They Could Be Giants, Phils vs Giants in NLCS

It's the first time since 2003 that the Giants were in the playoffs. The Giants are now going to the NLCS to face the Phillies.

The Giants are a youthful team with Tim Lincecum and Brad Posey but the Giants also have a few seasoned veterans, against the experience of Roy Halladay and the veteran Phillies players.

It was the first time since 2004 that the Giants had a 90 win (or over) season since 2004. In 2002, the Giants narrowly lost the World Series to the Anaheim Angels in 7 games.


The Giants won the series against the Braves in 4 games. Here is how the offense did for the Giants in that series:

	Playoff Series Stats
	G	AB ▾	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA
Andres Torres	4	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	.125
Freddy Sanchez	4	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125
Buster Posey	4	16	3	6	1	0	0	0	2	5	.375
Aubrey Huff	4	15	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	6	.267
Juan Uribe	4	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	.071
Cody Ross	4	14	2	4	1	0	1	3	1	2	.286
Pat Burrell	4	10	1	2	1	0	1	3	2	4	.200
Pablo Sandoval	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167
Mike Fontenot	3	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167
Nate Schierholtz	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Jonathan Sanchez	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Tim Lincecum	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Travis Ishikawa	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Madison Bumgarner	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Aaron Rowand	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500
Matt Cain	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500
Edgar Renteria	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Brian Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sergio Romo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ramon Ramirez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Javier Lopez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Santiago Casilla	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	57	132	11	28	3	1	2	9	13	43	.212

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/12/2010.

And the Phillies made quick work of the Reds in 3 straight games. Here is how the Phillies offense did in the NLDS:

	Playoff Series Stats
	G	AB ▾	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA
Shane Victorino	3	13	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	.231
Jayson Werth	3	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	.167
Raul Ibanez	3	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.250
Chase Utley	3	11	3	3	0	0	1	4	0	2	.273
Jimmy Rollins	3	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.091
Ryan Howard	3	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	.273
Placido Polanco	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111
Carlos Ruiz	3	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	.250
Wilson Valdez	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Cole Hamels	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Roy Halladay	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333
Mike Sweeney	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Roy Oswalt	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Domonic Brown	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J.C. Romero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Madson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Lidge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Francisco	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Durbin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Contreras	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	99	13	21	3	0	1	10	10	14	.212

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/12/2010.