Lincecum sparks Giants past Phils
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October 18, 2010, Monday
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TIM Lincecum outdueled Roy Halladay in one of the most highly anticipated pitching matchups in years as the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 in the opening game of the National League Championship Series on Saturday.
San Francisco outfielder Cody Ross provided the offensive fireworks with two solo home runs off Halladay, who surrendered four runs over seven innings and took the loss.
"We thought it would be a close game, which it was," said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. "It's a long series here. It's a start. That's all it is right now."
Lincecum, the two-time reigning Cy Young Award winner, pitched seven innings, giving up three runs on six hits while striking out eight before relievers Javier Lopez and Brian Wilson closed it out. The Phillies got seven hits off the Giants' three pitchers.
San Francisco tagged Halladay for two runs in the fifth to take a cosy 4-1 lead and silence what had been a raucous, towel-waving crowd of nearly 46,000 on a chilly night in Philadelphia.
In Arlington, Texas, the Texas Rangers won a playoffs game at home for the first time in their 50-season history by beating the New York Yankees 7-2 and tying their American League Championship Series 1-1 on Saturday.
The Rangers again built an early 5-0 lead but held on this time - unlike the series opener when the Yankees made their biggest postseason comeback in the seventh inning or later. The Rangers ended a 10-game postseason losing streak against New York, which knocked them out of the playoffs in their only three previous appearances in 1996, '98 and '99.
The best-of-seven series switches to Yankee Stadium for Game 3 tomorrow, when the Rangers will have hired ace left-hander Cliff Lee on the mound. Lee has won his last four starts in New York, including a complete game for Philadelphia in last year's World Series.
Colby Lewis limited New York to two runs over 5 2/3 innings and the bullpen rebounded from the eighth-inning meltdown in Game 1.
San Francisco outfielder Cody Ross provided the offensive fireworks with two solo home runs off Halladay, who surrendered four runs over seven innings and took the loss.
"We thought it would be a close game, which it was," said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. "It's a long series here. It's a start. That's all it is right now."
Lincecum, the two-time reigning Cy Young Award winner, pitched seven innings, giving up three runs on six hits while striking out eight before relievers Javier Lopez and Brian Wilson closed it out. The Phillies got seven hits off the Giants' three pitchers.
San Francisco tagged Halladay for two runs in the fifth to take a cosy 4-1 lead and silence what had been a raucous, towel-waving crowd of nearly 46,000 on a chilly night in Philadelphia.
In Arlington, Texas, the Texas Rangers won a playoffs game at home for the first time in their 50-season history by beating the New York Yankees 7-2 and tying their American League Championship Series 1-1 on Saturday.
The Rangers again built an early 5-0 lead but held on this time - unlike the series opener when the Yankees made their biggest postseason comeback in the seventh inning or later. The Rangers ended a 10-game postseason losing streak against New York, which knocked them out of the playoffs in their only three previous appearances in 1996, '98 and '99.
The best-of-seven series switches to Yankee Stadium for Game 3 tomorrow, when the Rangers will have hired ace left-hander Cliff Lee on the mound. Lee has won his last four starts in New York, including a complete game for Philadelphia in last year's World Series.
Colby Lewis limited New York to two runs over 5 2/3 innings and the bullpen rebounded from the eighth-inning meltdown in Game 1.
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