Final/13
Bonds inching closer to Aaron's record
Jun 23, 2007 - 1:51 PM NY Yankees (36-35) at San Francisco (30-42), 3:55 pm EDTSAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- Barry Bonds homered in Friday's game, but the Giants still lost. On Saturday, Bonds will go for No. 750 against a pitcher who rarely allows the ball to get off the ground.
The San Francisco Giants will take their cracks at Chien-Ming Wang when they host the New York Yankees at AT&T Park.
Bonds clubbed homer No. 749 in the eighth inning off Scott Proctor on Friday, pulling him within six of Hank Aaron's all-time record.
Wang (7-4, 3.33 ERA) has yielded just four homers in 11 starts this season after allowing only 12 in 218 innings in 2006. His sinkerball generally induces groundouts and broken bats, and he has not allowed more than three runs in a start since May 10.
The 27-year-old righthander has won each of his last four starts.
The Giants will counter with Matt Morris (7-4, 3.21). The veteran righthander got pounded by the Red Sox last Sunday, surrendering eight runs and nine hits in four innings to absorb the loss.
Friday's loss brought San Francisco's current string of futility to eight losses in a row. They have been outscored 52-25 over that span.
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FINAL 13
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0
10 11 12 13 R H E
-- -- -- -- - - -
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 5 17 0
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 1 6 12 1 (FINAL 13)
BATTERIES: NYY
Jun 23 8:32 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY NATHAN SCHIERHOLTZ SCORED RYAN KLESKO.
FINAL SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 6, NY YANKEES 5
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 8:32 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ALEX RODRIGUEZ (28) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 9TH OFF BRAD HENNESSEY.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 5, SAN FRANCISCO 5
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J POSADA (.346, 3-FOR-4, RBI)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 7:06 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO BARRY BONDS SCORED DAVE ROBERTS.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, B BONDS ON FIRST, R DURHAM ON SECOND, R WINN
ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
SAN FRANCISCO 5 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R KLESKO (.286, 0-FOR-3)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 6:35 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY RANDY WINN SCORED OMAR VIZQUEL.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R WINN ON FIRST, D ROBERTS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
SAN FRANCISCO 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R DURHAM (.256, 0-FOR-3)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 6:34 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY PEDRO FELIZ (11) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
7TH OFF CHIEN-MING WANG.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4, SAN FRANCISCO 3
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: O VIZQUEL (.226, 0-FOR-2)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 6:12 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY BARRY BONDS SCORED RANDY WINN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B BONDS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
SAN FRANCISCO 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R KLESKO (.288, 0-FOR-2)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 5:53 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY HIDEKI MATSUI SCORED ALEX RODRIGUEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H MATSUI ON FIRST, J POSADA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
SAN FRANCISCO 1 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: R CANO (.282, 2-FOR-2, RBI)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 5:22 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY DAVE ROBERTS SCORED PEDRO FELIZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D ROBERTS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 3
SAN FRANCISCO 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R WINN (.288, 0-FOR-1)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 4:53 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ROBINSON CANO SCORED ALEX RODRIGUEZ.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R CANO ON FIRST, J POSADA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 3
SAN FRANCISCO 0 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: M CAIRO (.258, 0-FOR-0, BB)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 4:43 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JORGE POSADA SCORED BOBBY ABREU.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J POSADA ON FIRST, A RODRIGUEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 2
SAN FRANCISCO 0 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: H MATSUI (.284, 0-FOR-1)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 4:40 PM - ML
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY DEREK JETER SCORED MELKY CABRERA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1
SAN FRANCISCO 0 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: B ABREU (.260, 0-FOR-1)
Yankees vs. GiantsJun 23 4:35 PM
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