Cincinnati at San Francisco

The Cincinnati Reds make the trip to the West Coast to take on San Francisco. The Giants will open the series with Matt Cain on the hill. Cain has been a top of the rotation pitcher all season long for the Giants and is crafting his best work right now. The last ten starts by Cain show that he has allowed 2 runs or less in nine of them, including each of the last four. The Reds will counter with an ace of their own in 19 game winner Johny Cueto. Cueto has not fared as well down the stretch with an ERA of 4.33 over his last six starts for the Reds. He also has some revealing numbers vs. NL playoff teams on the season. Cueto has made five starts vs. NL teams that made the playoffs this season and they are ugly. He has a 5.75 ERA against them and has allowed eight HR's in just 31.1 innings of work. The Reds have taken the doughnut in their last four divisional playoff series games at 0-4, while the Giants are off and running with a 50-24 mark in cain's last 74 home starts. Play on San Francisco.