The Los Angeles Dodgers narrowly defeated the San Francisco Giants yesterday at AT&T Park with the Dodgers coming out on top 4 to 2. It was a solid match that aficionados with Dodgers tickets won’t soon forget. Not much compares to America’s Pastime so stock up on cheap baseball tickets and see all the fun live.
Dodgers pitcher John Ely (3.62 ERA) got the win, while Matt Cain (2.93 ERA) took the loss for the Giants. John Ely went 7 solid innings for the Dodgers, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and one earned run with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Dodgers was Ramon Troncoso (5.61), George Sherrill (6.63), and Justin Miller (4.20). The Giants’s starter Matt Cain went 5 innings, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and 4 earned runs with 3 walks and 6 strikeouts. Guillermo Mota (2.67), Dan Runzler (3.25), Sergio Romo (2.64), and Jeremy Affeldt (4.61) also pitched for the Giants. With the win, Ely’s record goes to 4-5, while Cain is at 6-7. Ronald Belisario earned the save for the Dodgers, bringing his saves up to 1.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Dodgers scored 12 hits and committed one error. Rafael Furcal led the Dodgers in hitting with 3 hits, followed by James Loney’s 2 hits, and Matt Kemp with 2. Blake DeWitt had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Giants didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Giants scored 2 runs, 8 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Ed Rapuano, Tom Hallion, Ron Kulpa and Lance Barksdale. There were 35,289 Giants ticket holders in attendance at AT&T Park.