GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: SAN FRANCISCO (26-29) at PHILADELPHIA (28-28)

NL: SAN FRANCISCO (26-29) at PHILADELPHIA (28-28)

<h3>Zito looks to win third straight start</h3>

San Francisco (26-29) at Philadelphia (28-28) 1:05 pm EDT

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Barry Zito will look to win his thirdstraight start as the San Francisco Giants wrap up a four-gameseries with the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.

Since getting rocked for a season-high seven runs in fourinnings of a 15-3 loss to his former team the Oakland Athleticson May 18, Zito (5-5, 4.21 ERA) has been on a tear.

The former Cy Young Award winner has yielded just a run and 10hits over 14 innings over his past two starts.

In his last time out, the lefthanded Zito threw seven stronginnings, allowing six hits and striking out seven in a 3-0victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday.

The Phillies will counter with Jon Lieber (2-3, 3.86), who willbe looking to turn around his struggles.

Lieber was roughed up for five runs and 13 hits in 6 2/3 inningsin Tuesday's 11-5 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

San Francisco handed Lieber his first loss of the season on May5. The 13-year veteran allowed four runs in six innings in the9-4 setback.

Lieber gave up a solo home run in that meeting to Barry Bonds,who is 10 home runs away from breaking Hank Aaron's all-timehome run record. Bonds is expected to start after having justpinch hit on Sunday.

The Giants absorbed a 9-8 loss Sunday despite holding a 7-3 leadthrough six innings. However, the Phillies rallied in theseventh with five runs, including three on a homer by RyanHoward.

It was the fourth homer in the last seven games for the reigningNational League MVP.

Although San Francisco tied the game at 8-8 on Kevin Frandsen'sRBI single in the ninth, Shane Victorino ended it with agame-winning homer in the bottom half.

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO AT PHILADELPHIA -- LINEUPS

SAN FRANCISCO PHILADELPHIA
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Randy Winn CF .302 5 20 Jimmy Rollins SS .263 9 33
Fred Lewis RF .267 2 12 Shane Victorino RF .272 4 22
Ryan Klesko 1B .311 1 13 Chase Utley 2B .300 10 44
Barry Bonds LF .278 12 26 Ryan Howard 1B .224 10 35
Ray Durham 2B .256 5 33 Jayson Werth LF .276 3 9
Bengie Molina C .311 6 33 Aaron Rowand CF .325 8 28
Pedro Feliz 3B .251 7 27 Wes Helms 3B .261 0 16
Kevin Frandsen SS .262 1 8 Rod Barajas C .206 2 5
Barry Zito LHP .136 0 0 Jon Lieber RHP .071 0 1
(5-5, 4.21) (2-3, 3.86)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
WARMUPS: SFO - BARRY ZITO (5-5, 4.21)
PHI - JON LIEBER (2-3, 3.86)

UMPIRES: HP - MARTY FOSTER
1B - PAUL SCHRIEBER
2B - TIM MCCLELLAND
3B - FIELDIN CULBRETH

WEATHER: 70 Degrees, drizzle
WIND: 7 mph, left to right</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
STARTING BATS: SFO - BARRY ZITO AND BENGIE MOLINA
PHI - JON LIEBER AND ROD BARAJAS

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R WINN (.302, 5 HR, 20 RBI)
F LEWIS (.267, 2 HR, 12 RBI)
R KLESKO (.311, 1 HR, 13 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
CONFIRMED STARTERS: SFO - BARRY ZITO
PHI - JON LIEBER</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: SFO - BARRY ZITO
PHI - JON LIEBER

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B BONDS (.276, 0-FOR-1)
R DURHAM (.255, 0-FOR-1)
B MOLINA (.315, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - END 3RD - IN PROGRESS

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304
F Lewis rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .308
B Bonds lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
R Durham 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
B Molina c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315
P Feliz 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
K Frandsen ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
B Zito p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130

Totals 11 0 2 0 1 2 5

BATTING: Team LOB - 3.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .269
S Victorino rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .299
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .222
J Werth lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .267
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .324
W Helms 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
R Barajas c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .203
J Lieber p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067

Totals 11 0 3 0 2 3 12

BATTING: S - C Utley. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rowand 2, J
Werth 1. Team LOB - 5.


