GAME THREAD: NL: SAN FRANCISCO (36-47) at ST LOUIS (39-43)

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NL AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CHRIS DUNCAN SCORED AARON MILES AND SCOTT
SPIEZIO.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C DUNCAN ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 4
ST LOUIS 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S TAGUCHI (.293, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NL AT ST LOUIS - PITCHING CHANGE
SFO: RANDY MESSENGER (1-2, 2.23) IN THE 9TH
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C DUNCAN ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 3

DUE UP FOR STLOUIS: S TAGUCHI (.293, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NL AT ST LOUIS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Messenger relieved J Taschner.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C DUNCAN ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 4
ST LOUIS 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S Taguchi (.293, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

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

BATTERIES: SFO - NOAH LOWRY, KEVIN CORREIA (7TH), BRAD HENNESSEY (9TH), JACK
TASCHNER (9TH), RANDY MESSENGER (9TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

STL - MIKE MAROTH, TROY PERCIVAL (6TH), TROY CATE (8TH)
AND YADIER MOLINA

HOME RUNS: SFO - NONE

STL - NONE</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

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

BATTERIES: SFO - NOAH LOWRY, KEVIN CORREIA (7TH), BRAD HENNESSEY (9TH), JACK
TASCHNER (9TH), RANDY MESSENGER (9TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

STL - MIKE MAROTH, TROY PERCIVAL (6TH), TROY CATE (8TH)
AND YADIER MOLINA


WP - NOAH LOWRY (9-6)
LP - MIKE MAROTH (0-1)
SAVE - RANDY MESSENGER (1)

HOME RUNS: SFO - NONE

STL - NONE


TIME: 2:54 ATT: 45,245

PROBABLES: SFO - TIM LINCECUM (3-2, 4.64)
STL - BRADEN LOOPER (6-6, 4.65)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (4) VS ST LOUIS (3) - FINAL

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Roberts cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 .219
R Winn rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .279
R Durham 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 .255
B Hennessey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Taschner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Messenger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Bonds lf 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 .302
F Lewis pr-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .279
B Molina c 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 .280
R Aurilia 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .251
P Feliz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .235
O Vizquel ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .234
N Lowry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .056
K Correia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
a-K Frandsen ph-2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267

Totals 33 4 9 1 6 4 23

a-singled to right for K Correia in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - R Winn (22, M Maroth). S - N Lowry. RBI - R Durham (46). Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - R Aurilia 1, B Molina 1, D Roberts 3, F Lewis
1. GIDP - B Molina, P Feliz. Team LOB - 9.

BASERUNNING: SB - O Vizquel (8, 2nd base off T Percival/Y Molina). CS - F
Lewis (1, 2nd base by T Percival/Y Molina).

FIELDING: DP: 2 (O Vizquel-R Durham-R Aurilia, P Feliz-R Durham-R Aurilia).



ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
S Taguchi cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .291
R Ludwick lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .237
A Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .308
J Encarnacion rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .263
S Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .264
Y Molina c 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .275
A Miles 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 .296
B Ryan ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250
c-S Spiezio ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .283
M Maroth p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200
a-S Schumaker ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .246
T Percival p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-A Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212
T Cate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-C Duncan ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .284

Totals 31 3 6 3 6 6 15

a-singled to left for M Maroth in the 5th; b-grounded to pitcher for T
Percival in the 7th; c-singled to right for B Ryan in the 9th; d-singled to
right center for T Cate in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - R Ludwick (8, N Lowry); J Encarnacion (12, N Lowry). RBI - J
Encarnacion (27), C Duncan 2 (44). 2-out RBI - C Duncan 2. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - M Maroth 1, A Miles 1. GIDP - A Pujols, S Taguchi.
Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: E - S Rolen (3, ground ball); B Ryan (1, ground ball); S Taguchi
(2, fly ball). Outfield assists - R Ludwick (B Molina at 2nd base). DP: 3 (A
Pujols-Y Molina-S Rolen, B Ryan-A Miles-A Pujols 2).


