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Giants dodge Nats' broom
By Joe Cronin and Ken Gimblin May 9, 2005 |
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SAN FRANCISCO - Omar Vizquel's double with no one out in the 13th inning averted a Washington Nationals sweep of the Giants at SBC Park Sunday afternoon, a 4-3 win in front of 36,903 on a tough weather day that featured a 46-minute rain delay in a four-hour game. "Big, Big, Big," Giants manager Felipe Alou said of the victory. The Giants came back to win this one when both teams did everything they could to kick it away. Alou went to the bullpen for five relievers who combined to work six innings of four-hit shutout ball. The oddity of the game came in the ninth when Deivi Cruz hit a ball to right field that turned into an unassisted double play for Jose Guillen with Lance Niekro running at second for San Francisco. After the game talking to Alou he said, "Niekro was sheepish about the incident hey he just made a mistake. I guess things like that happen." Among the other unusual plays, there was a pitcher- first baseman-pitcher caught stealing, a 3-6-1-5 double play in the fourth inning and Guillen's play in the ninth. Nationals starter Esteban Loaiza worked 7 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on nine hits. Kirk Rueter worked seven innings for San Francisco and also gave up three runs, but on seven hits. JC and Kenny G's footnotes: The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by a lucky Mother's Day contest winner. The Giants open a three-game set against the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday night at SBC with a 7:15 p.m. first pitch. Dave Fowkes will be your online tour guide in this space for your post-game report. Dr. Arthur Ting, after the Chronicle reported he had his state license to practice suspended twice, said on Thursday he has contributed his time, some of it free, to children's medical needs and has donated money. Now all of a sudden he's under attack. Sportstalk tried contacting Dr. Ting for a follow-up to his comments on Friday, but our calls were not returned. Ryan Stenn, a spokesman for the San Jose Stealth professional Lacrosse team, where Dr. Ting is a team doctor, said, "getting Dr. Ting for an interview of any kind is more impossible than getting a player. You just have to get Dr.Ting on your own if you need him." Dr. Ting is Barry Bonds' surgeon. There is a clause in Bonds' contract allowing Babo to choose the doctor of his choice to be worked on. The result of that decision is three surgeries to fix each previous surgery and the infected right knee which was drained and had been worked on with antibiotics. Carl Steward of the Oakland Tribune said that Bonds could have played his last game and staph infections from this type of knee surgery are rare, but the setbacks are critical. Dr. Ting worked on former San Jose Sharks defenseman Gary Suter's right arm and Suter got staph infection as well, missing a whole season. Ting is accused of using an unlicensed technician, David Gray, who made it appear like he was a doctor diagnosing injuries, writing perscriptions and recommending surgeries. The latest word comes as U.S. Department of Justice DEA agents failed to find the adresses of three men who received prescriptions from Dr. Ting's office who had birth dates of Jan. 1, Jan. 2 and Jan. 3, all at the same time, according to the Chronicle. Dr. Ting's office refused comment when asked if Dr. Ting prescribed any medication to Bonds previous to the knee surgeries and what kind of prescriptions they were, citing doctor-patient confidentiality. And finally: This is the first time any Washington team had played a series in the Bay Area since the 1971 Washington Senators - who left for Texas the next year - played the A's at the Coliseum. The last time the Giants as a franchise played a Washington team was in spring training of 1957, when the Giants were in New York. The Senators played the Giants in the 1933 World Series. Joe Cronin (not our Joe Cronin) was American League President at the time and was a former manager and shortstop of the Senators. Joe Cronin and Ken Gimblin co-host Sportstalk radio on 1430 KVVN San Jose and 1110 KLIB Sacramento weekends. |
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