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Giants drop third straight, Chronicle writers subpoenaed
By Joe Cronin and Ken Gimblin May 6, 2006 |
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The San Francisco Giants dropped their third straight ball game and their second straight to their host, the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizen's Bank Ball Park 4-1 on Saturday Afternoon. The Giants have hit the skids badly loosing six of its last seven games. Meanwhile outfielder Barry Bonds who is just two short of tying Babe Ruth's record for second on the all time home run list is just two home runs away from 714. All Babo could do Saturday was go 1-4 with a bloop single. Bonds was thrown out running the bases when Steve Finley grounded toward second and Bonds got hit by the ball on the base paths. The Giants announced Moises Alou was placed on the 15 day D.L. for an ankle strain which occurred on Friday night. Phillies Chase Utley belted his sixth home run of the year to put the Phils on top 1-0 in the bottom of the first. In the bottom of the third the Phillies scored when Bobby Abreau with the base loaded singled and made it 2-0. Pat Burrell picked up an RBI when he hit into a double play and Jimmy Rollins came into score from third base to make it 3-0. In the top of the 7th for the Giants only run Randy Winn hit into a ground out at shortstop that allowed Mike Matheny to score from third. 3-1 Phils. Philadelphia’s final run in the game came when Utley doubled in the bottom of the seventh to knock in David Dellucci for a 4-1 lead which turned out to be the final score. The Phillies Ryan Madson went six innings, 8 hits, one run, four walks, and two strikeouts, for his second win (2-1 ERA 2.18). For the Giants Jamey Wright (2-2 ERA 4.63) took another loss he pitched six innings, five hits, and three runs. JC and Kenny G's footnotes: Barry Bonds was mum on the question about what he thought about the new subpoenas having authors of the book "Game of shadows" and Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams being subpoenaed into Federal Court for Grand Jury leaks. Once again Bonds applied his smile and usual disclaimer, "just baseball guys" and waved his hand at the reporters before the Phillies game on Saturday night at Citizen's Bank Ball Park. The Department of Justice who subpoenaed Fainaru-Wada and Williams want to ask them about who their sources were in revealing Bonds December 2004 Grand Jury testimony. The Chronicle's publisher and CEO Phil Bronstien said he and the Chronicle support Fainaru-Wada and Williams and that the reporters are protected by the first amendment of the constitution of the issues of confidentiality. Bronstien said that the sources are protected through assurances from reporters in obtaining information anonymously. Bronstien said, "we believe that our ability to report on this issue is protected by the first amendment of the constitution. In the case of the steroid story, the public was well served by the reporting which received praise from, among others, from President Bush, while the Justice Department is now pursuing us." said Bronstien. The attorney for Bonds Michael Rains says that his client's right to privacy was violated and that Grand Jury testimony no matter what the case is confidential and that Fainaru and Williams need to cooporate as to who leaked the Grand Jury testimony of Bonds. Fainaru-Wada and Williams said in response to that, "we think our stories were tremendously positive. They helped impel baseball to toughen it's steroids testing program, and they played a significant part in generating a national discussion on the problem of steroids in sports and their impact on youth." said Fainaru-Wada and Williams. Fainaru-Wada and Williams recently received the Edgar Allen Poe award for their excellence in journalism as well as for their coverage of the Barry Bonds-steroid scandal and for their book "Game of Shadows". Pitching assignments: For Sunday's contest the Giants will start right hander Matt Morris (2-2 ERA 5.18). Morris has lost his last four outings most recently to San Diego May 2, 5-3 at Pac Bell. John Lieber (1-4 ERA 6.87) gets the call for the Phils, Lieber won his last outing for his first victory of 2006 beating Florida on May 2, 7-5. Joe Cronin and Ken Gimblin cover Giants baseball on the road on weekends and co-host Sportstalk on 1690 KFSG Sacramento. Quotes provided by www.sfgate.com |
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