Timmy back on track, Velez & Burriss called up

Important win for the Giants tonight and as earlier suggested the Giants needed to see where Timmy was at if they had any hopes of making a run in the playoffs.  I don't want to say he's back but I will say that if that's the Tim Lincecum the Giants roll into the 1st game of a playoff series then I would be pretty comfortable in saying that the Giants are going to be tough to beat.

Another important aspect to tonight's win was the Giants are putting some heat on the Padres, finally.  Although, the Padres still won they are no doubt scoreboard watching and every-time the Giants win they put some major pressure on the Padres to win.  This is much different then before when the Padres were the ones putting the heat on the G-man.

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Good sign tonight to see Aubrey Huff and Freddy Sanchez hit the ball out.  The top 3 spots in the lineup has been struggling lately and they need those guys hot for the trip to San Diego.

The Giants had three homers tonight and both Buster Posey and Jose Guillen came within three feet of hitting their first inning hits out.

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Giants made a move today activating Guillermo Mota from the 15-day DL and calling up both Emmanuel Burriss and Eugenio Velez.

Let's just hope that Velez stays down in the clubhouse when Pat Burrell is up at bat.

Saturday Giants lineup

Jose Guillen is in the ballpark and been added to the 25 man roster. That means that IF Emmanuel Burriss has been sent back down to Fresno.


Torres CF
Fontenot 2B
Huff RF
Burrell LF
Posey C
Sandoval 3B
Uribe SS
Ishikawa 1B
Bumgarner P

Emmanuel Burriss gets called up, Giants lineup tonight

Giants fans finally got what they wanted.  After not being able to record an out in yesterday’s game Todd Wellemeyer has been designated for assignment and Emmanuel Burriss has been called up from AAA-Fresno.  This is a move that clearly needed to be made.  With 13 pitchers and only 4 players on the bench, Bochy had to use Matt Cain to pinch-hit in what could have been an important spot in the game.

I doubt that Burriss will play tonight but I wouldn’t be surprised to see him at some point this series with the struggles of both Freddy Sanchez and Edgar Renteria.