So far in the playoffs we have seen some great performances and why should Thursday night be any different from the rest? I mean when you have the strikeout king and the 2 time CY Young award on the mound it's going to be a fun game to watch. Tim Lincecum was making his first ever postseason start in his career and he didn't disappoint at all!
Game 1 of the NLDS between the Atlanta Braves and the San Francisco Giants was the Tim Lincecum show. Pitching against Lincecum was Derek Lowe who has been in the postseason more times than he can count. In the 4th inning Cody Ross would hit an RBI single to give the Gaints a 1-0 lead and that's all they would need, the Gaints would let Lincecum take over from there. Derek Lowe would only last 5.1 innings pitched, gave up 4 hits, 1 earn run, 4 walks, 6 strikeouts, and threw 96 pitches. Those walks will kill you in a playoff game and it did. Lincecum pitched a 2 hit complete game shutout with 14 strikeouts, WOW!! If Tim Lincecum looked nervous he did not show it at all, for the 26 year old this is what he lives for, to pitch on the big stage and help his team to try to win a World Series title. The Giants would Game 1 by a score of 1-0 and now lead the series 1-0. Game 2 will be on tonight, pitching for the Giants will be Matt Cain and going for the Braves will be Tommy Hnason that game will start right after Game 2 between the Reds and Phillies game starts at 6:07 p.m. followed up by the Braves and Giants at 9:37 p.m. on TBS.
No comments:
Post a Comment