Tonight’s nationally televised game should be like every other: painfully bad and a Giants loss. They just don’t do well on ESPN.
Meanwhile, Jake Arrieta continues to pitch with bone chips and pitch well with bone chips. He went four innings and allowed just one run against the Giants on August 1st, and in his subsequent start against Diamondbacks in Arizona, he pitched five innings and allowed just two runs. He’s struck out 10 total in his last nine innings pitched (2 starts).
On the road, he’s done a lot better job limiting walks (60 K vs.