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Big fifth inning kills Lowry, Giants
By Jeremy Harness September 13, 2006 |
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Noah Lowry was just cruising along, with only one run given up through four innings, which further confirmed that the starting pitching for the Giants has been the key to their late success in the month of September. However, then came the fifth inning which would later lead to a 9-8 loss to Colorado. In that stanza, Lowry ran into quick trouble, and the Rockies brought in a run that gave them a 2-1 lead, and after Lowry walked Todd Helton to load the bases, manager Felipe Alou, being the patient man that he is, wasted no time yanking him. Lowry then gave way to Jamey Wright, and being the major control freak that he is, he promptly threw a wild pitch that scored another run before walking Garrett Atkins. Two batters later, he gave up a two-run single to third baseman John Baker. It wasn’t until Wright walked Troy Tulowitzki, that Alou took the ball from him and sent him to the showers after getting exactly one person out. The other problem is that the guy Alou summoned from the bullpen, Scott Munter, immediately walked in a run before Choo Freeman tagged him for a two-run single. When the inning was over, the Giants were stuck on the wrong side of an 8-1 game, during a time which every game counts. The Giants quickly rallied in the bottom of the fifth, using a trio of doubles, one of which was hit by Munter, to score four runs. After Colorado scored another run in the seventh, the Giants got two in the bottom of the inning when Moises Alou doubled to bring in a pair, cutting the lead to two runs. To lead off the bottom of the ninth, Barry Bonds hit his 732nd career home run over the wall in left-center to make it 9-8 game, with the Giants one run down on the Rockies. However, the Giants couldn’t advance any runners past second base, and the Giants lost ground on both the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers. San Diego blew out the Cincinnati Reds, 10-0, to gain a full game of cushion away from the Giants, while the Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs to maintain their lead in the National League West. The Giants are now 4 ½ games behind the Dodgers in the NL West race, while they are also three full games behind the Padres in the league’s wild card standings. |
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