The Giants jumped all over Yu Darvish early and crushed the Padres Tuesday night.
It was a lot to pack into nine innings. Here's how the game itself was decided: With his sixth pitch in orange and black, Cobb threw the fastest pitch of an MLB career that started in 2011. Cobb has built his velocity in recent years, going from a 91.7 mph average with his sinker in 2017 to 92.7 last year with the Angels. He was throwing harder than that down the stretch, but still, this was another big step up.
Cobb threw 43 sinkers and averaged 94.5 mph. This came a night after Alex Wood showed some of the best velocity of his Giants career. Cobb was charged with two earned in five innings, striking out 10. That capped a dominant first time through for a rotation that could wind up being the best in the National League. The five starters combined for 36 strikeouts over 24 innings, posting a 3.00 ERA. Darvish has given up more than eight earned runs just three times in 214 career starts, and two of them have been his last two starts at Oracle Park. The Giants scored five runs in the first inning last Sept.
Darvish gave up six runs in the first inning, including a two-run oppo blast by Brandon Belt. The damage started with Mike Yastrzemski's leadoff single and the Giants kept pushing, sending 10 batters to the plate as they piled up the homer, four singles and a pair of walks.
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