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SAN FRANCISCO - 000 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 000 -- 0
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SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 4.04

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Lieber 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 3.65

IBB - R Howard (by B Zito). Pitches-strikes: B Zito 63-36; J Lieber 40-26.
Ground balls-fly balls: B Zito 2-4; J Lieber 2-5. Batters faced: B Zito 14; J
Lieber 12.

UMPIRES: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Tim Mcclelland.
3B--Fieldin Culbreth.

Weather: 70 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: SFO - BARRY ZITO
PHI - JON LIEBER

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A ROWAND (.324, 0-FOR-1)
W HELMS (.259, 0-FOR-1)
R BARAJAS (.203, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - MID 4TH - IN PROGRESS

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304
F Lewis rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .308
B Bonds lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .274
R Durham 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
B Molina c 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .318
P Feliz 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .249
K Frandsen ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
B Zito p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130

Totals 15 0 3 0 1 2 6

BATTING: Team LOB - 4.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .269
S Victorino rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .299
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .222
J Werth lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .267
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .324
W Helms 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
R Barajas c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .203
J Lieber p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067

Totals 11 0 3 0 2 3 12

BATTING: S - C Utley. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rowand 2, J
Werth 1. Team LOB - 5.


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SAN FRANCISCO - 000 0 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 000 -- 0
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SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 4.04

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Lieber 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 3.59

IBB - R Howard (by B Zito). Pitches-strikes: B Zito 63-36; J Lieber 50-35.
Ground balls-fly balls: B Zito 2-4; J Lieber 3-7. Batters faced: B Zito 14; J
Lieber 16.

UMPIRES: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Tim Mcclelland.
3B--Fieldin Culbreth.

Weather: 70 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: SFO - BARRY ZITO
PHI - JON LIEBER

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: K FRANDSEN (.258, 0-FOR-1)
B ZITO (.130, 0-FOR-1)
R WINN (.304, 1-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - END 4TH - IN PROGRESS

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304
F Lewis rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .308
B Bonds lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .274
R Durham 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
B Molina c 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .318
P Feliz 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .249
K Frandsen ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
B Zito p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130

Totals 15 0 3 0 1 2 6

BATTING: Team LOB - 4.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .269
S Victorino rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .299
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .222
J Werth lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .267
A Rowand cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .322
W Helms 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .257
R Barajas c 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .215
J Lieber p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .063

Totals 15 0 4 0 2 5 13

BATTING: 2B - R Barajas (4, B Zito). S - C Utley. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Rowand 2, J Lieber 1, J Werth 1. Team LOB - 6.


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SAN FRANCISCO - 000 0 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 000 0 -- 0
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SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito 4 4 0 0 2 5 0 3.98

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Lieber 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 3.59

IBB - R Howard (by B Zito). Pitches-strikes: B Zito 78-46; J Lieber 50-35.
Ground balls-fly balls: B Zito 2-5; J Lieber 3-7. Batters faced: B Zito 18; J
Lieber 16.

UMPIRES: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Tim Mcclelland.
3B--Fieldin Culbreth.

Weather: 70 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
CONFIRMED STARTERS: SFO - BARRY ZITO
PHI - JON LIEBER</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: SFO - BARRY ZITO
PHI - JON LIEBER

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B BONDS (.276, 0-FOR-1)
R DURHAM (.255, 0-FOR-1)
B MOLINA (.315, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - END 3RD - IN PROGRESS

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304
F Lewis rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .308
B Bonds lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
R Durham 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
B Molina c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315
P Feliz 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
K Frandsen ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
B Zito p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130

Totals 11 0 2 0 1 2 5

BATTING: Team LOB - 3.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .269
S Victorino rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .299
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .222
J Werth lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .267
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .324
W Helms 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
R Barajas c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .203
J Lieber p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067

Totals 11 0 3 0 2 3 12

BATTING: S - C Utley. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rowand 2, J
Werth 1. Team LOB - 5.


