In all, the Giants got 6 hits on the day including one homerun. The homer was by Pablo Sandoval and was his tenth of the season. Lincecum went 6 scoreless innings to get himself the win. His record now stands at 9-8 this season. He pitched great throughout and had good speed and command from the rubber. The bearded one, Brian Wilson came in to shut things down in the 9^th to record his 33^rd save of the year. The Phillies also got 6 hits but only managed the single run. Their pitcher Kyle Kendrick got credited with the loss, which moved his record to an even 5-5.

The Giants left Philadelphia and traveled one state over to Ohio in order to begin a series against the Reds on July 29^th. Game one ended with the Giants being on the losing side of a 4-3 game however. The game went 13 long innings and was ended by help from a veteran Edgar Renteria for Cincinnati. The loss makes the Giants road record 29-27 on the year and snapped a Reds skid. The win for the reds brought their record to 51-55 on the season and put them one game above 500 at home where they are 28-27.

The Giants got 10 total hits on the day and battled from behind to tie things up in the 8^th inning. The two teams then went scoreless though until Renteria got the winning hit across. Brian Wilson, and his beard, got credited with the loss. The loss brings Wilson’s win-loss record to 6-3 this season. He gave up the winning hit by Renteria, which led to an eruption of emotion from the dedicated pitcher.

Cincinnati got 4 their 4 runs on 12 total hits and after 8 plus innings of scoreless baseball, found enough in the 13^th to get the victory at home. Reds’ pitcher Jose Arredondo got the win for the Reds improving his record to 2-3 this season. The loss is particularly tough for San Francisco as they continue to battle in a tight division. Pitching also always takes a hit in the late games and can mess with rotations.

The two teams will face one another again on the 30^th. The game will feature San Fran’s Bumgarner facing the Reds Leake. Both have pitched ok this year and look to improve their team’s records. Bumgarner is 6-9 this season with a 3.56 ERA. The Reds Leake will look to improve on a 8-6 record and 4.04 ERA.