LATE FRIDAY BASEBALL Bonds hits 35th as Giants beat Phillies
San Francisco was even playing with a patched-up infield.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Barry Bonds and Jesse Foppert made up for the San Francisco Giants' depleted infield.
Bonds hit his major league-leading 35th home run and Foppert combined with three relievers on a three-hitter in the Giants' 9-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
Andres Galarraga also homered for the NL West-leading Giants, who won for the fourth time in five games.
"For some reason the guys were swinging a better bat against a pretty good pitcher," Giants manager Felipe Alou said. "Foppert threw the ball, but started to get wild."
With regular infielders Rich Aurilia and Ray Durham on the disabled list and Galarraga starting for J.T. Snow, and Edgardo Alfonzo leaving the game early, the Giants were left with backups at all four infield spots.
"That tells the people how good the Giants are right now when the backups are beating good teams like the Phillies," Giants infielder Neifi Perez said.
Equal doubles record
The Giants hit six doubles, equaling the Pac Bell Park record for doubles by one team.
Bonds, who hit a three-run homer off Jose Mesa in the seventh, was also intentionally walked twice, giving him 44 this season. He's on pace for 73, which would break his own mark of 68 set last year.
Bonds sent a 3-0 pitch from Mesa into McCovey Cove for his 648th career homer, 12 short of Willie Mays for third on the career list, to give the Giants a 7-1 lead.
"I saw the replay and saw it was a good pitch to hit," Alou said. "Those were the runs that really iced it for us. A 4-1 lead against the Phillies and you don't know; 7-1 was a different atmosphere."
Foppert (8-8) allowed one run on two hits over 5 1-3 innings as he improved to 3-0 in his last four starts since being recalled from Triple-A Fresno on July 20. He struck out four and matched his season high with five walks.
"He may have walked five but he located well and got of some jams," said Phillies outfielder Marlon Byrd.
Randy Wolf (11-7) lasted five innings, giving up four runs on six hits with two walks and five strikeouts as the Phillies fell into a tie with Florida in the wild-card race. Philadelphia has lost three straight, and four of five.
"My change was cutting in today and they didn't mess around with it," said Wolf. "They punished it. That's a sign of a good team when they don't miss mistakes."
Since pitching a four-hit shutout against the Chicago Cubs in Wrigley Field on July 23, Wolf has allowed 13 runs in 17 innings.
The Giants beat the Phillies for the 11th time in 13 games at Pac Bell Park.
Notes
Durham was placed on the 15-day DL with a right leg injury before the game. OF Marvin Benard was activated from the DL to replace him.
Wolf's double in the third gave him three of the five two-base hits by Phillies pitchers this season.
The Phillies lost their first game on the road when the crowd exceeds 35,000 after winning their first eight.
Ransom's double in the third was the first extra-base hit of his career.
The Phillies have not won back-to-back games in San Francisco since May 13-14, 1991.
Alfonzo left after the fifth inning due to nausea.
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