Giants torture returns during Columbus Day festivities

It's Torture with a capital T. The Giants fell behind early when Jake Peavy gave up a Home run to The Cardinals Matt Carpenter in the third inning.  Then in the fourth St Louis scored again, but as they so often do, the Giants clawed their way back into game 2. They did it with the small ball tying it in the 6th inning as Hunter Pence recorded his first RBI of the postseason. Throughout the roller coaster ride, the crowd at the Columbus Day Bazaar at Sts Peter and Paul School was going wild.

We felt like we were helping our guys rally back. Sure enough, the Giants took the lead in the top of the seventh, but in the bottom of the 7th, the Cards blasted another home run, this time from Oscar Taveras. If you're wondering who he is, so was everyone at the bazaar. The rookie has hit 3 home runs in 80 games. No time to relax for Giants fans. In the 8th rookie fastball reliever Hunter Strickland came into the game and once again gave up another home run, this time to Matt Adams, and the Cards are back on top. 4-3. Hold on to your drinks because with two outs and bases loaded the Giants fight back to tie the game on a wild pitch that scores pinch runner Matt Duffy. Heading into the bottom of the 9th tied at 4 all it felt like this ballgame would go into extra innings, but with Sergio Romo on the mound, Joltin' Kolten Wong hit the 4th and final home run of the night for the Cardinals to tie the series at 1-1. As deflated as we were watching the Cardinals celebrate on the field, Manager Bruce Bochy reminded us all that the Giants did win the first game on the road and now they are heading home.
"It was a great game between two great teams going at it, " Bochy said. "The long ball came back and bit us tonight, but it was a hard fought game and it's going to be a hard fought series."
In other words get ready for more Giants torture.