GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: SAN FRANCISCO (35-45) at CINCINNATI (31-51)

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at CINCINNATI

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

BATTERIES: SFO - BARRY ZITO, KEVIN CORREIA (6TH), PATRICK MISCH (7TH), STEVE
KLINE (8TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

CIN - AARON HARANG, JON COUTLANGUS (7TH), TODD COFFEY
(7TH), DAVID WEATHERS (9TH) AND DAVID ROSS

HOME RUNS: SFO - BARRY BONDS (17) OFF AARON HARANG IN THE 1ST, 1 ON

CIN - BRANDON PHILLIPS (16) OFF KEVIN CORREIA IN THE 6TH, 3 ON</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at CINCINNATI

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

BATTERIES: SFO - BARRY ZITO, KEVIN CORREIA (6TH), PATRICK MISCH (7TH), STEVE
KLINE (8TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

CIN - AARON HARANG, JON COUTLANGUS (7TH), TODD COFFEY
(7TH), DAVID WEATHERS (9TH) AND DAVID ROSS


WP - AARON HARANG (9-2)
LP - KEVIN CORREIA (1-4)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: SFO - BARRY BONDS (17) OFF AARON HARANG IN THE 1ST, 1 ON

CIN - BRANDON PHILLIPS (16) OFF KEVIN CORREIA IN THE 6TH, 3 ON


TIME: 2:51 ATT: 37,299

PROBABLES: SFO - MATT CAIN (2-9, 3.38)
CIN - MATT BELISLE (5-5, 5.03)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (3) VS CINCINNATI (7) - FINAL

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Roberts cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 .217
R Winn rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .281
R Durham 2b 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 .253
B Bonds lf 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 .305
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 .294
B Molina c 4 0 0 1 0 0 6 .285
P Feliz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .240
O Vizquel ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .234
B Zito p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .129
a-K Frandsen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .252
K Correia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
P Misch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-M Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191
S Kline p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 32 3 5 3 6 4 20

a-struck out swinging for B Zito in the 6th; b-lined out to right for P Misch
in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - R Durham (17, A Harang). HR - B Bonds (17, 1st inning off A
Harang 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Bonds 2 (42), B Molina (45). 2-out RBI - B Bonds
2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Bonds 1, B Molina 2, P Feliz 1.
GIDP - O Vizquel. Team LOB - 10.

BASERUNNING: SB - D Roberts (14, 2nd base off D Weathers/D Ross).

FIELDING: E - B Molina (3, pop up). DP: 1 (P Feliz-R Durham-R Klesko).


CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Freel cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250
B Phillips 2b 4 3 2 4 1 0 1 .271
K Griffey Jr rf 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .291
J Conine 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .275
A Dunn lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .260
N Hopper lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
E Encarnacion 3b 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .269
A Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .253
D Ross c 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 .203
A Harang p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .114
a-S Hatteberg ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .300
J Coutlangus p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Coffey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Castro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .163
D Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 30 7 6 7 8 7 12

a-intentionally walked for A Harang in the 6th; b-flied out to center for T
Coffey in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - J Conine (8, B Zito); A Gonzalez (18, K Correia). HR - B Phillips
(16, 6th inning off K Correia 3 on, 2 Out). RBI - E Encarnacion (31), A
Gonzalez (40), J Conine (25), B Phillips 4 (46). 2-out RBI - E Encarnacion, A
Gonzalez, J Conine, B Phillips 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A
Dunn 2, D Ross 2. GIDP - D Ross. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: E - E Encarnacion (9, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Gonzalez-B Phillips-J
Conine).


