Lincecum outpitches Halladay and Giants take game one..

[Upton]

Cody Ross 2 HR...thank you Marlins.

[HuckleB]

1. Fantastic game. -eom-

[Upton]

2. Phillies know they're in a for a series now...

This is Giants baseball. Followed the script perfectly. And Cody Ross is going off.

[HuckleB]

3. I hope it goes seven.

Well, I always hope it goes seven, unless my team is in it, and my team is never in it.

But, yeah, I think you're right.

[Gemini Cat]

4. That was a great game.

[Forkboy]

5. I watched hockey.

My interest in baseball plummeted this year for some reason. But out of the teams left, I'm definitely rooting for the Giants.

[trumad]

6. I gotta say...

SF is playing great B-Ball and it may be the year they finally win a series for their hometown fans.

[elleng]

7. Ya mean NYC, their REAL hometown???

NEVER support a DESERTER!!!

[elleng]

8. Outpitches?

HOW MANY WALKS? He's LUCKY Phils didn't get home in 8th + 9th!

JMHO, of course!

[Upton]

10. Yep..outpitches..

Neither pitcher had his best stuff, but since both pitchers went the same number of innings, it should be easy to determine who had the superior performance.. I'll highlight the winner in each category..

IP

Lincecum: 7
Halladay: 7

Hits

Lincecum: 6
Halladay: 8

ER

Lincecum: 3
Halladay: 4

K's

Lincecum: 8
Halladay: 7

BB

Lincecum: 3
Halladay: 0

Oh, and Tim now possesses a post season ERA of 1.69 as opposed to Halladay's 2.25

[elleng]

13. 'Giants escaped with a 4-3 victory.'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/16/AR2010101604441.html

[elleng]

9. Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum fell short in their encore presentations.

Pitching duel fizzles!!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/sports/baseball/17nlcs.html?hp

[Upton]

11. Great last paragraph..

There was almost complete silence inside the ballpark when Giants closer Brian Wilson, who recorded all four of his outs on strikeouts, fanned Shane Victorino to end the game. The Philadelphia fans seemed shocked — not only that they had lost, but that Halladay, their ace, had actually given up hits and runs and, by comparison with his opponent, too many of them.

[elleng]

12. and I like this:

'But what the game lacked in pitching brilliance, it made up for in unexpected plot twists and late-inning chess moves, and when it was over the Giants escaped with a 4-3 victory.'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/16/AR2010101604441.html

[Auggie]

14. Pitching Duel Fizzles? Bad headline by the Times...

both pitchers were equally effective. I call that a duel.