Giants lose another catcher, plus Samardzija hit hard again
Giants lose another catcher, plus Samardzija hit hard again
Andrew Susac has a wrist injury that manager Bruce Bochy termed a "mystery," and in Monday's 6-4 loss to the A's, Trevor Brown's left forearm was bruised by Mark Canha's bat on a backswing.
Susac said he can throw and swing a bat at half speed, but when he takes a full cut the pain shoots up his arm.
Which was trying to play through an injury to the same wrist that eventually required surgery.
Bochy saw Jeff Samardzija finish six innings and throw some great splitters and sliders with a fastball that "exploded at times."
The fans will see a box score with six more runs and two homers allowed, making it five homers and 13 earned runs in 10 innings over his past two starts.
Four of the six runs came on two two-run homers, by Matt Chapman on a sinker that caught too much plate and Chris Coghlan on a backdoor slider.
Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.
Jeff Samardzija pitched six innings, the longest Giants start this spring, and allowed six runs, giving him 18 in 19 Cactus League innings. . . .
A's starter Chris Bassitt allowed four runs in 5 1/3 innings but more important avoided serious injury when struck in the left hamstring by a Miguel Olivo liner in the second inning.
[...] baseman Matt Chapman hit his fourth homer of the spring for Oakland. . . .
The game featured some impressive Giants defense, including an Angel Pagan diving stop, a tough pick at first by Buster Posey in his first game there, Adrianza's diving stop of a hard groundball and Jarrett Parker's long run and diving catch just inside the right-field line.
Samardzija, a former Notre Dame wide receiver, on racing to first base and leaping to catch a high feed from Posey to get an out on a groundball.