PREGAME: Giants vs. Mets

In an attempt to split the 4-game series with the Mets, the Giants will face an old friend, Livan Hernandez. Hernandez's numbers this year aren't pretty: he's 7-7 with a 5.28 ERA, with a .306 opp. batting average and a WHIP of 1.57. Yet, he's exactly the type of pitcher that the aggressive, free-swinging Giants have problems with. Hernandez will try to expose the Giants by feeding them nothing but breaking balls that tail low and away. For the Giants to have success, they'll have to try their hardest to deviate from their hack-at-the-first-pith tendencies. As Mike Krukow said on the KNBR morning show, they should, "TAKE A DAMN PITCH!!!"

Where is Nate Schierholtz in today's lineup?!