Phillies Vs. Giants, NLCS Game 4: Buster Posey Finds Early RBI

Madison Bumgarner came out and had an effective, if shaky, top of the first. He threw only eight strikes out of 17 pitches, and beaned Placido Polanco on a 2-1 count, but he struck Ryan Howard out swinging to end the inning and keep the Phillies scoreless.

That took us into the bottom half, where the Giants were able to get out to a quick 1-0 lead. Freddy Sanchez grounded a one-out single into left field. He then advanced to second on a Joe Blanton wild pitch, and after a strikeout, he advanced to third on another Joe Blanton wild pitch.

Blanton only needed to retire Buster Posey to end the inning, but Posey was able to stay back on a two-strike offspeed pitch over the outer half, and he hit a grounder back up the middle and into center field for an RBI single. It was Posey's first RBI of the playoffs, and it came at a good time.