GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ARIZONA (45-35) at SAN FRANCISCO (33-44)

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO - PITCHING CHANGE
ARI: JOSE VALVERDE (0-2, 2.78) STARTING THE 10TH
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 4, SAN FRANCISCO 3

DUE UP FOR SANFRNCSCO: R WINN (.286, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN FRANCISCO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Valverde relieved T Pena.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 4
SAN FRANCISCO 3 BOTTOM, 10TH

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R Winn (.286, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL FINAL 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
SAN FRANCISCO 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

10 R H E
-- - - -
ARIZONA 1 4 12 0
SAN FRANCISCO 0 3 9 1 (FINAL 10)

BATTERIES: ARI - LIVAN HERNANDEZ, TONY PENA (9TH), JOSE VALVERDE (10TH) AND
MIGUEL MONTERO

SFO - MATT MORRIS, JACK TASCHNER (8TH), BRAD HENNESSEY
(10TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

HOME RUNS: ARI - MIGUEL MONTERO (5) OFF BRAD HENNESSEY IN THE 10TH, 0 ON

SFO - RYAN KLESKO (4) OFF LIVAN HERNANDEZ IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
BARRY BONDS (16) OFF LIVAN HERNANDEZ IN THE 8TH, 0 ON</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL FINAL 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
SAN FRANCISCO 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

10 R H E
-- - - -
ARIZONA 1 4 12 0
SAN FRANCISCO 0 3 9 1 (FINAL 10)

BATTERIES: ARI - LIVAN HERNANDEZ, TONY PENA (9TH), JOSE VALVERDE (10TH) AND
MIGUEL MONTERO

SFO - MATT MORRIS, JACK TASCHNER (8TH), BRAD HENNESSEY
(10TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA


WP - TONY PENA (3-1)
LP - BRAD HENNESSEY (1-3)
SAVE - JOSE VALVERDE (26)

HOME RUNS: ARI - MIGUEL MONTERO (5) OFF BRAD HENNESSEY IN THE 10TH, 0 ON

SFO - RYAN KLESKO (4) OFF LIVAN HERNANDEZ IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
BARRY BONDS (16) OFF LIVAN HERNANDEZ IN THE 8TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:00 ATT: 39,146

PROBABLES: ARI - DOUG DAVIS (5-8, 4.16)
SFO - NOAH LOWRY (7-6, 3.61)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">ARIZONA (4) VS SAN FRANCISCO (3) - FINAL IN 10 INNINGS

ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Byrnes lf 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 .317
S Drew ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .238
O Hudson 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .299
A Ojeda 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .304
C Tracy 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .274
C Jackson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .269
T Clark 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .225
C Young cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .244
M Montero c 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 .226
C Quentin rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 .220
L Hernandez p 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .225
T Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
a-S Hairston ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237
J Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 41 4 12 2 3 6 16

a-struck out looking for T Pena in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - C Young (14, M Morris); S Drew (14, M Morris). HR - M Montero (5,
10th inning off B Hennessey 0 on, 1 Out). S - L Hernandez. RBI - S Drew (28), M
Montero (20). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - L Hernandez 1, C Tracy
2, C Quentin 1, S Drew 1, C Young 1. GIDP - C Quentin. Team LOB - 11.

BASERUNNING: SB - E Byrnes (15, 2nd base off M Morris/B Molina), S Drew (3,
2nd base off M Morris/B Molina).


SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Roberts cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 .217
R Winn rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .285
R Durham 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .248
B Bonds lf 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 .298
R Klesko 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .287
B Molina c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .282
P Feliz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .246
O Vizquel ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .236
M Morris p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200
a-M Sweeney ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200
J Taschner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-N Schierholtz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
B Hennessey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 39 3 9 3 1 3 15

a-singled to center for M Morris in the 7th; b-flied out to left for J
Taschner in the 9th.

BATTING: HR - R Klesko (4, 6th inning off L Hernandez 0 on, 1 Out), B Bonds
(16, 8th inning off L Hernandez 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - B Bonds 2 (37), R Klesko
(23). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Molina 1, D Roberts 1. Team
LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - O Vizquel (7, 3rd base off L Hernandez/M Montero).

FIELDING: E - D Roberts (2, fly ball). DP: 1 (O Vizquel-R Durham-R Klesko).



