GAME THREAD: NL: ARIZONA (46-36) at SAN FRANCISCO (34-45)

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Sweeney hit for S Kline.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
SAN FRANCISCO 13 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: M Sweeney (.197, 1 HR, 5 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 2 6 2 3 0 13 14 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: ARI - DOUG SLATEN
SFO - STEVE KLINE (OUT)

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: S DREW (.237, 1-FOR-3)
A OJEDA (.320, 1 HR, 3 RBI)
C TRACY (.269, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">ARIZONA (0) VS SAN FRANCISCO (13) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Byrnes lf-rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315
M Reynolds rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271
S Drew ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .237
O Hudson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .302
A Ojeda 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
C Tracy 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .269
T Clark 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 .219
C Young cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .242
M Montero c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .227
C Quentin rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Ed Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
a-C Jackson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268
D Slaten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Owings p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
S Hairston lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .236

Totals 28 0 4 0 0 12 6

a-popped out to first for E Gonzalez in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - S Drew (15, T Lincecum). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out
- O Hudson 1. Team LOB - 4.

FIELDING: E - T Clark (2, ground ball). PB - M Montero.


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Roberts cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 .216
F Lewis rf-lf 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 .253
R Durham 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .253
a-K Frandsen ph-2b 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .255
B Bonds lf 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 .304
N Schierholtz rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .325
R Klesko 1b 5 2 3 4 0 1 2 .295
B Molina c 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 .289
S Kline p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-M Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194
P Feliz 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .244
O Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .234
T Lincecum p 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .053
b-G Rodriguez ph-c 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333

Totals 38 13 14 13 4 5 11

a-singled to left center for R Durham in the 7th; b-singled to center for T
Lincecum in the 7th; c-grounded to first for S Kline in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - B Bonds (10, M Owings); R Klesko (13, Ed Gonzalez); F Lewis (4,
Ed Gonzalez). 3B - D Roberts (5, M Owings). HR - R Klesko (5, 4th inning off M
Owings 1 on, 0 Out), B Molina (8, 5th inning off Ed Gonzalez 2 on, 0 Out). SF -
R Durham. RBI - R Klesko 4 (27), B Bonds 2 (40), B Molina 3 (44), R Durham
(43), G Rodriguez (4), K Frandsen 2 (14). 2-out RBI - R Klesko, K Frandsen 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Klesko 1, B Molina 1, T Lincecum 2.
Team LOB - 6.


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ARIZONA - 000 000 00 -- 0
SAN FRANCISCO - 000 262 30 -- 13
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ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
M Owings 4 8 7 7 3 2 1 4.42
Ed Gonzalez 3 6 6 4 1 2 1 5.22
D Slaten 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.95

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 7 3 0 0 0 12 0 4.64
S Kline 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.30

M Owings pitched to 5 batters in the 5th.

IBB - B Bonds (by M Owings). Pitches-strikes: M Owings 85-53; Ed Gonzalez
51-32; D Slaten 9-7; T Lincecum 97-66; S Kline 19-11. Ground balls-fly balls: M
Owings 7-3; Ed Gonzalez 2-5; D Slaten 2-0; T Lincecum 4-5; S Kline 1-2. Batters
faced: M Owings 23; Ed Gonzalez 17; D Slaten 3; T Lincecum 24; S Kline 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Larry Vanover. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Charlie Reliford. 3B--Greg
Gibson.

Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 18 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO - PITCHING CHANGE
SFO: RANDY MESSENGER (1-2, 2.35) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 13

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: S DREW (.237, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Messenger relieved S Kline.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
SAN FRANCISCO 13 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: S Drew (.237, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Sweeney at first base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
SAN FRANCISCO 13 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: S Drew (.237, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 2 6 2 3 0 x 13 14 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ARI - MICAH OWINGS, EDGAR GONZALEZ (5TH), DOUG SLATEN (8TH) AND
MIGUEL MONTERO

SFO - TIM LINCECUM, STEVE KLINE (8TH), RANDY MESSENGER
(9TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA, GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ (8TH)

HOME RUNS: ARI - NONE

SFO - RYAN KLESKO (5) OFF MICAH OWINGS IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
BENGIE MOLINA (8) OFF EDGAR GONZALEZ IN THE 5TH, 2 ON</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 2 6 2 3 0 x 13 14 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ARI - MICAH OWINGS, EDGAR GONZALEZ (5TH), DOUG SLATEN (8TH) AND
MIGUEL MONTERO

SFO - TIM LINCECUM, STEVE KLINE (8TH), RANDY MESSENGER
(9TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA, GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ (8TH)


WP - TIM LINCECUM (3-2)
LP - MICAH OWINGS (5-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: ARI - NONE

SFO - RYAN KLESKO (5) OFF MICAH OWINGS IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
BENGIE MOLINA (8) OFF EDGAR GONZALEZ IN THE 5TH, 2 ON


TIME: 2:35 ATT: 42,154

PROBABLES: SFO - BARRY ZITO (6-8, 4.61)
CIN - AARON HARANG (8-2, 3.80)

PROBABLES: ARI - BRANDON WEBB (8-5, 3.05)
STL - BRADEN LOOPER (6-6, 4.66)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">ARIZONA (0) VS SAN FRANCISCO (13) - FINAL

ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Byrnes lf-rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315
M Reynolds rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271
S Drew ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 .236
O Hudson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .302
A Ojeda 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
C Tracy 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .273
T Clark 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .217
C Young cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .242
M Montero c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .227
C Quentin rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Ed Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
a-C Jackson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268
D Slaten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Owings p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
S Hairston lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .236

Totals 32 0 5 0 0 13 7

a-popped out to first for E Gonzalez in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - S Drew (15, T Lincecum). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out
- O Hudson 1. Team LOB - 5.

FIELDING: E - T Clark (2, ground ball). PB - M Montero.


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Roberts cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 .216
F Lewis rf-lf 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 .253
R Durham 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .253
a-K Frandsen ph-2b 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .255
B Bonds lf 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 .304
N Schierholtz rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .325
R Klesko 1b 5 2 3 4 0 1 2 .295
R Messenger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Molina c 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 .289
S Kline p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-M Sweeney ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194
P Feliz 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .244
O Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .234
T Lincecum p 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .053
b-G Rodriguez ph-c 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333

Totals 38 13 14 13 4 5 11

a-singled to left center for R Durham in the 7th; b-singled to center for T
Lincecum in the 7th; c-grounded to first for S Kline in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - B Bonds (10, M Owings); R Klesko (13, Ed Gonzalez); F Lewis (4,
Ed Gonzalez). 3B - D Roberts (5, M Owings). HR - R Klesko (5, 4th inning off M
Owings 1 on, 0 Out), B Molina (8, 5th inning off Ed Gonzalez 2 on, 0 Out). SF -
R Durham. RBI - R Klesko 4 (27), B Bonds 2 (40), B Molina 3 (44), R Durham
(43), G Rodriguez (4), K Frandsen 2 (14). 2-out RBI - R Klesko, K Frandsen 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Klesko 1, B Molina 1, T Lincecum 2.
Team LOB - 6.


----------------------------------------------------
ARIZONA - 000 000 000 -- 0
SAN FRANCISCO - 000 262 30x -- 13
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ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
M Owings (L, 5-3) 4 8 7 7 3 2 1 4.42
Ed Gonzalez 3 6 6 4 1 2 1 5.22
D Slaten 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.95

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum (W, 3-2) 7 3 0 0 0 12 0 4.64
S Kline 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.30
R Messenger 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.29

M Owings pitched to 5 batters in the 5th.

