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Friday, May 19 8:05pm ET
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Barry Bonds returned to the San Francisco Giants' lineup and had a great game, but he was gone before the real action began. Ron Belliard's 10th-inning sacrifice fly scored pinch-runner James Mouton, and the Milwaukee Brewers got a wild 11-10 victory Friday night over the Giants, who lost their seventh straight.
According to the Giants' PR staff, Bonds was removed because of the cold in Milwaukee. The temperature was 44 degrees at game-time. Milwaukee erased that five-run deficit by scoring eight runs in the seventh, but San Francisco came back from three runs down in the eighth, then loaded the bases in the ninth but couldn't score. The game finally ended with one out in the 10th when Mouton, who was pinch-running for catcher Henry Blanco, sped home on a fairly short fly ball. Mouton said he never considered holding at third base. "There was no reason to play any longer," he said with a grin. The game was just the latest chapter in an extraordinarily trying homestand for the Brewers, who won a 16-inning game against Houston on Tuesday before getting rained out Wednesday and Thursday nights. "It's been a little crazy around here," said closer Bob Wickman (1-1), who pitched two scoreless innings for the victory. "I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow." Blanco drew a walk from Robb Nen (0-1) to open the 10th. Milwaukee manager Davey Lopes ran Mouton for Blanco even though backup catcher Tyler Houston went on the disabled list before the game and Houston's replacement, Raul Casanova, arrived at County Stadium from Triple-A Indianapolis sometime during the late innings. "I don't see that as a gamble. It was an extra-inning ballgame, and when you get an opportunity to win the ballgame, you try to win the ballgame," Lopes snapped. Mouton stole second, and pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney sacrificed. Belliard hit a fly to Marvin Benard mid-right field, and a sliding Mouton beat catcher Bobby Estalella's tag by inches at the plate. "When I took off, I didn't even think there would be a play," Mouton said. "He made a great play out there. I just tried to get down quick." Bonds, who had three RBI, missed the Giants' previous three games after a painful back injury he originally thought might put him out for the season. He showed no ill effects against the Brewers, hitting a two-run homer to deep center and adding a sacrifice fly before coming out in the sixth. "He gave us all he could give us. He said he'd had enough," San Francisco manager Dusty Baker said. Baker said Bonds, who didn't speak to reporters, should be ready to play Saturday. So would J.T. Snow, who left in the eighth with tightness in his right groin. San Francisco, swept in a three-game series at Colorado and Atlanta, still hasn't won on its nine-game road trip. Jeff Kent had three hits for the Giants, who stranded 13 runners. "It was tough to watch," Snow said. "It doesn't seem like a lot of things are going right right now." The first nine innings of Friday's game took more than four hours to play, and the final game time was 4:21. The Brewers, whose .241 team batting average entering was the majors' worst, scored eight runs in the seventh while pounding Livan Hernandez and relievers Aaron Fultz and Ben Weber. In the seventh, eight straight batters reached base for Milwaukee. Charlie Hayes hit a three-run double off Fultz to cut San Francisco's lead to 7-6 and, after Weber entered the game, Lyle Mouton hit a game-tying triple. Following a walk to Marquis Grissom, Jose Hernandez tripled in two runs and Blanco doubled in Hernandez. Alan Embree relieved Weber and got two fly balls to end the inning. The eight runs and two triples equaled the Brewers' NL team records for one inning. But the offensive fireworks were only beginning. Moments later, the Giants touched setup man David Weathers for a run-scoring double by Estalella and a game-tying two-run single by Armando Rios, who finished with four RBI. With the score tied at 10 in the ninth, Wickman allowed San Francisco to load the bases with one out. But third baseman Jose Hernandez's alert throw got a forceout at the plate, and Wickman struck out Felipe Crespo. Rios had a two-run double in the seventh that appeared to break open the game for San Francisco.
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