Pitching coach Spin Williams offers encouragement to Ramon Martinez during a rough third inning. The Giants scored four runs. It was the second-smallest turnout at the new stadium.
Good hitters take advantage of that.
In the quiet of the clubhouse, nobody uttered mayday. In his three starts, Martinez has walked 16 batters. For some reason that one inning, he had absolutely no location, no feel for what he was trying to do as far as hitting his spots. The game last night was the first of 20 games in 20 days, which is no time for a team that has been having trouble scoring runs to tax its bullpen. It was the second time in three games that a starter failed to get past the third inning.