San Francisco Giants in complete control up 2-0
The San Francisco Giants have taken control of the World Series by winning game two 9-0 over the Texas Rangers. After only two games of the series, the Giants offence seems to be peaking, scoring 20 runs to the Rangers seven.
The Giants game two starting pitcher Matt Cain was masterful continuing his post-season success, throwing seven and two thirds innings allowing four hits and no runs. In the playoffs this season, Cain has still not given up an earned run, making him an early
vote for World Series most valuable player.
C.J. Wilson of the Rangers, not to be outdone, threw an excellent game as well from the other side. Six complete innings, allowing only two runs is a great day for any starting pitcher, but this is the World Series, the fall dance, the best show in baseball,
and it just wasn’t good enough on this night.
After being perfect through four innings, Wilson left a pitch up in the zone to Giants shortstop Edgar Renteria who made no mistake. He took Wilson out of the park, sending the crowd at San Francisco’s AT&T Park into a frenzy.
Up until the eighth inning, the game was extremely close. That was until the Rangers bullpen got pressure put on them. After walking in a run in the bottom half of the eighth, Renteria, who might be showing glimpses of his earlier World Series appearances,
drove in two with a single through the left side. All of this came with two outs in the inning surprisingly enough.
Truly Renteria was a Ranger killer on this night, finishing the game with two hits and three runs batted in, bringing his World Series batting average to a stellar .429.
“Unbelievable,” said Renteria to the Associated Press. “You guys know I have power.”
With the next two games, three if necessary, coming up at the Ballpark in Arlington, Rangers manager Ron Washington is not pushing the panic button just yet.
“I don’t think we caught any breaks yet,” Rangers manager Ron Washington said. “We certainly don’t feel like we’re defeated. We’re heading home. They took care of us in their ballpark, now we’re headed to ours.”
Outfielder Nelson Cruz, who replaced the error-prone Vladimir Guerrero after game one, has summed up his teams play over the past two games. “We’re not playing the same,” Cruz says. “I don’t know what it is. I wish I could tell you. The way we’re playing,
it’s different. It’s not us.”
Quite the understatement, as the Rangers find themselves in a slump, and down two games to none. Up next will be game three on Saturday 30 October, where the Rangers will turn to right-hander Colby Lewis, looking to get the team back on track. The Giants
will be countering with Jonathan Sanchez, who has appeared in three games this post-season and has a 2.93 earned run average in 15.1 innings.
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