18 games in September: X

Matt Cain started the second half of The Streak by shutting down the Dodgers. The Giants took a 1-0 lead in the 7th when Travis Ishikawa doubled with one out. Chad Billingsley wild-pitched pinch-runner Emmanuel Burris to third, and he scored on a two-out Mike Fontenot single. A wild pitch by reliever Kenley Jansen in the 8th moved Aubrey Huff (who doubled off George Sherrill to start the inning) to third and he scored on a Pablo Sandoval grounder. That was enough. Brian Wilson surrendered a two-out 9th inning solo shot to Andre Ethier for the only blemish. Clayton Richard got thumped in Colorado and the Giants crept back to within 1/2 game of San Diego. The Giants only managed to go 6-3 in the first half of The Streak despite giving up a paltry 13 runs. They lost two 1-0 games and a 3-1 game! More importantly, though, they gained 1-1/2 games in the standings. The 82-64 Giants had just 16 games left to make their move!

--M.C.

                                                        
Pitching               IP H R ER BB SO HR  ERA BF Pit Str
Matt  Cain W (12-10)    7 3 0  0  0  5  0 3.08 24  91  61
Sergio  Romo H (17)     1 0 0  0  0  0  0 2.37  3   6   6
Brian  Wilson S (43)    1 1 1  1  0  2  1 1.90  4  16   9
Team Totals             9 4 1  1  0  7  1 1.00 31 113  76

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Generated 1/30/2011.