The Philadelphia Phillies narrowly defeated the San Francisco Giants yesterday at Citizens Bank Park with the Phillies coming out on top 2 to 1. Wow! What a nail biter! This was a pitchers duel that Pedro Martinez and Tim Lincecum will never forget! Fans with Phillies tickets saw two fantastic pitchers do battle. You don’t see baseball games as low-scoring as this, and when you do you better appreciate it! Not much compares to America’s Pastime so stock up on cheap baseball tickets and see all the fun live.
Phillies pitcher Pedro Martinez (3.52 ERA) got the win, while Tim Lincecum (2.34 ERA) took the loss for the Giants. Pedro Martinez went 7 solid innings for the Phillies, allowed 5 hits, one home run and one earned run with no walks and 9 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Phillies was Ryan Madson (3.18). The Giants’s starter Tim Lincecum went 7 innings, allowed 4 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with one walk and 11 strikeouts. Sergio Romo (4.85) also pitched for the Giants. With the win, Martinez’s record goes to 3-0, while Lincecum is at 13-5. Brad Lidge earned the save for the Phillies, bringing his saves up to 28.
In addition to the 2 runs, the Phillies scored 4 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Phillies, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Giants didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Giants scored one run, 6 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Tony Randazzo, Brian Gorman, Chris Guccione and Jerry Layne. There were 45,156 Phillies ticket holders in attendance at Citizens Bank Park.
The win puts the Phillies at a record of 77-54, still leading their division, while the loss brings the Giants to 73-61, (6.5 games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Phillies are the Houston Astros (63-70) at the Astros’s Minute Maid Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Houston Astros tickets because that game should be a good one. The Giants will next take on the Milwaukee Brewers (65-68) at Miller Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Milwaukee Brewers tickets today and see it all live.
And coming up soon don’t forget its time for NFL football, so stock up on NFL tickets to see all the fun. There are still tons of Cowboys tickets, Steelers tickets, Ravens tickets, Redskins tickets and Giants tickets left so get out there and see all the NFL action!