Giants Weekend In Arizona (Recap)
Friday Night
The Giants had a very nice weekend in Arizona. Lincecum look really good on Friday night. He got his first win of the season. Lincecum struck out 12 D-Backs and a total of 25 in his last 2 starts (both against the D-Backs). In the 2 games Lincecum only gave up 1 run in 16 innings against the D-Backs. The Giants won the Friday night game 5-1.
Saturday
Saturday the Giants sent Randy Johnson to the mound. He was struggling and walked 7 guys. That’s the most guys he’s walked since July 25th 2000. He only lasted 3 1/3 innings. The Giants picked up Johnson and managed to still get the win. The Giants won 5-3 over the D-Backs.
Sunday
The Giants were going for the 3 game sweep on Sunday. They sent Matt Cain to the mound. Cain has had the best start out of the 5 Giants starting pitchers. Cain pitched 7 innings only allowing 1 run. Pablo Sandoval hit a 3 run home run in the top of the 8th inning to give the Giants a 4-1 lead. Cain was in line to get the win. The Giants bring in closer Brian Wilson to close the game out. Didn’t look like Wilson was able to locate his pitches where he wanted to. Wilson gave up 3 runs in the 9th inning and 2 came off a game-tying two run home run by Justin Upton. We did let a sweep slip away, but still a very good weekend overall. Giants lost in the 12th inning 4-5. Giants fans are happy with being able to take 2 out of 3 from the D-Backs in Arizona. I’m sure Wilson will be ready to go against the Dodgers.
~ King of Cali
As the song goes – 2 out of 3 ain’t bad! Great weekend for the Giants. I had seen that Randy Johnson had struggled. He’s not having an easy time getting to those 300 wins.
Julia
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Cain has got to be one of the unluckiest pitchers in baseball. Last year his run support was second lowest in all of baseball. I like Cain a lot. I wish he was on my Cubs. If he can get some run support this year 15 wins for him should be a lock.
Ron
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another solid outing for Zito. best pitching staff in the NL west ya got there
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Great to see the Giants getting it together! Got a nice win against the Dodgers last night. I love it when the Giants play the Dodgers, because I can fall asleep watching the Giants, but listening to Scully.
-Kathy
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