San Francisco Giants Get Off on the Wrong Foot in Championship Defense
You don't want to throw any Tim Lincecum starts away. You only get so many. That is what happened Thursday evening from Chavez Ravine.
The San Francisco Giants were taking on their hated rivals in the first game of their title defense. They looked a tad rusty in the field.
When all was said and done, the Giants were on the wrong side of a 2-1 final score. The box score will also reveal a dirty little tidbit in the three errors that the defending champs committed. The crucial one came in the sixth inning.
Pablo Sandoval wanted to back-pick Matt Kemp who was leading off at third. Buster Posey fired the ball down towards third, it sailed past the bag out towards left field.
A scoreless game had a run, and the Dodgers claimed it as theirs. Little Timmy Lincecum did enough to get the win. "The Freak" went seven innings without giving up an earned run and striking out five. You know, regular ho-hum dominance.
This is the first season that this San Francisco ball club will enter as defending World Series champions. They looked a bit nervous with that type of weight on their shoulders. They will settle in and start winning ball games shortly.
The one player that never seemed to waver was Lincecum. Despite the errors, he continued to go out and pitch his game. This team will never suffer an extended losing streak when this guy gets the ball every few days.
This may not be the way you want to start the season, but this cast of characters leaves me confident they will be just fine going forward.
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