Lance Lynn is a converted reliever, so you might guess that he has a knack for getting through at least an inning or two before wearing down. I'm not sure why you'd guess that. It's a pretty stupid theory. And there's no evidence to support it, either; Lynn had a 7.45 ERA in the first inning this year, and hitters hit .330/.417/.643 against him in the opening frame.
Giants go quietly, Cards leave runner on second
The Giants care not for your microsplits. And they went down in order in the first on a pair of grounders and a Pablo Sandoval strikeout. Lynn threw 11 pitches, eight for strikes.
Things didn't go quite as smoothly for Barry Zito, but he still escaped the first inning unscathed. Carlos Beltran hit a one-out single between Sandoval and Brandon Crawford that couldn't have been thrown in a better spot, and Beltran advanced to second with a stolen base after Matt Holliday struck out.
That brought up Allen Craig, who murdered Zito when they faced off in August. In this at-bat, though, he was robbed by Sandoval:
It probably would have been foul, but more importantly to Zito, it was the third out of the inning. It’s scoreless in Game 5.
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