The Giants and Tim Lincecum sure showed that they had what it takes to win a World Series last night.  It’s only the first game, but still.  As for Cliff Lee, I do believe that his eight days of rest was a little too much.  He just wasn’t as promising as he had been previously in the postseason.  Final score for Game 1 was 11-7 in favor of the Giants.

Tonight is Game 2 – still in San Francisco.  The Giants will look to Matt Cain.  This right-handed pitcher hasn’t allowed a single run over 13 2/3 innings during the postseason, which includes seven scoreless innings with two hits in Game 3 of the NLCS, which was the last time he had pitched – almost 10 days ago.

The Rangers will counter with C.J. Wilson, who had a promising Game 1 in the ALCS then Game 5 just wasn’t the best he had pitched – giving up five runs over five innings.  In the ALDS against the Rays, he was able to throw 6 1/3 innings allowing no scores.  For the postseason, he is 1-1 with an earned run average of 3.93.

As for the batting, if you watched game 1, you’ll know that the Giants obviously have a strong bullpen.  However, the Rangers do as well but they just weren’t with it last night.  Maybe making it to the World Series was still a dream rather than a reality – if that’s the case, they had better wake up!

My pick:  I think that the Giants are probably going to secure the win tonight (but most expected the Rangers to win last night and that didn’t happen).  The Rangers just simply don’t do well at AT&T Park.  Unless they get their shit together to even things out, they aren’t going to win tonight and will hand over a Game 2 win to the Giants to give them a 2-1 lead.

Odds from online sportsbooks:

BetUs Sportsbook
Moneyline:  Rangers -105, Giants -115
Spread:  Rangers 1 ½ -200, Giants -1 ½ +170
Total:  Rangers Over -105, Giants Under -115 (7)

Bookmaker Sportsbook
Moneyline:  Rangers +111, Giants -121
Total:  Rangers Over -110, Giants Under-110 (7)

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