DURHAM'S 3 HRS KEY GIANTS' ROUT OF CARDS
St. Louis Falls for 9th Time in Last 10
ST. LOUIS, June 30 (AP) - Ray Durham hit three home runs and drove in five and
Jason Schmidt won his 10th game of the season as the San Francisco Giants
cruised to a 9-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. It
was the fourth straight loss for the Cardinals who have now dropped nine of
their last 10 games and six of the last seven series they've played.
Durham becomes only the fourth major league player--and just the second National
Leaguer--to hit three home runs in a single game thus far this season.
Nomar Garciaparra of the Boston Red Sox has accomplished the feat twice.
Manny Ramirez, also of the Red Sox, and Jose Guillen of the Cincinnati Reds are
the other two players with three-home run games. Durham is the fist player
this season to hit his three home runs in consecutive plate appearances in the
same game. Six other players have hit three consecutive home runs spread
out over multiple games.
The Giants took a lead they would never surrender in the very first inning off
Cardinals starter Danny Haren (0-1), who was making his major league
debut. Pedro Feliz singled with two outs and the bases loaded to give San
Francisco a 2-0 advantage.
Barry Bonds led off the top of the third inning with his 21st home run of the
season to extend the lead to 3-0.
St. Louis pushed back with a run in the bottom of the third. Haren led off
with a single, and was erased by Bo Hart's fielder's choice grounder.
Orlando Palmeiro singled Hart to third and Albert Pujols' sacrifice fly put the
Cardinals on the board.
But the Giants got that run back plus one in the fourth, ending Haren's day in
the process. Jose Cruz, Jr. led off with a walk and, one out later,
Schmidt sacrificed him to second. Then brought Durham to the plate and he
hit his first home run of the contest, into the grandstand in right field, for a
5-1 Giants lead.
The Giants tacked on a single run in the fifth, when Cruz singled home
Bonds. Durham's second home run of the season--a solo shot to the opposite
field--in the sixth put San Francisco ahead 7-1.
Durham capped his big day in the eighth. With one out, Andres Galarraga
pinch hit for Schmidt and drew a walk. Batting right-handed for the first
time in the game against lefty Jeff Fassero, the Giants second baseman picked
out an 0-2 mistake and drove it into the bleachers in left-center field,
accounting for the 9-1 final tally.
Schmidt, given the substantial early lead, cruised through seven innings,
scattering six hits, all but one of them singles, to earn his sixth win in his
last seven starts. Jason Christiansen and Todd Worrell mopped up for the
Giants.
6/30/2003, SF03-StL03, Busch Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Giants 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 9 10 0 9 0 2003 Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 10 0 Giants AB R H BI AVG Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Durham 2b 4 3 3 5 .281 Hart 2b 5 1 1 0 .265 Perez,N ss 5 0 1 0 .205 Palmeiro,O rf 4 0 2 0 .318 Grissom cf 5 1 2 0 .303 Pujols lf 3 0 0 1 .363 Christiansen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Edmonds cf 4 0 0 0 .263 Worrell p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rolen 3b 3 0 1 0 .289 Bonds lf 3 3 2 1 .342 Martinez,T 1b 3 0 0 0 .231 Valderrama pr 0 0 0 0 .143 Matheny c 3 0 1 0 .241 Santiago,B c 3 0 0 0 .277 Delgado,W ss 3 0 0 0 .125 Feliz 1b 4 0 1 2 .264 Haren p 1 0 1 0 1.000 Cruz,Jo rf 4 1 1 1 .247 Yan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Alfonzo 3b 5 0 0 0 .285 Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 .180 Schmidt p 2 0 0 0 .059 Eldred p 0 0 0 0 .000 Galarraga ph 1 1 0 0 .303 Painter p 0 0 0 0 .000 36 9 10 9 Drew,J ph 1 0 0 0 .264 Fassero p 0 0 0 0 .000 Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Perez,EA ph 1 0 0 0 .281 32 1 6 1 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Schmidt W 10-3 7.0 6 1 1 3 7 102 67 2.25 Christiansen 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 26 12 1.04 Worrell 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 6 1.89 9.0 6 1 1 5 9 137 85 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Haren L 0-1 3.2 4 5 5 4 3 79 48 12.27 Yan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6.64 Eldred 2.0 3 2 1 1 2 49 27 3.56 Painter 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 12 9 1.59 Fassero 1.0 2 2 2 2 0 24 12 6.00 Isringhausen 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 12 6 1.59 9.0 10 9 8 8 5 177 103 SF : Galarraga batted for Schmidt in the 8th Valderrama ran for Bonds in the 8th Valderrama moved to cf in the 8th Feliz moved to lf in the 8th Galarraga moved to 1b in the 8th StL: Robinson batted for Yan in the 4th Drew,J batted for Painter in the 7th Perez,EA batted for Isringhausen in the 9th E-Delgado,W. 2B-Grissom(19), Rolen(27). HR-Durham 3(12), Bonds(21). RBI-Durham 5(28), Bonds(45), Feliz 2(25), Cruz,Jo(29), Pujols(63). SB-Durham(3), Grissom(4). K-Durham, Grissom, Alfonzo, Schmidt 2, Hart, Pujols, Edmonds 3, Rolen, Martinez,T 2, Delgado,W. BB-Durham, Bonds 2, Santiago,B 2, Feliz, Cruz,Jo, Galarraga, Palmeiro,O, Rolen, Martinez,T, Matheny, Delgado,W. SH-Schmidt. SF-Pujols. GWRBI: Feliz Temperature: 85, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 13 MPH. Attendance: 30,206 Game Time: 3:06