Giants' Lincecum dominates Cardinals with 2-hitter

R.B. Fallstrom
Associate Press

Tim Lincecum looked ready for a return trip to Busch Stadium in two weeks for the All-Star game. The St. Louis Cardinals could not touch him.

Lincecum threw a two-hitter for his third complete game of the season, all in his last four starts, in the San Francisco Giants' 10-0 rout Monday night. Travis Ishikawa's three-run homer for a 4-0 lead in the fourth was way more than the right-hander needed .

"The way Timmy's been pitching lately, after the first run I felt pretty comfortable," Ishikawa said.

Lincecum (8-2) is tied with teammate Matt Cain for the league lead in complete games and his 2.37 ERA is second in the NL after mastering the punchless Cardinals with his third career shutout and fifth career complete game. He needed only 95 pitches to match his career low complete game and finished off the Cardinals in a snappy 2 hours, 6 minutes.

He faced only two three-ball counts all night and didn't walk a batter for the second time in three starts.

"Their tendencies against me were they don't get too deep in the count," Lincecum said. "Guys were swinging early and often, so I was just trying to give them pitches they couldn't hit out of the park."

Make that out of the infield. Giants outfielders handled only seven chances.

"He's been on this roll for I don't know how many starts," manager Bruce Bochy said. "Tonight he did say it was one of his best games. I don't think he had a stressful inning."

The Cardinals were not arguing that point.

"He worked us over," manager Tony La Russa said. "Everything looks the same until it gets to the plate."

Brad Thompson (2-4) took the loss for the Cardinals, who have lost five of six while scoring three or fewer runs in all of the setbacks.

Lincecum retired the first 14 in order, the early perfection ending when Rick Ankiel lofted a soft broken-bat single to center with two outs in the fifth, then mowed down five more before Albert Pujols doubled off the left-field wall with one out in the seventh. Then, the last eight Cardinals went quietly.

"I think he smells that," catcher Bengie Molina said. "He's close to the end and he wants to finish the game."

Pujols was the only runner to reach scoring position for the Cardinals, who have totaled two runs in two games since acquiring Mark DeRosa from the Indians.

Edgar Renteria's three-run double capped a five-run seventh as the Giants batted around against rookie Clayton Mortensen, whose contract was purchased from Triple-A Memphis earlier in the day and made his major league debut. Only one of the runs was earned because of a throwing error by second baseman Skip Schumaker.

Juan Uribe added his second homer of the season, and third in 30 career at-bats at 4-year-old Busch Stadium, leading off the eighth off Mortensen.

Lincecum's eight strikeouts gave him the major league lead with 132 in 114 innings, and his 2.37 ERA is second in the NL. He's been nearly perfect in four starts against the Cardinals, winning all of them with a 1.61 ERA.

Over his last eight starts, he's 5-1 with a 1.27 ERA. He got an extra day of rest for this start and is 10-2 under that scenario.

Molina's RBI single off Thompson in the first snapped an 0-for-12 slump, and Nate Schierholtz and Renteria singled with one out in the fourth ahead of Ishikawa's fifth homer of the season for a 4-0 cushion. Uribe's homer reached Big Mac Land in the third deck above the left-field wall.

Thompson, who has faltered a bit in his bid to stay in the rotation when Kyle Lohse returns from a forearm strain, allowed four runs in six innings. He tried not to let pitching against Lincecum bother him.

"You still have to go out there and throw your game," Thompson said. "You can't worry about what he's doing. I see him out there, but I'm not worried about his line, what he's up to."

The Giants lead the majors with nine shutouts, including two straight counting a 7-0 win at Milwaukee on Sunday.

NOTES: Lincecum threw his first career two-hitter Sept. 18, 2008, at Arizona. ... Giants manager Bruce Bochy said rookie Ryan Sadowski, who worked six scoreless innings against the Brewers for his first career victory Sunday, earned a spot in the rotation. Sadowski replaced Jonathan Sanchez. ... Mortensen is the eighth Cardinals player to make his major league debut this season, and 14th rookie. ... The Giants have homered in five straight games, totaling eight. ... The Giants haven't committed an error in a season-high nine games.

