Three singles spread across 7 scoreless innings is pretty thin coverage. That rarely covers the toast, and the pitching performance spearheaded a 5-1 win for the down-and-out San Francisco Giants. How surprising it was that it happened against the Los Angeles Dodgers, that it happened in LA, that the man responsible was Sean Manaea, who lugged a career 9.00 ERA against the Dodgers into Friday’s start.
It was Manaea’s third start and second win in September. He’s allowed only 4 earned runs over 18 innings pitched this month, and the 7-inning performance was the longest of the season by an inning as well as his first scoreless start.