Giants win slugfest behind Sandoval

Ishikawa continues hot hitting in 10-8 victory over Dodgers

Chris Haft
MLB.com
GIANTS 10, DODGERS 8
at Glendale, Ariz.
Wednesday, March 4

Giants at the plate: Tied, 3-3, the Giants forged ahead on home runs by Rich Aurilia in the fourth inning, Pablo Sandoval in the fifth and Jesus Guzman in the seventh. Sandoval's homer was his second in two days; Guzman's was a two-run poke. San Francisco added three runs in the eighth on Dave Roberts' bases-loaded single and Buster Posey's second hit, an infield single. Earlier, Travis Ishikawa hit an RBI double and Emmanuel Burriss grounded a run-scoring single in the second, then Fred Lewis doubled and scored on Bengie Molina's single in the third.

Dodgers at the plate: Trailing, 7-3, Los Angeles scored three runs in the seventh, two coming on Xavier Paul's single. Delwyn Young's RBI single and Juan Castro's sacrifice fly in the eighth kept the Dodgers close. Earlier, James Loney's single, Mitch Jones' double and Blake DeWitt's groundout generated a second-inning run. Andre Ethier lofted a two-run, opposite-field homer to left on Barry Zito's 3-0 pitch in the third inning.

Giants on the mound: Ethier's homer notwithstanding, Zito maintained his focus on the strike zone, issuing one walk in 2 2/3 innings. Pat Misch, who yielded five runs in two-thirds of an inning in his previous outing, rebounded by pitching 1 1/3 shutout innings. Jeremy Affeldt and Bob Howry each contributed a scoreless inning before Billy Sadler allowed three runs in the seventh.

Dodgers on the mound: Starter Clayton Kershaw lasted two innings, surrendering two runs and four hits. James McDonald and Scott Elbert yielded a home run apiece, though Elbert struck out two in his 1 1/3-inning appearance. Guillermo Mota blanked the Giants in the sixth inning. But Victor Garate and Brent Leach combined to allow five runs in the seventh and eighth innings.

Cactus League records: Giants 4-4; Dodgers 3-4

Up next: The Giants return home on Thursday to oppose the Oakland A's, their cross-bay rivals at 12:05 p.m. PT. Rookie right-hander Joe Martinez will start for San Francisco, followed by Keiichi Yabu, Justin Miller and Waldis Joaquin, among others. Right-hander Trevor Cahill is scheduled to start for the A's.

The Dodgers won't have to budge, but neither will their opponents, the Chicago White Sox, since those clubs share the Camelback Ranch Glendale facility. Los Angeles' Hiroki Kuroda will oppose Chicago's Jack Egbert at 12:05 p.m. in a matchup of right-handers. Eric Milton, Claudio Vargas and Ramon Troncoso will be among Kuroda's relievers, while Octavio Dotel will join those who follow Egbert to the mound.

