Sanchez again tames Giants
SAN FRANCISCO - Anibal Sanchez threw a five-hitter for another complete game in San Francisco, leading the Florida Marlins to a 1-0 win Thursday over a Giants team still stunned by the loss of cleanup hitter Buster Posey.
SAN FRANCISCO - Anibal Sanchez threw a five-hitter for another complete game in San Francisco, leading the Florida Marlins to a 1-0 win Thursday over a Giants team still stunned by the loss of cleanup hitter Buster Posey.
A day after the star catcher sustained a broken lower left leg when Scott Cousins crashed into him at the plate, the Marlins finished off a three-game sweep. Cousins, who lives in the Bay Area, did not play.
"The sweep here against a good team is great," Florida manager Edwin Rodriguez said. "The down side is what happened the other night. Other than that, a good three wins."
Sanchez (4-1) struck out eight and walked two for his fifth career complete game and second this season. He pitched a one-hitter against the Giants on July 29, his previous appearance at AT&T Park.
"I like the city. We come just once a year. I try to enjoy it," Sanchez said.
Logan Morrison's RBI single in the sixth inning off Ryan Vogelsong scored Chris Coghlan for the only run. Vogelsong (3-1) struck out three and scattered eight hits in eight innings for his first loss in six starts on a difficult day to take the mound.
"I think it was tough. I knew it was tough for me," Vogelsong said. "I was just trying to get us going early."
Freddy Sanchez doubled with one out in the Giants ninth before Aubrey Huff and Cody Ross grounded out.
The Giants had runners on first and second with one out in the first, setting the stage for Huff to do some damage. But he grounded into a double play to end the inning, a familiar theme throughout the day.
Aaron Rowand doubled with one out in the second but was stranded when Miguel Tejada struck out swinging and Eli Whiteside - filling in for Posey at catcher - grounded out.
Huff, who replaced Posey in the cleanup spot, went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts, a double play, and a groundout with the tying run at second in the ninth.
The Marlins blew plenty of chances, too. The biggest came in the seventh when they loaded the bases with two outs against Vogelsong. Coghlan flied out to left field.
This was the fourth time the Giants were shut out this season and the fifth time the Marlins have held an opponent scoreless.
Marlins 1, Giants 0
Florida 000 001 000 – 1 10 0
San Francisco 000 000 000 – 0 5 0
Florida AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Coghlan cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .242
Bonifacio ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .276
Morrison lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .320
G.Sanchez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .315
Dobbs 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Stanton rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274
J.Buck c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .222
Infante 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Ani.Sanchez p 2 0 1 0 1 1 .105
Totals 34 1 10 1 1 3
San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Torres cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275
R.Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Burriss ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .320
F.Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .294
Huff 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .215
C.Ross rf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245
Rowand lf-cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .246
M.Tejada 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .221
Whiteside c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .185
a-Schierholtz ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Vogelsong p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .308
b-Burrell ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237
1-C.Stewart pr-c 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 29 0 5 0 2 8
a-flied out for Whiteside in the 8th. b-walked for Vogelsong in the 8th. 1-ran for Burrell in the 8th. LOB: Florida 9, San Francisco 5. 2B: Coghlan (15), Stanton (12), F.Sanchez (12), Rowand (12). RBIs: Morrison (17). SB: Burriss (2). S: Bonifacio, Ani.Sanchez, Burriss. RLSP: Florida 5 (Bonifacio, Ani.Sanchez, Coghlan 3); San Francisco 4 (Huff, Whiteside, F.Sanchez, C.Ross). RA: Coghlan, Infante, Huff. GIDP: G.Sanchez, Torres, Huff. DP: Florida 2 (Infante, Bonifacio, G.Sanchez), (G.Sanchez, Bonifacio, G.Sanchez); San Francisco 1 (Vogelsong, F.Sanchez, Huff).
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sanchez (W 4-1) 9 5 0 0 2 8 111 2.60
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Vogelsong (L 3-1) 8 8 1 1 1 3 94 1.77
R.Ramirez 1 2 0 0 0 0 17 1.31
Umpires: Home, Angel Hernandez; first, Angel Campos; second, Chad Fairchild; third, Joe West.
T: 2:18. A: 41,472 (41,915).
Cubs 9, Mets 3
CHICAGO - Carlos Zambrano pitched six strong innings and went 3 for 3 at the plate and drove in a run to lead Chicago over New York.
Zambrano (5-2) allowed two runs - one earned - on six hits and two walks while picking up his first win at Wrigley Field since Sept. 4.
The Mets lost starter R.A. Dickey to a heel injury in the third when he fell trying to cover first base.
