Giants’ Samardzija allows two more homers after three terrific innings
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - It would not be the final week of spring training without abject fear over a key player's performance in the exhibitions. Every team has one or two.
When one of them is the third starter in a rotation that lacks ordinary depth and experience, the old baseball chestnut that "it's just spring training" becomes more of a prayer.
After surrendering three homers in an inning not once, but in each of his past two starts, Jeff Samardzija pitched in a Triple-A game at the Cubs' complex in Mesa on Wednesday, Sacramento vs. Iowa.
His first three innings were exceptional.