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SAN FRANCISCO - 200 010 000 -- 3
CINCINNATI - 000 214 00x -- 7
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SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito 5 2 3 3 6 5 0 4.65
K Correia (L, 1-4) 1 3 4 4 2 2 1 4.08
P Misch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
S Kline 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.12

CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
A Harang (W, 9-2) 6 4 3 3 6 4 1 3.84
J Coutlangus 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.61
T Coffey 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.08
D Weathers 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.10

WP - B Zito. IBB - B Bonds (by A Harang), S Hatteberg (by K Correia). HBP - R
Winn (by A Harang); R Klesko (by J Coutlangus). Pitches-strikes: B Zito 113-64;
K Correia 34-18; P Misch 12-8; S Kline 17-11; A Harang 109-68; J Coutlangus
12-8; T Coffey 16-8; D Weathers 12-7. Ground balls-fly balls: B Zito 5-5; K
Correia 1-0; P Misch 0-3; S Kline 0-3; A Harang 5-9; J Coutlangus 0-2; T Coffey
3-1; D Weathers 1-2. Batters faced: B Zito 23; K Correia 8; P Misch 3; S Kline
4; A Harang 29; J Coutlangus 3; T Coffey 4; D Weathers 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Bruce Dreckman. 2B--Gary Darling. 3B--Jerry
Meals.

T--2:51. Att--37,299.
Weather: 87 degrees, clear. Wind: 1 mph, n/a.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
SAN FRANCISCO 3
CINCINNATI 7 FINAL</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at CINCINNATI

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SAN FRANCISCO (3) AT CINCINNATI (7) - HOW THEY SCORED
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SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: D Roberts struck out swinging. R Winn struck out
swinging. R Durham walked. B Bonds homered to right, R Durham scored.
R Klesko walked. B Molina grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Klesko
out at second. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 4TH: R Freel popped out to shortstop. B Phillips walked.
K Griffey Jr walked, B Phillips to second. J Conine flied out to right,
B Phillips to third. A Dunn walked, K Griffey Jr to second. E Encarnacion
walked, B Phillips scored, K Griffey Jr to third, A Dunn to second. A Gonzalez
walked, K Griffey Jr scored, A Dunn to third, E Encarnacion to second. D Ross
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, CINCINNATI 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: R Winn flied out to center. R Durham doubled to deep
center. B Bonds intentionally walked. R Klesko walked, R Durham to third,
B Bonds to second. B Molina grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Durham
scored, R Klesko out at second, B Bonds to third. P Feliz grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, B Molina out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 5TH: A Harang struck out looking. R Freel grounded out to
shortstop. B Phillips singled to center. B Phillips to second on wild pitch
by B Zito. K Griffey Jr walked. J Conine doubled to deep left, B Phillips
scored, K Griffey Jr to third. A Dunn struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 3.

CINCINNATI 6TH: K Correia relieved B Zito. E Encarnacion struck out
swinging. A Gonzalez doubled to left. D Ross struck out swinging.
S Hatteberg hit for A Harang. S Hatteberg intentionally walked. R Freel reached
on infield single to shortstop, A Gonzalez to third, S Hatteberg to second.
B Phillips homered to center, A Gonzalez, S Hatteberg and R Freel scored.
K Griffey Jr walked. J Conine grounded into fielder's choice to third,
K Griffey Jr out at second. (4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 7.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at CINCINNATI

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SAN FRANCISCO (3) AT CINCINNATI (7) - EVENT LOG
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San Francisco Starting Lineups -- D Roberts CF, R Winn RF, R Durham 2B, B Bonds LF,
R Klesko 1B, B Molina C, P Feliz 3B, O Vizquel SS, B Zito LHP.

Cincinnati Starting Lineups -- R Freel CF, B Phillips 2B, K Griffey Jr RF,
J Conine 1B, A Dunn LF, E Encarnacion 3B, A Gonzalez SS, D Ross C, A Harang RHP.

Umpires -- Larry Poncino (HP), Bruce Dreckman (1B), Gary Darling (2B),
Jerry Meals (3B).

Gametime Weather: 87 degrees, Clear, wind n/a at 1 mph.


SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: D Roberts struck out swinging. R Winn struck out
swinging. R Durham walked. B Bonds homered to right, R Durham scored.
R Klesko walked. B Molina grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Klesko
out at second. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 1ST: R Freel flied out to left. B Phillips grounded out to
third. K Griffey Jr flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 2, CINCINNATI 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND: P Feliz grounded out to third. O Vizquel lined out to
left. B Zito grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2,
CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 2ND: J Conine flied out to right. A Dunn struck out swinging.
E Encarnacion grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2,
CINCINNATI 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 3RD: D Roberts walked. R Winn hit by pitch, D Roberts to
second. R Durham popped out to shortstop. B Bonds walked, D Roberts to third,
R Winn to second. R Klesko lined out to first. B Molina flied out to right.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 3RD: A Gonzalez safe at first on error by catcher B Molina.
D Ross grounded into double play, third to second to first, A Gonzalez out at
second. A Harang struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) SAN FRANCISCO 2,
CINCINNATI 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: P Feliz flied out to right. O Vizquel flied out to
center. B Zito singled to center. D Roberts fouled out to shortstop. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 4TH: R Freel popped out to shortstop. B Phillips walked.
K Griffey Jr walked, B Phillips to second. J Conine flied out to right,
B Phillips to third. A Dunn walked, K Griffey Jr to second. E Encarnacion
walked, B Phillips scored, K Griffey Jr to third, A Dunn to second. A Gonzalez
walked, K Griffey Jr scored, A Dunn to third, E Encarnacion to second. D Ross
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, CINCINNATI 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: R Winn flied out to center. R Durham doubled to deep
center. B Bonds intentionally walked. R Klesko walked, R Durham to third,
B Bonds to second. B Molina grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Durham
scored, R Klesko out at second, B Bonds to third. P Feliz grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, B Molina out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 5TH: A Harang struck out looking. R Freel grounded out to
shortstop. B Phillips singled to center. B Phillips to second on wild pitch
by B Zito. K Griffey Jr walked. J Conine doubled to deep left, B Phillips
scored, K Griffey Jr to third. A Dunn struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: O Vizquel singled to center. K Frandsen hit for B Zito.
K Frandsen struck out swinging. D Roberts struck out swinging. R Winn flied
out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 3.

CINCINNATI 6TH: K Correia relieved B Zito. E Encarnacion struck out
swinging. A Gonzalez doubled to left. D Ross struck out swinging.
S Hatteberg hit for A Harang. S Hatteberg intentionally walked. R Freel reached
on infield single to shortstop, A Gonzalez to third, S Hatteberg to second.
B Phillips homered to center, A Gonzalez, S Hatteberg and R Freel scored.
K Griffey Jr walked. J Conine grounded into fielder's choice to third,
K Griffey Jr out at second. (4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 7.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: J Coutlangus relieved A Harang. R Durham flied out to
left. B Bonds flied out to left. R Klesko hit by pitch. T Coffey relieved
J Coutlangus. B Molina grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 7.

CINCINNATI 7TH: P Misch relieved K Correia. A Dunn popped out to third.
E Encarnacion flied out to right. A Gonzalez popped out to second. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 7.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: N Hopper in left field. P Feliz safe at first on error
by third baseman E Encarnacion. O Vizquel grounded into double play, shortstop
to second to first, P Feliz out at second. M Sweeney hit for P Misch. M Sweeney
lined out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 7.

CINCINNATI 8TH: S Kline relieved P Misch. D Ross singled to left. J Castro
hit for T Coffey. J Castro flied out to center. R Freel flied out to center.
B Phillips flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3,
CINCINNATI 7.

SAN FRANCISCO 9TH: D Weathers relieved T Coffey. D Roberts singled to
right. D Roberts stole second. R Winn flied out to left. R Durham grounded
out to first, D Roberts to third. B Bonds fouled out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, CINCINNATI 7.</div>

 

Bonds hits home run No. 751, but Reds prevail

<h3>CINCINNATI 7, SAN FRANCISCO 3</h3>CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Barry Bonds got one step closer tohistory on Tuesday, but Brandon Phillips got the last laugh.

Bonds hit career home run No. 751 in the first inning, butPhillips belted his second career grand slam in the sixth tosnap a tie and lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-3 triumph overthe San Francisco Giants.

Aaron Harang labored through six innings to improve to 4-0 inhis last eight starts for the Reds, who made a winner of PeteMackanin in his first game as manager. He replaced Jerry Narronon Sunday.

