Mauricio Dubn made his old team pay, notching three hits and two RBI in the Giants’ loss to the Houston Astros Monday night.
Giants right-hander Ross Stripling grew up near Dallas and lives in Houston in the offseason, and he certainly looked right at home in his return. Stripling had his best start of the year, allowing two runs in five innings and striking out five.
Stripling was working on a new changeup grip early in the year but scrapped it to go back to his old one; he also got five swinging strikes on the changeup.Before the game, Dubón said he was looking forward to seeing Brandon Crawford and Logan Webb this week, and also was excited about facing his former team. He ended up being in the middle of every rally.
The Giants traded Dubón last May because both he and Thairo Estrada were out of options and -- at the time -- they had a full infield. It's worked out well for both young infielders, although the Giants might regret not finding a way to keep them together.The bullpen was worn down by two games in Mexico City, so Sean Hjelle came in for the final out of the sixth and then got the seventh inning of a tie game. He wouldn't make it out of the inning.
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