GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: HOUSTON (21-23) at SAN FRANCISCO (22-22)

NL: HOUSTON at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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HOUSTON 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 9 0 (BOT 8)

CURRENT PITCHERS: HOU - ROY OSWALT (OUT)
SFO - TIM LINCECUM

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.305, 1-FOR-3)
P FELIZ (.264, 2-FOR-3, 2 RBI)
O VIZQUEL (.230, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: HOUSTON at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (2) VS SAN FRANCISCO (4) - MID 8TH - IN PROGRESS

HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Lamb 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .328
M Loretta 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333
L Berkman 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260
C Lee lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .316
L Scott rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .239
H Pence cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333
B Ausmus c 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
A Everett ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .196
R Oswalt p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095
a-O Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .138

Totals 27 2 5 2 1 4 5

a-grounded to third for R Oswalt in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - M Lamb (3, T Lincecum). 3B - M Loretta (1, T Lincecum). S - R
Oswalt. RBI - M Loretta (11), C Lee (41). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - A Everett 1, M Lamb 1. GIDP - H Pence. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Lee (3, 2nd base off T Lincecum/B Molina), B Ausmus (3,
2nd base off T Lincecum/B Molina).


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .317
F Lewis rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .326
R Klesko 1b 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .307
B Bonds lf 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 .282
D Ortmeier lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364
R Durham 2b 3 1 1 2 0 0 3 .255
B Molina c 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .305
P Feliz 3b 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 .264
O Vizquel ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .230
T Lincecum p 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000

Totals 29 4 9 4 2 4 12

BATTING: 2B - R Klesko 2 (7, R Oswalt 2); P Feliz (10, R Oswalt). SF - R
Durham. RBI - R Durham 2 (26), P Feliz 2 (21). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Durham 1, B Molina 1, R Winn 1, T Lincecum 1. Team LOB - 7.


FIELDING: DP: 1 (O Vizquel-R Durham-R Klesko).


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HOUSTON - 000 200 00 -- 2
SAN FRANCISCO - 000 103 0 -- 4
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HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
R Oswalt 7 9 4 4 2 4 0 3.04

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 8 5 2 2 1 4 0 3.08

IBB - B Bonds 2 (by R Oswalt). Pitches-strikes: R Oswalt 111-76; T Lincecum
104-71. Ground balls-fly balls: R Oswalt 12-5; T Lincecum 15-5. Batters faced:
R Oswalt 32; T Lincecum 29.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Tim Tschida. 2B--Jim Joyce. 3B--Jeff Nelson.

Weather: 61 degrees, clear. Wind: 25 mph, out to center.</div>

 

Lincecum outduels Oswalt as Giants top Astros

<h3>SAN FRANCISCO 4, HOUSTON 2</h3>SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The encore between Tim Lincecum andRoy Oswalt was as good as the first.

Lincecum outdueled Oswalt as the San Francisco Giants won thesecond straight matchup between the two hard-throwingrighthanders, 4-2, on Tuesday.

Pedro Feliz continued his hot hitting against Oswalt with ago-ahead double in the seventh inning for the Giants, who havewon three straight.

Ryan Klesko doubled twice and Ray Durham drove in two runs forSan Francisco, which beat Houston, 2-1, in 12 innings onThursday.

The two hooked up in an outstanding duel in Houston. Lincecumallowed just an unearned run and two hits in seven innings witha season-high 10 strikeouts, while Oswalt carried a no-hitterinto the sixth inning and finished by allowing just four hitswith six strikeouts in seven scoreless innings.

Lincecum (2-0) worked a season-high eight innings in thiscontest, surrendering two runs and five hits with a walk andfour strikeouts.

The 5-11 righthander had his contract purchased from Class AAAFresno on May 6 after totally dominating the Pacific CoastLeague. The 2006 first-round pick who has drawn comparisons toRoy Oswalt because of his size and mid-90s fastball, allowedjust one run and 12 hits in 31 innings with 11 walks and 46strikeouts.

Oswalt (6-3) lasted seven frames, allowing four runs and ninehits.

Armando Benitez survived a single and a flyout to deep centerfield by Carlos Lee that would have been out of just about everyother park before recording his ninth save.

The righthanders each started out perfect, retiring the firstnine batters until both offenses broke through in the fourth.

