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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Woody Williams not only pitched the San Diego
Padres to a win, he was once again their best hitter.
Williams pitched a solid 6 2/3 innings and drove in a run as the
Padres prevented the San Francisco Giants from moving into first
place with a 3-2 victory Tuesday night.
Williams (5-3), hit hard in a 7-3 loss at San Francisco on
Thursday, allowed a two-run homer to Ellis Burks in the fourth
before retiring 10 in a row.
|  | | Woody Williams pitched and batted the Padres to a 3-2 victory over the Giants. |
"To give up only two runs after the way they pounded me last
time was gratifying," said Williams, who allowed two home runs in
the loss at San Francisco.
Equally as satisfying were a third-inning single that gave
Williams four straight hits and the sacrifice fly that drove in San
Diego's first run in the fifth. Williams' ball drove Barry Bonds
back to the base of the left-field fence.
The sacrifice fly was preceded by an odd circumstance. After
leadoff singles by Ryan Klesko and Phil Nevin, manager Bruce Bochy
took the highly unusual step of having his No. 8 hitter, Kevin
Nicholson, lay down a sacrifice bunt to set up Williams.
"I'm just glad they had confidence in me," said Williams, who
raised his batting average to .375. "Things are certainly working
for me."
Said Bochy: "You normally pinch-hit in that situation. Woody's
in a zone at the plate."
A victory would have moved the Giants into first place by one
percentage point over Arizona, which lost 7-3 to St. Louis.
Williams, 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and a double in the loss
at San Francisco, allowed two runs, four hits and four walks. The
right-hander struck out five.
Trevor Hoffman pitched the ninth for his 24th save in 29 chances
and his 250th as a Padre. Hoffman became one of only five relievers
to record at least 250 saves with one team.
Pinch-hitter Bill Mueller hit a one-out double in the ninth and
advanced to third on a wild pitch. But Hoffman struck out
pinch-hitter Felipe Crespo and got Russ Davis to pop out.
"The intensity I showed was based on the way I had pitched
lately," said Hoffman, whose five blown saves are one more than he
had in the 1998-99 seasons combined.
Trailing 2-1, Klesko started the Padres' two-run sixth with a
one-out bloop single and moved to second on Nevin's single. With
the runners moving on a full count, Al Martin lined a single to
right field that scored Klesko. Burks overran the ball to allow
Nevin to score and give San Diego a 3-2 lead.
"You know in that outfield the ball snakes on you," San
Francisco manager Dusty Baker said. "It doesn't bounce true to
you."
Kirk Rueter (7-6), who beat the Padres and Williams last
Thursday, gave up three runs -- two earned -- and nine hits in six
innings.
Burks' two-run homer opened the scoring in the fourth. The homer
came one batter after J.T. Snow nearly homered to left field.
Martin went back to the wall and had the ball hit off the heel of
his glove as he leapt.
Bonds prevented the Padres from scoring another run in the fifth
after Williams' sacrifice fly when his one-hop throw to Doug
Mirabelli cut down Wiki Gonzalez, trying score from second on Eric
Owens' single.
Game notes
Bonds has struck out seven times in 10 at-bats against
Williams. ... Rueter's record against San Diego fell to 6-2 in 10
career starts. ... Owens returned to the starting lineup after
failing to start the last two games with a deep bruise at the base
of his right thumb.
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