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San Francisco (41-34) Won 2	San Francisco 10, St. Louis 0 Today's Boxes 6/29/09 BOS 4, BAL 0 CWS 6, CLE 3 CHC 3, PIT 1 MIL 10, NYM 6 TB 4, TOR 1 FLA 4, WSH 2 LAA 5, TEX 2 KC 4, MIN 2 OAK 7, DET 1 HOU 3, SD 1 LAD 4, COL 2	St. Louis (41-37) Lost 2
	June 29, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Francisco 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 1 0 10 12 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
	Standings thru 6/29/09 | Recap: SF | STL | Wrap | Gameday

San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Rowand, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .295 1-Torres, PR-CF 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Winn, LF 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 .265 Sandoval, P, 3B 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 .336 Molina, B, C 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .259 Schierholtz, RF 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 .322 Renteria, SS 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .257 Ishikawa, 1B 4 1 1 3 0 1 2 .259 Uribe, 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .298 Lincecum, P 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .182 Totals 36 10 12 10 2 4 9 1-Ran for Rowand in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Winn (19, Thompson, B), Uribe (13, Mortensen), Renteria (12, Mortensen). HR: Ishikawa (5, 4th inning off Thompson, B, 2 on, 1 out), Uribe (2, 8th inning off Mortensen, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Winn 2; Molina, B 3; Schierholtz 2; Renteria 3; Ishikawa 4; Uribe 6; Lincecum. RBI: Molina, B (43), Ishikawa 3 (24), Winn (30), Sandoval, P (39), Renteria 3 (34), Uribe (15). 2-out RBI: Renteria 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ishikawa 2. S: Lincecum. SF: Sandoval, P. GIDP: Schierholtz 2. Team RISP: 3-for-7. Team LOB: 4. St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Schumaker, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .293 DeRosa, 3B-1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Pujols, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .328 Greene, T, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Ludwick, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .227 Duncan, LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 Ankiel, CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238 LaRue, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .264 Thompson, B, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 a-Thurston, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Mortensen, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ryan, Br, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .302 Totals 29 0 2 0 0 8 3 a-Popped out for Thompson, B in the 6th. BATTING 2B: Pujols (19, Lincecum). TB: Pujols 2; Ankiel. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Duncan. Team RISP: 0-for-2. Team LOB: 2. FIELDING E: Schumaker (6, throw). DP: 2 (Thompson, B-Ryan, Br-Pujols, Schumaker-Ryan, Br-DeRosa). San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Lincecum (W, 8-2) 9.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 2.37 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Thompson, B (L, 2-4) 6.0 7 4 4 1 2 1 4.69 Mortensen 3.0 5 6 2 1 2 1 6.00 HBP: Rowand (by Mortensen). Pitches-strikes: Lincecum 95-60, Thompson, B 83-52, Mortensen 50-31. Groundouts-flyouts: Lincecum 12-7, Thompson, B 11-5, Mortensen 4-3. Batters faced: Lincecum 29, Thompson, B 25, Mortensen 16. Umpires: HP: Mark Carlson. 1B: Tim Tschida. 2B: Bob Davidson. 3B: Todd Tichenor. Weather: 86 degrees, clear. Wind: 13 mph, Out to RF. T: 2:06. Att: 37,737. June 29, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

Sadowski has winning debut for Giants

Rookie hurls six shutout innings; Downs clubs first homer

Chris Haft
MLB.com
Whether one is throwing a birthday party, presenting a gift or achieving an upset in an athletic endeavor, the source of the surprise isn't surprised at all.

Thus, right-hander Ryan Sadowski didn't find it unlikely that he contributed six solid innings to the Giants' 7-0 victory Sunday over the Milwaukee Brewers.

After all, isn't it every day that an unheralded 26-year-old in his seventh Minor League season -- a sojourn that included a year lost to shoulder surgery in 2006 -- subdues the National League's fourth-highest scoring team in his Major League debut?

Sadowski, whose contract was purchased from Triple-A Fresno, was properly grateful to the Giants for the opportunity he received to replace Jonathan Sanchez in the starting rotation. Sadowski might not remain a Giant for long, since they're shy a position player with infielder Rich Aurilia on bereavement leave until Friday. That could prompt a personnel move as early as Monday.

