San Fransisco Giants Sweep Houston Astros To Start The Year Off Right

Posted: 7th April 2010 by Steve Schooling in MLB
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Three games down, 159 to go. What a three games they were. The San Fransisco Giants completed an opening series sweep of the hapless Houston Astros this afternoon. The Giants ended the series with an offensive explosion that doomed Houston in a 10-4 defeat. So what did we learn about the 2010 San Francisco Giants? Well, one thing I think we all know is that they can pitch. Whoa, Nelly, can they pitch. In game one, Tim Lincecum responded to a shaky spring with a Cy Young caliber opening day; he pitched seven shutout innings, struck out seven and only allowed four base runners. Lincecum's command was dominant and the poor Astros were left flailing at the plate, just as so many others before them as the bottom fell out of Lincecum's patented splitter/changeup. He made them look silly. Giants ...

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