Giants Phillies Game 4 Sets Up Lincecum vs Halliday Game 5 Rematch

The epic battle that was the San Francisco Giants vs. The Philadelphia Phillies Game 4 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, which saw the Giants prevail 6 to 5, set up Thursday's epic rematch between ace pitchers Tim Lincecum for the Giants and Roy Halliday for the Phillies. The underdog SF Giants are one win from playing in the 2010 World Series.

Game 4 was a game they'll talk about forever.  It featured four lead changes and enough drama to make several soap operas.  It ended with Giants' Jose Uribe's sacraficed fly, allowing an already celebrating Aubrey Huff to tag third, then score the wining run.   AT&T Park erupted with joy.

What was amazing about the game for the casual baseball watcher was that it had cliffhangers within cliffhangers: would the Phillies match the Giants score?  They did and took control in a long fifth inning. Would the Giants come back?  They did and to tie the game at 5-5.  Then, would the Giants or the Phillies prevail, or would we have the world's longest baseball game?  That didn't happen.  The Giants made timely hits and Uribe brought Huff home in the 9th inning.

Wow.

San Francisco has not seen this level of excitement since Barry Bonds' days in 2002.  The difference is this team wasn't picked to get this far, and fans were calling for GM Brian Sabien's head.  Fortunately, they didn't get it.

Sabien stiched together a team that included castoffs like former Florida Marlins Ourfielder Cody Ross, who's played a key role in the Giants Playoff march, and the "Freak," Pitcher Tim Lincecum.  But all playing with an amazing heart that faces it's biggest test: Roy Halliday Thursday night and for the right to go on to The World Series.

Hold on to your butts.