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Tommy Lasorda once said, “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” On Tuesday night, April 12th, 2011, the San Francisco Giants fought until the very end with determination. After suffering a disappointing 6-1 loss the previous night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Giants would face their L.A. opponent once again at their home field of AT&T Park. Starting pitchers, Giant’s Tim Lincecom (1-1) and Dodger’s Chad Billingsly (1-1), pitched a scoreless 3 innings but in the top of the 4th, the Giants were disrupted by a series of singles and Matt Kemp’s line drive to right field scoring Jamey Carroll. The order continued with James Looney reaching first on a fielding error by First baseman Brandon Belt, scoring in Andre Ethier and advancing Kemp to Third. Kemp made it home off of former Giant Juan Uribe’s double to right field leaving the Giants in a 3-0 hole. The Giants responded immediately in the bottom of the 4th. Freddy Sanchez doubled on a fly ball to right field and was knocked home by Buster Posey’s ground ball single to left field. Posey, who was just presented his 2010 Rookie of the Year Award Sunday 4/10, then scored right away as Pablo Sandoval, also known as “the Panda”, doubled to right field. Even though the inning ended with L.A. leading 3-2, the Dodgers were certainly feeling the heat. With no hits in the top of the 5th for the Dodgers, the Giants gained momentum with Belt’s single to left field. Lincecum’s sacrifice bunt advanced Belt to second then without delay was driven in by Arron Rowand. With the game tied up at 3-3 Posey stepped up once again to answer the call, hitting in Rowand with a line drive single to center field. The Giants were on fire, but the game was far from over. With the bases loaded for the Dodgers in the top of the 6th, Giant’s manager Bruce Bochy, called for a pitching change. Guillermo Mota entered the game relieving Lincecum and closing out the inning with a strike out and a pop out. Giants fans hopeful for a win, were soon disappointed by Dodger Marcuz Thames who hit a homerun in the top of the 7th to tie the game up. However, with the tension high, the Giants once again responded with a triple by Rowan. Following the order, a wild pitch to Sanchez got away from Dodger catcher Rod Barajas scoring in Rowand. The Giants finished the game in the 9th with Brian “Fear the Beard” Wilson striking out the side. The Giants win with 5 runs, 9 hits and 1 error over the Dodgers with 4 runs, 8 hits and 0 errors. Thanks for listening! This is Lauren Matheson, Doin' the Math.