Cain strong, Rowand homers in loss

Hurler allows just one hit, a dinger, in spring debut vs. Dodgers

Chris Haft

MLB.com

DODGERS 16, GIANTS 7
at Scottsdale, Ariz.
Thursday, Feb. 26

Dodgers at the plate: After Russell Martin homered in the first inning, Los Angeles temporarily made the game lopsided with a five-run second inning. Martin contributed a two-run double before Blake DeWitt, Delwyn Young and Xavier Paul added RBI singles. The Dodgers received insurance in the seventh inning on Mitch Jones' sacrifice fly and run-scoring doubles by Juan Castro, Jamie Hoffman and Paul. Valentino Pascucci and Chin-lung Hu homered during a six-run ninth.

Giants at the plate: Held hitless for four innings, the Giants roused themselves to score four runs in the fifth. Aaron Rowand's leadoff homer preceded doubles by Travis Ishikawa and Kevin Frandsen, Rich Aurilia's single, Randy Winn's sacrifice fly, Edgar Renteria's single and Fred Lewis' RBI single. The Giants narrowed the difference to 6-5 on Aurilia's ground-rule double and John Bowker's RBI single in the sixth. Juan Uribe added a two-run double in the seventh.

Dodgers on the mound: Starter Randy Wolf worked two perfect innings, throwing 15 strikes in 21 pitches. Scott Strickland halted the Giants' fifth-inning rally, surviving an error and working out of a bases-loaded jam.

Giants on the mound: Matt Cain looked strong, except for the poorly located pitch to Martin. Rookie right-hander Kevin Pucetas worked two scoreless innings. Half of the team's new relief tandem thrived, as Bob Howry pitched a scoreless sixth, but Jeremy Affeldt yielded four runs in the seventh.

Cactus League records: Giants 1-1; Dodgers 1-1

Up next: San Francisco will host Kansas City on Friday at 12:05 p.m. PT. Randy Johnson will oppose Royals right-hander Zach Greinke. The Dodgers will visit Seattle, as right-hander Chad Billingsley opposes left-hander Erik Bedard.

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LA Dodgers	LA Dodgers 16, San Francisco 7 Today's Boxes 2/26/09 WSH 2, DET 1 ATL 8, HOU 7 MIN 10, CIN 4 PIT 3, BOS 2 BAL 11, STL 3 TOR 6, PHI 2 NYM 9, FLA 0 NYY 5, TB 1 ARI 15, CLE 9 CHC 7, MIL 4 LAA 3, OAK 1 SEA 4, SD 4 KC 7, TEX 2 CWS 4, COL 1	San Francisco
	February 26, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LA Dodgers 1 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 6 16 17 1 San Francisco 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 7 12 1
	Standings | Recap: LAD | SF

LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Furcal, SS 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 De Jesus, I, SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 Hudson, 2B 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .500 1-Hu, PR-2B 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 .333 Martin, C 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 Ellis, C 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Loretta, 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .333 Pascucci, 1B 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 .667 DeWitt, 3B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Castro, J, 3B 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 Young, LF 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 .200 Jones, M, LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 Repko, CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 Hoffmann, RF 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 .667 Paul, RF-CF 5 1 3 3 0 0 1 .500 Abreu, DH 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 .143 Totals 43 16 17 16 4 4 11 1-Ran for Hudson in the 4th. BATTING 2B: Martin (1, Misch), Castro, J (1, Affeldt), Hoffmann 2 (2, Affeldt, Romo), Paul (1, Romo). HR: Martin (1, 1st inning off Cain, 0 on, 2 out), Pascucci (1, 9th inning off Romo, 0 on, 0 out), Hu (1, 9th inning off Romo, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Hudson; Hu 4; Martin 6; Ellis; Loretta; Pascucci 5; DeWitt; Castro, J 3; Young; Hoffmann 4; Paul 4. RBI: Martin 3 (3), DeWitt (2), Young (1), Paul 3 (3), Castro, J (1), Jones, M (1), Hoffmann 2 (2), Pascucci (1), Hu 3 (3). 2-out RBI: Martin; Paul 2; Hoffmann; Hu 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Abreu 2. SF: Jones, M. GIDP: Loretta. Team LOB: 5. FIELDING E: Young (1, fielding). DP: 2 (Castro, J-Hu-Pascucci, De Jesus, I-Hu-Pascucci). San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Winn, RF 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 Bowker, RF 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 .250 Renteria, SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 Uribe, SS 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 .333 Wald, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lewis, LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .333 Velez, LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .667 Molina, B, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Holm, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Whiteside, C 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Sandoval, P, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .200 Rohlinger, 3B 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 Rowand, CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 .333 Torres, CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Ishikawa, 1B 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .800 Phelps, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frandsen, 2B 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 .667 Burriss, 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 Aurilia, DH 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .667 1-Bocock, PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Guzman, J, PH-DH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Totals 37 7 12 7 4 4 18 a-Walked for Bocock in the 8th. 1-Ran for Aurilia in the 6th. BATTING 2B: Ishikawa (1, Stults), Frandsen (1, Stults), Aurilia (1, Broxton), Rohlinger (1, Mota), Uribe (1, Garate). HR: Rowand (1, 5th inning off Stults, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Bowker; Uribe 3; Lewis; Velez; Rohlinger 2; Rowand 4; Ishikawa 2; Frandsen 2; Burriss; Aurilia 3. RBI: Rowand (1), Frandsen (2), Winn (2), Lewis (1), Bowker (1), Uribe 2 (2). 2-out RBI: Bowker; Uribe 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rowand 2; Torres; Velez. SF: Winn. GIDP: Holm; Rohlinger. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Lewis (1, 2nd base off Strickland/Ellis). FIELDING E: Rohlinger (1, fielding). DP: (Sandoval, P-Ishikawa). LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Wolf (W, 1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Weaver 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 Stults 1.1 6 4 4 1 0 1 27.00 Strickland (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Broxton (H, 1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 Mota 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Garate 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 18.00 Martinez, E 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Cain (L, 0-1) 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5.40 Misch 0.2 4 5 5 2 0 0 67.50 Joaquin 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Pucetas 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Affeldt 1.0 5 4 4 0 0 0 36.00 Matos, O 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Romo 1.0 5 6 3 0 1 2 27.00 WP: Garate. Groundouts-flyouts: Wolf 1-5, Weaver 0-2, Stults 0-4, Strickland 0-1, Broxton 1-2, Mota 2-0, Garate 1-1, Martinez, E 2-1, Cain 3-1, Misch 2-0, Joaquin 0-2, Pucetas 4-1, Howry 1-1, Affeldt 1-2, Matos, O 3-0, Romo 0-2. Batters faced: Wolf 6, Weaver 4, Stults 11, Strickland 3, Broxton 5, Mota 4, Garate 6, Martinez, E 3, Cain 7, Misch 8, Joaquin 3, Pucetas 7, Howry 3, Affeldt 8, Matos, O 3, Romo 9. Inherited runners-scored: Strickland 2-0, Misch 1-0, Joaquin 2-1. Umpires: HP: Jeff Macias. 1B: Gary Darling. 2B: . 3B: Brian Reilly. Weather: 76 degrees, sunny. Wind: 3 mph, Out to CF. T: 3:08. Att: 5,803. February 26, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner