Overall, the game was won by Giants Pitcher Matt Cain, Shortstop Edgar Renteria, and outfielder Cody Ross, who's stop of a 6th inning base hit that could have caused extra runs made the difference.
But Matt Cain gets the win as he pitched seven and two-third scoreless innings and 21 in the post season according to The MLB Network. Cain can also tip his hat to Giants Shortstop Edgar Renteria.
Renteria's live bat produced the game's first run, as he hit a solo home-run in the fifth inning to push the SF Giants ahead 1 to zero at the time. Then, Renteria drove in another run in the dramatic eight inning. After Edgar's heroics, Ross' play in the sixth inning saved the game.
Texas Rangers movie-in-the-making Outfielder Josh Hamilton hit the ball into the right field in the sixth inning. Cody Ross had a bead on the ball, started to dive for it, realized he was too late, so stopped the balls advance past him with his body.
At the time, Texas Rangers Michael Young was at 2nd base, headed to third, but then say Cody's play on the ball, and remained at second. Had the ball gone beyond Ross, Young would have taken 3rd, and may have even scored. And the next pitch was wild, so if Young was at third, he would have scored. Instead of a 2 - 1 Texas lead, the score remained 1-0 Giants at the time.
Game Three In Texas Is Pivotal
Now, the scene shits to World Series Game 3 in Arlington, Texas, and the Rangers are placed in a must-win position. If they drop the first World Series game in DFW Metroplex history to the Giants, San Francisco could win it all in Texas and even sweep the Rangers. The Giants are just two wins from World Series victory.
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