With the baseball playoffs, the NFL, college football, and the NHL regular season all happening this month, you'd think there would be plenty of games to choose from, but surprisingly, there has only been one which stands out.
That game is game 2 of the National League Division Series between the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants. The game was very good, with a few bursts of scoring occurring throughout the game. In the first inning, Pat Burrell sent a ball over the left field fence to make it a seemingly insurmountable 3-0 lead. The reason why it was seemingly insurmountable for the Braves is because they had not scored in game one, and with another tough pitcher in Matt Cain on the mound in game two, it was going to be tough. Then another blow came in the second inning when the pitcher, Cain singled in a run to make it 4-0 Giants.
It still looked bleak for the Braves even when Brian McCann singled in Derrek Lee in the 6th inning. The eighth inning then was the breakthrough the Braves looked for, when the Braves got to San Francisco relievers Sergio Romo and Brian Wilson, the Giants closer. The Braves then scored on a throwing error by Pablo Sandoval and then on a big double by Alex Gonzalez who was 0-6 going into that at bat.
After that shaky inning, Wilson then retired the next few batters via strikeout and the game then went into extra innings. Both teams by this time were down to their last pitchers, with Kyle Farnsworth for the Braves and Ramon Ramirez for the Giants, it was about to be a battle of wills and which pitcher can go the farthest.
But, Rick Ankiel in the 11th inning hit a majestic homer into McCovey Cove for the game winning homer and the Braves only win in the series.
Granted, I know this is biased, but I also thought that it was a terrific game and was filled with tension.
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