This game ended in the battiest, most spring training way ever.  And so, we have some phantom stats.

The Giants, as the home team, were leading after the top of the ninth 5-4, but the Indians had another pitcher they wanted to get work in.  Games of abnormal lengths have been normal the early part of the spring, but for some reason the umpires did not stick around for the bottom of the ninth.

So, the teams played a phantom ninth, with Indians catcher Beau Taylor calling balls and strikes, and honestly, some nice hitting by Giants prospects during the bottom of the ninth, at least for the part the Duane Kuiper and Jon Miller called on KNBR.  This absolutely broke MLB’s Gameday app.

So, I’ve included the phantom stats from that bottom of the ninth as I could, which including Joey Bart, Heliot Ramos, and Jason Vosler, and a double and a stolen base.  So if my stats don’t match the official line, that’s why.  

Alright, but before we dive into the prospect notes, I don’t consider Logan Webb to be a prospect anymore, but I have to touch on him..

Logan Webb struck out four batters on 13 pitches in the first inning.  You read that right.  He struck out six through two innings, and although he gave up a hit and a walk through three, Webb looked amazing.  Almost all his strikeouts were swinging on his fastball.

Webb was fantastic, and if he’s throwing like this all season, I’m more excited for the rotation this season.

Impressions

Jason Vosler – 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 SO – Hit a single to right in his first at-bat.  In his second at-bat, he lined a single to center field.  In his third at-bat, he struck out looking on a high fastball.  Vosler grounded out to short in his fourth at-bat.  In his fifth at-bat with the bases loaded in the phantom 9th, he lined a 2-run double to left on the first pitch.

Look who’s back.  Vosler had a couple of rough days, but the hottest hitter of the springs first couple of weeks was looking better.  The double was in the phantom 9th so it won’t officially count, but the coaches definitely were paying attention.

Austin Slater – 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SO – His first start since the first game of the spring.  In his first appearance, he struck out swinging.  In his second at-bat, with two on base, Slater hit a home run to deep right-center field.

Slater has been struggling with a hamstring injury, so he’s not spending a lot of time in the lineup even with a start.  But hey, you don’t have to run hard if you hit a home run.  Slater’s injury makes things hard to judge for the big league roster, but there’s no doubt that when he has played, he’s been very good.

Heliot Ramos – 1-2, 1 SO, 1 SB – Struck out swinging in his first at-bat.  In his second at-bat during the phantom ninth, he lined a single to center field.  He stole second as the next batter hit.

A phantom impression?  Ramos’ line officially was 0-1 with a strikeout.  But he got a single and a stolen base in that phantom 9th.  The stolen base was nice after he overslid the second base bag yesterday.  Either way, even if it didn’t count, Ramos is still making an impression.

Dominic Leone – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO – He struck out the first batter he faced swinging.  He got the same to the second batter, getting him to swing at an off-speed pitch in the dirt.  The third batter flew out to right.

A quiet impression from Leone, who hasn’t got a lot chances, but at least today, he just zipped through his inning.

LaMonte Wade Jr – 2-3, 1 SO – In his first at-bat, he lined a single to left.  However, he got picked off of first.  He struck out swinging in his second at-bat.  In his third at-bat, he lined a single the other way to left. 

Wade started off a bit slowly this spring, but he’s starting to inch his batting average up.  After today’s 2-3 game, he’s now batting .286 on the spring.

Top Prospects

Joey Bart – 1-2, 1 BB – Pinch ran for Buster Posey in the third.  In his first at-bat, he hit a ground ball to shortstop, who kicked the ball, and Bart got on thanks to an error.  In his second at-bat, he hit a low pitch and looped it over the shortstop for a single.  In his third at-bat, he took the walk.

Will Wilson – 1-3, 1 SO – Struck out swinging in his first at-bat.  In his second at-bat, he hit a single up the middle into center.  In his third at-bat, he lined a hard fly ball to center field, and it was caught by a leaping center fielder in from of the 430 foot mark (it was a home run in any other park).  Defensively playing second, he had a couple of tough plays on softly-hit balls that he could not field either cleanly.

Others

Jason Krizan – 1-4, 1 SO, 1 CS – He struck out swinging in his first at-bat.  In his second at-bat, he bounced a groundout to second.  In his third at-bat, he grounded to second again.  In his fourth at-bat, he lined a single to left field after falling behind 0-2.  He was thrown out trying to steal.

Jarlin Garcia – 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0BB, 0 SO – The first batter he faced grounded out.  He gave up an infield single on a soft tapper to second, and then a single to center.  Garcia was able to pick off the runner, and got him into a rundown, with Garcia getting the final tag.  The next batter hit an RBI triple to center field.

Zack Littell – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO – He struck out the first batter he faced.  The second batter grounded out gently to third.  The third batter struck out swinging on a changeup.

Joe McCarthy – 0-1 – In his first at-bat, he grounded out to the first baseman.  He took a walk in his second appearance.

Ricardo Genovés – 0-1, 1 SO – In his first at-bat, he struck out swinging on a breaking pitch.

Rico Garcia – 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO – The first batter he faced grounded out to shortstop.  The second batter hit a high fly down the right field line for a double.  The next batter hit a fly out to right.  The final batter flew out to right field.