Matt Cain hit a solo home run off of Houston Astros starting pitcher Brad Backe as the Giants beat the Astros 4-2.  Cain was able to the long ball and also shut down a red hot Lance Berkman who only had one hit in the game.

Cain improved to 2-3 on the season with the victory.  He tossed eight inning as he gave up seven hits and only two runs.  Both runs came from Carlos Lee on a rbi single and then a solo home run.  Good thing that home run was only a solo shot or things could have been a lot different in the game.

Brian Wilson pitched the ninth inning to record his 12th save of the season.

Besides Cain’s solo home run, two other Giants players had a rbi in the game.  Omar Vizquel and Randy Winn both had rbi doubles in the first inning when the Giants put up three runs.  Winn later scored on a passed ball for the third run.

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Atleast it wasn’t another lose for the Barry Zito I guess we can say.  Zito pitched six innings of seven hit and three run baseball against the Chicago White Sox on Monday night as the Giants lost 7-3.  Zito really only made one mistake in the game and that was on a two run home run by Lance Berkman.

Vinnie Chulk ended up taking the loss for the Giants as he pitched an inning of relief and gave up two hits and one run.  Merkin Valdez also struggled out of the bullpen as he only recorded one out and gave up two hits and three runs.  Only one of those three runs were earned however as two errors later in the inning scored two runs.

John Bowker had a solo home run which was the fourth of the season for him as he finished the game with one rbi.  Fred Lewis and Omar Vizquel also had one rbi in the game.

Had it not been for the two errors in the eighth inning, the Giants would have had a lot better chance at coming back in the ninth inning.  Four runs in one inning is just to much for this Giants offense to come back from in my opinion.  What do you think Giants fans?  Giants Blog