San Francisco– The Giants continued their winning ways, taking their streak to five on Saturday. Matt Cain went seven innings, picking up his seventh win. Cain had plenty of help from his teammates Saturday night. The Giants busted out the bats and put up a total of eight, winning 8-4.
After scoring only three runs in the first two games, both victories, the Giants put up five runs in the second. Juan Uribe and Pablo Sandoval both drove in runs before Andres Torres went deep scoring Uribe and Sandoval. Buster Posey continued to fulfill the prophecy in the third inning. The rookie catcher hit his eighth homer of the year, and seventh this month, and its only half over. He went 2/4 on the day, and also scored two runs. His batting average is now a healthy .356.
The Giants are now 50-41 on the year, nine games above .500. The Giants are 9-1 in the last 10 games. Today is the game that may fill the Giants with the confidence they will need for the last half of the season. Twice this season the Giants were nine games above .500, but never 10. The last time was when they were 40-31, 20 games ago. The Giants went on a skid, even reaching 41-40 at one point. It’s time to hush the critics and solidify themselves as a contender.
The Giants will have their hands full today if they are two sweep the New York Mets. They will face former two time Cy Young Award winner, Johan Santana. The Giants will have to have quality at-bats to try and wear down the Mets’ ace. Jonathon Sanchez will take the hill for the Giants. Sanchez looks to win his eighth on the year. Sanchez will definitely need more than a few runs from his comrades.
This is a huge game, not only would the Giants sweep the Mets and move their record to 51-41, this is their last game at home for a week. The boys from the bay have a seven game road trip versus the Dodgers(3), and the Diamondbacks(4). The Giants are currently 22-24 on the road, but a measly 9-20 against the NL West. Nothing would help more than the confidence of a six game win streak before hitting the road. The Giants also have a chance to go above .500 on the road, which is a true sign of a contender. Time to win some respect.
Go Giants.
