No game in May really means anything, but when you're as desperate for competitive baseball as we Giants fans are, you'll take what you can get. So when circumstances put them in position to climb within a few games of the psychically damaged Dodgers and make a race out of the NL West, it took on playoff-like drama. (Not really, but you get the point.) So the way the Giants fell on their collective face on semi-national TV was pretty disappointing. Surprising it was not.
Again the Giants were shut down -- shut out as a matter of fact, by the legendary Eric Stultz -- and Jonathan Sanchez remained maddeningly inconsistent and wild. Sanchez didn't get any help from home plate ump Dan Iassogna, who squeezed him quite a bit, especially during LA's 3-run 3rd inning, or the Giants offense, but he was sub-par any way you look at it.
Again the Giants lost a game in which they failed to score first. They are now 2-14 those games, in stark contrast to their 13-0 record when scoring first. I think the key to that stat is the fact that scoring first guarantees you actually score. The stat could almost be amended to simply "When the Giants score
The Good News: The Giants still have a chance to win yet another series, continue their impressive streak of non-losing series, and end a tough road trip with a winning record, and they sent out Tim Lincecum. If the hitters can scratch out a couple of runs against Jeff Weaver -- which will be a lot easier if Bruce Bochy will see fit to playing Bengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval at the same time -- they have a shot.
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