The National League has held one thing constant over its 2 Division Series games so far and that is that 2010 is the year of the Pitcher. Literally the only thing that was better than Lincecum's performance last night, where he pitched a complete game allowing 2 hits while striking out 14, would be a no-hitter, which is exactly what Halladay did in his first game.
Anyway the only the two games in the MLB playoff's today will both be in the National League. At 4:30 Eastern Time the Braves will take on the Giants for game two. Last night the Giants got a lucky break with the Posey call, but honestly the Giants deserved it. Lincecum pitched an amazing game and the rest of the Giants rotation, equally amazing, will look to replicate that tonight. The Braves will be looking Hanson to pick up where his season left off and to continue Lowe's work, and the Braves will need to win tonight, because if the Giants go 2-0, this series is done. (Hopefully the Giants will go 2-0 and at least one part of the axis of evil will be eliminated from the 2010 playoffs).
The Phillies look at Roy Oswalt to continue the dominating performance of their other Roy tonight as they try to essentially lock this series up. The first game showed that good pitching is better than good hitting, but I seem to remember a certain Phillies team in the recent past that made the opposite true. The Reds should look for that inspiration tonight and try to take advantage of the close field in Philly and send this series tied back to Cinncy.
