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Scoreless funk all over for Giants
By Jeremy Kahn May 25, 2010 |
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SAN FRANCISCO-It took nearly 25 innings, but the San Francisco Giants finally got back on the scoreboard. Todd Wellemeyer got it started with a single the first of five consecutive hits off of former Giants pitcher Livan Hernandez, as the Giants scored all their four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and the Giants defeated the Washington Nationals 4-2 before only 27,981 on a cold blistery night at AT&T Park. Following the Wellemeyer single, Andres Torres and Edgar Renteria each singled, and then Freddy Sanchez and Pablo Sandoval both doubled for the Giants third and fourth runs of the evening. The entire rally by the Giants came two were out after Hernandez retired Bengie Molina and Aaron Rowand to start the inning. Through the first six innings, Wellemeyer allowed just one hit, but in the seventh inning, the Nationals began to peck at the Giants pitcher. Wellemeyer gave up three hits in the seventh inning, as the Nationals got on the board, as Josh Willingham drove in Ryan Zimmerman with the Nationals first run of the evening. Ian Desmond then cut the Giants lead in half, as he hit a sacrifice fly to Rowand in centerfield to score Adam Dunn from third base. All in all, it was a great performance for Wellemeyer, who continues to pitch well at AT&T Park, as he went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits, walking just one and striking out two on his way to his third win of the season. Hernandez went five innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, walking one and striking out four; however he lost for the third time this season. In his career versus the Giants, Hernandez falls to 4-7, as he made his 18th career start against the team he helped lead to the 2002 World Series, where they lost to the Anaheim Angels in a thrilling seven-game series. Prior to scoring to four runs against the Nationals, the Giants were held to just one run over the weekend against the Oakland A’s at the Coliseum. This was the first time since June 7-9, 1949, the Giants were held to zero or one run in three straight games (according to the Elias Sports Bureau). Another interesting note from the weekend series across the Bay, was that there was no home runs hit at the Oakland Alameda-County Coliseum, and over the last five seasons this occurred in an interleague series only once and it came when the Giants and the A’s faced each other at AT&T Park in June of 2008 (according to Elias Sports Bureau). |
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