Giants pull within half-game in NL West
PHOENIX (AP)—Nate Schierholtz(notes) hit a two-run triple off Aaron Heilman(notes) in the11th inning and the San Francisco Giants inched closer to the NL West lead witha 2-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.
Madison Bumgarner(notes) matched zeros with Arizona starter Ian Kennedy(notes) into theeighth inning and the Giants pulled it out in the 11th when Schierholtz followedsingles by Aubrey Huff(notes) and Buster Posey(notes) with his triple to center off Heilman(5-7).
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Santiago Casilla(notes) (6-2) struck out the side in the 10th and Brian Wilson(notes)earned his 41st save to seal San Francisco’s sixth victory in eight games. TheGiants pulled within a half-game of first-place San Diego, which entered Mondaynight’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on a 10-game losing streak.
Bumgarner was sharp, allowing five hits over 7 1-3 innings. Kennedy was evenbetter, giving up two hits over eight innings.
Arizona right fielder Gerardo Parra(notes) kept the scoreless tie in tact in theninth by diving forward to catch Posey’s flare with two on and two outs, butHeilman was hit hard for the second straight outing.
The game included a couple of scary moments on consecutive at-bats in thefourth, when two children were injured by flying objects.
A 13-year-old boy sitting near the Diamondbacks dugout was put in a neckbrace and carried off on a stretcher when he was struck on the right side of thehead with a bat that flew from Posey’s hands. Minutes later, a 2-year girlsitting in the upper deck was hit on the forehead by a foul ball off the bat ofPablo Sandoval(notes).
Both were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
On the field, nobody could get to Kennedy or Bumgarner.
Kennedy was sharp for the fifth straight start, striking out six andretiring 14 of his final 15 batters.
The right-hander did a little work with his bat, too, leading off the eighthwith his first career double. He was stranded at third after Javier Lopez(notes) struckout Kelly Johnson(notes), and Ramon Ramirez(notes) got Chris Young on a fielder’s choice toend the inning.
Bumgarner matched Kennedy almost pitch for pitch.
The left-hander struck out seven and twice got Adam LaRoche(notes) with two on andtwo outs: on a strikeout in the first inning and a fly ball to the warning trackin right in the sixth.
Notes: Giants SS Juan Uribe(notes) didn’t play after fouling a pitch off his leftshin Sunday against the Dodgers. … Arizona RF B.J. Upton(notes) missed his fifthstraight game with a strained left shoulder. … The Giants have won fivestraight road games.
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