Talk about a nice run. It wasn’t that long ago that the Giants were floundering in last place and now they’ve pushed their record over .500 with five straight wins. The last three all came at the expense of the Diamondbacks, who not that long ago sat in first place and are now behind the Giants. You have to love these big swings when the season is less then 20 games deep.
And the Giants got some great pitching in all three games. On Friday, Russ Ortiz got it done against his former team with seven quality innings. He gave up just two runs on eight hits and two walks in seven innings and the win pushed his record to 2-0. Bengie Molina drove in two runs and Barry Bonds finished with two hits and two runs in the 4-2 win.
On Saturday, Barry Zito got it done for the second straight start. He threw 7 1/3 shutout innings and he picked up his second win of the season. The lone Giant run was a solo homerun by Barry Bonds and that was homerun number 739.
Then yesterday, it was Matt Cain’s turn. Cain went the distance and he gave up just one ninth inning run on three hits. Bonds did it again with homerun number 740 and Pedro Feliz hit his second of the year in the 2-1 win.
Next up is three against the first place Dodgers. There’s an off day today and then Matt Morris will go for win number six in a row against Derek Lowe.
