World Series Game 5, Giants Vs. Rangers: Edgar Renteria Home Run Establishes Late Lead

Hold the phone. After six innings of Cliff Lee and Tim Lincecum looking terrific, we saw our first cracks form in the top of the seventh. And unfortunately for Lee and the Rangers, they're now facing very long odds if they want to stay alive and send this series back to California.

Cody Ross worked a long at bat to lead off and grounded a single back up the middle past Elvis Andrus. And with some speculating that he might bunt, Juan Uribe followed with a base hit of his own into center field.

That put a runner on second for the first time in the game, and Aubrey Huff subsequently moved the runners over by dropping down his first sacrifice bunt of the year. Up came Pat Burrell with a big opportunity to shake off his struggles and put the Giants out in front.

He couldn't do it. On a full count, Lee struck Burrell out swinging with a cutter, and that brought Edgar Renteria to the plate as the Giants' big hope. A grounder or a fly ball wouldn't do it anymore. If the Giants wanted to score, they needed a hit.

And Renteria provided a hit. A huge hit. After getting ahead in the count 2-0, Renteria got a high cutter over the middle of the plate and launched it to left-center field. It didn't look too bad off the bat, but David Murphy kept running back until he ran out of room, and the ball disappeared over the fence for a three-run home run.

Aaron Rowand flew out to end the inning and take us to the stretch, but the Giants are now up 3-0, nine outs away from a World Series title, with Tim Lincecum absolutely dealing.