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		Bullpen does job in Giants win By Jeremy Kahn September 14, 2008
	San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito, right, get a visit from pitching coach Dave Reghetti, left, and catcher Pablo Sandoval, center, while pitching against the San Diego Padres in the second inning of their baseball game Sunday, Sept. 14. 2008, in San Diego. Zito surrendered four runs in the inning and six runs overall in four and two thirds innings. (AP Photo)
	What a comeback for the San Francisco Giants, especially when it looked like they were on their way to a certain loss. The Giants bullpen pitched 6.1 innings of scoreless ball, as the Giants came back to defeat the San Diego Padres 8-6 in 10 innings. Things were not going so well, as the Giants trailed 6-2 entering the top of the sixth inning and that is where things began to change for the Orange and Black clad visitors from San Francisco. Scott McClain cut the Padres lead in half, as he singled in Travis Ishikawa, who singled to left to lead off the inning. Eugenio Velez then singled to load up the bases, and Omar Vizquel singled in Ishikawa and McClain to cut the lead down to one run. On the play, Velez moved to third on the Vizquel single. After the single, Dave Roberts hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Vizquel from third base to tie up the game. That is what the score was, as the Giants came to the plate in the top of the 10th inning. Pablo Sandoval continues to stay hot, as he doubled to lead off the inning, and then moved to third on a Ishikawa single and then scored the eventual winning run, when Dirk Hayhurst uncorked a wild pitch. Rich Aurilia added a second run of the inning, as he walked against Scott Patterson. What a game for Ishikawa, who singled three times, as the Giants took three out of four against the last place Padres. Barry Zito pitched just 4.2 innings, giving up six runs on eight hits, while walking five and striking out just one. Following the departure of Zito, the combination of Kevin Correia, Jack Taschner, Keiichi Yabu, Alex Hinshaw, Sergio Romo and Brian Wilson gave up zero runs on just two hits in the last 6.1 innings of the game. In one inning of work, Wilson gave up a hit ,and one struck out, as he notched his 39th save in 43 chances this season.