The Giants won game one of their series against the Detroit Tigers July first. The heart of the action came in the 9^thinning when both team’s offenses came alive. In the end, the Giants got 3 runs in the 9^thto go ahead. Detroit tried to answer by loading up the bases in the bottom of the inning and got 2 runs across, but San Francisco was able to get out of the Jam to get the win.

San Francisco improved their record to 47-36 on the year and brought their away record to even at 23-23. The Giants Brian Wilson got credit for the victory and improved his record to 6-1 on the year. Jeremy Affeldt came through at the end of the game to get his 3^rdsave of the year. In all, the Giants got their 4 runs from 11 hits.

Detroit dropped their record to 44-39 on the year and in turn dropped their home record where they have been successful with a 26-18 record. Jose Valverde got credit for the loss, which dropped his record to 2-3 on the year. The Tigers got 3 runs on 10 hits on the game. They were able to load the bases up in the bottom of the 9^thand got 2 runs across the plate. San Francisco was able to hold on and pitch out of the jam however to end the Tigers rally.

Game 2 of the series will be July 2^nd at 7:05 PM ET. On the Hill for the Giants will be Barry Zito. Zito is just 1-1 on the year with an unimpressive 4.95 earned run average. Detroit will start Max Scherzer who is in search of his 10^th win of the season. Currently he is 9-3 with a 4.47 ERA. Zito hopes to get back to dominance and ruin Scherzer’s shot at 10 wins.