Giants outfielders drop three fly balls in a row, a breakdown

What Happened

In the latest installment of the "Battle of the Bay" rivalry, the San Francisco Giants' outfielders struggle with routine fly balls, leading to a series of comical and frustrating plays. In the top of the inning, Giants left fielder Darin Ruf camps under a high popup, but the ball bounces off the heel of his glove. Fortunately, the runner, Robbie Grossman of the Oakland Athletics, was running on the pitch and is forced out at second base. However, the Giants then botch the throw, allowing Grossman to reach safely. A frustrated Grossman throws up his hands, exclaiming, "You kidding me, dude?" The next batter hits another fly ball to center field, which Giants center fielder Tommy La Stella mishandles, jumping awkwardly and allowing the ball to drop. La Stella shrugs his shoulders, acknowledging his mistake. With two outs and a runner on third, the next Athletics batter hits a shallow fly ball that Ruf again fails to catch cleanly, letting the run score. The Giants' pitcher looks on in disbelief as Ruf checks his positioning for the next play. Despite the defensive lapses, Giants manager Gabe Kapler sticks with his outfielders and they eventually get out of the inning without further damage. Ruf's offensive performance this month, with a 1.182 OPS, 343 batting average and 410 on-base percentage, may be enough to keep him in the lineup, even if his glove work leaves something to be desired. This sloppy sequence of events in the "Battle of the Bay" rivalry highlights the unpredictable nature of baseball, where even the most seasoned professionals can struggle with the fundamentals at times. As the Giants and Athletics continue their storied matchup, the fans can only hope for a cleaner display of fielding from both sides in the games to come.

the battle of the bay got sloppy this

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lorianna throws that one into left field

nice high pop up darren ruff camps under

it gonna make the catch

uh-oh right off the heel of the glove

now the runner grossman was running and

then he was like oh [ __ ] it's going to

be caught i got to get back to first

base to tag up because he was running on

the pitch

then he's like wait he dropped it it's a

force out at second

so easy play here oh wait they mess up

that throw

now the back up and out they just beat

him for the force out

at second base and grossman puts his

hands on his hips and says you kidding

me dude

you kidding me and then ruff just checks

out

okay well that play's done we got an out

and uh where am i gonna be for the next

guy

let me just check this out grossman's

like what the hell

it wasn't fun at all just catch it next

time

just catch it we'll be in the same spot

the next batter he gets on loriano goes

to third

first and third now we're set up on the

corners but

two outs so we'll just induce another

fly ball

deep center lastella throws one out

there

camped under it not camped jumping

and

i don't know what that one was but i

don't know what any of them was but

like i don't know no need to do that

i mean at all and he's like well ah you

know my bad

what are you what do you want from me

the pitcher's like are you kidding me

next up we got two outs man on third

great another little pop-up i mean he's

playing way to the right so it's a long

run

here we go he gets there and right off

the heel of the glove

again this dude's glove positioning just

isn't

fantastic uh run scores he's like

okay whatever let me just check my spots

see where i'm supposed to be for the

next guy

i'll get him sooner or later pitcher's

like i don't think it matters dude

and then they eventually test out the

infield and the infield does a good job

and they get out of it now this one is

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and it's not all bad for darren ruff in

the month of september he's got a 1.182

ops he's got a 343 batting average and a

410 on base percentage

so yeah he dropped a couple balls who

cares he's been absolutely

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darren ruff

who cares about fly balls draftkings you

just want the points and he's got the

offense the bat is

going

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