SAN FRANCISCO -- Beginning with Anaheim's Ramon Ortiz and San Francisco's Livan Hernandez in Game 3 on Tuesday, a starting pitcher needs to step up. Otherwise, the bullpens will be working on fumes and even more high-scoring games will result.

Jarrod Washburn and Jason Schmidt went 5 2/3 innings each in Game 1, and neither Kevin Appier nor Russ Ortiz lasted longer than two innings in Game 2. Appier threw strikes, but Ortiz was only 2-for-14 on first-pitch strikes, something a pitcher can't do against the Angels.

Both managers want to see their starters get into the seventh inning, but that may not be possible the way the offenses are dominating. It's been an unusual postseason; I've always been a great believer that pitching and defense dominate the postseason, but not this year. Runs scored per game are up from 7.1 in last year's playoffs to 10.1 this year. And when Arizona, Atlanta, the New York Yankees and Oakland were eliminated in the first round, no dominating starters were left.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia avoided major trouble in Game 2. Despite an early 5-0 lead, Appier put Scioscia in a bad situation because the Angels don't have a true long man in the bullpen. On the other side, Dusty Baker got away with his using his No. 3 left-hander, Chad Zerbe, who got 12 outs, 11 on the ground.

I thought Baker made a mistake by not adding 13-game winner Ryan Jensen to the roster. Even though Jensen struggled down the stretch, he could still burn some innings if the Giants were getting blown out. But even though Zerbe got lost in the Game 2 shuffle, between the home runs from Barry Bonds and Tim Salmon and the pitching of Francisco Rodriguez, Zerbe was a hero for the Giants.

Even though the bullpens have been terrific, I would be concerned about them getting worn down, regardless of the travel day Monday. Even young Francisco Rodriguez was getting tired toward the end of the ALCS and wasn't pitching as effectively. The Giants have to worry about Felix Rodriguez throwing deep in the first two games. And Dusty Baker said Robb Nen is taking longer to get loose. Although Nen has a bit of shoulder tightness, it won't affect whether he pitches or not.

While the Series will resume at Pac Bell Park, the game's best pitcher's park, Edison Field yielded the fourth-fewest home runs in the majors this season. Pac Bell Park may be a tough place to hit, but the players are big and strong enough to hit the ball out of any ballpark in the world if the pitchers don't start locating their pitches better.

The lack of a DH hurts the Angels a little more than it does the Giants. However, in the history of the DH in the World Series, the AL DHs have hit only slightly better. In San Francisco, the Angels will have to take Brad Fullmer out of the lineup and move everyone else up a spot. In the pitcher's spot, Hernandez is a .242 lifetime hitter, while Ramon Ortiz is 0-for-14 in his career with five strikeouts.

Here are the keys for both teams in Game 3:

Anaheim Angels
Do what they do best: The Angels need to get on base and be aggressive on the basepaths because Hernandez's control is good. They won't swing and miss against him. The Angels will try to play a lot of hit-and-run. Then it becomes a guessing game whether Dusty Baker decides to pitch-out or not.

Ortiz must be on: He looked skittish against the Yankees in the Division Series, but he settled in and pitched a good game against the Twins in Minnesota in the ALCS. The Giants crowd shouldn't frighten him. Ortiz, however, is a high fastball pitcher who will need to throw quality strikes. This season he allowed more home runs than any pitcher in the majors (40). Ortiz must survive the first two innings. In the last 20 games the Giants have scored runs in either the first or second inning 18 times. And Game 2 was only the fourth time they have lost. Ortiz has to put zeroes on the scoreboard.

San Francisco Giants
Keep swinging: For the most part the Giants are swinging the bats well. They have to keep it up. Rich Aurilia is the only one who appears to be struggling. But Jeff Kent broke out with a home run. Bonds, who homered in the ninth inning Sunday, is locked in. Benito has come back a bit, but Reggie Sanders, J.T. Snow and David Bell are swinging the bat well. The Giants are dangerous with the kind of production they are getting from the bottom of their lineup.

Corner them: The Angels don't strike out. In fact, they struck out zero times in Game 2. Hernandez in his last start threw 85 pitches, and the Cardinals only swung and missed three times. The Angels will put the ball in play. So Hernandez needs to work the corners. Livan has never lost a game in October. Stuff-wise, he doesn't compare to Ramon Ortiz, but Hernandez has a lot of moxie and confidence, while Ortiz is still a bit of an unknown. You have great stuff vs. you know what you will get which are strikes. He has only walked three batters in 14 2/3 innings in the postseason.

Dave Campbell, who was an infielder for eight seasons in the major leagues (1967-74), is an analyst for Baseball Tonight and ESPN Radio.