With on the other National League game running long, the start of Game 2 of the Giants' Division Series against Atlanta was shifted to the cable network TNT. What an Appropriate Choice.
All Night, Boom Went the dynamite, from a scary truck-on-monster-truck collision in the first Inning Between Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey, Thursday, Pat Burrell's three-run homer in the bottom half, Thu, Alex Gonzalez's double against Brian Wilson in a three-run Eighth That Tied the game and stunned a record crowd of 44.046 at the AT & T Park.
The Biggest boom of all Came with one out in the 11th Inning "when Rick Ankiel Ramon Ramirez hit a fast ball into McCovey Cove to Give the Braves a 5-4 win in a game the Giants led 4-0, a game That seemed in the bag They again "when the BASES loaded with one out in the 10th - Until Posey reminded everyone is mortal and they hit into a double play.
Ramirez Retired his first four hitters before Ankiel, the converted pitcher, got a 96-mph fast ball down the middle that was supposed To Be Sent and more inside it into the water.
The Braves Tied the best-of-five series at a win apiece, while the Giants Fell Thurs 0-5 in Division Series Game 2's, a big reason They have advanced only once in the first four series.
The momentum and the action now shift Thurs Atlanta for Games 3 and 4 on Sunday and Monday night. The Giants need to win at a least once at Turner Field, Not Their Most Successful venue over the years, Thu ensure Another game in San Francisco.
Losing in the clubhouse, players clung to the Resiliency they've shown Throughout the season. They HAD Thurs after blowing a win That Would have placed inline in a commanding spot.
"We've HAD heart-wrenching losses all year," first baseman Aubrey Huff said. "We've got the travel day, the day off, to get it out of our heads. Just let it go. The series is 1-1."
Both teams have injury Concerns heading Thurs Georgia. Braves manager Bobby Cox said Closer Billy Wagner is: "Probably done for the series" after hurting an oblique muscle making a throw in the 10th Inning. His replacement, Kyle Farnsworth, Freddy Sanchez hit in the right hand. Sanchez stayed in the game But Went for X-rays is his middle finger.
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