The San Francisco Giants came into Monday’s series opener against the struggling St. Louis Cardinals with a record of 8-13.
San Francisco is fortunately close to first place in the NL West, but they have not performed well for much of the season.
However, if they plan on turning things around, Alex Cobb’s complete-game shutout against St. Louis was a good place to start.
The veteran right-hander allowed just six hits and one walk and struck out four Cardinals hitters to deliver a much-needed win for the Giants.
On Twitter, the Giants posted a video featuring highlights from Cobb’s complete game.
Alex put on a show last night #SFGiants x @budweiserusa pic.twitter.com/W4hyvMhsnY
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) April 25, 2023
While the Cardinals did not have Nolan Arenado in their lineup on Monday, Cobb still had to deal with the likes of Paul Goldschmidt and Willson Contreras.
The 35-year-old never flinched and took it straight to the Cards in the opening game of the series, helping the Giants improve to 9-13 and hand St. Louis their eighth straight series-opening loss.
Cobb even managed to strike out Goldschmidt, Contreras, Tyler O’Neill, and Nolan Gorman.
The veteran righty also picked up his first win of the season and lowered his ERA to 1.91 on the season.
It hasn’t been a pleasant start for the Giants by any means, but a shutout by Cobb would be a good place for them to start in terms of building momentum and starting to win some games, which might allow them to inch a little bit closer in the NL West.
Despite their rough start, San Francisco is only three games out of first place.
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