Baggs, asking Wilson to clarify the Twitter situation. My favorite quote from the whole thing is this, "Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one." I'll let you read the rest.

I for one am disappointed that Brian will no longer be tweeting it up with random updates about ninjas and Reebok pumps, but at least we still got to watch him strikeout the side against the bums!

Last night before the game, Eugenio Velez was optioned to Triple-A Fresno and relief pitcher Osiris Matos was called up. Matos pitched 8.2 innings in Fresno, posting a 1.04 ERA and 10 strikeouts. The thought was the Giants needed some fresh relief arms after the bullpen got chewed up in Sunday's game.

Unfortunately, Velez will not be gone for long. Andres Torres tweaked his hamstring running after a pinch hit and will have to go on the 15-day DL. That means we will get to see Eugenio's softball beer league batting stance and nonsensical route running for another two weeks!