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Thank you SF Giants.
Game 1-- Friday vs Dodgers at Nats Park.
Looks like Kershaw vs Scherzer.
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Or am I missing something? 
It will be a twofer: We send a demoralized team to Washington, and my team wins a Wild Card berth. 
http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-rookie-Blach-outduels-Kershaw-to-maintain-9525392.php
Ty Blach has a steel spine. No other conclusion makes sense. There is no alternate explanation for what this 25-year-old rookie accomplished Saturday in a 3-0 victory against the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw that assured the Giants will play beyond Sunday.
Asked to keep the game close against Kershaw, Blach outpitched him. Blach was throwing at AT&T Park for the first time, in his fourth big-league game, being caught by Buster Posey for the first time, and none of that mattered in his first career win.
The lefty from Creighton University stared down the immense pressure of a game the Giants had to have and did not blink. Instead, Blach held the regular Dodgers lineup to three hits in eight innings and became the first Giant in 25 years to pitch that many shutout frames in a start within his first four big-league games....
Oh yeah, Blach also became the second pitcher ever to get two hits in a game off Kershaw. The other was Craig Stammen in 2010.
Asked to keep the game close against Kershaw, Blach outpitched him. Blach was throwing at AT&T Park for the first time, in his fourth big-league game, being caught by Buster Posey for the first time, and none of that mattered in his first career win.
The lefty from Creighton University stared down the immense pressure of a game the Giants had to have and did not blink. Instead, Blach held the regular Dodgers lineup to three hits in eight innings and became the first Giant in 25 years to pitch that many shutout frames in a start within his first four big-league games....
Oh yeah, Blach also became the second pitcher ever to get two hits in a game off Kershaw. The other was Craig Stammen in 2010.
