Lincecum is looking to get win #1 tonight vs. Arizona, in a rematch from last week against Doug Davies. He didn’t get the win last Saturday but looked to be in Cy Young form as he allowed 5 hits over 8 innings and striking out a career-tying 13 K’s. Davis responded with 8 hits over 8 innings and getting the win.

The Giants visit Arizona on a 3 game win streak and should feel good as they took 2 of 3 from the D-backs last week. However they have lost 15 of their last 20 in AZ, and got swept last time they were there. AZ is also starting to feel a little better about themselves, as they just took 2 of 3 from Colorado.

Renteria is probably the hottest bat in the lineup right now. He’s 6 for his last 15, with 2 runs, 1 HR, and 5 RBIs. He has a really good history against Davis too. Edgar has 5 hits including 1 HR, and 2 walks in 11 career at bats against the D-backs starting pitcher. Molina has been swinging the stick pretty well as of late too. He’s 7 for his last 17, with 3 runs and 2 RBIs.

6:40 first pitch at Chase Field

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The Giants will look to build off of last nights 8-3 win over San Diego this afternoon. There will be a new face behind the plate as Pablo Sandoval is set to catch his first game this season. Sandoval will be replaced at third base by Juan Uribe. Rich Aurilia will start at first base as well today.

The starting pitchers for this afternoons match up will be ………

Padres: Chris Young (2-0) 4.86 ERA

Giants: Barry Zito (0-2) 10.00 ERA

Barry Zito has either got to come around or this is just really who he is going to be as a pitcher. I am all for comebacks but this is getting to be hard to watch. If today’s performance from Zito does not have any upside then wave the white flag and send him down for a month. This guy is never going to get “IT” back when he has to throw for a team that can not produce runs consistently. It really sounds like he needs to throw a few games in San Jose.

Pablo Sandoval was out at the San Jose Giants game on Monday night. It was a little hard for him to catch the action as he was hounded by autograph seekers. If some of you who got autographs notice his signature to be a little off of its norm, it is probably due to his writing hand getting tangled up in his Louis Vuitton man purse he was packing around with him, which also could have something to do with his woeful .245 BA.

It is looking like a beautiful day for an afternoon game so get out to the ballpark if you can and catch the action.

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Good thing the Masters was on yesterday because it was an ugly end to the weekend as SF got swept by a team that many experts picked to finish dead last in the West.  They have now lost 4 of the last 5, and watching Phil fall apart on the back 9 was more entertaining than anything I’ve seen from the team lately. Yes it’s super early in the season. Yes Timmy will get things worked out eventually. Hopefully, for both of my fantasy team’s sake, Sandoval starts hitting like he is capable of. But with a lot of hope of putting something together this year, I’m sure lots of Giants fans have got to be disappointed so far.

Lincecum looked bad again as he gave up a career high 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings, just after he had the shortest outing of his career on opening day. The Franchise who had previously been dominant against SD (3-1, .95 ERA in 8 starts), didn’t have control over his fastball and gave up a HR to Headley in the 3rd that would put the Padres ahead to stay.

The offense didn’t look any better as they managed 1 unearned run on 6 hits. Chris Young, the Friars starting pitcher, was pretty dominant as he retired the first 12 he faced; striking out 7 and not allowing a walk. The only run came on a error by Headley who mishandled a ball by Valez, allowing Bengie to come home.

Headed out to the SJ Giants game tonight, there should be a little more action and entertainment out there than what we’ve been seeing from the big leaguers lately…

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Ryan and I will be heading out to Municipal Stadium tonight to catch the the San Jose giants take on the Bakersfield Blaze. Game time is at 7:00 pm tonight and should be a good night to take in a ball game.

So come on out and enjoy a refreshing beverage and watch a ball game.

Also….. Congrats to our San Jose Sharks on a heck of a regular season. Good luck in the playoffs boys!

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So yesterday’s game was a complete opposite of what I (along with 99% of the population) expected. The Giants pitching looked shaky while the offense was solid. Lincecum, the reigning Cy Young winner, only lasted three innings, giving up 3 runs, 3 walks, and 4 hits. He did manage 5 K’s out of his nine outs, but the outing was shorter than any from last year. Joe Martinez who got the win, didn’t look to good either. He allowed 3 hits and 2 runs in just 2 innings. The new editions of Affeldt and Howry did decent jobs in their Giants debuts. They pitched 1 inning each, both allowing a hit and a walk, but didn’t give up any runs. I think the best part of watching the staff work last night was checking out the mullet Wilson is now sporting.

The offense sprang up out of nowhere to put 10 runs on the board. Everyone, including me, has been saying the Giants are lacking any real power in their lineup. Well they managed to rack up 12 hits, including 3 HRs. Winn hit a booming shot to center for his first hit of the season and is on pace to hit 162 dingers for the year. So are Rowand and Molina. I bet the Giants were glad to see Rowand get off with 2 hits since he had a terrible spring and has been struggling at the plate since the last couple months of last season. He may be the key to this offense being productive on a consistent basis. Ishikawa also came up huge with a 3 run triple in the first and finishing 2 for 5.

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Hell, why not? Sheffield is clearing waivers today which means the Tigers will be eating up the remaining $14 million on his contract. That means he’ll likely sign with a team for $400k, the league minimum. We all know the Giants lack pop in their lineup, pretty apparent with Molina batting cleanup, so why not give it a shot at such a cheap price? Obviously Shef is getting old and wouldn’t be an everyday player, but he could pinch-hit in key situations and be a nice bench player for the days Lewis or Rowand need off.  He’s a career .311 with runners in scoring position and let’s not forget that he has 499 career homeruns. He’ll probably end up as a DH in the AL, but he could still contribute and would be a fun addition to a weak offensive Giants club.

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