Harang struck out the first two hitters of the game beforewalking Ray Durham and becoming a part of history, when Bondscrushed an 0-2 offering into the right-center field seats tomove within four homers of Hank Aaron's all-time record.

But Phillips jumped to the center stage in the sixth, belting agrand slam off reliever Kevin Correia (1-4) to snap a 3-3 tie.It was the 16th home run of the season for Phillips.

Correia started the frame in place of San Francisco starterBarry Zito, who walked five of six batters during the fourthinning and threw 113 pitches. He allowed three runs, two hitsand struck out five.

Harang (9-2) walked a career-high six batters, yielding fourhits with four strikeouts.

After Zito retired the first nine batters with the aid of adouble play in the third inning, the Reds picked up a pair ofruns in the fourth. The zany lefthander walked the bases loadedand with two outs, he lost Edwin Encarnacion on a 3-2 pitch andAlex Gonzalez on five pitches to tie the score.

San Francisco took a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning on a double byRay Durham, walks to Bonds and Ryan Klesko and a run-scoringgroundout by Bengie Molina.

 

Bonds hits home run No. 751, but Reds prevail

<h3>CINCINNATI 7, SAN FRANCISCO 3</h3>CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Barry Bonds got one step closer tohistory on Tuesday, but Brandon Phillips got the last laugh.

Bonds hit career home run No. 751 in the first inning, butPhillips belted his second career grand slam in the sixth tosnap a tie and lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-3 triumph overthe San Francisco Giants.

Aaron Harang labored through six innings to improve to 4-0 inhis last eight starts for the Reds, who made a winner of PeteMackanin in his first game as manager. He replaced Jerry Narronon Sunday.

Harang struck out the first two hitters of the game beforewalking Ray Durham and becoming a part of history, when Bondscrushed an 0-2 offering into the right-center field seats tomove within four homers of Hank Aaron's all-time record.

"Can I feel it? No. I can feel 751 right now," Bonds said. "Ican't feel 755. I can feel 751 feels good."

"He was just right on the ball," Harang said of the pitch toBonds.

When reminded that he and Ken Griffey Jr. represented the mosthome runs in one game since Frank Robinson (586) and Aaron (755)met in Milwaukee in 1976, Bonds smiled.

"Those are two pretty good players right there. Jr. and I havebeen around for a long time but we just lost a game and you wantto talk about me an Jr.," Bonds said. "It's hurting right now(losing). We know we're a better team. We know we can playbetter. Unlucky breaks. Things aren't going our way. I'llappreciate these things more when I'm retired."

But Phillips jumped to the center stage in the sixth, belting agrand slam off reliever Kevin Correia (1-4) to snap a 3-3 tie.It was the 16th home run of the season for Phillips. Hecelebrated with an odd gesture as he rounded first base.

"I've been struggling myself with runners on base," Phillipssaid. "With all the things that are going on here, I startedhopping and leaning. I knew I hit it good but was reallyexcited when it went out."

Harang has been the bright spot for the Reds but committed thebaseball sin of giving Bonds a fat pitch on 0-2.

Correia started the frame in place of San Francisco starterBarry Zito, who walked five of six batters during the fourthinning and threw 113 pitches. He allowed three runs, two hitsand struck out five.

Harang (9-2) walked a career-high six batters, yielding fourhits with four strikeouts.

"I thought wouldn't it be nice to have a usual well-pitched gameby Aaron Harang," Mackanin said. "He just didn't feel right Hewasn't in sink but like the good pitcher he is, he battledthrough it."

After Zito retired the first nine batters with the aid of adouble play in the third inning following an error, the Redspicked up a pair of runs in the fourth. The zany lefthanderwalked the bases loaded and with two outs, he lost EdwinEncarnacion on a 3-2 pitch and Alex Gonzalez on five pitches totie the score.

"He couldn't have had better command in the first three innings,and he just lost it," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "For aguy who had been locked in the way he was the first threeinnings, I don't know if I've seen that."

San Francisco took a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning on a double byRay Durham, walks to Bonds and Ryan Klesko and a run-scoringgroundout by Bengie Molina.