Giants take two of three from Braves

The Giants beat the Braves 6-3 Sunday evening to take two out of three in the weekend series. The game was completed after a four hour, nine minute rain delay. Tim Lincecum looked really sharp to me as he went 7 innings, giving up 2 earned runs and striking out 10 batters. Pablo Sandoval aka the "Kung Fu Panda" hit his first home run of the year and it was a monster shot. Braves rookie right fielder Jason Heyward hit his third home run of the season in the ninth inning. Heyward is young but he looks like the real deal to me. The Giants are 5-1 on the year and looking really good. I know it's early but I'm feeling very optimistic about the rest of the year after this strong start. Also in the division, Arizona is 4-2 after a 15-6 victory over Pittsburgh in which the Diamondbacks scored a remarkable 13 runs in the fourth inning. Those same Pirates visit the Giants for a three game series starting tomorrow night. Pittsburgh starts Ross Ohlendorf (0-0) and the Giants go with Barry Zito (1-0) with first pitch at 8:15 p.m. MT on MLB Extra Innings and mlb.tv.