San Francisco Giants @ New York Mets (3)

The final game of this 3-game series was an afternoon game, so although I was glad of it for last night's game, I didn't take my coat with me today.

The final game saw Madison Bumgarner pitching for San Francisco against the Mets' Jon Niese. It was a warm sunny afternoon at Citi Field, so in the of the 4th inning, I went to lunch in the Delta Sky360 Club, which is a nice, cool place to eat whilst keeping up with the game on the numerous TVs around the seating area. I thought the gourmet burger, nice as it was, was a little overpriced at $16. I'd left it until the game had started to avoid the queues. However, I took my chocolate chip cookie and coffee, both good, back to my seat, which was at the home plate end of the Mets' dugout. I had an excellent view of everything from there. Buster Posey played at 1st base instead of catching, so I was able to get a good photo of him. The game was quick, over in just over two and a half hours. The game went very similarly to the previous 2 games in the series - scoreless early, Giants score a few, Mets claw their way back into the game later. This time, Bruce Bochy removed Casilla before he could lose us the game - bringing in Javier Lopez for the save, which he managed to do despite putting the winning run on base! Three excellent starts from the Giants' starters, two of which were converted into wins. Bullpen inconsistency would seem to be the problem.

The good seats meant I could get photos of Angel Pagan (the right-handed hitter) and Pablo Sandoval (the left-handed hitter). However, whenever sitting in the sections, it is important to pay attention, as balls do fly into the seats, often in a high arc, but sometimes as low line drives. One person was hurt a few sections to my right by a ball because she wasn't watching. It amazes me that the vendors don't get hit by balls often, as they have their backs to the game all the time. One of the good things the vendors at Citi Field will do, though, is crouch down, or sit in a seat whilst taking somebody's order so that they don't block the view for everybody else. That doesn't necessarily happen in some other places.

All throughout the series, I've had the impression that the Giants had about as many fans in attendance as the Mets did. However, with today being a weekday afternoon game, the Giants fans definitely outnumbered the Mets fan. On the subway, it was crammed full of people wearing San Francisco tops and hats, with barely a Mets supporter to be seen. There was no difficulty in finding somebody to take my photo.