after that the night belongs to tim lincicum. and the final out, what better way, a strike out giants win it 1-0 go up in the series 1-0 over the braves. afterwards, in the clubhouse lincicum was asked if this was the best gave he had ever pitched. >> i don't know, i think you would have to guess. if you come out on top, i guess you would have to say yes. this is one of my better ones if i had to rate it. >> nobody has struck out more than 10 in a postleague, you struck out 14, is that hard to believe? >> yeah, especially in this organization. i'm just happy about it and i'm happy with what i did today. >> and a short five game series winning this one at home. huge, and matt cane tomorrow for the giants. fred ingils will have more postgame interviews in a while. >> if tim lincicum had nerves, she didn't show it. >> he looked a little amped at the first, he calmed down after that. gave out two hits all night. >> in the zone. >> and here we have some pictures sent to us from the fans. you will find fan photos on ktvu.com. you can a

after that the night belongs to tim lincicum. and the final out, what better way, a strike out giants win it 1-0 go up in the series 1-0 over the braves. afterwards, in the clubhouse lincicum was asked if this was the best gave he had ever pitched. >> i don't know, i think you would have to guess. if you come out on top, i guess you would have to say yes. this is one of my better ones if i had to rate it. >> nobody has struck out more than 10 in a postleague, you struck out 14, is that hard to believe? >> yeah, especially in this organization. i'm just happy about it and i'm happy with what i did today. >> and a short five game series winning this one at home. huge, and matt cane tomorrow for the giants. fred ingils will have more postgame interviews in a while. >> if tim lincicum had nerves, she didn't show it. >> he looked a little amped at the first, he calmed down after that. gave out two hits all night. >> in the zone. >> and here we have some pictures sent to us from the fans. you will find fan photos on ktvu.com. you can a

when you have lincicum and cain then their bullpen. you're limited to the runs you can give up. >> they are the ones that are out there pitching in those run run games and holding it where it is. that's tough to do over and over and they did a lot of that this season. >> it's good for baseball, i think. i think it reaches out to a better demographic. i was tired of watching yankees and phillies all the time. >>> in about a half hour. a vigil will get under way for the employee who was killed saturday at a north bay hospital. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. the 56-year-old concord resident was found dead at napa hospital. now friends are asking questions of state officials. that's our report for now. thanks for joining us. good night. >> good night.

excitement, and tim lincicum is at the mound. fred inglis is live from at&t park. >> reporter: the giants 6.6 team earned run average. and tim lincicum will have to battle the nerves that come with your first play off run. >> he's a two time sy young winner. not only timmy but we have compliments for every one of our starters. our bullpen has been lights out for the last month of the season. that's really the key to get us through seven. >> there's going to be some extra merit. it is what it is, you go out there and you get strikes, you throw quality pitches and you believe your defense is going to pick you up. i think he's pretty relaxed right now. he'll be fine. >> reporter: well how exciting is tim lincicum they have guys coming all the way from ireland. are you serious? all the way from dublin, all the way from county dublin. to see number 55, that game is coming up very shortly. back to you. >> thanks fred. always fun at the ballpark. now get inside and check the game out. >>> meantime other play off games in progress. minne

. >>> lincicum the name magic around these parts.not just on the mound, lincicum can also swing a golf club, not tim but britney, no relation. 11-under 61 everything goes for her. she birdied six of her last seven holes. the last time a woman shot an 11-under was sarah clemington and that was back in 1978. >>> and campbell will resume his role as startling quarterback. and he's not ability to give the -- >> i look at team that had an opportunity. you look at the saints game, we had another chance to win. >> like i said no bulletin board material there. that's the sporting life, not to forget raiders and niners. >> mark, thank you. >>> and be sure to join the ktvu morning news beginning at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. they'll have the very

. >>> lincicum the name magic around thesparts. not just on the mound, lincicum can also swing a golf club, not tim but britney, no relation. 11-under 61 everything goes for her. she birdied six of her last seven holes. the last time a woman shot an 11-under was sarah clemington and that was back in 1978. >>> and campbell will resume his role as startling quarterback. and he's not ability to give the -- >> i look at team that had an opportunity. you look at the saints game, we had another chance to win. >> like i said no bulletin board material there. that's the sporting life, not to forget raiders and niners. >> mark, thank you. >>> and be sure to join the ktvu morning news beginning at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. they'll have the very latest on the emergency repairs being made on the bridge. good night.