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SAN FRANCISCO - 100 030 000 -- 4
ST LOUIS - 000 001 002 -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
N Lowry (W, 9-6) 6 4 1 1 5 5 0 3.35
K Correia (H, 6) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.86
B Hennessey (H, 10) 2/3 1 2 2 1 0 0 3.82
J Taschner (H, 13) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.06
R Messenger (S, 1) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.21

ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era
M Maroth (L, 0-1) 5 5 4 1 4 2 0 4.11
T Percival 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.80
T Cate 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1.46
J Taschner pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

Pitches-strikes: N Lowry 92-51; K Correia 24-16; B Hennessey 9-4; J Taschner
4-2; R Messenger 1-1; M Maroth 94-54; T Percival 20-11; T Cate 32-20. Ground
balls-fly balls: N Lowry 7-6; K Correia 2-3; B Hennessey 1-1; J Taschner 0-0; R
Messenger 0-1; M Maroth 8-4; T Percival 0-4; T Cate 0-4. Batters faced: N Lowry
25; K Correia 6; B Hennessey 4; J Taschner 1; R Messenger 1; M Maroth 24; T
Percival 7; T Cate 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.

T--2:54. Att--45,245.
Weather: 87 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, in
from center.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
SAN FRANCISCO 4
ST LOUIS 3 FINAL</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SAN FRANCISCO (4) AT ST LOUIS (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: D Roberts singled to right. R Winn doubled to left,
D Roberts to third. R Durham singled to right center, D Roberts scored, R Winn
to third. B Bonds grounded into double play, first to catcher to third, R Winn
out at home, R Durham to second. B Molina grounded out to third. (1 Run,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 1, ST LOUIS 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: N Lowry struck out swinging. D Roberts walked. R Winn
flied out to center. R Durham singled to center, D Roberts to third. B Bonds
walked, R Durham to second. B Molina safe at second on error by center fielder
S Taguchi, D Roberts, R Durham and B Bonds scored. R Aurilia flied out to
left. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 0.

ST LOUIS 6TH: R Ludwick doubled to center. A Pujols struck out swinging.
J Encarnacion doubled to deep right center, R Ludwick scored. S Rolen lined
out to third. Y Molina walked. A Miles grounded out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 1.

ST LOUIS 9TH: B Hennessey relieved K Correia. K Frandsen at second base.
S Rolen flied out to right. Y Molina grounded out to third. A Miles walked.
S Spiezio hit for B Ryan. S Spiezio singled to right, A Miles to third. C Duncan
hit for T Cate. J Taschner relieved B Hennessey. S Spiezio to second on
fielder's indifference. C Duncan singled to right center, A Miles and S Spiezio
scored. R Messenger relieved J Taschner. S Taguchi flied out to left. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 3.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SAN FRANCISCO (4) AT ST LOUIS (3) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

San Francisco Starting Lineups -- D Roberts CF, R Winn RF, R Durham 2B, B Bonds LF,
B Molina C, R Aurilia 1B, P Feliz 3B, O Vizquel SS, N Lowry LHP.

St Louis Starting Lineups -- S Taguchi CF, R Ludwick LF, A Pujols 1B,
J Encarnacion RF, S Rolen 3B, Y Molina C, A Miles 2B, B Ryan SS, M Maroth LHP.

Umpires -- Eric Cooper (HP), Andy Fletcher (1B), Mike Reilly (2B), Jeff Kellogg (3B).

Gametime Weather: 87 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind in from center at 6 mph.


SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: D Roberts singled to right. R Winn doubled to left,
D Roberts to third. R Durham singled to right center, D Roberts scored, R Winn
to third. B Bonds grounded into double play, first to catcher to third, R Winn
out at home, R Durham to second. B Molina grounded out to third. (1 Run,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 1, ST LOUIS 0.

ST LOUIS 1ST: S Taguchi singled to left. R Ludwick lined out to second.
A Pujols struck out swinging. J Encarnacion grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, S Taguchi out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 1,
ST LOUIS 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND: R Aurilia walked. P Feliz flied out to center.
O Vizquel singled to left, R Aurilia to second. N Lowry sacrificed to catcher,
R Aurilia to third, O Vizquel to second. D Roberts grounded out to second.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 1, ST LOUIS 0.

