San Francisco, CA - Dave Roberts was 3-for-5 and drove in a pair of runs as San Francisco doubled up Atlanta, 4-2, in the finale of a four-game set at AT&T Park.
Barry Bonds went 1-for-4 with a double before leaving for a pinch-runner in the seventh, and remained at 753 career homers, two shy of Hank Aaron’s all- time mark. Bonds hasn’t homered since smacking a pair of long balls last Thursday against the Cubs.
Ray Durham and Omar Vizquel drove in a run apiece for the Giants, who won the last two games in the series.
Tim Lincecum (6-2) allowed just two runs on six hits in six innings of work en route to the win. The rookie phenom walked two and fanned five. Kevin Correia, Jack Taschner, Vinnie Chulk and Brad Hennessey combined for three innings of scoreless relief to end things. Hennessey earned his eighth save on the year.
Jeff Francoeur was 1-for-4 with a two-run home run for the Braves, who remained four games behind the New York Mets in the NL East.
Buddy Carlyle (5-3) surrendered four runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings to pick up the loss for Atlanta.
Down 2-0, the Giants bounced back to take the lead for good in the fifth. Pedro Feliz doubled to left and moved to third on Vizquel’s infield single. After Lincecum moved Vizquel to second with a sacrifice bunt, Roberts’ two- bagger cleared the bases to even the game. Randy Winn kept things going with a walk before Durham capped the frame with an RBI single up the middle to give San Francisco a 3-2 advantage.
The Giants added an insurance run in the sixth. Ryan Klesko doubled and moved to third on Feliz’s ground ball. Bengie Molina then fanned but Vizquel slapped a two-out, run-scoring double.
The Giants pen took over from there and closed things out.
The Braves went on top in the fourth when Francoeur blasted his 11th home run on the season, a two-run shot. Andruw Jones led off the frame with a double and, a batter later, Francoeur drilled a Lincecum pitch way over the wall in left.
Game Notes
Bonds is running out of chances to break the record in front of the home folks. The Giants now welcome Florida for a three-game set before heading back on the road…Carlyle has never faced Bonds before Thursday…This series was the first of 2007 between the two clubs. The Giants won four of seven games against the Braves last year, including three of four at home.
