Giants, sweep the Doubleheader

By Kalen Patrick

Rain postponed Tim Lincecum's chance for redemption for a day, but that didn't seem to bother him too much as he came out and pitched a solid 5 innings in earning the 1st of 2 wins for the Giants today. Lincecum gave up only 1 run and struck out 8 hitters in his 5 innings of work. It was his high pitch counts that prevented him from going any further in this outing but with his current struggles I'm sure both he and the Giants coaching staff were happy with what they saw.

You can thank the homerun's by Buster Posey and more importantly Nate Schierholtz in locking down the 1st game of the day. Other notables from the game were the outstanding job of the bullpen going 4 innings with 0 ER and also Emmanuel Burriss' spectacular play to turn the double play in the 5th.

TIM LINCECUM REBOUNDED WITH A SOLID PEFORMANCE

Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey have been monsters so far in the 3 and 4 hole in the Giants lineup respectively. The Giants took the 1st game on a score of 6-1. The 2nd game turned out to be very similar to the 1st, Bumgarner went 7 strong innings, only giving up 1 ER, the Giants were again able to pile up runs and ended up winning 7-2.

Pablo Sandoval has a hit in every game so far this season, that puts him on a 16 game hitting streak and ties the Great Willie Mays in the longest hit streak in Giants history when the streak starts opening day. Sandoval is hitting .333 with 3 HR's and 13 RBI. Just on a tear to start the season, I'd love to see Posey's numbers matched with that if he didn't have to ease back in to the lineup, however, backup C Hector Sanchez is making a name for himself. Sanchez already has 7 RBI on the season and today had a solid outing hitting a HR and driving in 3 runs. In fact in terms of RBI Hector is outdoing the very good Buster Posey.

STAY HOT PABLO SANDOVAL

I love the production from all these young players and it really bodes well for the Giants future. Guys like Sandoval and Posey are cornerstones and in their prime, then you have Hector Sanchez, Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, Brett Pill all there contributing to wins and will only get better with time. I really like how the team is playing now. If Timmy becomes Timmy then watch out cause these Giants are gonna be tough to beat and fun to watch.