The game started with an hour-and-26-minute rain delay–the third rain delay of this series. Once the game got underway, the Braves got to Matt Cain early, as Nick Markakis homered deep to right field to give the Braves a 2-0 lead. Markakis’ blast was the first of seven home runs hit in the game.
The Giants quickly responded in the second. Buster Posey led off the inning with a 311-foot home run down the right-field line that looked like a lazy fly ball off the crack of the bat. Later in the inning, Matt Cain helped his own cause with a two-run double into right-centerfield to give the Giants the lead.