Giants down Brewers, freak accident near end of game!
April 10, 2009
Tom Ontis
Giants down Brewers, freak accident near end of game!
The Giants, who were not supposed to-have any offense, is proving some experts wrong, at least for the first three games: They have scored 19 runs. Any team who averages 6 runs per game will win a lot of games, as long as they don't give up seven. Such was the case as the Giants downed the visiting Brewers with a 7-1 final score...With the game in hand, Joe Martinez entered in the top of the ninth for his second big league appearance. Mike Cameron lined a drive back up the middle, which hit Martinez in the right part of his forehead. Martinez knuckled to his knees, tried to-get up then sat back down until the training staff reached him from the dugout. He was bleeding from the forehead and was clearly wobbly as he left the field. Replays showed that Cameron was distraught at the turn of events. He ended up on 2nd base, and was comforted by the assembled Giants. At press time, Martinez was being taken to the hospital for x-rays and a CatScan...On a bright note; Matt Cain, who has a history of little run support, went seven strong innings, had five strikeouts, with just two walks. In his 66 major league starts, the team had scored less than three runs in 30 of them. Good job Matt...Barry Zito gets his first start of the season in San Diego Friday evening. HE MUST GET OFF TO A GOOD START! He began last season 0-8 and the boo birds were out. He rebounded to finish with 11 wins. He says he came into the spring in the best shape of his life, after working out with Brian Wilson in LA all winter. (I saw Barry Zito when he made a brief six week stop in Sacramento and he was really good so he can do it, even if he has lost some arm speed)...San Diego for three and then Los Angeles for three before returning to face the Arizona Diamondbacks in two weeks...Good readin, good rootin' and see you at the ballpark.
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