The San Francisco Giants lost 7-0 to the New York Mets in the opener of a three game series at Shea Stadium. Thanks to Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo heard on WFAN in New York, most Mets fans knew a little about Tim Lincecum, and were hoping the Mets offense would take care of him.
If you watched the game last night, you know in fact that the Mets offense did indeed take care of Lincecum. In the first inning, Carlos Beltran hit a three run homer to give the Mets a 3-0 lead, a lead they would not relinquish. In his six innings of work, Lincecum allowed four earned runs on 9 hits (two of which were homers), while walking two and striking out four. The bull pen didn’t fare much better. In 2/3 of an inning Jack Taschner gave up runs and Kevin Corrieia also gave up a run.
The Giants’ offense was nonexistant against the Mets’ Mike Pelfrey last night. The Giants did load the bases in the top of the first inning, but failed to score and really didn’t do much after that. San Francisco had just three hits all evening and I think at one point Pelfrey had retired something like 17 or 18 straight.
Jonathan Sanchez will be on the hill for the Giants this evening. He will be opposed by Johan Santana. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m.
