Giants Strike Out 16, Win 2-0

Ace.

Mercy me but don't these last two games feel wonderful. "Operation: Bat Mike Fontenot Third in the Order" continues to be a rousing success. The mighty little hobbit was 1 for 3 but had two walks, an RBI, a run scored and had by far the best Giants at-bats of the evening. Huff has officially snapped his streak, going 3 for4.

There was a whole section of Giants fans at Citi Field tonight, whooping and hollering the whole game and being generally awesome. If you were at a Mets game, you probably wouldn't cheer the Mets, either.

But of course, the real story tonight is the almighty Tim Lincecum, who had trouble locating early but went seven strong, 128 pitches, 12 Ks, no earned runs. He has now passed Christy Mathewson for the most-ever 10+ K games by a Giants pitcher. Mathewson pitched over 500 games with the Giants. Lincecum has pitched 129. Clearly, Lincecum is way better than Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson, one of the greatest pitchers who ever lived. I told you guys to watch, but you didn't listen, did you?

Brian Wilson also looked the best he's looked in a real, real long time, striking out the first two batters he faced on six pitches. He only needed 12 pitches to get the save, and man alive was this ever dominance by San Francisco pitching. The only member of the Mets starting lineup without a strikeout was Carlos Beltran. Even Jose Reyes went 0-for-4 after reaching base six times last night.

The bad news, part one: Giants were 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position. Not terrible news, since it's a lot better than they WERE.

The bad news, part two: Buster Posey has not broken out of his slump quite yet, going 0 for 5 again tonight.

The bad news, part three: obviously, I have to discuss Tejada. He always manages to scratch out one hit a night, it seems, just enough to stay above .200, but it always comes in a worthless situation (2 outs, no one on, pitcher coming up next), or produce the wrong effect (runner on third, infield in, hits a slow topper and legs it out, runner frozen at third). Honestly, whenever he manages to get on base, it seems to kill rallies dead. He's not hitting for power, he's not placing the ball, he's not making solid contact, he lacks the ability to hit a sacrifice fly, and his defense could best be compared to a bucket laying on its side with "Mike" written on the side in magic marker. You'd think I'd run out of things to say about how terrible he is, but here we are.

Giants go for the sweep bright and early tomorrow, then finally head home. Humm baby.