Mike Lamb led off against Lincecum with a double and scored whenMark Loretta tripled down the right field line on a ball thattipped off right fielder Fred Lewis' glove. After Lance Berkmangrounded out, Carlos Lee plated Loretta with a single to rightfield for a 2-0 edge.

But San Francisco got on the board in the bottom half, whenLewis reached on a one-out single, Klesko doubled to right andBarry Bonds was walked intentionally. Durham followed with asacrifice fly to center field.

In the fifth, Klesko doubled with one out. After anotherintentional walk to Bonds, Durham plated Klesko with a base hitto right to tie the contest a 2-2. Bengie Molina then movedBonds to third with a sharp single to right field and PedroFeliz plated both with a double down the right field line for a4-2 lead.

 

Lincecum outduels Oswalt as Giants top Astros

<h3>SAN FRANCISCO 4, HOUSTON 2</h3>SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The encore between Tim Lincecum andRoy Oswalt was as good as the first.

Lincecum outdueled Oswalt as the San Francisco Giants won thesecond straight matchup between the two hard-throwingrighthanders, 4-2, on Tuesday.

Pedro Feliz continued his hot hitting against Oswalt with ago-ahead double in the seventh inning for the Giants, who havewon three straight.

Ryan Klesko doubled twice and Ray Durham drove in two runs forSan Francisco, which beat Houston, 2-1, in 12 innings onThursday.

"Look at what he's (Klesko) done the last few games," SanFrancisco manager Bruce Bochy said. "This is a guy who missed alot of baseball last year. Petey's (Feliz) played some greatball, too, got the day off yesterday after having a great gameand came back today and had another great game."

The two hooked up in an outstanding duel in Houston. Lincecumallowed just an unearned run and two hits in seven innings witha season-high 10 strikeouts, while Oswalt carried a no-hitterinto the sixth inning and finished by allowing just four hitswith six strikeouts in seven scoreless innings.

"I didn't feel nearly as good as I did on Thursday," Oswaltsaid. "When we went up 2-0, I thought I could keep them down.When they scored one I thought I could get through seven 2-1,but I left two pitches up."

Lincecum (2-0) worked a season-high eight innings in thiscontest, surrendering two runs and five hits with a walk andfour strikeouts.

"I thought I was on a pretty even keel the whole game except forthat fourth inning," Lincecum said. "Everything else feltpretty good. I got guys to swing early in the counts and keptmy pitch count down."

The 5-11 righthander had his contract purchased from Class AAAFresno on May 6 after totally dominating the Pacific CoastLeague. The 2006 first-round pick who has drawn comparisons toRoy Oswalt because of his size and mid-90s fastball, allowedjust one run and 12 hits in 31 innings with 11 walks and 46strikeouts.

"The kid was good again," Bochy said. "Gave up two butregrouped. This guy at his age with the little professionalexperience he has shown the composure. His mound presence wasvery impressive."

"Everybody in the lineup had a hit except Ausmus and Pence,didn't they," Houston manager Phil Garner asked. "We justcouldn't put them together. We scored two runs and didn't makethat hold up. We didn't have many chances either."

Oswalt (6-3) lasted seven frames, allowing four runs and ninehits.

"He's got great stuff," Klesko said. "You've got to battle toget a hit. When he's on, you take what he gives you." ArmandoBenitez survived a single and a flyout to deep center field byCarlos Lee that would have been out of just about every otherpark before recording his ninth save.

The righthanders each started out perfect, retiring the firstnine batters until both offenses broke through in the fourth.

Mike Lamb led off against Lincecum with a double and scored whenMark Loretta tripled down the right field line on a ball thattipped off right fielder Fred Lewis' glove. After Lance Berkmangrounded out, Carlos Lee plated Loretta with a single to rightfield for a 2-0 edge.

"Second time around, seeing him was a little better," Lamb said."I saw him better today than I did in Houston. Any edge you canget mentally helps out a lot."

But San Francisco got on the board in the bottom half, whenLewis reached on a one-out single, Klesko doubled to right andBarry Bonds was walked intentionally. Durham followed with asacrifice fly to center field.

Although Oswalt agreed with the decision to walk Bondsintentionally with first base open in the fourth, he disagreedin the sixth.

"I didn't want to walk him there. I wanted to go at him rightthere. I felt like I could get him out there. I get a fly ballthere and it's two outs with a guy on third. More guys you puton the more guys can score."