IBB - B Bonds (by M Owings). Pitches-strikes: M Owings 85-53; Ed Gonzalez
51-32; D Slaten 9-7; T Lincecum 97-66; S Kline 19-11; R Messenger 19-13. Ground
balls-fly balls: M Owings 7-3; Ed Gonzalez 2-5; D Slaten 2-0; T Lincecum 4-5; S
Kline 1-2; R Messenger 0-2. Batters faced: M Owings 23; Ed Gonzalez 17; D
Slaten 3; T Lincecum 24; S Kline 4; R Messenger 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Larry Vanover. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Charlie Reliford. 3B--Greg
Gibson.

T--2:35. Att--42,154.
Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 18 mph, out
to center.</div>

 

Lincecum overpowering as Giants rout Diamondbacks

<h3>SAN FRANCISCO 13, ARIZONA 0</h3>SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- "The Franchise" is back inform.

Rookie Tim Lincecum struck out a career-high 12 batters as theSan Francisco Giants won a laugher, 13-0, over the ArizonaDiamondbacks on Sunday.

Flashing an overpowering fastball and sharp curveball, Lincecum(3-2) allowed three hits in seven dominating innings. He didnot walk a batter and capped off his day by striking out thefinal two batters he faced.

The 23-year-old Lincecum almost got himself demoted to theminors with a string of poor outings, but he has quicklyregained his confidence and turned in his second consecutivestellar outing.

The Giants broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth.Barry Bonds walked and Ryan Klesko homered to the arcade inright field for a 2-0 lead.

Diamondbacks rookie starter Micah Owings (5-3) didn't make itpast the fifth inning, when San Francisco tacked on six moreruns.

Dave Roberts led off the frame with a triple to center field,Fred Lewis walked and Ray Durham legged out an infield single.

With the bases loaded, Bonds lined a double to right, scoringtwo runs. The double for Bonds was his 377th as a Giant,allowing him to pass his godfather, Hall of Famer Willie Mays,for first on San Francisco's franchise list.

Bonds also registered the 2,900 hit of his career leaving himonly 100 shy of the coveted 3,000 plateau.

Klesko followed with an RBI single, prompting Diamondbacksmanager Bob Melvin to make a double switch. On the first pitchfrom reliever Edgar Gonzalez, catcher Bengie Molina cracked athree-run homer to left that broke the game open.

Owings lasted four-plus innings, allowing seven runs and eighthits. He walked three and struck out two.

The Giants didn't let up, padding the lead with two runs in thesixth and three more in the seventh en route to the blowout.

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
ARIZONA 0
SAN FRANCISCO 13 FINAL</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ARIZONA (0) AT SAN FRANCISCO (13) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: B Bonds walked. R Klesko homered to right, B Bonds
scored. B Molina singled to left. P Feliz fouled out to third. O Vizquel
grounded out to catcher, B Molina to second. T Lincecum grounded out to
catcher. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: D Roberts tripled to deep right center. F Lewis walked.
R Durham reached on infield single to third, F Lewis to second. B Bonds
doubled to deep right, D Roberts and F Lewis scored, R Durham to third.
R Klesko singled to right, R Durham scored, B Bonds to third. E Byrnes in right
field. Ed Gonzalez relieved M Owings. S Hairston in left field. B Molina
homered to left, B Bonds and R Klesko scored. P Feliz flied out to right.
O Vizquel struck out looking. T Lincecum struck out looking. (6 Runs, 5 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 8.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: D Roberts safe at first on error by first baseman
T Clark. F Lewis singled to right, D Roberts to third. R Durham hit sacrifice
fly to left, D Roberts scored. B Bonds grounded out to second, F Lewis to
second. R Klesko doubled to deep right, F Lewis scored. B Molina flied out to
right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 10.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: M Reynolds in right field. A Ojeda at second base.
P Feliz walked. O Vizquel grounded out to catcher, P Feliz to second.
G Rodriguez hit for T Lincecum. G Rodriguez singled to center, P Feliz scored.
D Roberts flied out to right. F Lewis doubled to right, G Rodriguez to third.
K Frandsen hit for R Durham. K Frandsen singled to left center, G Rodriguez and
F Lewis scored. N Schierholtz flied out to center. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 13.</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ARIZONA (0) AT SAN FRANCISCO (13) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Arizona Starting Lineups -- E Byrnes LF, S Drew SS, O Hudson 2B, C Tracy 3B,
T Clark 1B, C Young CF, M Montero C, C Quentin RF, M Owings RHP.

