Bridge Ball

Schmidt Yeah!
With the wind howling in off Lake Michigan and game time temperate hovering around 51 degrees, Jason Schmidt had the pitching performance of the year for the Giants last night, only allowing a fifth inning infield single to Michael Barrett and walked Moises Alou in the fourth. He struck out 13. It could well have been the best game pitched in the majors this year, except for the fact that Randy Johnson threw the El Perfecto in Atlanta last night.

A Felipe Alou move last night got Schmidt the win. Sick and tired of Deivi Cruz and Neifi Perez supplying zero offense with good defense, Alou gave Pedro Feliz his first career start at shortstop. Just like that, Feliz came through with a solid single to center scoring Barry Bonds for the only run of the evening. Honestly, I don't know why Alou didn't do this earlier. Sure Feliz isn't going to remind anyone of Ozzie Smith out there, but he sure the hell is just as good as Rich Aurilia at this point. The team has to milk as much offense as they can out of their lineup. Making Feliz a regular at short will go a long ways toward accomplishing that goal.