The World Champion San Francisco Giants (22-17) defeated the Chicago Cubs (17-21) Saturday night at Wrigley Field by a score of 3-0 in a rain-shortened game that only got a few pitches into the top of the 7th inning.
Friday and Saturday night games are not allowed at Wrigley Field unless they are requested to be on national TV, as this one was by FOX Sports (allowing for it to be what is being reported as the first Saturday night game at Wrigley Field in 9 years). National TV being relative of course, since I, along with most of the country was force-fed the Red Sox (19-20)-Yankees (20-17) game. And since FOX has exclusive broadcast rights on Saturday, I was forbidden to watch the game live because of where I live. It didn't matter that I subscribe to MLB Extra Innings and mlb.tv. It seems really ridiculous to me, FOX and MLB should work out a way to let the games be seen out-of-market via subscription services. Anyway, enough of that for now.
In an ironic statistic, Ryan Vogelsong (3-0, 2.36 ERA) picked up his first career complete game shutout in the victory, even though he only pitched six innings. Vogelsong has been very, very solid for the Giants since coming up from Triple-A Fresno and has really been a good story to this point. I'm just glad the Giants got out of this game with a win as the conditions looked absolutely miserable for players and fans alike and clearly affected the fielding in particular on a number of plays. The Giants and Cubs close out this three game weekend series Sunday at 12:20 p.m. MT. The game will be televised nationally on WGN and can also be seen via MLB Extra Innings and mlb.tv.
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