. >> reporter: although the national media have been focusing on the match up of tim lincicum and ray halladay, fans say they don't want to focus on just that but have a different player step up on every game. >> that's the thing about our team. seems like somebody steps up each individual day and becomes the hero of that day and that's what you need as a team. >> reporter: now a lot of the national media has already been crowning the phillies as the national league champs. the giants players say not so fast. >> reporter: live in philadelphia, sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and you can see all of the national league championship series, play off games right here on ktvu.com. game one in philadelphia is tomorrow at 4: 4:30 our time. the rest of the games listed there on the screen or you can find them on ktvu.com, look under the giants play off tabs on the front page. >>> governor arnold schwarzenegger is scheduled to head home today. the governor met yesterday with british prime minister cameron where he met to speak about the budget crisis. arnold schwarzenegger met with the

tim lincicum is said to be the first pitcher on saturday. you can watch every one of the national league championship games right here on ktvu channel 2. >>> you might say san francisco is for the birds. literally, what the city is considering to try and keep birds from crashing into buildings. >>> i'm standing atop santa clara county's biggest dam. a new study shows it could collapse in a major earthquake sending some of this water within minutes into downtown morgan hill and san jose. what's being done to keep that from happening. >>> and i'm tracking fog, the cool down has begun. how much cooler will it be for your friday? i'll show you which cities will be the coolest. >>> it is at risk of collapsing in the event of a major earthquake. anderson dam is situated around the calavera s fault. rita williams is in morgan hill now. >> reporter: i'm sitting atop anderson dam. anderson could collapse sending millions of the gallons worth of water into morgan hill. >> definitely a concern. a pretty big hazard. >> reporter: folks who live in the po

and you can just feel the euphoria after tim lincicum did that beautiful job. just getting people in and you know it'll be a packed and loud house. but beyond the euphoria of last night's victory, a little problem for the giants and that involves scoring runs. they did win the ball game 1-0 as they went through batting practice, stretching and fielding practice today, that thought was very much on their mind. they have got to score more runs, only one last night. and it came on a base hit to left by cody ross that scored none other than buster posey, but one run is not going to get it done. and it'll be matt cain going for the san francisco giants. but the talk concerning their offense, that's the paramount right now. >> you know you look at our record and i think it's obvious that when we score first our record is pretty secure, especially at home. it's funny throughout the season, when we score a lot of runs we get up early. then everybody relaxes and everybody starts hitting. so our thought is get up early and we're pretty dangerous when that happens. >> we'

. >> that pitching tomorrow is as good as the lincicum-halliday. >> they've beaten the big pitchers, so we'll see again. >> no matter who wins, history will be made. >> that's right, absolutely. >> all right, thanks. >>> and be sure to join us tomorrow, they'll have the latest. and game one, you can watch it right here beginning at 4:30 in the afternoon. >> and our coverage continues online on ktvu.com. thank you for joining us. have a great evening everyone. >> good night.

of course tim lincicum stole the show, 14 strike outs, gave up only two hits, he was masterful and giant fans have a little bit of a painful memory from exactly one week ago tonight. they were going to try and clench against the padres and matt cain, tonight's starting pitcher got hit real hard by san diego. he is hoping to completely erase that from his memory bank and come out here and win game two for the giants against the braves. here's the managers thoughts about the starting pitcher matt cain. >> we all have hick ups and matt did there but he's been as consistent as any starter we've had and he has washed that off as we always say after a tough game. matt, he's a tough kid. he's got that ability to put those games behind him. >> tell me a little bit about matt's make up and his start. i'm guessing he has some nerves. >> any time you step out there in a postgame line up, you are a little nervous. he's the guy that's going to go out and give you a quality start and get you deep in the game. we look for him to do that tonight. >> reporter: matt cain has been a horse all season long f