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

Umpires -- Larry Vanover (HP), Tony Randazzo (1B), Charlie Reliford (2B),
Greg Gibson (3B).

Gametime Weather: 68 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to center at 18 mph.


ARIZONA 1ST: E Byrnes popped out to shortstop. S Drew struck out swinging.
O Hudson singled to right. C Tracy struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: D Roberts singled to left. F Lewis grounded out to
shortstop, D Roberts to second. R Durham flied out to left. B Bonds
intentionally walked. R Klesko grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
B Bonds out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

ARIZONA 2ND: T Clark struck out swinging. C Young struck out swinging.
M Montero grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0,
SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND: B Molina struck out swinging. P Feliz singled to
center. P Feliz to second on passed ball by M Montero. O Vizquel flied out to
right. T Lincecum grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0,
SAN FRANCISCO 0.

ARIZONA 3RD: C Quentin flied out to right. M Owings struck out swinging.
E Byrnes singled to left. S Drew struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 3RD: D Roberts grounded out to second. F Lewis struck out
swinging. R Durham grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0,
SAN FRANCISCO 0.

ARIZONA 4TH: O Hudson struck out swinging. C Tracy struck out swinging.
T Clark struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: B Bonds walked. R Klesko homered to right, B Bonds
scored. B Molina singled to left. P Feliz fouled out to third. O Vizquel
grounded out to catcher, B Molina to second. T Lincecum grounded out to
catcher. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

ARIZONA 5TH: C Young grounded out to shortstop. M Montero flied out to
center. C Quentin grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0,
SAN FRANCISCO 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: D Roberts tripled to deep right center. F Lewis walked.
R Durham reached on infield single to third, F Lewis to second. B Bonds
doubled to deep right, D Roberts and F Lewis scored, R Durham to third.
R Klesko singled to right, R Durham scored, B Bonds to third. E Byrnes in right
field. Ed Gonzalez relieved M Owings. S Hairston in left field. B Molina
homered to left, B Bonds and R Klesko scored. P Feliz flied out to right.
O Vizquel struck out looking. T Lincecum struck out looking. (6 Runs, 5 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 8.

ARIZONA 6TH: S Hairston struck out swinging. E Byrnes fouled out to third.
S Drew doubled to right center. O Hudson grounded out to second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 8.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: D Roberts safe at first on error by first baseman
T Clark. F Lewis singled to right, D Roberts to third. R Durham hit sacrifice
fly to left, D Roberts scored. B Bonds grounded out to second, F Lewis to
second. R Klesko doubled to deep right, F Lewis scored. B Molina flied out to
right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 10.

ARIZONA 7TH: F Lewis in left field. N Schierholtz in right field. C Tracy
flied out to center. T Clark struck out swinging. C Young struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 10.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: M Reynolds in right field. A Ojeda at second base.
P Feliz walked. O Vizquel grounded out to catcher, P Feliz to second.
G Rodriguez hit for T Lincecum. G Rodriguez singled to center, P Feliz scored.
D Roberts flied out to right. F Lewis doubled to right, G Rodriguez to third.
K Frandsen hit for R Durham. K Frandsen singled to left center, G Rodriguez and
F Lewis scored. N Schierholtz flied out to center. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 13.

ARIZONA 8TH: K Frandsen at second base. S Kline relieved T Lincecum.
G Rodriguez catching. M Montero singled to right center. C Jackson hit for
Ed Gonzalez. C Jackson popped out to first. S Hairston grounded into fielder's
choice to third, M Montero out at second. M Reynolds flied out to right.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 13.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: D Slaten relieved Ed Gonzalez. R Klesko struck out
swinging. M Sweeney hit for S Kline. M Sweeney grounded out to first. P Feliz
grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 13.