ST LOUIS 2ND: S Rolen struck out looking. Y Molina walked. A Miles popped
out to catcher. B Ryan walked, Y Molina to second. M Maroth grounded out to
pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 1, ST LOUIS 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 3RD: R Winn safe at first on error by third baseman S Rolen.
R Durham struck out looking. B Bonds walked, R Winn to second. B Molina
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Bonds out at
second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) SAN FRANCISCO 1, ST LOUIS 0.

ST LOUIS 3RD: S Taguchi struck out swinging. R Ludwick walked. A Pujols
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, R Ludwick out at
second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 1, ST LOUIS 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: R Aurilia safe at first on error by shortstop B Ryan.
P Feliz grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, R Aurilia out at
second. O Vizquel flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) SAN FRANCISCO 1,
ST LOUIS 0.

ST LOUIS 4TH: J Encarnacion fouled out to first. S Rolen walked. Y Molina
flied out to right. A Miles popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 1, ST LOUIS 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: N Lowry struck out swinging. D Roberts walked. R Winn
flied out to center. R Durham singled to center, D Roberts to third. B Bonds
walked, R Durham to second. B Molina safe at second on error by center fielder
S Taguchi, D Roberts, R Durham and B Bonds scored. R Aurilia flied out to
left. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 0.

ST LOUIS 5TH: B Ryan struck out swinging. S Schumaker hit for M Maroth.
S Schumaker singled to left. S Taguchi grounded into double play, third to
second to first, S Schumaker out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: T Percival relieved M Maroth. P Feliz struck out
looking. O Vizquel singled to right. N Lowry fouled out to first. O Vizquel
stole second. D Roberts lined out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 0.

ST LOUIS 6TH: R Ludwick doubled to center. A Pujols struck out swinging.
J Encarnacion doubled to deep right center, R Ludwick scored. S Rolen lined
out to third. Y Molina walked. A Miles grounded out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: R Winn flied out to left. R Durham fouled out to first.
B Bonds walked. F Lewis ran for B Bonds. F Lewis caught stealing second,
catcher to second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 1.

ST LOUIS 7TH: F Lewis in left field. K Correia relieved N Lowry. B Ryan
fouled out to first. A Kennedy hit for T Percival. A Kennedy grounded out to
pitcher. S Taguchi grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: T Cate relieved T Percival. B Molina singled to deep
left, B Molina out stretching at second. R Aurilia singled to left. P Feliz
fouled out to first. O Vizquel popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 1.

ST LOUIS 8TH: R Ludwick popped out to first. A Pujols flied out to center.
J Encarnacion struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4,
ST LOUIS 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 9TH: K Frandsen hit for K Correia. K Frandsen singled to
right. D Roberts bunt popped out to pitcher. R Winn walked, K Frandsen to
second. R Durham flied out to center. F Lewis struck out looking. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 1.

ST LOUIS 9TH: B Hennessey relieved K Correia. K Frandsen at second base.
S Rolen flied out to right. Y Molina grounded out to third. A Miles walked.
S Spiezio hit for B Ryan. S Spiezio singled to right, A Miles to third. C Duncan
hit for T Cate. J Taschner relieved B Hennessey. S Spiezio to second on
fielder's indifference. C Duncan singled to right center, A Miles and S Spiezio
scored. R Messenger relieved J Taschner. S Taguchi flied out to left. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 3.</div>

 

Lowry, Giants benefit from Cardinals' poor defense

<h3>SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 3</h3>ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- Noah Lowry recorded his first roadvictory in over two months, but Barry Bonds failed to move anycloser to Hank Aaron's career home run mark.

Lowry pitched six effective innings and the San Francisco Giantsscored three unearned runs en route to a 4-3 victory over theSt. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series onFriday.

Lowry (9-6), who had not won away from AT&T Park since April 25against the Los Angeles Dodgers, gave up just one run and fourhits with five walks and five strikeouts.

Kevin Correia pitched two perfect innings and, after BradHennessey gave up a walk and a hit in the ninth, Jack Taschneryielded a two-run single by Chris Duncan. But Randy Messengercame on to record the final out and his first career save.

