Box scores give you all the information you need; as long as all you want to know who won the game and how people got on base. In basketball, its more than enough info, but baseball is a game of detail. There is a big difference between an 0 for 4 and an Oh! for four. The Additions to the Box Score feature will add/highlight the subtleties of individual games, and when paired with the box score, will give you a great feel for how the Giants game really went.

1. While the box score will show the #4-7 hitters all had extra base hits, it doesn’t show how hard Fred Lewis hit the ball. His screaming one hopper at second and liner right at right field will create a 1-4 day with his only hit coming on a soft roller at the hole vacated by the short stop as he went to cover the bag.

2. At quick read, Burriss was a opening day failure as he failed to record a hit in four at bats and struck out twice. It was the other two at bats that made a difference in the game however. Burriss lead off the bottom of the second by turning his back on a pitch just inside. By turning his back and not bailing out of the batters box, he took the ball off the hip and got a free 90 feet. He scored two batters later on a sac fly

The Giants failure to reach base in front of their pitchers has been a big part of their stagnate offense the last few years, and Manny Burriss seemed determined to spend time on the base paths this season regardless of what it takes to get their.

3. Rookie Joe Martinez’s pitches looked to have a lot of movement on them and where very effective. Three of the hits he gave up were grounders that found holes between infielders and his downward movement may make him a legitimate double play ball reliever rather than the long relief role he has been assigned at the seasons beginning.

1. The stolen base section for the Brewers is full as they stole four bases against the Giants getting caught zero times. While this may make Molina’s numbers throwing out base runners an uphill battle, it had much more to do with the Giant’s pitchers then it did with Molina. The Giants pitchers (mainly Lincecum and Martinez) struggled to hold runners on and gave Molina no chance to get attempting base stealers.

2. The Giant’s created a first and third situation in the sixth with no one out and Sandoval and Ishikawa due up. Both hitters failed to get the speedy Fred Lewis home as Sandoval struck out swinging at a pitch above his head and Ishikawa popped up in the infield. These kinds of situations cannot be squandered again this year, and regardless of their lack of experience these guys have to get that run home.

3. Sandoval played the game error free, however, there was more than one occasion where his lack of experience showed. He struggled getting the ball out of his glove twice on balls he had to charge.

- Brian Wilson hit 100 MPH on the radar gun in the ninth and struck out the only batter he faced.

- Howry’s Slider looked absolutely devastating as he struck out three batters in the 8^th inning.

- Bengie Molina’s single in the six was a line drive that missed a home run by a foot, hammering the wall in left and being played on a bounce leaving Bengie with what must have been one of the hardest hit singles of his career.