SF Giants Beat Champion Cardinals

On the windiest of days the San Francisco Giants bats came to life, giving them a 7-5 win over the champion St. Louis Cardinals.  With Matt Cain giving up an uncharacteristic four runs through six, it would take a bit of that 2010 torture magic and luck to convince the Cardinals and Giants home fans that this team is better than their now .500 record (19-19).


I really wouldn't know where to start in giving credit to individual players.  Crawford, Posey, Pagan, Belt and Burriss all played a big role in the win, but it was the little things, like new kid Charlie Culberson's no-hit RBI and Aubrey Huff's sure out grounder to third thrown into the dirt at first for an error that made this game special.  


When the Giants look good they look as if nothing can stop them and the baseball Gods are sitting atop their dugout.  But when they look bad, which has been more than we'd like to admit this season, you wonder how they made it to .500.  


And so today's game is the looking good example on the field, where the opponent makes three errors, squanders a lead and goes home with a 1-1 split of a short two game series.  Though the St. Louis Cardinals no longer have the power of Albert Pujols, they still managed two home runs against the Giants today.  Last seasons' Giant, Carlos Beltran, leading off the top of the ninth pinch hit into a pop-up as interim closer Santiago Casilla retired the side to end the game.  Today they played like Giants!