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Celebratory Wallpaper: NLCS
Juan Uribe amongst a sea of red, hitting the go-ahead homer that won the NLCS.
Giants-Phillies Game 6: Onward
I painted all day Saturday.
The wife and I just bought a new house, so my weekends have been
replaced by manual labor in an effort to make the house her own. Labor makes me tired and I almost forgot that
Game 6 was even happening that day, but I managed to wake up and tune in to see
the Phillies score 2 runs off Sanchez in the 1st.
Off to Game 7, eh?
God damn it.
I was tired, it had already been a long day, and the idea of
three hours of torture to cap off my evening did not appeal to me at all. I turned on Star Trek. This will be easier. Captain Kirk always wins, even when he’s in
Philadelphia.
It started off good.
I managed to sit back, relax and enjoy watching the exploits from where
no man has gone before. But then the
back of my brain started scratching.
“Hey, what if something awesome is happening right now? What if the Giants have hit eight home runs
in a row or something? You’re missing
it!” I brushed it off and kept watching,
but “what if…?”
I cave and flip to the game, “just briefly” I tell myself,
and it’s tied up 2-2. I convince myself
that a tie is worse than losing, and it will probably go 12 innings now just to
get to Game 7 anyway. I flip back to
Trek. Captain Kirk isn’t doing so well
but I’m confident he’ll come through.
I start switching back more frequently. Every time there’s the briefest lull in Trek
action, I use it as an excuse to “let’s just quickly see how it’s going.” Still 2-2.
Over and over again, it’s still 2-2.
Every time I switch back, there’s a new pitcher; Sanchez, Affeldt,
Bumgarner (BUMGARNER?) and it continues to remain 2-2.
By the 8th inning, I’m watching more baseball
than Trek. It was more torturous to not
know what was going on than it was to just watch the torture. UUUU-Ribe hits a home run. Captain Kirk will have to go on without
me. Game 7 gets farther away. Can we hold them?
Lincecum is brought in to try. Lincecum!
One day of rest and coming in to help close? Ridiculously unusual, and I’m not sure if it’s
a great idea, but I’m glad to see him anyway.
He strikes out Werth. But then
Victorino and Ibanez get on base. Oh
no. Then they call in Wilson. Oh no again.
This is too early for him isn’t it?
It’s only the 8th.
They should only bring him in when there’s three outs left, not
five! Double play-YES!
Three more outs and the World Series.
Wilson’s back. Good, it has to be Wilson. Ross Gload grounds out, two more to go. Jimmy Rollins walks, oh no. That’s okay, Wilson always has to have a
little drama, it’s part of his charm. Palanco
grounds out. ONE MORE TO GO. Utley walks.
OH NO. There’s drama and then
there’s drama, Wilson. Ryan Howard steps
up. The crappy Fox announcers talk about
how he hasn’t done anything for the Phillies all post-season. “Thanks for the jinx”, I think to myself, wondering
if this will be the moment where he decides to snap out of his funk and hit one
out of the park to keep his team in the game.
Strikeout! Giants win
the NLCS! World Series bound!
The Giants come rushing off the bench and everyone jumps up
and down as the quietest stadium I’ve ever seen in my life watches their
victory. My wife and mother-in-law were
all watching at this point, and even they commented that it seemed a shame no
one else was celebrating. Were there no
Giants fans there? Probably but
considering the massive sea of red, they must have been few and far between. I didn’t expect fireworks or even applause
really, but man was that moment quiet.
It’s a real shame they couldn’t have won it in San Francisco.
Nothing against the Rangers, but they weren’t officially in
it until the other day and haven’t really been on my radar. The Phillies have been the team to beat since
the Giants made it into the post-season.
They’ve been to the World Series the last two years and have clinched
their division consecutively since 2007 and they were number one in the
National League this year. They were the
hurdle the Giants had to get past as soon as the regular season was done. Hats off to you Phillies, MUCH respect. You didn’t make it easy.
Off to the World Series.
Giants vs Rangers. Posey vs
Molina. “Haven’t won a World Series
since NY” vs “Haven’t won a World Series ever.”
I know little about the Rangers, other than Molina’s been hitting and
Cliff Lee is full of win. I’ll look into
them later. Right now let’s just bask in
the joy of winning the NLCS.
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh….
P.S.
Congrats to Cody Ross for being selected MVP of the
NLCS. You da man!
Giants-Phillies Game 5: Want In One Hand…
Didn’t get to watch the game yesterday. Open House night at Little Girl’s school. We went to pizza before it started so I got to see inning three, which was the game changer, so I guess I saw everything I ultimately needed to see.
I wanted Lincecum to get the win as he’s the “franchise” and all. I’m glad he at least pitched better than Halladay again, despite the loss. I guess Halladay now says he had a groin injury though.
I wanted the final win to happen in SF and now that will not happen one way or the other. It’s all Philadelphia from here.
Texas and San Francisco are now in the same boat, except Texas is at home. The Magic Number is 1 and it’s the Padres all over again. Hopefully with the same outcome, even if it that means more torture on a grander scale.
Trying to not lose hope, but a little piece got chipped off yesterday. But we still have the advantage. It’s do-or-do-or-die time for the Giants and do-or-die time for the Phillies. It’s a do-over opportunity for Sanchez. It’s head down, no errors, play smart and well, and let’s get this done time.
See you all Monday, hopefully with a new banner and another celebratory wallpaper!
Giants-Phillies Game 4: Mirror Universe
Yesterday’s Game 4 was the opposite of Game 3, lackluster pitching, stellar offense and horribly torturous.
It started as I left work, so I got to listen to it on the radio on my commute home, which is always a nice way to stave off the boredom of the drive. Sanchez scores off an RBI from Posey in the 1st and I instantly think “uh oh” for some reason. I have no stats or research to back this up, but I always feel like when the Giants score early they end up losing it. Still, first run on the board, so let’s try and be excited, shall we?
Bottom of the 3rd, again Buster drives in Huff to score with a double to center field. Well alright, maybe this will be okay! Let’s do this!
Top of the 5th, everything falls apart and the Phillies score 4 runs. Ack. The crappy post-season announcers start patting themselves on the back because their team is now winning and start spouting off stats like how the Giants haven’t score more than 3 runs in game since Game 2 against Pittsburgh in 1975. ”Can that be right?” I thought to myself but figured it probably was. So we’re out then right? Darn.
Somewhat answering back, Huff drives in Torres with a single to center field. Okay well they’ve hit their cap. Still losing.
Bottom of the 6th, Pablo Sandoval of all people hits a double and Burrell and Ross score. WHAT THE HECK? That’s more than 3 runs! We’re ahead again! OH MY GOD are we going to do this?
Top of the 8th, Jason “the Jesus” Werth hits a double and Ryan Howard scores, tying the game. I get pissed at this point. I hate tied games after the 7th. I loathe them. I hate the idea and possibility of extra innings. Extra innings are so damn torturous and seemingly never ending. And yet here we are, probably going into extra innings. At this point I admit, I was a bad fan and took a break. Dishes needed to get done anyway, kids needed to be put to bed. I wasn’t sure if I was going to come back. But the wife was uncharacteristically light with the cooking hardware and dishes were done relatively quickly, and back again was I in front of the television, nails digging into sweaty palms.
Nothing happens for the Giants in the 8th, nothing happens for the Phillies in the 9th. The status quo remains, extra innings are looming, I need to turn this off but I can’t. The Phillies bring in Roy Oswalt for the 9th. NOT HIM! He schooled the Giants in Game 2, we’re never going to get anything now. The only saving grace, I thought to myself, was that if we lose tonight, at least they had to wreck their second starter to do it.
But wait, he’s on two days rest and they’re hitting off him. Single by Huff! Single by Posey, Huff takes 3rd! They bring in Uribe. He hasn’t played all night, his wrist is jacked, but I knew he could do it. Hindsight is 20/20, but I was feeling it. I was positive. I don’t know why, I’m rarely positive. But Huff was right there, it wouldn’t take much. He could do it. UUUU-RIBE! sacrifices one to left field and Huff slides into home.
GIANTS WIN!
I feel like I need to burst with opinionated ravings but I also want to just shut up and let it ride until it’s done done. No jinxes. Everybody keeps asking me today if I’m happy and excited, and yes of course, but my answer is always “we still got one to go” because I don’t want to get ahead of this.
Lincecum vs Halladay rematch tonight. I’m trying not to cave to superstition (because I easily could) but whatever everybody did on Game 1 of the post-season, do it again. Lincecum needs to be on fire. I want a win tonight. I don’t want another away win, where the celebratory Giants are surrounded by sad faces and crying managers. I want to see orange rally rags and panda hats and chicks with beards.
Tonight will be the hardest game the Giants have had to win all season. But it’s going to be the hardest game the Phillies have had to win all season too.