New York 001 010 010 – 3 9 2
Chicago 000 421 11x – 9 17 3
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jos.Reyes ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 .319
Thole c 2 0 1 1 1 1 .212
b-R.Paulino ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .310
Beltran rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .278
Bay lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .233
Dan.Murphy 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .261
Turner 3b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .297
Pridie cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .239
Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
d-Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .230
Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Fr.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R.Tejada 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .292
Dickey p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071
Beato p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
a-F.Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Misch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
T.Buchholz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hairston cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .235
Totals 35 3 9 2 4 8
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Fukudome rf 4 1 3 1 1 0 .319
Barney 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .316
S.Castro ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .328
C.Pena 1b 4 2 1 2 1 1 .215
DeWitt 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .250
A.Soriano lf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .277
K.Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
e-C.Coleman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Campana cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .571
K.Hill c 4 0 0 1 0 2 .216
Zambrano p 3 1 3 1 0 0 .375
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Montanez ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400
Totals 38 9 17 8 3 6
a-struck out for Beato in the 5th. b-flied out for Thole in the 7th. c-struck out for Marshall in the 7th. d-struck out for Byrdak in the 8th. e-flied out for K.Wood in the 8th. E: Jos.Reyes (5), Pridie (1), Barney 2 (4), Fukudome (1). LOB: New York 9, Chicago 9. 2B: Jos.Reyes (15), Dan.Murphy (9), Hairston (3), DeWitt (2), A.Soriano (8), Zambrano (2). 3B: Pridie (1). HR: C.Pena (6), off Beato; Fukudome (1), off Isringhausen. RBIs: Thole (12), Turner (17), Fukudome (4), Barney (24), C.Pena 2 (21), A.Soriano 2 (27), K.Hill (6), Zambrano (4). SF: Barney. RLSP: New York 5 (R.Tejada, Beltran 2, R.Paulino, Harris); Chicago 5 (Barney 2, K.Hill, Montanez, C.Coleman). RA: Turner, Campana, K.Hill. GIDP: Turner, Pridie, S.Castro. DP: New York 1 (R.Tejada, Jos.Reyes, Dan.Murphy); Chicago 2 (Barney, S.Castro, C.Pena), (DeWitt, Barney, C.Pena).
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Dickey 22/3 4 0 0 0 1 36 4.50
Beato (L 1-1) 11/3 4 4 3 2 0 40 2.21
Misch 1 4 3 3 1 1 31 10.29
T.Buchholz 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.19
Byrdak 11/3 2 1 1 0 4 25 6.00
Isringhausen 1/3 3 1 1 0 0 13 2.35
Fr.Rodriguez 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.74
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Zambrano (W 5-2) 6 6 2 1 2 5 100 4.59
Marshall 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 1.35
K.Wood 1 1 1 1 1 1 25 2.75
Marmol 1 1 0 0 1 2 26 1.23
Misch pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. IR-S: Beato 2-0, T.Buchholz 2-1, Byrdak 1-0, Fr.Rodriguez 2-0. WP: Byrdak. Umpires: Home, CB Bucknor; first, Dale Scott; second, Jerry Meals; third, Dan Iassogna. T: 3:06. A: 33,378 (41,159).
D'backs 6, Rockies 3
DENVER - Micah Owings pitched five effective innings for his first win in more than a year, and Miguel Montero hit a three-run homer in Arizona's win over Colorado.
Owings (1-0) bottled up the Rockies' struggling offense, allowing just four hits and striking out three. The only run he surrendered was an RBI single by Troy Tulowitzki in the fourth.
The righthander earned his first win since last May, when he was a member of the Cincinnati Reds. This was Owings' second start of the season for Arizona in his second stint back with the squad.
Clayton Mortensen (1-2) took the loss.
Arizona 000 301 002 – 6 9 0
Colorado 000 100 200 – 3 6 2
Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Bloomquist lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .272
K.Johnson 2b 5 1 1 2 0 2 .204
J.Upton rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .246
S.Drew ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .265
C.Young cf 3 2 2 0 1 0 .230
Montero c 4 1 2 3 0 0 .273
Miranda 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .262
Paterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Da.Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Mora 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .272
Owings p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Burroughs ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .111
Vasquez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Nady 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .275
Totals 36 6 9 6 3 8
Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
S.Smith rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .306
Spilborghs rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .247
J.Herrera 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278
C.Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .251
Tulowitzki ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .245
Helton 1b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .309
Wigginton 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .235
Iannetta c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .218
Fowler cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .240
Mortensen p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Daley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Giambi ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .225
Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Street p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Jo.Lopez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .208
Totals 31 3 6 3 4 7
a-singled for Heilman in the 7th. b-hit a sacrifice fly for Daley in the 7th. c-struck out for Street in the 9th. E: Wigginton (3), Iannetta (1). LOB: Arizona 6, Colorado 6. 2B: C.Young (15). HR: Montero (5), off Mortensen; K.Johnson (7), off Street. RBIs: K.Johnson 2 (18), Montero 3 (20), Mora (14), Spilborghs (9), Tulowitzki (30), Giambi (14). SB: J.Upton (9), C.Young (5). SF: Giambi. RLSP: Arizona 3 (Owings 2, S.Drew); Colorado 3 (Tulowitzki, Iannetta, J.Herrera). RA: C.Gonzalez. GIDP: Wigginton. DP: Arizona 1 (S.Drew, K.Johnson, Miranda).
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Owings (W 1-0) 5 4 1 1 1 3 80 3.48
Heilman (H 3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 8.62
Vasquez (H 5) 1 2 2 2 2 1 30 3.32
Paterson (H 3) 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.77
Hernandez (S 1) 12/3 0 0 0 1 1 22 2.01
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Mortensen (L 1-2) 6 5 4 4 3 5 97 2.83
Daley 1 1 0 0 0 2 18 2.25
Lindstrom 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 1.27
Street 1 2 2 2 0 1 15 4.01
IBB: off Mortensen (Miranda). WP: Owings. Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt; first, Mike Muchlinski; second, Mark Wegner; third, Mark Ripperger.
T: 3:00. A: 30,186 (50,490).