Sorry readers for not having posted anything the past week plus since i was really sick. Anyways, the Giants closed up their road trip nicely going 7-3 against the Braves, Pirates and Dodgers. They now welcome the Braves to their home for a 3 game series.
Game 1 the Giants handed the ball to Tim Lincecum who struggled big time against Pirates last time out, leaving most of his pitches up and not having any command. In his history however, he owns the Atlanta Braves. We talk so often about which teams and players have owned Lincecum and how he has struggled in places and so on, but we forget that their is a team that he has just flat dominated. He continued that on Monday. Everything was working and the strikeouts were the theme of the night. It always helps Timmy to pitch against a team that is prone to strikeout and the Braves strike out a whole lot. After walking the first batter of the game it was all sharp command for Lincecum as he was able to spot up his fastball and get the Braves free swingers to wave at all of his off-speed pitches. He got offensive help in the 2nd inning when new comer Tyler Colvin hit his first homer of the season off of a high fastball from Gavin Floyd, intk the bay. Timmy took a no hitter into the 5th inning until he made a mistake against BJ Upton who hit a homer into the bleachers. That was the only blemish on the night for Timmy as he went 7.2 innings, only 2 hits, and 11 strikeouts. He looked like the old Lincecum that we all loved. Colvin continued to help out with a 2 RBI triple down the line which led to the win.
San Francisco 4, Atlanta 2
Mr. Red hot Ryan Vogelsong took the hill for the Giants in game 2, Vogey had only given up 2 runs in his last 20.1 innings. He continued his pace in the first couple innings and he brought out the strikeout stuff to this outing against the Braves. He was able to get ahead of hitters and put them to sleep with his breaking balls. He made a mistake to Evan Gattis in the 4th which led to an RBI triple which gave the Braves the lead. On the other side Mike Minor for the Braves was dealing, he has the Giants hitters guessing all night long and they kept walking back to the dugout frustrated. The game for Vogelsong hit a wall in the 6th inning when Freddy Freeman hit a single to right and Hunter Pence threw a bullet to Buster Posey but Posey just somehow missed Jason Heyward who made a crazy outside slide to score. The inning just got out of control after that and the Giants were quickly down 4-0. Minor only went 6.2 innings but the bullpen for the Braves shut down the Giants offense and preserved the shutout.
Atlanta 5, San Francisco 0
Game 3 was set up to be a pitchers duel, Giants Madison Bumgarner against Braves Julio Tehran. That of course did not happen. Out of the gate Bumgarner struggled in the first inning, he got hit around by the Braves and gave up 2 runs. In the bottom of the first however, the Giants answered, Tehran who coming into this game was third in the league in ERA (1.71). The Giant hitters did not care as Hunter Pence tee'd off of him with a two run homer on an 0-2 high fastball to the deepest part of the park, they later took the lead and the were ahead 3-2. In the bottom of the second Gregor Blanco led off with a walk, stole second, then stole third and the throw sailed into left field to allow him to score. Despite being up 4-2, Bumgarner was unable to hold the lead when he gave up a double and then a triple to Chris Johnson and Andrelton Simmons respectively to tie the game 4-4. The Giants came right back in the bottom of the inning to take the lead. Both starters were out of the game by the middle of the 5th inning, but the Giants offense was not finished. Mike Morse in the bottom of 6th took a 1-1 fastball inside from Alex Wood and was able to get his bat inside the ball tha pulled it for a home run. His power is amazing. In the 8th they kept pouring it on as Brandon Crawford took a first pitch 95 MPH fastball and planted it into the SF bay for a two run homer.
San Francisco 10, Atlanta 4
The Giants continue to stay hot as they have won 5 of their last 7 games. They continue their homestand tomorrow as they welcome the Miami Marlins into town for the first game of a 4 game series. Matt Cain will toe the slab for the Giants, still searching for his first win of the season.
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