If Sadowski returns to Fresno, he'll probably take it in stride -- the same way he accepted his sudden promotion.

"I think the only one who wasn't surprised was me," Sadowski said. "I've kind of been unspoken about. My mother reads the media like crazy, so I hear everything you guys get and everything that you guys write. But I feel like I've gotten better throughout the year and pitched better than my numbers were in Fresno. So I was very happy but I wasn't shocked."

Sadowski was 5-2 in 13 starts at Fresno, but his 4.11 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 72 1/3 innings didn't suggest dominance. Yet he stymied the Brewers on four hits, relying mostly on cutting, sinking fastballs. In neutralizing Milwaukee, Sadowski was most responsible for reviving a Giants clubhouse that was stunned by Saturday night's demoralizing, come-from-ahead 7-6 loss.

Bursts of joyful screams drowned out the rap music blaring in the clubhouse as players performed ritual beer showers upon Sadowski and second baseman Matt Downs, who hit his first Major League homer in the sixth inning.

"We're not going to have any beer for the bus now," center fielder Aaron Rowand said.

At least Sadowski gave the Giants plenty to talk about. He allowed only three Brewers to reach scoring position, mainly because he halted rallies before they reached fruition.

Sadowski coaxed Jason Kendall's double-play grounder with runners on first and second base and one out in the second inning. With Brewers on second and third and one out in the fourth inning, Sadowski induced Mike Cameron's grounder to third base, enabling Pablo Sandoval to run down Prince Fielder between third and home. Corey Hart then flied out to end the inning.

Sadowski proved tough in other ways. After Ryan Braun led off Milwaukee's sixth inning by smashing a single off Sadowski's right side, the hurler stayed in the game and, fittingly enough, prompted an inning-ending double-play grounder from the last batter he faced, Casey McGehee.

Sadowski left Miller Park with triplicate souvenirs -- the ball he threw for his first pitch; the ball he flung past Mat Gamel, the initial hitter he faced, for his first strikeout; and the ball he lined into center field in the fourth inning for his first hit.

Jokingly asked about the ball Braun hit, Sadowski flashed a quick wit by replying, "It's still in my leg."

Sadowski's performance was no joke to the handful of Giants who played with him in the Minors.

"Like I told Rags [pitching coach Dave Righetti], he's got some of the best stuff down there, in my opinion," catcher Eli Whiteside said. "He showed it today. He shut down a pretty good offense."

Said right fielder Nate Schierholtz, who led the Giants' offense by homering in a 4-for-5 afternoon, "I've seen him dominating before. ... He's definitely a competitor." Schierholtz's first hit, a single, led off San Francisco's three-run second inning that gave Sadowski an early lead.

Before that, Sadowski admitted feeling "more nervous than normal" as he took the mound in front of a crowd that included his parents, Arnold and Elaine, who flew in from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; his fiancee, Lindsay, who jetted in from Los Angeles; and a brother and his wife who rushed in from Palm Beach, Fla. Needing a calming influence, Sadowski found it in Downs, his teammate at Triple-A.

"Matt told me, 'Throw the first pitch and you'll be fine,'" Sadowski said.

That's exactly what happened.

