Gigantes 2 | Astros 1
WP: Tim Lincecum (5-0)
LP: Roy Oswalt (2-5)
SV: B. Wilson (8)
Gameday Recap
Gamezone Commentary
What happens when you add Tim Lincecum and Roy Oswalt with a very generous home plate strikezone umpire? Well, you basically get very frustrated hitters whose jobs become near impossible. Just ask Carlos Lee who got himself run in the 4th inning arguing with home plate umpire Wilke. It was just not a day for offense, more of a day for whoever of the pitchers makes the biggest mistake. So let’s go to the tale of the tape:
Tim Lincecum
8 IPs
4 Hits
5 Strikeouts
5 Walks (how did that happen?)
1 earned run
1 mistake (WP) lead to the one run
Roy Oswalt
7 IPs
6 Hits
7 Strikeouts
0 Walks
2 earned runs
1 mistake (fat pitch) to Uribe for a two run jack
That’s it, that is the ballgame as this quick and briskly played game went pretty much to script. Come watch Lincecum and Oswalt battle, get a little extra help from the home plate blue and that is all one should expect to see today. Chris Sampson logged an inning of stelar relief.
Then…
Jint closer Brian “Beach Boy” Wilson added the drama in the ninth when he walked the first batter (Feliz), gets two quick outs, ph Sullivan reaches on a hard smash infield single and then walks Michael Bourn. Bases loaded, two outs and in steps Kazuo Matsui. 15 pitches later, Matsui flies to left field to end the game. Good battle, but not to be on this day.
Go get them tomorrow.