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Mike Krukow 'pretty sure' Shaun Anderson meant to throw at Mike Trout

Giants play-by-play broadcaster Mike Krukow isn't taking manager Gabe Kapler's side this time.

Kapler said after the Giants' 8-2 win Tuesday that Shaun Anderson had no intention of throwing at Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout's head in the ninth inning. Watching the two errant pitches in real-time, Krukow, who pitched 14 seasons in the major leagues, felt otherwise.

“I didn’t like ’em, they were head high,” Kruk Wednesday morning on KNBR's "Murph & Mac" show. “I don’t think a guy who has better-than-average control, you can’t be expected to pitch in the late innings of a big-league baseball game if you don’t have the ability to throw strikes.