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SAN FRANCISCO - 000 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 000 -- 0
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SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 4.04

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Lieber 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 3.65

IBB - R Howard (by B Zito). Pitches-strikes: B Zito 63-36; J Lieber 40-26.
Ground balls-fly balls: B Zito 2-4; J Lieber 2-5. Batters faced: B Zito 14; J
Lieber 12.

UMPIRES: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Tim Mcclelland.
3B--Fieldin Culbreth.

Weather: 70 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: SFO - BARRY ZITO
PHI - JON LIEBER

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A ROWAND (.324, 0-FOR-1)
W HELMS (.259, 0-FOR-1)
R BARAJAS (.203, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - MID 4TH - IN PROGRESS

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304
F Lewis rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .308
B Bonds lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .274
R Durham 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
B Molina c 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .318
P Feliz 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .249
K Frandsen ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
B Zito p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130

Totals 15 0 3 0 1 2 6

BATTING: Team LOB - 4.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .269
S Victorino rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .299
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .222
J Werth lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .267
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .324
W Helms 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
R Barajas c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .203
J Lieber p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067

Totals 11 0 3 0 2 3 12

BATTING: S - C Utley. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rowand 2, J
Werth 1. Team LOB - 5.


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SAN FRANCISCO - 000 0 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 000 -- 0
----------------------------------------------------

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 4.04

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Lieber 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 3.59

IBB - R Howard (by B Zito). Pitches-strikes: B Zito 63-36; J Lieber 50-35.
Ground balls-fly balls: B Zito 2-4; J Lieber 3-7. Batters faced: B Zito 14; J
Lieber 16.

UMPIRES: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Tim Mcclelland.
3B--Fieldin Culbreth.

Weather: 70 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: SFO - BARRY ZITO
PHI - JON LIEBER

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: K FRANDSEN (.258, 0-FOR-1)
B ZITO (.130, 0-FOR-1)
R WINN (.304, 1-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - END 4TH - IN PROGRESS

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304
F Lewis rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .308
B Bonds lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .274
R Durham 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
B Molina c 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .318
P Feliz 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .249
K Frandsen ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
B Zito p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130

Totals 15 0 3 0 1 2 6

BATTING: Team LOB - 4.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .269
S Victorino rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .299
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .222
J Werth lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .267
A Rowand cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .322
W Helms 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .257
R Barajas c 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .215
J Lieber p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .063

Totals 15 0 4 0 2 5 13

BATTING: 2B - R Barajas (4, B Zito). S - C Utley. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Rowand 2, J Lieber 1, J Werth 1. Team LOB - 6.


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SAN FRANCISCO - 000 0 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 000 0 -- 0
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SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito 4 4 0 0 2 5 0 3.98

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Lieber 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 3.59

IBB - R Howard (by B Zito). Pitches-strikes: B Zito 78-46; J Lieber 50-35.
Ground balls-fly balls: B Zito 2-5; J Lieber 3-7. Batters faced: B Zito 18; J
Lieber 16.

UMPIRES: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Tim Mcclelland.
3B--Fieldin Culbreth.

Weather: 70 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY RYAN KLESKO (2) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH
2 OUT IN THE 5TH OFF JON LIEBER SCORED RANDY WINN AND FRED LEWIS.
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 3, PHILADELPHIA 0

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B BONDS (.274, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY PEDRO FELIZ SCORED BARRY BONDS.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, P FELIZ ON FIRST, B MOLINA ON SECOND, R
DURHAM ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 4
PHILADELPHIA 0 TOP, 5TH

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: K FRANDSEN (.270, 1-FOR-2)</div>