In the fifth, Klesko doubled with one out. After anotherintentional walk to Bonds, Durham plated Klesko with a base hitto right to tie the contest a 2-2. Bengie Molina then movedBonds to third with a sharp single to right field and PedroFeliz plated both with a double down the right field line for a4-2 lead.

 

NL: HOUSTON at SAN FRANCISCO

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HOUSTON (2) AT SAN FRANCISCO (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
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HOUSTON 4TH: M Lamb doubled to left. M Loretta tripled to right, M Lamb
scored. L Berkman grounded out to first. C Lee singled to right, M Loretta
scored. C Lee stole second. L Scott singled to right, C Lee to third. H Pence
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, L Scott out at
second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: R Winn grounded out to first. F Lewis singled to right.
R Klesko doubled to right, F Lewis to third. B Bonds intentionally walked.
R Durham hit sacrifice fly to center, F Lewis scored, R Klesko to third.
B Molina popped out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2,
SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: F Lewis struck out looking. R Klesko doubled to deep
right. B Bonds intentionally walked. R Durham singled to right, R Klesko
scored, B Bonds to second. B Molina singled to right, B Bonds to third,
R Durham to second. P Feliz doubled to left, B Bonds and R Durham scored,
B Molina to third. O Vizquel grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher,
B Molina out at home, P Feliz to third. T Lincecum grounded out to third.
(3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 4.</div>

 

NL: HOUSTON at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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HOUSTON 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 x 4 10 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: HOU - ROY OSWALT, DAN WHEELER (8TH) AND BRAD AUSMUS

SFO - TIM LINCECUM, ARMANDO BENITEZ (9TH) AND BENGIE
MOLINA


WP - TIM LINCECUM (2-0)
LP - ROY OSWALT (6-3)
SAVE - ARMANDO BENITEZ (9)

HOME RUNS: HOU - NONE

SFO - NONE


TIME: 2:14 ATT: 35,134

PROBABLES: HOU - MATT ALBERS (1-3, 6.51)
SFO - BARRY ZITO (3-5, 5.13)</div>

 

NL: HOUSTON at SAN FRANCISCO

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HOUSTON (2) AT SAN FRANCISCO (4) - EVENT LOG
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Houston Starting Lineups -- M Lamb 3B, M Loretta 2B, L Berkman 1B, C Lee LF,
L Scott RF, H Pence CF, B Ausmus C, A Everett SS, R Oswalt RHP.

San Francisco Starting Lineups -- R Winn CF, F Lewis RF, R Klesko 1B, B Bonds LF,
R Durham 2B, B Molina C, P Feliz 3B, O Vizquel SS, T Lincecum RHP.

Umpires -- Jim Wolf (HP), Tim Tschida (1B), Jim Joyce (2B), Jeff Nelson (3B).


Gametime Weather: 61 degrees, Clear, wind out to center at 25 mph.


HOUSTON 1ST: M Lamb grounded out to first. M Loretta grounded out to
third. L Berkman grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
HOUSTON 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: R Winn grounded out to shortstop. F Lewis flied out to
center. R Klesko grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
HOUSTON 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

HOUSTON 2ND: C Lee grounded out to second. L Scott flied out to center.
H Pence struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 0,
SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND: B Bonds struck out looking. R Durham grounded out to
second. B Molina grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 0,
SAN FRANCISCO 0.

HOUSTON 3RD: B Ausmus grounded out to shortstop. A Everett struck out
swinging. R Oswalt grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
HOUSTON 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 3RD: P Feliz grounded out to shortstop. O Vizquel grounded
out to first. T Lincecum grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
HOUSTON 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

HOUSTON 4TH: M Lamb doubled to left. M Loretta tripled to right, M Lamb
scored. L Berkman grounded out to first. C Lee singled to right, M Loretta
scored. C Lee stole second. L Scott singled to right, C Lee to third. H Pence
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, L Scott out at
second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: R Winn grounded out to first. F Lewis singled to right.
R Klesko doubled to right, F Lewis to third. B Bonds intentionally walked.
R Durham hit sacrifice fly to center, F Lewis scored, R Klesko to third.
B Molina popped out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2,
SAN FRANCISCO 1.