seems like forever ago that tim lincicum's exploding stuff put the braves down in game one of the seriesth atlanta. 14 strike outs, only two hits allowed. but i will tell you what no one is in philly has forgotten it. particularly their manager charlie manuel. >> you call him a freak. e don't know if she's a freak or not. his style is different. you hear people a talk about his mechanic. seems he does everything a pitcher is supposed to do and he's special. >> entire series you will see right here on channel 2. i think it's safe to say the warriors have a few kinks to work out before the series starts. they get worked in an exhibition game. evans many thought he was not the rookie of the year last year. tyreke was 17 tonight. ellis up and under. and he has 17 points himself after the steal. but the kings 116-97 over golden state. back to baseball quickly. didn't take long for the braves to replace the honorable bobby cox. it's former marlins manager freddy gonzalez taking over next season. he had been actually much of his career as a coach with the braves. that's the sporting life for a

. >> lincicum against lee. that's going to be a good one. and we have some pictures from giants fans. take a picture of your spouse, your kids, your pets, or your neighbors. what a great shot. then e-mail them to ktvu.com, you can also check out the orange and black slide show and find more giants coverage on our website ktvu.com. >>> the port of oakland has a starting roll in the port of oakland. the cargo will be starting here at a new container facility to be built in stockton. they are being used instead of trucks to improve pollution. $30million for this project is coming from federal stimulus grants handed out by the transportation department. it'll pay for new barges, lighting and paving. >>> the highway patrol is investigating a crash just east of groveway. a woman inside a car was killed after it was trapped under a big rig then caught fire. the flames were put out by a passer by with a fire extinguisher. traffic was backed up for miles. a woman driving a second car suffered minor injuries. the big rig driver was not hurt. >>> on to

. >> that pitching tomorrow is as good as the lincicum-halliday. >> they've beaten the big pitchers,so we'll see again. >> no matter who wins, history will be made. >> that's right, absolutely. >> all right, thanks. >>> and be sure to join us tomorrow, they'll have the latest. and game one, you can watch it right here beginning at 4:30 in the afternoon. >> and our covera

seems like forever ago that tim lincicum's exploding stuff put the braves down in game one of the seriesith atlanta. 14 strike outs, only two hits allowed. but i will tell you what no one is in philly has forgotten it. particularly their manager charlie manuel. >> you call him a freak. e don't know if she's a freak or not. his style is different. you hear people a talk about his mechanic. seems he does everything a pitcher is supposed to do and he's special. >> entire series you will see right here on channel 2. i think it's safe to say the warriors have a few kinks to work out before the series starts. they get worked in an exhibition game. evans many thought he was not the rookie of the year last year. tyreke was 17 tonight. ellis up and under. and he has 17 points himself after the steal. but the kings 116-97 over golden state. back to baseball quickly. didn't take long for the braves to replace the honorable bobby cox. it's former marlins manager freddy gonzalez taking over next season. he had been actually much of his career as a coach with the braves. that's the sporting life for a

they are already talking about lincicum versus halliday here at the park. sal castaneda. >>> nancy pelosi and pennsylvania senator spector have set up a wager over chocolate. if the giants win the nlcs senator spector will send speaker pelosi a load of hersheys chocolate. if the phillies win, pelosi will send spector a load of ghirrardeli chocolate. >>> democrats bringing out the big guns here in the golden state. the big political name campaigning today in california. >>> a bay area airport construction dome. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, an economic act of faith still ahead. >>> the bay area did cool off today. even a few patches pushing back into the bay, coming up i'll show you where the fog will be tomorrow morning and also a noticeable temperature change for the week end. w e e k end. -- weekend. >>> a dramatic breakthrough in switzerland. workers today punched through the last stretch of rock on the way to completing the world's longest tunnel for railroad cars. the 35-mile long tunnel beneath the swiss alps has been 20 years in the making at the co