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Dodgers, Giants meet after wild series opener

Sep 27, 2008 - 10:11 AM LA Dodgers (83-78) at San Francisco (72-89) 9:05 p.m. EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers continue their series on Saturday, but all anyone will be talking about is Friday's wild affair.

In a bizarre turn of events, Giants catcher Bengie Molina likely became the first player in baseball history to hit a homer and have another player receive credit for scoring the run during a 6-5, 10-inning victory over the Dodgers.

Molina ripped a line drive to right field at AT&T Park off Dodgers reliever Scott Proctor that hit near the top of the 25-foot wall and bounced back into play. The hit was ruled a single by first base umpire Chuck Meriwether.

Emmanuel Burriss was then inserted as a pinch-runner and Giants manager Bruce Bochy came out to question the call and ask for a review - the first replay in AT&T Park history. After reviewing the play, the umpires, led by crew chief Time Welke, reversed the call and ruled it a home run.

Because Burriss was announced into the game, he completed the trot around the bases, while Molina was credited with a home run, two RBI but no run scored following a 14-minute delay.

The ruling by the umpires to not allow Molina to run the bases, prompted Bochy to play the remainder of the game under protest.

Dodgers manager Joe Torre had no problem with the delay.

"I didn't have any problem with it - the fact that this wrinkle was added and made it longer," Torre said. "It was light-hearted. There was no arguing. The fact it happened is important for the baseball side of it. It may force them to make a ruling."

Burriss is hoping this cements his place in baseball history.

"I'm hoping they have the Manny Burriss rule now," he said. "Maybe something good can happen out of it and I can get in the history books and that'll be nice, especially since we won. If we lose that game because I can't pinch run later in the game or we don't have Bengie then it (stinks). But now that we won it's something we can look back and laugh at."

The Giants will start Matt Cain (8-13, 3.80 ERA) against Greg Maddux (7-13, 4.31), who will be looking to impress as Torre sets up his postseason roster.