Giants-Phillies Game 3: Home Sweet Home
I love day games because I get to watch them. Digitally anyway, as I hide MLB’s Game Day amongst my many open work windows. You would think watching a pixelated baseball game wouldn’t be very exciting but I’ve found that it’s just as interesting as listening to a game on the radio or watching it on TV. Well maybe not “just as….” but pretty close.
Yesterday’s game was a good example of how the Giants have been doing it all year; stellar pitching, a sprinkling of offense and the game is won. The only difference between yesterday’s game and your average win of the season was that it was completely free of torture. Other than a very brief nail biter in the 7th inning, the game was very straight forward. Even Brian Wilson didn’t load the bases before getting his three outs. Weird!
The Bochy Shuffle seems to be working as Matt Cain, who swapped starting positions with Sanchez, threw a three-hit shutout. Renteria moved to first and got the first hit of the game in the 5th. Cody Ross was bumped to fifth and drove Renteria home with a single to left field. In the same inning, Huff, who was bumped to sixth, drove home Burrell with a single to second base. Aaron Rowand was added to the line-up and gets on base in the 6th with a double to left field, and Freddie Sanchez, who’s probably the only guy who kept his same position, runs in Rowand with another single to second base.
Huff and Sanchez should thank Utley for doing his best Brooks Conrad impression.
Yesterday I posted a comparison chart between Hamels and Cain:
Here’s how they compared yesterday:
Other than the bases on ball, pretty much the same thing, eh? I love it when a stat comes together! Matt Cain is not an undersized, two time Cy Young winner with a wild pitching style. He’s doesn’t have a shoe polished beard. He has no drama, so no one talks about him. But he’s Mister Giant in terms of tenure, and he’s a constant, which may not be interesting for the media to talk about, but I think he rocks anyway. Check it:
Bad start in April and a mild dip in June, but otherwise the guy is a flat line. Certainly more consistent then his fellow starting pitchers. Not better or worse, but right down the middle.
Anyway, two more to go. It would be great if they could clinch it in San Francisco, but that’s probably asking too much. It would be great if they could clinch it period. Let’s stick with that.
Cain vs Hamels
Can’t write about Game 3 today because it hasn’t happened yet. Everybody got a day off yesterday so they could bring the fun to San Francisco. So let’s look at more stats!
Now that it’s a tied series, Game 3 seems like a pivotal point for both teams, so I’m glad Cain got swapped with Sanchez for third starter position. Not that I dislike any of our starting pitchers in the slightest, but I feel like Cain is the coolest cucumber of the bunch. Giants lose today and everything will fall on Bumgarner, which may not be fair to the rookie.
So let’s see what Matt’s up against: Matt Cain vs Cole Hammels.
Cole Hammels
| H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Posey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Edgar Renteria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Andres Torres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Juan Uribe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Pat Burrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Aubrey Huff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Tim Lincecum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Cody Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Aaron Rowand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Freddy Sanchez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Jonathan Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Nate Schierholtz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Eli Whiteside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Matt Cain
| H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Rollins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Carlos Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Chase Utley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Joe Blanton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ross Gload | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Raul Ibanez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Placido Polanco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Shane Victorino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jayson Werth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
Summary
They tie for home runs allowed, but Cain has a better RBI, bases on balls and overall batting average. Unfortunately Hamels clearly has the better strike out count, which is my personal favorite pitching stat, as it seems like the only one they have complete control over. Oh well, Cain still takes three out of five.
How about just offense in general. Seems like the deciding factor in everyone’s mind is that the Giants probably won’t make it because, while they have great pitching, their offense isn’t there. I can see that argument, I have been following them the entire season after all. So how do they do against the Phillies offensively?
Yep. The Phillies either tie or are better than the Giants at everything offensively, except their overall batting average, which is worse by a hair. But speaking of hair, that chart doesn’t make the Phillies offense seem as foreboding as I was lead to believe. Yes it’s better, but not by leaps and bounds. They have 4 more home runs than the Giants this season. Seems more like the Phillies base stealing and ability to generate bases on balls is what the Giants should be worrying about.
Since I looked at the offense, let’s look at pitching, even though according to everyone it’s a wash:
So how come pitching is a wash but offensive is a shoe in for the Phillies? Seems like both sets of stats are fairly close (something I would assume is true of all post-season teams), the Giants edging out the Phillies in everything but bases on balls (damn that Sanchez!).
Anyway, I guess I’m bias, but all I’m saying is I think this is a closer race than people are thinking (and by people, I mostly mean media).
So let’s take Game 3 and shock the crap out of everybody. GO GIANTS!
Giants-Phillies Game 2: One Off
Yesterday was weird.
We were supposed to go to the local pumpkin patch around the time of the game. But then it started raining so we didn’t go. Serendipitously I had gotten around to cleaning the rain gutters and cleaning out the side yard the day before.
My wife decided to go shopping earlier that afternoon and took her daughter, leaving me alone with the baby for the first time in his existence. It was a fairly lackluster event as he slept through the whole thing, but I didn’t shower or get dressed thinking at any minute he would wake up.
In lieu of going to the pumpkin patch, my wife invited her mother and nieces over to hang at our house. So the game is about to start, it’s raining outside, I haven’t got ready for the day, and there’s three little girls running around screaming and a baby boy whining and pulling on my arm while the wife and mother-in-law intelligently hide in the kitchen.
Off to a good start (sarcasm).
Game starts and the Phillies score a run in the first inning. I use the term “run” loosely as no running was necessary. Sanchez loaded the bases and then walked somebody home. Granted the scoring pitch should have been strike 3, but that doesn’t matter because A) the same botched call happened to the Phillies in game 1 and that’s what karma is all about and B) Fontenot’s error throwing to 1st base combined with Sanchez’s pension for walking people is what got them to having such a tight margin of error.
Off to a good start (sarcasm).
Then in the 4th, three Giants stand around looking like morons as a pop fly falls at their feet in front of home plate. Fontenot was again credited with an error, but I think Sanchez should have had that one. He was there already, and he didn’t even look like he was saying anything. COMMUNICATION people!
At this point I’m about as interested in watching this game as the Giants are in playing it.
But then in the 5th, Cody Ross gets up to bat. At this point, the annoying announcers (that are so lame, my wife at one point shouted from the safety of her hiding place and asked me if I was watching football – yes it sounded like I was watching football because they are that lame) started talking to some elderly Phillies gentleman, who was probably the manager but maybe the pitching coach or something, asking him about what they were putting in place to counter Cody Ross and they show Cody Ross hitting a home run. But it wasn’t a home run from Game 1 like I thought, it was a home run happening NOW. I think the announcers thought it was a clip too, because mid question they finally said, “Oh hey, he hit a home run!” It was awesome. Cody Ross is like Kryptonite for Philadelphia.
So now it’s tied up. Much better. The kids aren’t as annoying anymore.
But it didn’t last because in answer the Phillies scored another one in the same inning. Yippee.
During the 6th, dinner comes and goes and so do the visitors. I wait for the wife to straighten up a little bit and then I pass the baby off to her with the excuse that I need to do the dishes. I tell her the TV is hers but I feel done with this game. I’m tired, I’m smelly, I’m dying for some piece and quiet and I just wasn’t in the mood to watch the game anymore, even though it was still close and could have gone either way at that point.
So I go do the dishes, as promised, slapping on my head phones and listening to Why Is This News? as they break down the LCS and explain to me why the Phillies and Yankees will be going to the World Series again. After dishes, I decide to go take a shower and while stripping down in my room (picture it!) I flip on the game again, only to see that now it is no longer any man’s game, as some how 4 runs were scored off the Giants’ bullpen in the 7th.
Perfect end really. Whatever.
I shower and go to bed. The baby, who normally sleeps until at least 5am, decides to get up at 1am, 3am and 6am and for some reason I couldn’t get back to sleep after his initial 1am outburst. I could blame it on me mulling over the loss, but really I wasn’t thinking about baseball. I have no idea what was keeping me up. I watched Near Dark again. Good flick, could be better.
So now I’m tired and we’re 1-1. I’m not especially worried. It seemed unlikely the Giants would get the first 2 right off the bat. I’m glad they got at least one game in Philadelphia and now they’re coming home. Hopefully that gives the offense and pitching staff a boost. That’s how home field advantage works, right?
Giants-Phillies Game 1: Phillies Lose
Giants didn’t win, but Phillies lost. Doesn’t that seem like how it is? I’m not saying I feel that way, but for some reason it feels like everyone else outside the Bay Area feels that way. In fact I don’t feel anyone thinks the Giants are even supposed to be here, like they just lucked their way to the top somehow.
The announcers seemed especially annoying. They were not our usual Kruk and Kuip or Jon Miller. I don’t know what their names were, but they must have been ex-Phillies players or something, because none of them seemed to predict anything good from the Giants. To paraphrase:
Announcer #1 = Man that Roy Halladay is the greatest pitcher of all time, isn’t he?Announcer #1 = You said it A1!A1 = I mean I guess I’d go see a Lincecum game. Y’know, if I got a free ticket or something. And Roy Holladay wasn’t pitching. And I didn’t have to mow my lawn.A2 = Yeah Lincecum’s pretty good.A1 = Yeah…Hey did I ever tell you I made out with a gal who dated Halladay once?A2 = You…are…SO…lucky!
The Phillies only lost because the umpire had rotating strike zone, never mind that he was umpiring when Lincecum was pitching too, and Lincecum ended up with a better ERA and more strikeouts. It was definitely the umpire. Because a “hippy with bad teeth” can’t out-pitch Doc Halladay, right?
So Harry Halladay didn’t get a shutout and the Phillies lose and the game is disappointing. Well I’m sorry but I enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it more if the Giants had kept their 3-1 lead, mind you, but hey sitting on the edge of my seat for three innings was fun too.
I don’t know what the future is for this series, how many games, who’s going to take it, blah blah blah, but the Giants did something the Reds couldn’t and our star pitcher beat the Phillies star pitcher. That alone gives me enough happy to fuel my week. The media can suck it. We’re here and, win or lose, we’re bringing torture to Philadelphia!
P.S.
Did you know this was the first post-season to have two pitchers facing each other both with the middle name LeRoy?
P.P.S.
Did you know that Cody Ross spelled backwards is “Ssory Doc?”
Philadelphia vs San Francisco
In an effort to kill time while I impatiently wait for Saturday, I guess I’ll do what I did last time before facing the Braves and look at some numbers going into the Championship series. I should point out that looking at the numbers didn’t help me predict anything in any way, and they probably won’t again, but it makes my blog look fancy, so let’s do it anyway.
How do they rank overall? Well I already know the Phillies are the #1 ranked team, but let’s suffer through the details anyway:
Yep, they pretty much dominate everything in that department, don’t they? The Giants have a better “Last 10″ but not by much, and that’s not counting the post season, where the Giants lost one to the Braves while the Phillies swept the Reds. So yeah, no help there. (But keep in mind that the #1 team doesn’t always win the World Series!) Let’s see how they do against each other:
| Date | Tm | Opp | RS | RA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-26 | San Francisco Giants | Philadelphia Phillies | W | 5 | 1 | |
| 2010-04-27 | San Francisco Giants | Philadelphia Phillies | W | 6 | 2 | |
| 2010-04-28 | San Francisco Giants | Philadelphia Phillies | L | 6 | 7 | |
| 2010-08-17 | San Francisco Giants | @ | Philadelphia Phillies | L | 3 | 9 |
| 2010-08-18 | San Francisco Giants | @ | Philadelphia Phillies | L | 2 | 8 |
| 2010-08-19 | San Francisco Giants | @ | Philadelphia Phillies | W | 5 | 2 |
| For 2010, SFG won 3, PHI won 3. | ||||||
Hey that’s better! 3-3 against each other this season, and both teams have a 2-1 record in away games. So if we don’t do so hot in Philadelphia, maybe we can make up some ground when we return home.
Of course the big draw of this series is the pitching. It’s great that the starting rotation is in sync too, so we’ll be getting one against one, two against two, etc. So like last time, sticking with just the first game pitching, we have the superstars: Roy Halladay vs Tim Lincecum.
Roy Halladay:
| H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Whiteside | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .667 |
| Aubrey Huff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Edgar Renteria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Cody Ross | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 |
| Jonathan Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Nate Schierholtz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Andres Torres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
Tim Lincecum:
| H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Howard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .667 |
| Greg Dobbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ross Gload | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Cole Hamels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Raul Ibanez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Roy Oswalt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Placido Polanco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Carlos Ruiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chase Utley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Shane Victorino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Jayson Werth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Summary
Pretty close overall though Lincecum edges out in the RBI’s allowed and overall Batting Average against him and is the clear winner in the Strikeouts department. They’ve both pitched one game during the playoffs, and while Halladay’s was probably more note-worthy as it was a no-hitter, Lincecum’s two-hitter was more success in terms of overall pitching domination as he had 14 strikeouts to Halladay’s eight. AND Roy Halladay has yet to face Pat Burrell, Buster Posey and Juan Uribe, who could arguably be our best hitters right now.
But a close race to be sure. I’m really looking forward to this series. As I’ve mentioned many times before, I like the Phillies quite a bit so I’m excited to face them. Of course I want the Giants to come out on top, but regardless of the outcome, watching two of my favorite teams going head-to-head in the NLCS should be really fun!