From: MLB.com

San Francisco San Francisco 10, LA Dodgers 8 Today's Boxes 3/4/09 PHI 9, CAN 2 BAL 6, DOM 1 ITA 5, FLA 1 PIT 2, MIN 1 ATL 3, NYY 2 WSH 6, NYM 4 PAN 9, DET 3 TOR 6, USA 5 VEN 4, HOU 4 OAK 7, CWS 2 CLE 5, CHC 4 TEX 5, KC 3 LAA 13, RSA 6 CIN 4, NED 3 MEX 19, ARI 4 PUR 2, TB 1 AUS 10, SEA 9 CWS 5, CHC 3 LA Dodgers March 4, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Francisco 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 10 16 1 LA Dodgers 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 8 10 0 Standings | Recap: SF | LAD San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Winn, RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .059 Bowker, RF 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .154 Renteria, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Uribe, SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .267 Lewis, LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .308 Roberts, LF 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .167 Molina, B, C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .188 Posey, B, C 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .667 Sandoval, P, 3B 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 .471 Guzman, J, 3B 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 .500 Ishikawa, 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .421 McClain, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 Rowand, CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 .235 1-Torres, PR-CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Burriss, 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 .412 Aurilia, DH 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .300 2-Velez, PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Totals 42 10 16 10 2 7 14 1-Ran for Rowand in the 6th. 2-Ran for Aurilia in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Ishikawa (2, Kershaw), Lewis (1, McDonald), Rowand (2, Mota). HR: Aurilia (1, 4th inning off McDonald, 0 on, 1 out), Sandoval, P (2, 5th inning off Elbert, 0 on, 2 out), Guzman, J (1, 7th inning off Garate, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Winn; Lewis 2; Roberts; Molina, B; Posey, B 2; Sandoval, P 6; Guzman, J 4; Ishikawa 3; Rowand 2; Burriss 2; Aurilia 4. RBI: Ishikawa (5), Burriss (2), Molina, B (1), Aurilia (2), Sandoval, P (4), Guzman, J 2 (4), Roberts 2 (2), Posey, B (2). 2-out RBI: Burriss; Molina, B; Sandoval, P; Guzman, J 2; Roberts 2; Posey, B. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Aurilia; Rowand 2; Winn; Guzman, J. GIDP: Renteria. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING SB: Burriss (1, 2nd base off Kershaw/Ausmus). FIELDING E: Uribe (1, fielding). DP: (Renteria-Burriss-Ishikawa). LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Furcal, SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Castro, J, SS 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .600 Pierre, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Paul, CF 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 .353 Ethier, DH 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .300 1-Garcia, S, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Hoffmann, PH-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 Loney, 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .214 Mientkiewicz, 1B 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 .000 Jones, M, LF-RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .353 DeWitt, 3B 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Luna, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hu, 2B 4 1 2 0 1 2 3 .273 Ausmus, C 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .429 Ardoin, C 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .500 Repko, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 Young, LF 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .231 Totals 35 8 10 8 6 6 16 a-Hit by pitch for Garcia, S in the 9th. 1-Ran for Ethier in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Jones, M (2, Zito), Young (1, Sadler). HR: Ethier (1, 3rd inning off Zito, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Furcal; Paul; Ethier 4; Loney; Jones, M 2; Hu 2; Ausmus; Young 3. RBI: DeWitt (7), Ethier 2 (2), Paul 2 (5), Mientkiewicz (1), Young (2), Castro, J (3). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Repko; Jones, M 2; Hu. SF: Castro, J. GIDP: Repko. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING CS: Hu (1, 2nd base by Sadler/Posey, B). FIELDING DP: (Furcal-Hu-Loney). San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Zito 2.2 4 3 3 1 2 1 5.79 Misch (W, 1-0) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.50 Affeldt (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12.00 Howry (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Sadler 0.1 3 3 3 3 0 0 19.29 Ray (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.00 Sosa 0.2 1 2 2 2 0 0 27.00 Hinshaw (S, 1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12.00 LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Kershaw 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 9.00 McDonald (L, 1-1) 1.2 5 2 2 0 1 1 4.91 Elbert 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2.70 Mota 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Garate 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 15.43 Leach 0.2 2 3 3 2 1 0 40.50 Strickland 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 Mazone 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 WP: Zito, Kershaw. Balk: Leach. HBP: Hoffmann (by Hinshaw). Groundouts-flyouts: Zito 3-3, Misch 4-0, Affeldt 2-0, Howry 1-2, Sadler 0-0, Ray 1-0, Sosa 0-2, Hinshaw 0-2, Kershaw 4-1, McDonald 1-3, Elbert 0-2, Mota 1-1, Garate 1-2, Leach 1-0, Strickland 0-1, Mazone 1-1. Batters faced: Zito 13, Misch 5, Affeldt 3, Howry 3, Sadler 6, Ray 2, Sosa 5, Hinshaw 6, Kershaw 9, McDonald 10, Elbert 5, Mota 4, Garate 5, Leach 6, Strickland 2, Mazone 3. Inherited runners-scored: Ray 3-1, Hinshaw 1-0, Strickland 2-1. Umpires: HP: Brian Gorman. 1B: Bob Davidson. 2B: Jim Joyce. 3B: Jim Reynolds. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, R to L. T: 3:21. Att: 5,944. March 4, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner