This was supposed to be a lesson game. The Giants weren't going to average seven runs per game forever. Tim Lincecum was going to allow more than four homers all season, which is what he was on pace to do. This was supposed to be another game that reminded you baseball sure isn't as easy as it seems when the team is in the middle of an eight-game winning streak. This was a regression game, a nod to the idea that the team that taking three steps forward and two steps back for an entire season will win 97 games.