As the San Francisco Giants are set to celebrate Buster Posey’s 2010 Rookie of the Year award before today’s game, they will also be attempting the first three game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals since June of 2001. And after the rough start in Los Angeles the Giants currently have won 3 games in a row and 4 of their last 6, and will turn to Barry Zito today to get his first win of the 2011 season and the fourth in a row for the G-Men.
Your 2011 World Champion San Francisco Giants:
SS Mike Fontenot
2B Freddy Sanchez
LF Aubrey Huff
3B Pablo Sandoval
CF Aaron Rowand
RF Nate Schierholtz,
1B Brandon Belt
C Eli Whiteside
SP Barry Zito
Despite having his ceremony today, Buster will get the day off.
St. Louis Cardinals:
SS Ryan Theriot
CF Colby Rasmus
1B Albert Pujols
LF Matt Holliday
RF Allen Craig
3B David Freese
2B Skip Schumaker
C Gerald Laird
SP Kyle Lohse
First pitch for today’s game is set for 1:05 and can be seen on CSN Bay Area, and heard on KNBR 680 AM.
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