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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Russ Ortiz earned his fifth victory, but he
still wanted to talk hitting. Who could blame him?
Ortiz, who entered the game batting .182, had a career-high
three hits and scored twice as the San Francisco Giants pounded out
21 hits in a 16-3 rout over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday
night.
|  | | Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal (24) tags out Giants pitcher Russ Ortiz in the third inning Friday. The Giants scored 16 other times, though. |
"I hadn't hit a ball hard all year until tonight," said Ortiz,
who raised his average to .234. "I finally did it on my first hit.
That felt incredible. The other two singles were just hit in the spots. It's fun to hit, but I'm not exactly a good hitter."
Ortiz was 3-for-3 with a walk. He singled in three consecutive
innings and knocked in a run.
The Giants, winners in nine of their last 11 games, extended
their lead to 3½ over Arizona in the NL West, the biggest edge this
year. San Francisco has won nine straight against Philadelphia.
Marvin Bernard had four hits and two RBIs and Rich Aurilia drove
in three runs for the Giants. Armando Rios hit a two-run homer in
the eighth. "Everything was contagious," said Bernard, who raised his
lifetime average at Veterans Stadium to .376. "Even Russ got in on it."
"We were talking about this place before the game, everybody
seems to hit well here."
San Francisco's outburst was more than enough for Ortiz (10-10).
The right-hander allowed two runs and six hits in six innings with
four walks and five strikeouts. In his last five wins, the Giants
have outscored their opponents, 50-9.
"I don't know what it is lately, but we've been able to hit
double figures (in runs) a lot when I'm pitching," Ortiz said.
That makes my job a lot easier."
San Francisco scored six runs in the first two innings to chase
Kent Bottenfield (1-2). The Giants had 12 runs on 16 hits through
five innings. And, it could have been worse as the team left 11
baserunners stranded during that span.
The Giants took a 1-0 lead on Barry Bonds' RBI single in the
first. San Francisco made it 6-0 in the second. Mueller had a two-run
double, Jeff Kent followed with an RBI double, J.T. Snow had a
sacrifice fly, and Ellis Burks capped the frame with an RBI single.
After pitching his first complete game of the season and first
career shutout five days earlier, Bottenfield lasted just two
innings in his shortest outing of the year.
"His feelings might be hurt, but Kent is OK," Phillies manager
Terry Francona said. "It just wasn't his night. We were in deep counts on every single hitter all night long."
Philadelphia cut the deficit to 6-2 on Marlon Anderson's two-run
double in the second. The Giants jumped on Jason Boyd for four more runs in the
fourth. Aurilia doubled in two, Bernard had an RBI single and Bonds
hit a sacrifice fly. In the fifth, Ortiz and Bernard added RBI singles against Wayne
Gomes. Aurilia doubled home a run off Chris Brock in the sixth. Tom Prince's RBI double made it 13-3 in the seventh off Aaron Fultz.
"You never want to run the score up, but it's tough when you
got your extra guys in there because they're trying to get their
hits too," Giants manager Dusty Baker said.
Game notes
Mueller went 2-for-2 with two doubles off Bottenfield and
is 12-for-22 (.545) against the right-hander for his career. ...
Phillies CF Doug Glanville celebrated his 30th birthday, but
watched his 11-game hitting streak end after an 0-for-2. ... Ortiz
reached the .500 mark for the first time since he was 2-2 on April
21. ... Bernard had five at-bats and four hits before the game was
even official. ... The large deficit led to early exits for many of
the starters for both teams, including the Giants' Bonds, Kent,
Burks and the Phillies' Scott Rolen and Mike Lieberthal. They all
left by the sixth inning. ... C Bobby Estalella was the lone Giant
starter without a hit. He went 0-for-6 with three strikeouts. ...
The Phillies surrendered a season-high for hits (21) and runs (16).
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