From: MLB.com

San Francisco (40-34) Won 1 San Francisco 7, Milwaukee 0 Today's Boxes 6/28/09 CIN 8, CLE 1 PHI 5, TOR 4 ATL 2, BOS 1 KC 3, PIT 2 WSH 5, BAL 3 TB 5, FLA 2 CWS 6, CHC 0 DET 4, HOU 3 MIN 6, STL 2 COL 3, OAK 1 LAA 12, ARI 8 SEA 4, LAD 2 NYY 4, NYM 2 SD 2, TEX 0 Milwaukee (40-35) Lost 1 June 28, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Francisco 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 13 0 Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Standings thru 6/28/09 | Recap: SF | MIL | Wrap | Gameday San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Winn, CF-LF 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 .267 Lewis, F, LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .253 Torres, CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .259 Sandoval, P, 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 .340 Uribe, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .292 Schierholtz, RF 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 .316 Ishikawa, 1B 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 .259 Renteria, SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .253 Downs, M, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .212 Whiteside, C 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .267 Sadowski, P 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .333 Howry, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanchez, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 7 13 7 2 8 15 BATTING 2B: Renteria (11, Suppan), Sandoval, P (23, Suppan). HR: Downs, M (1, 6th inning off Suppan, 0 on, 0 out), Schierholtz (3, 9th inning off Smith, C, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Winn 2; Lewis, F; Sandoval, P 2; Schierholtz 7; Ishikawa; Renteria 2; Downs, M 4; Whiteside; Sadowski. RBI: Renteria (31), Winn 2 (29), Lewis, F (11), Ishikawa (21), Downs, M (2), Schierholtz (12). 2-out RBI: Winn 2; Lewis, F. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sandoval, P 2. S: Howry. GIDP: Renteria. Team RISP: 5-for-9. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING DP: 2 (Sandoval, P-Downs, M-Ishikawa, Renteria-Downs, M-Ishikawa). Milwaukee AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Gamel, 3B 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .239 Hardy, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .220 Braun, LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .324 Fielder, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .301 McGehee, C, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .336 Cameron, M, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .243 Hart, C, RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .246 Kendall, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .223 Suppan, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Narveson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DiFelice, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Catalanotto, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .185 Smith, C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 0 4 0 4 8 15 a-Struck out for DiFelice in the 8th. BATTING 2B: McGehee, C (10, Sadowski). TB: Braun; Fielder; McGehee, C 2; Cameron, M. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hart, C. GIDP: Kendall; McGehee, C. Team RISP: 0-for-3. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING DP: (Gamel-Fielder). San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Sadowski (W, 1-0) 6.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 0.00 Howry 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3.86 Sanchez, J 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.45 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Suppan (L, 5-6) 5.2 9 5 5 2 3 1 4.86 Narveson 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.29 DiFelice 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.84 Smith, C 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1.88 HBP: Fielder (by Sanchez, J), Whiteside (by Suppan). Pitches-strikes: Sadowski 85-45, Howry 26-17, Sanchez, J 15-11, Suppan 101-64, Narveson 16-10, DiFelice 24-14, Smith, C 17-11. Groundouts-flyouts: Sadowski 12-4, Howry 1-2, Sanchez, J 0-0, Suppan 10-4, Narveson 1-1, DiFelice 1-0, Smith, C 1-1. Batters faced: Sadowski 23, Howry 7, Sanchez, J 4, Suppan 28, Narveson 5, DiFelice 5, Smith, C 4. Inherited runners-scored: Narveson 1-0. Umpires: HP: Ed Rapuano. 1B: Paul Schrieber. 2B: Paul Nauert. 3B: Joe West. Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 20 mph, L to R. T: 2:47. Att: 43,391. June 28, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

Wilson can't hold on after late rally

Giants see early lead disappear; Sandoval belts two homers

Chris Haft
MLB.com

Pablo Sandoval hit two home runs and nearly had four. He and his Giants teammates rapped 14 hits, with six players collecting two or more. After Barry Zito shrugged off the weight of his previous struggles here to pitch capably, Jeremy Affeldt performed another outstanding late-inning escape act.

And still the Giants lost, falling to the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6. Milwaukee erased San Francisco's 6-4 lead with three ninth-inning runs off Brian Wilson, ending its rally on Prince Fielder's RBI double.

San Francisco endured its 16th loss in 19 games at Miller Park, including the last six in a row. But that wasn't why the Giants' clubhouse was as silent afterward as the lunar surface. The Giants not only blew a 4-0 advantage through five innings and their aforementioned ninth-inning edge, but they also stranded six of 11 runners in scoring position. One more hit here or there, and Wilson might not have been needed in the ninth.

"It just goes to show you, when you have a chance to put the dagger in, you've got to do it," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.

The ninth inning exemplified this. After Aaron Rowand, Randy Winn and Sandoval singled to load the bases with nobody out against Trevor Hoffman, Bengie Molina and Edgar Renteria hit sacrifice flies to dissolve a 4-4 deadlock. But the Giants left the bases loaded as Juan Uribe flied out to center.