ARIZONA 9TH: R Messenger relieved S Kline. M Sweeney at first base. S Drew
struck out swinging. A Ojeda flied out to left. C Tracy singled to center.
T Clark flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 13.</div>

 

Lincecum overpowering as Giants rout Diamondbacks

<h3>SAN FRANCISCO 13, ARIZONA 0</h3>SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- "The Franchise" is back inform.

Rookie Tim Lincecum struck out a career-high 12 batters as theSan Francisco Giants won a laugher, 13-0, over the ArizonaDiamondbacks on Sunday.

Flashing an overpowering fastball and sharp curveball, Lincecum(3-2) allowed three hits in seven dominating innings. He didnot walk a batter and capped off his day by striking out thefinal two batters he faced.

"I've been struggling lately and its good to see a nice zero(walks) up there," Lincecum said. "I'm just trying to staylevel-headed with (my confidence). It's a lot better afterthese last two outings. I kind of got better as the game went."

"Boy, what a great job he did, great stuff," Giants managerBruce Bochy said. "He's got the good fastball but he had agreat curve today, had a great split and used them all. It'shard to pitch better than that.

"We got the runs we've been looking for a while and this is morelike the offense we thought and something we will continue aswe hit the second half."

The 23-year-old Lincecum almost got himself demoted to theminors with a string of poor outings, but he has quicklyregained his confidence and turned in his second consecutivestellar outing.

"It was just the way things went and that's the game ofbaseball," Lincecum said. "That's how it goes and I just try tomove on from it."

The Giants broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth.Barry Bonds walked and Ryan Klesko homered to the arcade inright field for a 2-0 lead.

"To go out there and have a game like that with the bats rollingand the way Lincecum pitched, you've got to pick it up andobviously we'd be a lot better if we played like that," Kleskosaid. "You're not going to go out there and score that manyruns every game and the tight ballgames are the ones we reallyhave to bear down and win."

Diamondbacks rookie starter Micah Owings (5-3) didn't make itpast the fifth inning, when San Francisco tacked on six moreruns.

"Both guys came as advertised for three (innings) and then ithappened pretty quickly in the fourth," Diamondbacks manager BobMelvin said. "They got some better at-bats against him, theKlesko home run and then you just couldn't stop the bleeding."

Dave Roberts led off the frame with a triple to center field,Fred Lewis walked and Ray Durham legged out an infield single.

With the bases loaded, Bonds lined a double to right, scoringtwo runs. The double for Bonds was his 377th as a Giant,allowing him to pass his godfather, Hall of Famer Willie Mays,for first on San Francisco's franchise list.

Bonds also registered the 2,900 hit of his career leaving himonly 100 shy of the coveted 3,000 plateau.

Klesko followed with an RBI single, prompting Diamondbacksmanager Bob Melvin to make a double switch. On the first pitchfrom reliever Edgar Gonzalez, catcher Bengie Molina cracked athree-run homer to left that broke the game open.

Owings lasted four-plus innings, allowing seven runs and eighthits. He walked three and struck out two.

"You saw the game, that's how it was going out there," Owingssaid. "I thought a couple of (calls) were questionable butthat's going to happen. Those guys have a little more time thanme and it's happened.

"It'll happen again but there's not much you can do about it,just got to keep throwing and doing the best you can."

The Giants didn't let up, padding the lead with two runs in thesixth and three more in the seventh en route to the blowout.

"This series, obviously after playing good ball against theYankees and we thought we got something good going and then SanDiego coming in beat us two out of three, was kind of aletdown," Klesko said. "We didn't give up and went right backafter it and that shows you the character of this team and weknow that this team is capable of playing better and that's whatwe've been doing the last couple of days."