Giants 2 - 1 Dodgers
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Young guns face off as Dodgers eye sweep

Apr 2, 2008 - 1:56 PM San Francisco (0-2) at LA Dodgers (2-0) 10:10 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) - At one point in 2007, 23-year-old Chad Billingsley had won seven straight decisions. However, as far as young pitchers go, he may have been overshadowed by 22-year-old Tim Lincecum last season.

Two of the brightest young pitching stars face off on Wednesday when the Los Angeles Dodgers go for a season-opening sweep of the San Francisco Giants.

From April 7-July 23, 2007, Billingsley did not drop a single game, winning four games in relief before joining the rotation for good on July 1.

The righthander claimed three more wins before World Series runner-up Colorado handed him his first loss of the season on July 29. He finished 12-5 with a 3.31 ERA last season.

Billingsley will be opposing another hard-throwing righthander in Lincecum, who wasted little time handcuffing the opposition shortly after his first start on May 6.

Lincecum struck out 150 batters over 146 1/3 innings in his rookie season, finishing with a 7-5 record and a 4.00 ERA - joining Noah Lowry as the only San Francisco starters to finish with a winning record for the National League-worst Giants.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 1
    LA DODGERS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SFO - MERKIN VALDEZ, JACK TASCHNER (3RD), TIM LINCECUM (4TH), TYLER
    WALKER (8TH), BRIAN WILSON (8TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA
    LOS - HONG-CHIH KUO, RAMON TRONCOSO (4TH), CH

    Apr 3 2:38 AM
  • 40
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Giants 2, Dodgers 1  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 3 2:25 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    FLY OUT BY RANDY WINN SCORED TIM LINCECUM.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R AURILIA ON FIRST, E VELEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 2
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.273, 1-FOR-3)

    Giants 2, Dodgers 1  Top 6, 0 OutsApr 3 1:33 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY AARON ROWAND SCORED RANDY WINN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A ROWAND ON FIRST, B MOLINA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 1
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: J CASTILLO (.333, 2-FOR-2)

    Giants 1, Dodgers 1  Top 5, 0 OutsApr 2 11:52 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JAMES LONEY SCORED RUSSELL MARTIN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J LONEY ON FIRST, A JONES ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 0
    LA DODGERS 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: M KEMP (.143, 0-FOR-1)

    Giants 0, Dodgers 1  Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 2 11:38 PM

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