No Cy Young Three-Peat For Giants' Lincecum
Philadelphia Phillies' ace pitcher Roy Halladay unanimously won the National League Cy Young Award on Tuesday over the San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum, who won the previous two awards.
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Philadelphia Phillies' ace pitcher Roy Halladay unanimously won the National League Cy Young Award on Tuesday over the San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum, who won the previous two awards.
Even though the San Francisco Giants clinched their first World Series berth since 2002 on the road in Philadelphia Saturday evening, much of the city of San Francisco erupted in cheers while watching TV as the Giants defeated the Phillies to claim the NLCS.
The San Francisco Giants were foiled in their attempt to wrap up their first National League pennant in eight years as the Philadelphia Phillies staved off elimination in Game 5 of the NL championship series.
Juan Uribe hit a game-ending sacrifice fly off reliever Roy Oswalt with one out in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants moved within one win of the World Series, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 Wednesday night for a 3-1 lead in the NL championship series.
San Francisco Giants fans are not only gobbling up tickets for the two remaining home NLCS playoff games, but many have already bullishly started purchasing tickets for the four potential World Series games that would be held in San Francisco.
Come Tuesday, the Giants and Phillies will see a third such marquee encounter in as many games of their NL championship series: Cole Hamels vs. Matt Cain.
Cody Ross' surprising postseason power surge was about the only spark for a San Francisco Giants offense that's back home looking for rally-igniting hits.
The Bay Area's largest mass transit agency is hoping to benefit from the throngs of baseball fans with tickets to playoff games at AT&T Park.
The Phillies may have beat the Giants Sunday night to even out the National League Championship Series, but San Francisco faithful are determined to best their Philadelphia counterparts when fan music is at stake.
Roy Oswalt pitched eight dominant innings, Jimmy Rollins drove in four runs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 Sunday night.
Tim Lincecum outdueled Roy Halladay, Cody Ross hit a pair of solo homers and the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 in Game 1 of the NL championship series Saturday night.
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay and San Francisco Giants counterpart Tim Lincecum have little in common except performance on the mound.
It's World Series or bust in Philadelphia. Nothing less is acceptable in a city that's become spoiled by its baseball team's success.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy is planning to tweak his rotation for the NL championship series, moving up left-hander Jonathan Sanchez to go Game 2 against the Philadelphia Phillies following ace Tim Lincecum.
When the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants meet in the NL championship series, runs could be awfully scarce.
In four games with the Atlanta Braves, the San Francisco Giants hit .212 as a team. They scored 11 runs. They struck out 43 times.
The Giants will enter the National League Championship Series this weekend as a clear underdog, and the orange and black will have to muster more offense if they hope to keep pace with the powerful Phillies.
The catcher's throw that preserved Halladay's no-hitter; the ump's blown call that could have cost the Yankees.
