Giants’ Matt Duffy sits, works on hitting mechanics

Giants’ Matt Duffy sits, works on hitting mechanics

Duffy has watched more video of his at-bats than normal, trying to break down his mechanics and figure why he’s scuffling after hitting .295 as a rookie.

Duffy has two hits in his last 23 at-bats, is 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and averaged just 3.29 pitches per plate appearance in the past week.

If I have a good, hard aggressive swing and get on top of the ball and hit a hard grounder to shortstop or second base and hit into a double play, I could almost live with that.

[...] right now, I’m taking half-hearted swings and hitting into double plays.

Tomlinson played 10 professional games at third base, including four last year with Triple-A Sacramento, but his only three starts came in the Arizona rookie league in 2011.

Giants lineup: CF Span, 2B Panik, C Posey, RF Pence, 1B Belt, SS Crawford, 3B Tomlinson, RH Peavy, LF Pagan.

Diamondbacks lineup: 2B Segura, 3B Lamb, 1B Goldschmidt, RF Peralta, LF Tomas, C Castillo, SS Ahmed, CF Owings, RH Bradley.