Is it the end...?

The Battle:

 

Welcome back!  Tonight might be the last game of the baseball season.  The San Fransisco Giants are up three games to zero over the Detroit Tigers in Detroit.  To win the World Series, a team needs to win four games to become the champions.

Tonight, the Giants send up their "ace," Matt Cain.  Cain has been a solid pitcher for the club, according to ESPN, Cain posted a 16-5 record with a 2.79 ERA during the regular season.  During the postseason, Cain is not as great, his record is 2-2 with a 3.52 ERA.  That is almost a full run differential.  Why is that?

A good reason why Cain's postseason ERA is almost a run higher than the regular season is because during the season, teams see really good teams as well as really bad teams.  For example, the Giants play games against teams like the Houston Astros (the worst team in the majors), and that can help a pitcher's ERA go down.  A game that definitely helped bring his ERA down was the game he pitched on June 13 of this year.  On this date, Cain saw 27 batters and got them all out without allowing anyone to get on base.

For the Tigers, they send out Max Scherzer.  Scherzer is a talented young pitcher who is often overshadowed by a man named Justin Verlander.  Verlander is a beast on the baseball field, but Scherzer has done well also.  According to ESPN, Scherzer was 16-7 with a 3.74 ERA.   He was second in the league with 231 strikeouts.  Unlike Cain, Scherzer has had an excellent postseason.  His ERA is a whopping .82, that is less than one run.

This should be a good match-up for both teams, and I am excited to see this game.  I believe that the Giants will win and become the World Series Champions.  The Giants have a better pitching staff and their not known for their hitting, but can score runs when they need to.  Don't forget, the Giants have a "big panda" named Pablo Sandoval.  Sandoval is the only power that the Giants have in their line-up.  It was shown in Game One of the World Series, Sandoval hit three straight home runs.

If I am correct that the Giants will win tonight, then the baseball season will be over.  Its hard to think that the season went by so fast.  It feels like it was just yesterday when Spring Training started.  Now its going to be a race to see which team gets the best players.  This season has been a season like never before.  There was a perfect game thrown, a triple crown winner and a few steroid busts.  What will happen next year?  Will your team overspend to try and get a big bat or a power arm? 

Only time will tell!  Until then.