Next Game San Francisco Giants @ Milwaukee Brewers Friday, Jun 26, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Miller Park Matt Cain vs Yovani Gallardo --> Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 85.   Complete Coverage > Even though they took the first series of the year from the Brewers, I certainly did not expect the Giants to have the better record at nearly the halfway point of the season. It's not like they aren't who we thought they were, either--they have the worst offense in the National League. They're being carried by a pitching staff that is, on an aggregate basis, the best in the league, but it's really only two guys propping those numbers up, wunderkind Tim Lincecum and tonight's starter (and frequent focus of BCB lust) Matt Cain. Cain actually has a better ERA than Lincecum, though his peripherals don't match that, being merely good as opposed to otherworldly. Suffice to say, though, he's a hell of a #2 starter. "Hell of a #2 starter" is how most optimistic projections of Yovani Gallardo's career went, too, but the Mexicutioner (sorry, Joakim) has consistently teased us with his true ace upside this year. The Giants' Lilliputian offense will help him out, but he'll need to tap into that ace potential tonight to to break Cain. Lineups, courtesy of Cash Kruth: BREWERSCraig Counsell 2BJ.J. Hardy SSRyan Braun LFPrince Fielder 1BCasey McGehee 3BMike Cameron CFCorey Hart RFJason Kendall CYovani Gallardo RHPGIANTSAaron Rowand CFRandy Winn LFPablo Sandoval 3BBengie Molina CTravis Ishikawa 1BNate Schierholtz RFJuan Uribe SSMatt Downs 2BMatt Cain RHP The bullpen rest situation: Carlos Villanueva pitched an inning (15 pitches) on Tuesday. Todd Coffey pitched an inning (10 pitches) on Wednesday. Trevor Hoffman pitched an inning (18 pitches) on Wednesday. Mark DiFelice got one out (three pitches) yesterday. Chris Narveson somehow blew the game yesterday on only 11 pitches. Mitch Stetter got two outs (14 pitches) yesterday and pitched an inning (24 pitches) on Wednesday. Chris Smith pitched two innings (29 pitches) yesterday.