HOUSTON 5TH: B Ausmus flied out to center. A Everett reached on bunt
single to first. R Oswalt sacrificed to first, A Everett to second. M Lamb
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: P Feliz singled to shallow center. O Vizquel grounded
out to shortstop, P Feliz to second. T Lincecum struck out swinging. R Winn
grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

HOUSTON 6TH: M Loretta flied out to left. L Berkman struck out looking.
C Lee flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: F Lewis struck out looking. R Klesko doubled to deep
right. B Bonds intentionally walked. R Durham singled to right, R Klesko
scored, B Bonds to second. B Molina singled to right, B Bonds to third,
R Durham to second. P Feliz doubled to left, B Bonds and R Durham scored,
B Molina to third. O Vizquel grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher,
B Molina out at home, P Feliz to third. T Lincecum grounded out to third.
(3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 4.

HOUSTON 7TH: L Scott grounded out to shortstop. H Pence grounded out to
first. B Ausmus walked. B Ausmus stole second. A Everett grounded out to
second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 4.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: R Winn struck out swinging. F Lewis singled to center.
R Klesko singled to right, F Lewis to second. B Bonds popped out to second.
R Durham lined out to center. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2,
SAN FRANCISCO 4.

HOUSTON 8TH: D Ortmeier in left field. O Palmeiro hit for R Oswalt.
O Palmeiro grounded out to third. M Lamb grounded out to shortstop.
M Loretta lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2,
SAN FRANCISCO 4.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: D Wheeler relieved R Oswalt. B Molina struck out
swinging. P Feliz flied out to center. O Vizquel doubled to deep right.
M Sweeney hit for T Lincecum. M Sweeney struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 4.

HOUSTON 9TH: A Benitez relieved T Lincecum. L Berkman singled to left
center. C Lee flied out to center. L Scott popped out to shortstop. H Pence
grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 4.</div>

 

NL: HOUSTON at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (2) VS SAN FRANCISCO (4) - FINAL

HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Lamb 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .328
M Loretta 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333
L Berkman 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .265
C Lee lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .314
L Scott rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .237
H Pence cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .329
B Ausmus c 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
A Everett ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .196
R Oswalt p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095
a-O Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .138
D Wheeler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 31 2 6 2 1 4 8

a-grounded to third for R Oswalt in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - M Lamb (3, T Lincecum). 3B - M Loretta (1, T Lincecum). S - R
Oswalt. RBI - M Loretta (11), C Lee (41). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - A Everett 1, M Lamb 1. GIDP - H Pence. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Lee (3, 2nd base off T Lincecum/B Molina), B Ausmus (3,
2nd base off T Lincecum/B Molina).


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .317
F Lewis rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .326
R Klesko 1b 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .307
B Bonds lf 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 .282
D Ortmeier lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364
R Durham 2b 3 1 1 2 0 0 3 .255
B Molina c 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .303
P Feliz 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .262
O Vizquel ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .235
T Lincecum p 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000
a-M Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .188
A Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 33 4 10 4 2 6 13

a-struck out swinging for T Lincecum in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - R Klesko 2 (7, R Oswalt 2); P Feliz (10, R Oswalt); O Vizquel (7,
D Wheeler). SF - R Durham. RBI - R Durham 2 (26), P Feliz 2 (21). Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - M Sweeney 1, R Durham 1, B Molina 1, R Winn 1, T
Lincecum 1. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (O Vizquel-R Durham-R Klesko).


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HOUSTON - 000 200 000 -- 2
SAN FRANCISCO - 000 103 00x -- 4
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HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
R Oswalt (L, 6-3) 7 9 4 4 2 4 0 3.04
D Wheeler 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.27

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum (W, 2-0) 8 5 2 2 1 4 0 3.08
A Benitez (S, 9) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.87

IBB - B Bonds 2 (by R Oswalt). Pitches-strikes: R Oswalt 111-76; D Wheeler
17-12; T Lincecum 104-71; A Benitez 10-8. Ground balls-fly balls: R Oswalt
12-5; D Wheeler 0-1; T Lincecum 15-5; A Benitez 1-2. Batters faced: R Oswalt
32; D Wheeler 4; T Lincecum 29; A Benitez 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Tim Tschida. 2B--Jim Joyce. 3B--Jeff Nelson.

T--2:14. Att--35,134.
Weather: 61 degrees, clear. Wind: 25 mph, out to
center.</div>