----------------------------------------------------
ARIZONA - 001 000 200 1 -- 4
SAN FRANCISCO - 100 001 010 0 -- 3
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ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
L Hernandez 8 9 3 3 1 2 2 4.58
T Pena (W, 3-1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.03
J Valverde (S, 26) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
M Morris 7 10 3 1 2 3 0 3.25
J Taschner 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 5.04
B Hennessey (L, 1-3) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.48

IBB - E Byrnes (by J Taschner). Pitches-strikes: L Hernandez 121-78; T Pena
11-7; J Valverde 10-7; M Morris 107-71; J Taschner 29-18; B Hennessey 15-10.
Ground balls-fly balls: L Hernandez 8-14; T Pena 0-2; J Valverde 3-0; M Morris
15-3; J Taschner 3-1; B Hennessey 0-2. Batters faced: L Hernandez 34; T Pena 3;
J Valverde 3; M Morris 33; J Taschner 8; B Hennessey 4.

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

T--3:00. Att--39,146.
Weather: 62 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 21 mph, out
to center.</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

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

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

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ARIZONA (4) AT SAN FRANCISCO (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
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SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: D Roberts singled to right. R Winn singled to left,
D Roberts to second. R Durham lined out to second. B Bonds singled to right,
D Roberts scored, R Winn to second. R Klesko struck out swinging. B Molina
fouled out to first. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 3RD: L Hernandez grounded out to shortstop. E Byrnes singled to
center. E Byrnes stole second. S Drew doubled to left, E Byrnes scored.
O Hudson grounded out to first, S Drew to third. C Tracy struck out looking.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: B Bonds popped out to third. R Klesko homered to right.
B Molina flied out to right. P Feliz singled to center. O Vizquel popped out
to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

ARIZONA 7TH: E Byrnes grounded out to third. S Drew singled to right.
O Hudson singled to right, S Drew to second. C Tracy grounded out to first,
S Drew to third, O Hudson to second. C Jackson safe at second on error by center
fielder D Roberts, S Drew and O Hudson scored. C Young grounded out to
shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ARIZONA 3, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: A Ojeda at second base. T Clark at first base. B Bonds
homered to right. R Klesko flied out to center. B Molina grounded out to
shortstop. P Feliz popped out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
SAN FRANCISCO 3.

ARIZONA 10TH: B Hennessey relieved J Taschner. C Young popped out to first.
M Montero homered to right. C Quentin lined out to right. S Hairston hit for
T Pena. S Hairston struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4,
SAN FRANCISCO 3.</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at SAN FRANCISCO

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ARIZONA (4) AT SAN FRANCISCO (3) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

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, M Morris RHP.

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

Gametime Weather: 62 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to center at 21 mph.


ARIZONA 1ST: E Byrnes struck out swinging. S Drew fouled out to first.
O Hudson reached on infield single to shortstop. C Tracy grounded out to second.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: D Roberts singled to right. R Winn singled to left,
D Roberts to second. R Durham lined out to second. B Bonds singled to right,
D Roberts scored, R Winn to second. R Klesko struck out swinging. B Molina
fouled out to first. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 2ND: C Jackson lined out to third. C Young doubled to deep left
center. M Montero grounded out to third, C Young to third. C Quentin struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND: P Feliz grounded out to second. O Vizquel singled to
center. M Morris grounded out to shortstop, O Vizquel to second. O Vizquel
stole third. D Roberts flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0,
SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 3RD: L Hernandez grounded out to shortstop. E Byrnes singled to
center. E Byrnes stole second. S Drew doubled to left, E Byrnes scored.
O Hudson grounded out to first, S Drew to third. C Tracy struck out looking.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 3RD: R Winn grounded out to pitcher. R Durham flied out to
right. B Bonds walked. R Klesko grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 4TH: C Jackson walked. C Young reached on bunt single to first,
C Jackson to second. M Montero grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Young
out at second, C Jackson to third. C Quentin grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, M Montero out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: B Molina singled to center. P Feliz lined out to right.
O Vizquel flied out to center. M Morris grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, B Molina out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1,
SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 5TH: L Hernandez grounded out to shortstop. E Byrnes singled to
left. S Drew grounded into fielder's choice to second, E Byrnes out at second.
S Drew stole second. O Hudson walked. C Tracy grounded out to first. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: D Roberts struck out looking. R Winn grounded out to
shortstop. R Durham popped out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1,
SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 6TH: C Jackson grounded out to first. C Young flied out to right.
M Montero singled to left center. C Quentin singled to left, M Montero to
second. L Hernandez grounded into fielder's choice to third, M Montero out at
third, C Quentin to second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1,
SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: B Bonds popped out to third. R Klesko homered to right.
B Molina flied out to right. P Feliz singled to center. O Vizquel popped out
to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

