By Jeremy Kahn

With a chance to take their second consecutive series, the San Francisco Giants lost out to Mother Nature.

The rains came early in Denver; therefore the series between the Giants and the Colorado Rockies was postponed due to rain.

Actually, the game was postponed by officials nearly three hours prior to the first pitch between the National League Western Division rivals.

Since Tim Lincecum was supposed to start on Sunday in Colorado against the Rockies, his start along with everyone’s else’s is being pushed back a day.

Lincecum will now open the series in Los Angeles against the Los Angeles Dodgers, which means on Tuesday night, there will be a rematch of Wednesday’s game between two of last season’s star pitchers.

Yes, the fans at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night will see Clayton Kershaw face off against Madison Bumgarner.