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• "That's the frustrating part, starting off 2-0 in that first inning," Lincecum said. You put your team in a hole and you have to scratch back. That first inning was really big."
• The early trouble was nothing new for Lincecum -- he allowed 28 first-inning runs this season, the most in the majors.
• Carpenter narrowly missed a homer with one out in the fifth, settling for a double off the right-center field wall. Holliday singled and the throw beat Carpenter to home plate, but catcher Hector Sanchez couldn't corral the throw that skidded off the infield grass.
• "We had him at home plate and still 2-1," Bochy said. "That's a big play in the game."
• Molina singled home Holliday, chasing Lincecum after just 4 2-3 innings.
• The Giants bullpen was no help, either. George Kontos allowed singles to Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma in the sixth and Jay drove in both with a double off Jose Mijares. Guillermo Mota yielded a single to Craig and an RBI double to Molina in the seventh, and Kozma singled off Jeremy Affeldt to score Molina.
• One of Bochy's moves worked.
• Hunter Pence, 1 for 11 coming in and dropped to sixth from fifth in the order, hit a 451-homer off Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright well over the left field bullpen in the top of the second for the Giants' first run. It was Pence's first RBI in nine playoff games. Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Fernando Salas.
• Still, the Giants are 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position over the past two games.
• "We'll get some guys on base, we're just missing a big hit here or there," Bochy said.
• Zito is 2-6 with a 4.89 ERA lifetime against St. Louis. He is just 58-69 since signing a big contract to go from Oakland to San Francisco in 2007, but had his best season as a Giant in 2012 -- 15-8 with a 4.15 ERA.
• In his first postseason start, against Cincinnati, he got an early hook in Game 4, giving up two runs in 2 2-3 innings in a game the Giants eventually won 8-3.
• "You don't win as many games as he's won this year if you aren't throwing the ball well," Bochy said of Zito. "He's earned this. And we have all the confidence in Barry tomorrow."
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