ARIZONA 7TH: E Byrnes grounded out to third. S Drew singled to right.
O Hudson singled to right, S Drew to second. C Tracy grounded out to first,
S Drew to third, O Hudson to second. C Jackson safe at second on error by center
fielder D Roberts, S Drew and O Hudson scored. C Young grounded out to
shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ARIZONA 3, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: M Sweeney hit for M Morris. M Sweeney singled to center.
D Roberts flied out to left. R Winn flied out to center. R Durham grounded
out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

ARIZONA 8TH: J Taschner relieved M Morris. M Montero bunt grounded out to
first. C Quentin singled to right center. L Hernandez sacrificed to catcher,
C Quentin to second. E Byrnes intentionally walked. S Drew grounded out to
second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: A Ojeda at second base. T Clark at first base. B Bonds
homered to right. R Klesko flied out to center. B Molina grounded out to
shortstop. P Feliz popped out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
SAN FRANCISCO 3.

ARIZONA 9TH: A Ojeda struck out swinging. C Tracy flied out to center.
T Clark struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, SAN FRANCISCO 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 9TH: T Pena relieved L Hernandez. O Vizquel popped out to
shortstop. N Schierholtz hit for J Taschner. N Schierholtz flied out to left.
D Roberts struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
SAN FRANCISCO 3.

ARIZONA 10TH: B Hennessey relieved J Taschner. C Young popped out to first.
M Montero homered to right. C Quentin lined out to right. S Hairston hit for
T Pena. S Hairston struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4,
SAN FRANCISCO 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 10TH: J Valverde relieved T Pena. R Winn grounded out to
shortstop. R Durham grounded out to first. B Bonds grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, SAN FRANCISCO 3.</div>

 

Bonds smacks No. 750; Montero's homer leads Diamondbacks over Giants

<h3>ARIZONA 4, SAN FRANCISCO 3 (10 INNINGS)</h3>SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- Barry Bonds smashed another home run.But it was a blast by a considerably lesser-known performer thatproved to be the decisive blow.

Rookie Miguel Montero snapped a 10th-inning tie with a majestichomer as the Arizona Diamondbacks pulled out an exciting 4-3victory over Bonds and the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park onFriday night.

Five players had multi-hit games for the Diamondbacks, who are6-4 in their last 10 games.

In the eighth inning, Bonds crushed a 3-2 curveball offDiamondbacks starter Livan Hernandez to the seats inright-center for his 750th career homer and 16th of the season.

The blast leaves Bonds five homers shy of Hank Aaron's all-timemark.

But one inning later, Montero belted a high drive off Giantscloser Brad Hennessey (1-3) into the right field seats, leaningback and admiring his towering shot as it landed in the stands.

Hernandez pitched eight innings and was in line for the win, butthe home run by Bonds prevented spoiled that. He made oneother mistake in the bottom of the sixth, and Ryan Klesko hit itinto "McCovey Cove" for his fourth home run of the season -snapping a 1-1 tie.

Tony Pena (3-1) pitched a clean ninth and, after Montero's blastgave the Diamondbacks the lead, Jose Valverde tossed ascoreless ninth for his 26th save, retiring Bonds for the finalout of the game.

Giants starter Matt Morris has been the stopper all season andtried to play that role again. He pitched seven solid innings,allowing three runs - one earned - and 10 hits while strikingout three and walking two.

With San Francisco leading, 2-1, in the seventh, Arizonathreatened with runners at second and third with two outs.

Morris got Conor Jackson to hit a fly ball to shallowright-center. The fleet-footed Roberts camped under the ballbut it went off the heel of his glove and both Stephen Drew andOrlando Hudson scored on the play.

Trailing, 1-0, in the third, Eric Byrnes lined a one-out singleto center then stole his 15th base. Stephen Drew hit a bloopdouble to left which easily scored Byrnes as 42-year-old leftfielder Bonds had trouble getting to the ball.

A grounder by Orlando Hudson advanced Drew to third, but ChadTracy struck out looking to end the inning.

The Giants took a 1-0 lead against their former teammate in thefirst inning. Roberts singled to right field, and Randy Winnfollowed with a single to left, putting runners on first andsecond.

Ray Durham lined out to second but with first and second baseoccupied, Hernandez pitched to Bonds, who hit a solid single toright scoring Roberts for the game's first run.