Bonds, who remains five home runs shy of breaking Aaron'sall-time home run record of 755, saw his 10-game hitting streakend. The 42-year-old went 0-for-1 with three walks and a runscored.

Dave Roberts, Ray Durham and Bonds all scored on center fielderSo Taguchi's fielding error in the fifth inning to give theGiants a 4-0 lead.

After Cardinals starter Mike Maroth (0-1) walked Bonds to loadthe bases, Bengie Molina blasted a fly ball to center field,which Taguchi misplayed. The ball bounced off Taguchi's glove,allowing all three runners to score and Molina to reach second.

It was the most costly of three errors made by St. Louis.

An RBI single by Durham put the Giants on the board in the firstand placed runners on the corners for Bonds, who lined into adouble play.

Maroth worked five innings, allowing four runs - one earned -and five hits with four walks.

Omar Vizquel singled twice for the Giants. He has 2,532 careerhits as a shortstop, tying him with Luis Aparicio for most atthe position since 1957.

 

Lowry, Giants benefit from Cardinals' poor defense

<h3>SAN FRANCISCO 4, ST LOUIS 3</h3>ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- Noah Lowry recorded his firstroad victory in over two months, but Barry Bonds failed to moveany closer to Hank Aaron's career home run mark.

Lowry pitched six effective innings and the San Francisco Giantsscored three unearned runs en route to a 4-3 victory over theSt. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series onFriday.

Lowry (9-6), who had not won away from AT&T Park since April 25against the Los Angeles Dodgers, gave up just one run and fourhits with five walks and five strikeouts.

"Any victory is a positive," Lowry said. "I was thinking aboutmy numbers on at home vs. my numbers on the road. I don'treally have an answer to why that's happened, but I'm just happyto get a win."

Kevin Correia pitched two perfect innings and, after BradHennessey gave up a walk and a hit in the ninth, Jack Taschneryielded a two-run single by Chris Duncan. But Randy Messengercame on to record the final out and his first career save.

Bonds, who remains five home runs shy of breaking Aaron'sall-time home run record of 755, saw his 10-game hitting streakend. The 42-year-old went 0-for-1 with three walks and a runscored.

"Every time up there, (Bonds) had at least a strike," Cardinalsmanager Tony La Russa said. "He has a real good strike zone.If he wants to take the walk, he'll take the walk, we'll neverthrow the ball down the middle to him. He had pitches to hit."

Dave Roberts, Ray Durham and Bonds all scored on center fielderSo Taguchi's fielding error in the fifth inning to give theGiants a 4-0 lead.

After Cardinals starter Mike Maroth (0-1) walked Bonds to loadthe bases, Bengie Molina blasted a fly ball to center field,which Taguchi misplayed. The ball bounced off Taguchi's glove,allowing all three runners to score and Molina to reach second.

"Off the bat, I thought I (had a home run)," Molina said. "Ithought (Taguchi) had a chance. I knew it wasn't out for sure,but I hit it pretty good."

"My jump was a little bit late," Taguchi said. "The ball hit myglove, I could have caught it. It was kind of tough to see theball. I thought the wall was very close."

It was the most costly of three errors made by St. Louis.

An RBI single by Durham put the Giants on the board in the firstand placed runners on the corners for Bonds, who lined into adouble play.

Maroth worked five innings, allowing four runs - one earned -and five hits with four walks. The 29-year-old lefthander hasfailed to record a win in three starts since being acquired fromthe Detroit Tigers.

"I think I got behind a lot of hitters," Maroth said. "Walkingfour hitters in five innings, that's not the way to besuccessful. I'm a guy who has to get ahead of hitters and Ididn't do it, not as well as I know I can."

Omar Vizquel singled twice for the Giants. He has 2,532 careerhits as a shortstop, tying him with Luis Aparicio for most atthe position since 1957.

"It's really special to me," Vizquel said. "Everyone recognizesme as a defensive shortstop, no one talks about the offensivenumbers. I've been around the game a long time and getting asmany hits as one of my heroes, one of the guys in the Hall ofFame, it's pretty special."