MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants Headed back to AT&T Park for the game between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants The game started off with Pat Burrell throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. A sweet moment considering it was before the game between the Giants (his hometown team where his career had a second life, won a world series and the ball club which he will continue to work as a scout) vs the Phillies (where he spent the first 8 years of his MLB career, won a world series and the ball club with which he will officially retire from next month.)

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants Legendary for the tales of his off the field actions (I gotta admit, I find them hilarious and can only hope at least half of them are true) you can tell he is well liked by his previous teammates, none more than his old college teammate, Aubrey Huff. Funny how life comes full circle.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants Then it was time for the real first pitch.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants In his first game since signing a contract extension, Madison Bumgarner faced off against Joe Blanton.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants Giants put up two runs in the first.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants Hunter Pence scored a home run to start the 4th inning.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants But Giants had an answer in the 5th. After Pablo Sandoval scored off Nate Shierholtz's single that also sent Buster Posey to second, Buster stole third base.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants A call Phillies third baseman Placido Polanco wasn't too happy with.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants Or manager Charlie Manuel... I still wonder who came up with the rule of having the managers and coaches wear the same uniform as the players? 

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants Phillies put another run on the board but then the series of Clay Hensley, Sergio Romo, and Santiago Casilla were able to hold the Phillies for a Giants 4-2 victory.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants I was feeling so bad for Brandon Crawford who had one of the worst games I've seen him play. Unable to control the ball a couple of times and topping it off striking out with bases loaded to end the inning, bottom of the 7th.

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants But he did make some key plays, and hey, it's better to have a bad night with a win than a great night with a loss!

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants

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