Giants undone by timely hitting, lose 4-2

In the seventh inning, Jesus Aguilar poked at a Tony Watson changeup below the zone. It was a pitch that Watson wanted him to swing at. According to Brooks Baseball, opponents are slugging just .134 against pitches beneath the strike zone and on his arm side. As he swung, Aguilar leaned forward taking his weight off his legs. Aguilar did everything Watson wanted him to do.

Aguilar drove the ball into the right-center gap for a two-run double. It was the game-winning hit.

Watson had been tasked with bailing Hunter Strickland out after Strickland walked the first two batters of the inning. Watson struck out Christian Yelich and later Johnathan Schoop rather convincingly, and he made a good…