SAN DIEGO — Bruce Bochy is trying something else to jump-start a lineup that scored 12 runs in the past seven games. He is batting Brandon Belt second.
Bochy has done it before. Belt batted second 12 times in 2014 and twice in 2012. A lot of numbers-oriented fans are probably shouting “You should have done this before,” because in modern-speak many manager bat their high-on-base guys second.
Belt not only leads the Giants in OBP, at .389, he also sees more pitches than any Giant. In fact, he ranks 11th in the league with 4.