For five innings, the Diamondbacks had a runner in scoringposition and could not score. In fact, Arizona had a runner atthird with less than two outs in the second, third and fourthinnings and, each time, Morris pitched out of the jam.

 

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ARIZONA (4) AT SAN FRANCISCO (3) - EVENT LOG
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Arizona Starting Lineups -- E Byrnes LF, S Drew SS, O Hudson 2B, C Tracy 3B,
C Jackson 1B, C Young CF, M Montero C, C Quentin RF, L Hernandez RHP.

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, M Morris RHP.

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

Gametime Weather: 62 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to center at 21 mph.


ARIZONA 1ST: E Byrnes struck out swinging. S Drew fouled out to first.
O Hudson reached on infield single to shortstop. C Tracy grounded out to second.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: D Roberts singled to right. R Winn singled to left,
D Roberts to second. R Durham lined out to second. B Bonds singled to right,
D Roberts scored, R Winn to second. R Klesko struck out swinging. B Molina
fouled out to first. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 2ND: C Jackson lined out to third. C Young doubled to deep left
center. M Montero grounded out to third, C Young to third. C Quentin struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND: P Feliz grounded out to second. O Vizquel singled to
center. M Morris grounded out to shortstop, O Vizquel to second. O Vizquel
stole third. D Roberts flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0,
SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 3RD: L Hernandez grounded out to shortstop. E Byrnes singled to
center. E Byrnes stole second. S Drew doubled to left, E Byrnes scored.
O Hudson grounded out to first, S Drew to third. C Tracy struck out looking.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 3RD: R Winn grounded out to pitcher. R Durham flied out to
right. B Bonds walked. R Klesko grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 4TH: C Jackson walked. C Young reached on bunt single to first,
C Jackson to second. M Montero grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Young
out at second, C Jackson to third. C Quentin grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, M Montero out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: B Molina singled to center. P Feliz lined out to right.
O Vizquel flied out to center. M Morris grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, B Molina out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1,
SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 5TH: L Hernandez grounded out to shortstop. E Byrnes singled to
left. S Drew grounded into fielder's choice to second, E Byrnes out at second.
S Drew stole second. O Hudson walked. C Tracy grounded out to first. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: D Roberts struck out looking. R Winn grounded out to
shortstop. R Durham popped out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1,
SAN FRANCISCO 1.

ARIZONA 6TH: C Jackson grounded out to first. C Young flied out to right.
M Montero singled to left center. C Quentin singled to left, M Montero to
second. L Hernandez grounded into fielder's choice to third, M Montero out at
third. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: B Bonds popped out to third. R Klesko homered to right.
B Molina flied out to right. P Feliz singled to center. O Vizquel popped out
to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

ARIZONA 7TH: E Byrnes grounded out to third. S Drew singled to right.
O Hudson singled to right, S Drew to second. C Tracy grounded out to first,
S Drew to third, O Hudson to second. C Jackson safe at second on error by center
fielder D Roberts, S Drew and O Hudson scored. C Young grounded out to
shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ARIZONA 3, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: M Sweeney hit for M Morris. M Sweeney singled to center.
D Roberts flied out to left. R Winn flied out to center. R Durham grounded
out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

ARIZONA 8TH: J Taschner relieved M Morris. M Montero bunt grounded out to
first. C Quentin singled to right center. L Hernandez sacrificed to catcher,
C Quentin to second. E Byrnes intentionally walked. S Drew grounded out to
second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, SAN FRANCISCO 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: A Ojeda at second base. T Clark at first base. B Bonds
homered to right. R Klesko flied out to center. B Molina grounded out to
shortstop. P Feliz popped out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
SAN FRANCISCO 3.

ARIZONA 9TH: A Ojeda struck out swinging. C Tracy flied out to center.
T Clark struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, SAN FRANCISCO 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 9TH: T Pena relieved L Hernandez. O Vizquel popped out to
shortstop. N Schierholtz hit for J Taschner. N Schierholtz flied out to left.
D Roberts struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
SAN FRANCISCO 3.

