GAME THREAD: NL: PITTSBURGH (46-66) at SAN FRANCISCO (49-65)

NL: PITTSBURGH (46-66) at SAN FRANCISCO (49-65)

<h3>Just pinch hitting for Bonds against Pirates</h3>

<div class="pre">Pittsburgh (46-66) at San Francisco (49-65) 3:55 pm EDT</div>

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- Barry Bonds has homered in each of hislast three starts, but at the age of 43, a day of rest takesprecedent over continuing to make history.


Bonds, who broke Hank Aaron's career record with his 756thcareer homer on Tuesday, will likely be on the bench at thestart when the San Francisco Giants host the Pittsburgh Pirateson Saturday.


Bonds homered on Wednesday and again on Friday to push hiscareer total to 758, but the All-Star slugger usually sits outday games after night games, so the fans will be forced to focustheir attention on a pair of last-place teams.


One person who should be happy not to see Bonds will be Piratesstarter Tony Armas (1-3, 6.31 ERA), who has been victimized witha pair of homers in 10 career at-bats against the seven-timeMVP.


Armas returned to the rotation on August 1 after 2 1/2 months inthe bullpen and earned a win, allowing one run and four hits in6 1/3 innings in a 15-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Giants will counter with rookie Tim Lincecum (6-2, 3.59).The 23-year-old righthander owns a 4-0 record with a 1.35 ERA inhis last eight starts with 59 strikeouts in 53 1/3 inningspitched.


Pittsburgh took the series opener on Friday, 8-7, on thestrength of a six-run eighth inning.

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

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

PITTSBURGH SAN FRANCISCO
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Nate Mclouth CF .236 5 19 Rajai Davis CF .329 0 2
Jose Bautista RF .256 7 38 Omar Vizquel SS .258 2 32
Freddy Sanchez 2B .302 6 43 Randy Winn RF .290 6 36
Adam Laroche 1B .250 16 62 Ray Durham 2B .230 9 58
Jason Bay LF .256 18 73 Ryan Klesko 1B .263 5 31
Ryan Doumit C .282 9 32 Pedro Feliz 3B .254 16 56
Jose Castillo 3B .253 0 12 Daniel Ortmeier LF .268 2 6
Jack Wilson SS .266 6 34 Guillermo Rodrigue C .244 0 11
Tony Armas RHP .182 0 1 Tim Lincecum RHP .097 0 0
(1-3, 6.31) (6-2, 3.59)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO
WARMUPS: PIT - TONY ARMAS (1-3, 6.31)
SFO - TIM LINCECUM (6-2, 3.59)

UMPIRES: HP - JAMES HOYE
1B - TRAVIS REININGER
2B - TOM HALLION
3B - JERRY CRAWFORD

WEATHER: 61 Degrees, partly cloudy
WIND: 18 mph, out to center</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO
STARTING BATS: PIT - TONY ARMAS AND RYAN DOUMIT
SFO - TIM LINCECUM AND GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MCLOUTH (.236, 5 HR, 19 RBI)
J BAUTISTA (.256, 7 HR, 38 RBI)
F SANCHEZ (.302, 6 HR, 43 RBI)</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - TONY ARMAS
SFO - TIM LINCECUM

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R DAVIS (.329, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
O VIZQUEL (.258, 2 HR, 32 RBI)
R WINN (.290, 6 HR, 36 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">PITTSBURGH (0) VS SAN FRANCISCO (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234
J Bautista rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301
A LaRoche 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Bay lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
R Doumit c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
J Castillo 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
T Armas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 3 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Davis cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
O Vizquel ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
R Winn rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
R Durham 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
R Klesko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
P Feliz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
D Ortmeier lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
G Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
T Lincecum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .097

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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PITTSBURGH - 0 -- 0
SAN FRANCISCO - -- 0
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PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Armas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.31

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.55

Pitches-strikes: T Lincecum 10-9. Ground balls-fly balls: T Lincecum 0-0.
Batters faced: T Lincecum 3.

UMPIRES: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Travis Reininger. 2B--Tom Hallion. 3B--Jerry
Crawford.

Weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 18 mph, out to center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO
CONFIRMED STARTERS: PIT - TONY ARMAS
SFO - TIM LINCECUM</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - TONY ARMAS
SFO - TIM LINCECUM

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.250, 16 HR, 62 RBI)
J BAY (.256, 18 HR, 73 RBI)
R DOUMIT (.282, 9 HR, 32 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">PITTSBURGH (0) VS SAN FRANCISCO (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234
J Bautista rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301
A LaRoche 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Bay lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
R Doumit c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
J Castillo 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
T Armas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 3 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Davis cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .338
O Vizquel ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
R Winn rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .292
R Durham 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .229
R Klesko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
P Feliz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
D Ortmeier lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
G Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
T Lincecum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .097

Totals 4 0 2 0 0 1 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Davis (3, 2nd base by T Armas/R Doumit).


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PITTSBURGH - 0 -- 0
SAN FRANCISCO - 0 -- 0
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PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Armas 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6.19

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.55

Pitches-strikes: T Armas 16-12; T Lincecum 10-9. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Armas 0-1; T Lincecum 0-0. Batters faced: T Armas 4; T Lincecum 3.

UMPIRES: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Travis Reininger. 2B--Tom Hallion. 3B--Jerry
Crawford.

Weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 18 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - TONY ARMAS
SFO - TIM LINCECUM

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R KLESKO (.263, 5 HR, 31 RBI)
P FELIZ (.254, 16 HR, 56 RBI)
D ORTMEIER (.268, 2 HR, 6 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">PITTSBURGH (0) VS SAN FRANCISCO (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234
J Bautista rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301
A LaRoche 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
J Bay lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
R Doumit c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
J Castillo 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
T Armas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182

Totals 6 0 0 0 0 4 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Davis cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .338
O Vizquel ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
R Winn rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .292
R Durham 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .229
R Klesko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
P Feliz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
D Ortmeier lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
G Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
T Lincecum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .097

Totals 4 0 2 0 0 1 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Davis (3, 2nd base by T Armas/R Doumit).


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PITTSBURGH - 00 -- 0
SAN FRANCISCO - 0 -- 0
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PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Armas 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6.19

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.52

Pitches-strikes: T Armas 16-12; T Lincecum 25-17. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Armas 0-1; T Lincecum 1-1. Batters faced: T Armas 4; T Lincecum 6.

UMPIRES: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Travis Reininger. 2B--Tom Hallion. 3B--Jerry
Crawford.

Weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 18 mph, out to center.</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - TONY ARMAS
SFO - TIM LINCECUM

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J CASTILLO (.253, 0 HR, 12 RBI)
J WILSON (.266, 6 HR, 34 RBI)
T ARMAS (.182, 0 HR, 1 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">PITTSBURGH (0) VS SAN FRANCISCO (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234
J Bautista rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301
A LaRoche 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
J Bay lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
R Doumit c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
J Castillo 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
T Armas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182

Totals 6 0 0 0 0 4 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Davis cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .338
O Vizquel ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
R Winn rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .292
R Durham 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .229
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
P Feliz 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
D Ortmeier lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263
G Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
T Lincecum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .097

Totals 7 0 2 0 0 2 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Davis (3, 2nd base by T Armas/R Doumit).


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PITTSBURGH - 00 -- 0
SAN FRANCISCO - 00 -- 0
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PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Armas 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 6.09

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.52

Pitches-strikes: T Armas 26-19; T Lincecum 25-17. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Armas 1-2; T Lincecum 1-1. Batters faced: T Armas 7; T Lincecum 6.

UMPIRES: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Travis Reininger. 2B--Tom Hallion. 3B--Jerry
Crawford.

Weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 18 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - TONY ARMAS
SFO - TIM LINCECUM

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: G RODRIGUEZ (.244, 0 HR, 11 RBI)
T LINCECUM (.097, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
R DAVIS (.338, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

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

PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .233
J Bautista rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301
A LaRoche 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
J Bay lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
R Doumit c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
J Castillo 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
J Wilson ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268
T Armas p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167

Totals 10 0 1 0 0 6 2

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N McLouth 1. Team LOB - 1.


BASERUNNING: SB - J Wilson (1, 2nd base off T Lincecum/G Rodriguez).


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Davis cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .338
O Vizquel ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
R Winn rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .292
R Durham 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .229
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
P Feliz 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
D Ortmeier lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263
G Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
T Lincecum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .097

Totals 7 0 2 0 0 2 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Davis (3, 2nd base by T Armas/R Doumit).


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PITTSBURGH - 000 -- 0
SAN FRANCISCO - 00 -- 0
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PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Armas 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 6.09

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 3.49

Pitches-strikes: T Armas 26-19; T Lincecum 37-26. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Armas 1-2; T Lincecum 2-1. Batters faced: T Armas 7; T Lincecum 10.

UMPIRES: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Travis Reininger. 2B--Tom Hallion. 3B--Jerry
Crawford.

Weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 18 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - TONY ARMAS
SFO - TIM LINCECUM

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAUTISTA (.255, 0-FOR-1)
F SANCHEZ (.301, 0-FOR-1)
A LAROCHE (.249, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

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

PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .233
J Bautista rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301
A LaRoche 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
J Bay lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
R Doumit c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
J Castillo 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
J Wilson ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268
T Armas p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167

Totals 10 0 1 0 0 6 2

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N McLouth 1. Team LOB - 1.


BASERUNNING: SB - J Wilson (1, 2nd base off T Lincecum/G Rodriguez).


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Davis cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .338
O Vizquel ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .257
R Winn rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .292
R Durham 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .229
R Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
P Feliz 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
D Ortmeier lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263
G Rodriguez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
T Lincecum p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .094

Totals 10 0 2 0 0 2 3

BATTING: Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Davis (3, 2nd base by T Armas/R Doumit).


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PITTSBURGH - 000 -- 0
SAN FRANCISCO - 000 -- 0
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PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Armas 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 5.98

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 3.49

HBP - R Davis (by T Armas). Pitches-strikes: T Armas 39-26; T Lincecum 37-26.
Ground balls-fly balls: T Armas 2-4; T Lincecum 2-1. Batters faced: T Armas 11;
T Lincecum 10.

UMPIRES: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Travis Reininger. 2B--Tom Hallion. 3B--Jerry
Crawford.

Weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 18 mph, out to center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY FREDDY SANCHEZ (7) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 4TH OFF TIM LINCECUM SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2, SAN FRANCISCO 0

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.249, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ADAM LAROCHE (17) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 4TH OFF TIM LINCECUM.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3, SAN FRANCISCO 0

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAY (.255, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: PITTSBURGH at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY JOSE CASTILLO SCORED RYAN DOUMIT.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
SAN FRANCISCO 0 TOP, 4TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J WILSON (.268, 1-FOR-1)</div>