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Friday, Jun. 9 10:35pm ET
From mound and batters box, Rueter betters M's | |||||
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Kirk Rueter broke long droughts on the mound and at the plate. Rueter pitched 6 2/3 strong innings for his first win in more than six weeks and got his first two hits of the season, and Ellis Burks and J.T. Snow each homered as the San Francisco Giants beat the Seattle Mariners 9-2 Friday night. "I was just mixing my pitches up, keeping them off-balance," said Rueter, who won for the first time since April 22, when he beat Arizona 8-6, a span of eight starts. "I had a good sinker down and away and I pounded them in a few times to keep them honest. They're a good hitting team and you can't make too many mistakes." Rueter (3-4) gave up two runs and seven hits and snapped an 0-for-18 streak with a pair of singles in stopping a personal three-game skid. He continued his dominating pitching in interleague play, improving to 8-1, including a seven-game winning streak against AL teams. "We got some good pitching out of Kirk Rueter and some timely hitting," San Francisco manager Dusty Baker said. "We didn't start real good. We left a few guys out there, but we kept getting runners on base and we eventually drove them in." Rueter said he didn't allow himself to get frustrated while waiting to make contact at the plate as well as getting another win. "As a starter, you go out and try to keep your team in the game and give them a chance to win and I really felt I had been throwing the ball well," Rueter said. "I don't get too down. When I make bad pitches and get hit, that's when I get down." At the plate, he became the last San Francisco starter to get a hit. "Finally," he said. "I take pride in making contact. I just wanted to put the ball in the play. Sometimes they find holes but hadn't this year until now." The win was also a milestone for Baker, his 586th, tying him with Roger Craig for most victories by a San Francisco manager. Baker is 586-540. "It feels good," Baker said. "We've been knocking on the door for a couple days. It feels great that I was here long enough to be in a position to break the record." Russ Davis, who spent the previous four seasons in Seattle, Jeff Kent and Snow each had three hits and drove in a run and Giants' leadoff man Calvin Murray scored from first on Frankie Rodriguez's errant pickoff throw in the fifth. John Halama (6-2) lost his second straight since becoming the third Mariner starter to open a season 6-0. He went just three innings, his second-shortest outing of the year, and allowed five runs and 10 hits. "Basically, I was giving up base hits," Halama said. "They played base to base. They fought off pitches and then wound up hitting what I thought were pretty good pitches in the strike zone." Davis said the Giants were fortunate to catch Halama on an off night. "He was leaving his pitches up in the zone a little bit," Davis said. "We just caught him at a bad time. We made him work hard and got him off his offspeed stuff." Seattle fell to 3-8 against the Giants, including a 1-5 mark in San Francisco. The Mariners' runs came on Alex Rodriguez's first inning homer and Rickey Henderson's RBI single in the seventh. "We've got to pick it up offensively," Seattle manager Lou Piniella said. "We're a third into the season. There's too many people struggling in the lineup. Hopefully, we'll get it going." The Giants snapped a 1-1 tie with a four-run third inning that was fueled in part by two Mariners errors. Kent singled to open the inning and reached third when catcher Dan Wilson's throw trying to catch him stealing bounced into center field. Rich Aurilia's sacrifice fly scored Kent, and Doug Mirabelli and Davis each added RBI singles with the last run coming home on third baseman David Bell's fielding error. Frankie Rodriguez started the fourth and one out later, Burks connected for his sixth homer of the year. Snow had a two-out, opposite field shot that reached the bleachers in left. Armando Rios drove in another San Francisco run with a one-out single. Game notesBonds went 0-2 to snap a season-high nine-game hitting streak. ... The Giants have won 15 of their last 19 home games. ... Rueter has not lost an interleague contest since July 2, 1997, against Oakland. ... Seattle fell to 4-3 in interleague play this season. ... The Mariners have 85 home runs in interleague play, more than any other major league team.. ... Seattle, which was making its debut at Pacific Bell Park, fell to 7-22 overall in its first games in a stadium. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Seattle Clubhouse San Francisco Clubhouse RECAPS Cleveland 7 Cincinnati 4
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