ARIZONA 10TH: B Hennessey relieved J Taschner. C Young popped out to first.
M Montero homered to right. C Quentin lined out to right. S Hairston hit for
T Pena. S Hairston struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4,
SAN FRANCISCO 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 10TH: J Valverde relieved T Pena. R Winn grounded out to
shortstop. R Durham grounded out to first. B Bonds grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, SAN FRANCISCO 3.</div>

 

Bonds smacks No. 750; Montero's homer leads Diamondbacks over Giants

<h3>ARIZONA 4, SAN FRANCISCO 3 (10 INNINGS)</h3>SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- Barry Bonds smashed another home run.But it was a blast by a considerably lesser-known performer thatproved to be the decisive blow.

Rookie Miguel Montero snapped a 10th-inning tie with a majestichomer as the Arizona Diamondbacks pulled out an exciting 4-3victory over Bonds and the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park onFriday night.

Five players had multi-hit games for the Diamondbacks, who are6-4 in their last 10 games.

"It's definitely great and its a big win to come off a hard fourdays against the Dodgers," Diamondbacks second baseman OrlandoHudson said. "We took one out of four so we come out hereagainst another good team and pull out the first win, especiallyagainst a good pitcher like Matt Morris and a great lineup thatthey have.

"Livan stuck in there as long as he did, kept us in the ballgameand brought in (Tony) Pena and (Jose) Valverde and we ended upgetting a big win which is huge for us."

In the eighth inning, Bonds crushed a 3-2 curveball offDiamondbacks starter Livan Hernandez to the seats inright-center for his 750th career homer and 16th of the season.

The blast leaves Bonds five homers shy of Hank Aaron's all-timemark.

"I think everybody in that clubhouse knows - the staff andmyself - we know he's going to get a lot of attention reachingthis milestone, as he should," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said."It's going to be a big moment in baseball, but right now,we're all embarrassed where we're at, how we're playing. Ourfocus is trying to get on track here and win some ballgames."

But one inning later, Montero belted a high drive off Giantscloser Brad Hennessey (1-3) into the right field seats, leaningback and admiring his towering shot as it landed in the stands.

"I started putting a good swing on the ball," Montero said. "Iknew if I put a good swing on the ball, it's going to jump and Idon't even try to hit a home run or do too much and ithappens."

Hernandez pitched eight innings and was in line for the win, butthe home run by Bonds prevented spoiled that. He made oneother mistake in the bottom of the sixth, and Ryan Klesko hit itinto "McCovey Cove" for his fourth home run of the season -snapping a 1-1 tie.

"I've always had confidence," Hernandez said. "I'm onlyfrustrated because I know I can do better. I felt good on themound. Before the game, I knew my stuff was good, especiallythe sinker. I tried to throw the pitch down. It was low butBarry is a great hitter. He went down and lifted it over."

"(Hernandez) was unbelievable tonight," Diamondbacks manager BobMelvin said. "He had his best stuff in the sixth and seventhinnings. He gave us what we needed."

Tony Pena (3-1) pitched a clean ninth and, after Montero's blastgave the Diamondbacks the lead, Jose Valverde tossed ascoreless ninth for his 26th save, retiring Bonds for the finalout of the game.

Giants starter Matt Morris has been the stopper all season andtried to play that role again. He pitched seven solid innings,allowing three runs - one earned - and 10 hits while strikingout three and walking two.

"I gave up the last two (runs) but you expect to win with thatkind of stuff," Morris said. "And we've been having a lot oftrouble doing that the last three games with starters going deepand not giving them much on the board and not being able to winthose games are tough.

"It's wasting a lot of great opportunities that we have."

With San Francisco leading, 2-1, in the seventh, Arizonathreatened with runners at second and third with two outs.

Morris got Conor Jackson to hit a fly ball to shallowright-center. The fleet-footed Roberts camped under the ballbut it went off the heel of his glove and both Stephen Drew andOrlando Hudson scored on the play.

Trailing, 1-0, in the third, Eric Byrnes lined a one-out singleto center then stole his 15th base. Stephen Drew hit a bloopdouble to left which easily scored Byrnes as 42-year-old leftfielder Bonds had trouble getting to the ball.

A grounder by Orlando Hudson advanced Drew to third, but ChadTracy struck out looking to end the inning.

The Giants took a 1-0 lead against their former teammate in thefirst inning. Roberts singled to right field, and Randy Winnfollowed with a single to left, putting runners on first andsecond.

Ray Durham lined out to second but with first and second baseoccupied, Hernandez pitched to Bonds, who hit a solid single toright scoring Roberts for the game's first run.

For five innings, the Diamondbacks had a runner in scoringposition and could not score. In fact, Arizona had a runner atthird with less than two outs in the second, third and fourthinnings and, each time, Morris pitched out of the jam.