Monday, April 15, 2002
Hamstring injury forces Bonds from game
By The Associated Press
Only Barry Bonds' body is stopping him these days. Bonds left after the third inning with a mild right hamstring strain, and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the San Francisco Giants 4-3 Sunday to stop a seven-game losing streak.
A day after hitting his 574th home run to move past Harmon Killebrew into sole possession of sixth place on the career list, Bonds walked leading off the third inning, advanced on an infield groundout and scored on Shawon Dunston's single.
Bonds, who left at the end of the inning, said he first felt the injury during the final week of spring training.
“I don't know about playing tomorrow,” he said.
Giants trainer Stan Conte said the injury is likely to linger for several weeks, but Bonds has been able to keep it loose.
In other games it was San Diego 1, Los Angeles 0; Florida 7, Atlanta 0; New York 6, Montreal 4; Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 1; Houston 5, St. Louis 4; Arizona 6, Colorado 3; and Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 1 in a game cut to 7 1/2 innings by rain.
At San Francisco, Milwaukee trailed 3-2 in the eighth when pinch-hitter Matt Stairs had a tying double off Felix Rodriguez (0-1) and Alex Sanchez hit a go-ahead single.
Luis Vizcaino (1-1) induced a seventh-inning double-play grounder by Yorvit Torrealba, and Mike DeJean pitched two scoreless innings for Milwaukee's first save this season.
Padres 1, Dodgers 0
D'Angelo Jimenez hit a two-out RBI single in the seventh, and Brian Lawrence (2-0) outpitched Hideo Nomo (1-2) as San Diego won for the fifth time in six games.
Coming off a four-hit shutout of Arizona, Lawrence held the visiting Dodgers to four hits in seven innings to lower his ERA to 1.66.
Trevor Hoffman pitched the ninth for his fifth save this year and 319th overall, passing Rick Aguilera for sole possession of eighth place on the career list.
Marlins 7, Braves 0
A.J. Burnett pitched a four-hitter and third-string catcher Ramon Castro homered twice at Miami. Mike Lowell went 3-for-5 for his fifth consecutive multihit game, raising his average to .408.
Burnett (2-1), who struck out eight, pitched the third complete game and second shutout of his career.
Jason Marquis (1-2) gave up three home runs, including a 442-foot drive by Derrek Lee.
Mets 6, Expos 4
Roberto Alomar, borrowing a bat from Mike Piazza, homered twice, drove in four runs and singled to set up Piazza's go-ahead single in the sixth at Shea Stadium. New York won for the fourth time in five games.
Steve Trachsel (1-2) got the victory despite another costly error by New York's shaky infield. The Mets lead the major leagues with 20 errors.
Armando Benitez pitched the ninth for his fourth save. Tony Armas Jr. (1-2) allowed five runs and five hits in six innings.
Astros 5, Cardinals 4
Shane Reynolds (2-1) allowed two runs — one earned — and six hits in 5 1-3 innings as visiting Houston stopped a five-game St. Louis winning streak.
Billy Wagner got three outs for his first save. Cardinals starter Garrett Stephenson (0-2) allowed two runs and five hits in three innings, leaving because of lower back spasms.
Diamondbacks 6, Rockies 3
Former Rockie Quinton McCracken had three hits and two RBIs, including his first homer in 206 at-bats since April 21, 1999, when he played for Tampa Bay. It was the first time the Rockies have been swept in a four-game series at Coors Field, which opened in 1995.
Miguel Batista (1-0), pitching because Todd Stottlemyre had the flu, allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings. Byung-Hyun Kim got four outs for his second save.
John Thomson (2-1) gave up six runs — three earned — and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings.
Cubs 5, Pirates 1
Jon Lieber (2-0) waited out 3 hours, 53 minutes of rain delays to improve to 7-0 against his former club, allowing one runs and four hits in five innings at Pittsburgh.
Ron Villone (1-2) allowed four runs, six hits and four walks in three innings.
Alex Gonzalez hit a two-run single and Mark Bellhorn hit a two-run double. Joe Borowski got one out for his first save.
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