Brandon Belt has been on fire at the plate. He homered in all three games of a series against the Reds at AT&T Park that started with two Giants wins and ended Wednesday with a 6-3 Reds victory.
Belt’s strike-zone awareness has been off the charts, a huge reason he will take a .301 average into Thursday night’s series opener against the Rockies.
When Wednesday’s loss ended with Belt looking at a full-count third strike from Rafael Iglesias, leaving Brandon Crawford at first base and Evan Longoria on deck, Belt was not happy.
His feelings were not soothed more than 20 minutes later when he went off on home-plate umpire Doug Eddings in an uncharacteristic criticism that surely will cost the first baseman a few dollars, particularly when he insinuated that Eddings just wanted the game over with.