After Tommy Hunter escaped some trouble in the top of the second, Madison Bumgarner came out and kept the Rangers scoreless in his half. Vladimir Guerrero was frozen by a 2-2 fastball for a called strikeout. Nelson Cruz came up next and flew out. And after Bumgarner issued a two-out walk to Ian Kinsler, Jeff Francoeur lined a ball to second that was just within Freddy Sanchez's reach. Sanchez made a leap attempt and snowconed the ball, falling to the ground and rolling on his back, but hanging on to the ball for the final out.
World Series Game 4, Giants Vs. Rangers: Aubrey Huff Home Run Gets San Francisco On The Board
To the third inning we went, and it was in the third inning that we got our first runs of the game. Andres Torres led off with a long at bat, and on the eight pitch, he pulled a grounder down the right field line that took a funny hop and escaped all the way into the corner, allowing Torres to pull into second with a double.
Freddy Sanchez failed to advance Torres to third when a nine-pitch at bat concluded with a grounder, but no matter - Aubrey Huff stood in next, and Aubrey Huff cleared the bases. Hunter threw Huff a first-pitch cutter in the middle of the zone and Huff jumped all over it, yanking it deep to right field. The only question was whether it would stay fair, and it stayed fair by several feet. Huff's two-run homer gave the Giants an early lead.
Buster Posey was called out on strikes and Cody Ross flew out to end the inning, but the Giants are where they want to be, and as an added bonus they have Hunter's pitch count up to 72. He is not long for this game.
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