San Francisco still seemed primed to win, particularly after Affeldt inherited a two-on, nobody-out jam from Sergio Romo in the eighth inning and preserved the tie by coaxing Mike Cameron's double-play grounder.

But Wilson (2-4) couldn't sustain that momentum. With one out, he yielded pinch-hitter Craig Counsell's infield single and walked pinch-hitter Mat Gamel.

"That adds fuel to the other club when you do that," Bochy said, lamenting the free pass. Corey Hart's RBI single ended a personal 0-for-19 skid and stamped the rally as serious.

J.J. Hardy also singled, a hard one-hopper up the middle that Uribe tried to backhand but couldn't handle.

"That ball was smoked," Bochy said, absolving Uribe from blame. It went into center field, scoring Gamel with the tying run. Wilson struck out Ryan Braun, but Fielder, who drove in four runs, lined a 1-1 slider down the right-field line to send home Hart with the winning run. It ended Wilson's streak of 11 consecutive save conversions and saddled him with his fourth blown save in 24 chances.

Wilson refused to second-guess his pitch selection or location.

"I made good pitches," he insisted. The right-hander also rejected the notion that this defeat was more crushing than others, since it obscured so many admirable efforts by his teammates.

"Whenever you lose, it's the same, no matter what the price is," said Wilson, who was unscored upon in his previous 13 appearances. "It's always bitter to swallow."

It was somewhat painful for Sandoval, who was spiked along his right forearm by Brewers second baseman Casey McGehee upon advancing on Molina's sacrifice fly and sliding into the bag in the ninth. Earlier, Sandoval looked invincible as he clobbered leadoff homers in the third and fifth innings, launched a seventh-inning fly to left field that Braun caught two steps from the wall and hit a titanic foul drive in the ninth off Hoffman.

"Everything was going right for me tonight," said Sandoval, whose 3-for-5 performance lifted his batting average to .340.

With 11 home runs, Sandoval wrested the team lead from Molina, who has 10. Upon learning this, the 22-year-old switch-hitter, who doesn't consider himself a home run hitter, remained nonchalant.

"I just focus on playing my game," Sandoval said. "I don't focus on the numbers."

Zito's career numbers at Miller Park had been awful: an 0-3 record with a 10.05 ERA in three starts. But he reversed his fortunes by blanking Milwaukee on two hits through five innings. In the top of the sixth, however, Zito became a baserunner when he grounded to shortstop and, instead of being thrown out at first base, watched Uribe get trapped off second base. Zito was obliged to sprint to third base on Rowand's subsequent double, and the left-hander admitted that he felt a tad "gassed" in the Brewers' half of the sixth. Through that inning, Zito said he lacked full arm extension on his delivery, preventing him from imparting late movement on his pitches.

That resulted in walks to Hart and Hardy before Fielder hit his 19th homer, a McCoveyesque drive into the right-field seats on a 2-2 fastball. Bochy replaced Zito with Brandon Medders, who yielded McGehee's homer that tied the score.

From that point, each inning featured dramatics. Cameron robbed Nate Schierholtz of a tiebreaking home run by reaching over the top of the diagonal portion of the left-center-field wall and grabbing the ball with a well-timed leap to end the seventh. Then came Affeldt's eighth -- and, of course, the ninth, when the Brewers, not the Giants, took the final bows.

"The best thing you can do as a player is try to put it behind you as soon as you can," Rowand said of the disappointment. "You can't dwell on it because you don't want to take it into tomorrow."

From: MLB.com

San Francisco (39-34) Lost 2	Milwaukee 7, San Francisco 6 Today's Boxes 6/27/09 PHI 10, TOR 0 STL 5, MIN 3 BOS 1, ATL 0 CWS 8, CHC 7 LAA 2, ARI 1 CIN 7, CLE 3 HOU 8, DET 1 PIT 6, KC 2 BAL 6, WSH 3 TB 3, FLA 2 NYY 5, NYM 0 SD 7, TEX 3 COL 11, OAK 9 SEA 5, LAD 1	Milwaukee (40-34) Won 2
	June 27, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Francisco 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 14 0 Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 11 0
	Standings thru 6/27/09 | Recap: SF | MIL | Wrap | Gameday

