Thursday, October 21, 2010

Painful (NLCS Game 5)

I thought we got off to a great start.
For the past several games in this series, its been like this: the team that got on the board first, won the game. There was a lot of back and forth, but that team always managed to win.

Today the Giants got on the board in the first and scored on a fielder's choice (crappy Conrad like fielding from Utley) and Posey got the RBI. At one point we were up 1-0, but we just couldn't hang on.

Today's game was very...MESSY.
Errors, and off line catches. Fouls that were called fair and slow reactions cost us Game 5 to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Roy Halladay attempted to bunt, his bunt ended up behind the plate, or on the plate, which is normally ruled foul. Instead it was called fair, and the throw to third to Sandoval to attempt to keep Ibanez (who unfortunately today produced) from stealing third, but he didn't manage to get his foot on the bag in time for the out. Halladay, thank goodness, reacted slow, thus he wasn't able to make it to first one time.

In the hellish third inning for the Giants, the Phillies were able to score two more with some balls hit nicely into the outfield, out of reach for Burrell, Torres, and Cody. At the end of the third, the Giants were down by two. Being early in the game, no one was having a panic attack quite yet.

We were able to kind of rally in the next inning. Cody Ross doubling in Burrell who had doubled before him. On a pop fly by Sandoval, Ross thought he could make it to third, so he broke for third, aaaannndd he didn't make it -- ending the inning. Cody had a rough night tonight, striking out mulitiple times -- swinging...I know his wrist hurts, but he can obviously still double. I hope that monstrous bruise on his wrist gets better by the time the Giants are in Philli.

The panic attack came when we just couldn't get men on base home.
We left them stranded there more than once. We had plenty of opportunities, and they just vanished.

Tim Lincecum didn't have the game of his life, but he did O.K, the change up looking better than I remember it. Like they said though, the velocity slowly decreasing...

Javier Lopez made an appearance tonight; good as always.
Sergio Romo also came out...though he was gone after he somehow injured himself tripping and trying to run to first base. Man down.

We wasted the 8th to come back, and in the 9th, Werth hit a solo-shot over the right field wall off of Ramierez, and the score was 4-2.

Damn you Werth.

Anyway, after a quick ninth, and Lidge striking out pinch hitter Ishikawa swinging, the Giants scrambled out of that dugout as quick as the possibly could and the crowd was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The Giants are off the Phillie -- again.
Is it just me, or does it feel like we're mirroring the Rangers vs. Yankees series?

The fact that we were so close just made that loss just so much more painful.
I'm going to now go two days trying my best to hate Roy Oswalt (hate the enemy). On a weirdly different note, I've decided that I want Dan Uggla to be a Giant, it fits.

Our team looked tired today, worn out; ready to take a nap.
Seriously, Cody Ross and Pat Burrell both looked like they could have fallen asleep right there on the grass. Huff was swaying on first base, and Freddy could maybe fall asleep standing up. Posey was maybe sleeping behind the mask; dozed off a few times.

well, no more of that, WAKE UP GUYS.
Get some sleep on that 4 hour plane ride over to Philli.

On Saturday, Jonathan Sanchez will take the mound against Roy Oswalt.
Despite Oswalts stunning (see! there go the compliments!) home record, the Giants have proven that what happens in the regular season means nothing in the post-season.

Sanchez has proven to be our pressure pitcher.
Put the champagne glasses down, breh.
We ain't done yet.

JUST. ONE. MORE.
sound familiar?
Yeah.

Let's go out there and play like we mean it.

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