Giants' four-run ninth topples Dodgers

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05/13/2006 8:44 PM ET Giants' four-run ninth topples Dodgers Greene's double, Vizquel's sacrifice fly highlight rally By Tony Kuttner / Special to MLB.com The Giants celebrate after Saturday's come-from-behind win over the Dodgers. (Dino Vournas/AP) SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants are hoping Saturday's fantastic finish turns into a beneficial beginning. Down three runs in the bottom of the ninth, San Francisco rallied for a 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Omar Vizquel's bases-loaded sacrifice fly with one out driving in the deciding run. "The Padres won the other day after being behind five runs, and then went on to win eight straight," manager Felipe Alou said. "I hope we can do something like that." Down 5-0 at home against the Dodgers, San Diego rallied for five runs in the ninth before winning, 6-5, in the 10th. That snapped a five-game Padres skid, and San Diego has lost only once since then while charging to the top of the National League West. Los Angeles closer Danys Baez gave up the final runs of the ninth inning of that fateful Padres game, and Baez (2-2), who was going for his ninth save, was the victim again Saturday. "Any time you can beat a closer with a three-run lead, it's big," Alou said. After every game, everyone in the winning clubhouse talks about using the victory as a springboard to more success. But when a team wins games the way the Giants did against their archrivals, there's a little more credibility to such talk. "We've been struggling a little bit and needed a spark," said Todd Greene, whose RBI double cut the Dodgers' lead to 5-4. "Maybe having an at-bat like that is huge, but when you have a long inning like that where a bunch of your teammates contribute, it'll help propel you not necessarily to a winning streak but to playing better baseball." The Giants' rally truly was a team effort. It began with Steve Finley leading off with a double off the left-field wall, and Pedro Feliz then reached on an error by third baseman Willy Aybar, putting runners on the corners. Ray Durham flied out to left before Lance Niekro singled Finley home. Greene then stroked his double, bringing pinch-hitter Dan Ortmeier to the plate. "I was trying to calm down," said Ortmeier, who was called up to the Majors on Monday. "I was pumped up to get in a game first and foremost, but in a situation like that, it's just so much fun. "You want to be in that situation. You try to calm yourself down to a point, but at the same time, you want that excitement, you want that feeling. It's just a blast." Well, not a blast, but a solid single up the middle is what Ortmeier delivered to tie the game. The Dodgers then intentionally walked switch-hitting Randy Winn to set up a potential forceout and bring Vizquel to the plate. "I knew I'd get my hacks with bases loaded," said Vizquel, who lofted a fly ball to medium-deep right field. "You just got to try to get your pitch. I didn't connect it too well, but it looked like the wind helped me a little bit ." The wind helped enough to get pinch-runner Jose Vizcaino home ahead of the throw from right-fielder J.D. Drew. That made a winner of Armando Benitez (2-0) and got Giants starter Noah Lowry off the hook. Lowry, making his second start since returning from the disabled list, fell behind on solo homers by Nomar Garciaparra in the third and Jeff Kent in the fourth. Then his day went south in the seventh,, when he gave up a two-out single to pitcher Aaron Sele and walked two batters to load the bases. "I wasn't hitting my spots," said Lowry. "I gave up a hit to the pitcher and after that I've got to be able to minimize damage. Putting two more guys on base, that hurt us ... for a little bit." Lowry left after loading the bases, and all three runners scored when Scott Munter walked in one run and Steve Kline gave up a two-run single to Drew before closing out the inning. Tim Worrell put up zeros the next inning, but left after the eighth. So, too, did some of the 42,864 in attendance. The crowd thinned not because Worrell was done, but because Barry Bonds was finished, capping an 0-for-3 day by grounding out to first. "Those are the bad fans," Vizquel said of some who apparently showed up only to be disappointed when Bonds didn't catch Babe Ruth with his 714th career home run. "The whole [ninth] inning was really exciting," Vizquel said. "I think the Dodgers-Giants rivalry really brings that to the field. It doesn't matter if Barry's hitting or whoever is hitting." Greene understands why some didn't want to stick around after Bonds left. "We haven't played good enough baseball to keep them there," he said. " Hopefully a win like this will not only give the team some confidence but give our fans some confidence." Tony Kuttner is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. -- MAKING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER MACOTO BANK -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.116.110.92