Game #23: 1985 vs 2008

• Game #: 23
• ’85 Record: 8-15 .348
• ’08 Record: 10-13 .435

There are four other teams with the same record 23 games into the season.

• The ’65 team finished second with a record of 95-67 .586.
• In ’67 the also finished second with a record of 91-71 .562 winning percentage.
• The ’81 season was a strike year. The Giants ‘finished’ with a 56-55 for .505 winning percentage.
• The ’00 Giants finished in first with a 97-65 record nearly winning 60% of their games, they had a .599 winning percentage. This team is the fourth best team since the Giants moved to San Francisco.

What a pitching duel the game was last night. Young had one more strikeout than Lincecum did with 10, two less walks then Lincecum with three, and only gave up 2 hits. Fortunately for us Giants fan
one of those hits was a homer. Young’s WHIP was .71, exactly half of Lincecum’s 1.42. Pitching like that and losing must hurt. One last note on the pitching last night. Both starters threw the same number of strikes with 74. Lincecum threw 122 pitches and Young threw 121. A nice pitching duel.

The Giants sweep the Padres to move into third place above a half a game over the Dodgers!