SF Giants Phillies Game 5 Lincecum vs Halliday: Giants 4-2 Loss Upsetting

The SF Giants Phillies Game 5 Lincecum vs Halliday match was perfect for a Giants fan like this blogger. It had the game's two best pitchers - Tim Lincecum vs Roy Halliday - and was at AT&T Park in San Francisco. All the San Francisco Giants had to do was win and they were on the way to the World Series for 2010.

Oh, and this blogger had cool 3rd base line seats to die for. But instead of a win, we got a weird game with bouncing balls, intermittent rain, and a ton of almost scores.

There's more to come on this with photos and video, but this had to be written now. That was a weird game. It didn't seem to matter if it was Tim Lincecum pitching for the Giants, or SF's Aubrey Huff, Pablo Sandoval, or Cody Ross, the Giants could never seem to get that extra run to get off the two-run mark.

A good portion of the reason for that was excellent infield play by the Phillies, particularly Ryan Howard at first base. The Philadelphia infielders were picking off would-be Giants base hits like they were swatting flies in the summer. And from 3rd base line, it was frustrating to watch.

And the ball was bouncing in a weird way such that for both teams, it seemed like the ball just didn't want to stay in the glove, and more so for the Phillies. But the Giants could never capitalize on the Phillies errors. Arrgh, is the word for the game.

It was an emotional affair: some long time Giants fans were so spent from three games of yelling that, when it seemed the Giants weren't going to do it, they just quieted down. It's as if all of the celebration energy was spent the night before. It was better to temper it and wait for Thursday. Alas, all of that, is too late now.

The Giants have to win one of the next two back in Philadelphia.