San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Rowand, CF 4 1 2 0 1 2 2 .298 Winn, LF 5 1 2 0 0 1 5 .263 Sandoval, P, 3B 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 .340 Molina, B, C 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Schierholtz, RF 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .294 Renteria, SS 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 .254 Ishikawa, 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 .259 Uribe, 2B 5 0 2 1 0 1 4 .296 Zito, P 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 Medders, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Aurilia, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .211 Romo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Affeldt, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Wilson, B, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 6 14 6 3 7 19 a-Struck out for Medders in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Renteria (10, McClung), Uribe (12, Smith, C), Rowand (21, Smith, C). HR: Sandoval, P 2 (11, 3rd inning off McClung, 0 on, 0 out; 5th inning off Smith, C, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Rowand 3; Winn 2; Sandoval, P 9; Schierholtz; Renteria 3; Ishikawa 2; Uribe 3. RBI: Ishikawa (20), Uribe (14), Sandoval, P 2 (38), Molina, B (42), Renteria (30). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Winn 4; Uribe 2. SF: Molina, B; Renteria. Team RISP: 4-for-10. Team LOB: 11. FIELDING DP: 2 (Ishikawa-Renteria, Uribe-Ishikawa). Milwaukee AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Hart, C, RF 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 .249 Hardy, SS 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 .224 Braun, LF 4 1 2 0 1 2 2 .324 Fielder, 1B 5 1 2 4 0 0 3 .300 McGehee, C, 2B 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .340 Cameron, M, CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .243 Rivera, Mi, C 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .261 Hall, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .199 b-Counsell, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .303 1-Kendall, PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 McClung, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Smith, C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Catalanotto, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Coffey, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stetter, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoffman, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 c-Gamel, PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .244 Totals 34 7 11 7 5 7 15 a-Flied out for Smith, C in the 6th. b-Singled for Hall in the 9th. c-Walked for Hoffman in the 9th. 1-Ran for Counsell in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Rivera, Mi (4, Zito), Braun (17, Zito), Fielder (18, Wilson, B). HR: Fielder (19, 6th inning off Zito, 2 on, 2 out), McGehee, C (4, 6th inning off Medders, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Hart, C; Hardy 2; Braun 3; Fielder 6; McGehee, C 4; Rivera, Mi 2; Hall; Counsell. RBI: Fielder 4 (73), McGehee, C (17), Hart, C (33), Hardy (31). 2-out RBI: Fielder 4; McGehee, C. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hart, C 2; McGehee, C. S: Coffey. GIDP: Rivera, Mi; Cameron, M. Team RISP: 4-for-13. Team LOB: 7. San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Zito 5.2 3 3 3 3 3 1 4.55 Medders (BS, 2) 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3.13 Romo 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.89 Affeldt 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.59 Wilson, B (BS, 4)(L, 2-4) 0.2 4 3 3 1 2 0 3.63 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA McClung 4.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 3.55 Smith, C 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 1 1.35 Coffey 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.65 Stetter 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.52 Hoffman (W, 1-1) 1.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1.99 Romo pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Coffey pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. WP: McClung. IBB: McGehee, C (by Affeldt), Schierholtz (by Hoffman). Pitches-strikes: Zito 98-61, Medders 20-14, Romo 9-7, Affeldt 9-3, Wilson, B 33-18, McClung 77-47, Smith, C 30-20, Coffey 11-6, Stetter 13-8, Hoffman 19-13. Groundouts-flyouts: Zito 6-8, Medders 2-0, Romo 0-0, Affeldt 3-0, Wilson, B 0-0, McClung 3-6, Smith, C 1-2, Coffey 1-2, Stetter 0-2, Hoffman 0-3. Batters faced: Zito 22, Medders 6, Romo 2, Affeldt 3, Wilson, B 7, McClung 20, Smith, C 9, Coffey 4, Stetter 3, Hoffman 8. Inherited runners-scored: Affeldt 2-0, Stetter 1-0. Umpires: HP: Joe West. 1B: Ed Rapuano. 2B: Paul Schrieber. 3B: Paul Nauert. Weather: 83 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 12 mph, In from CF. T: 3:18. Att: 42,065. June 27, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner