NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP Giants' bats come alive in 9-6 victory over Reds

Jose Cruz Jr. and Andres Galarraga each drove in three runs.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO -- Jose Cruz Jr. and Andres Galarraga drove in three runs apiece, and rookie Jesse Foppert got his first major league victory as the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 Saturday.
Galarraga and Yorvit Torrealba hit two-run homers as the Giants jumped to an eight-run lead in the fourth inning, tagging Cincinnati starter Paul Wilson (1-3) for nine hits and nine runs.
Foppert (1-2), the Giants' highly regarded 22-year-old right-hander, allowed just two hits over the first five innings before Jose Guillen's three-run homer in the sixth. He struck out six and walked six, throwing 107 pitches in just his third big league start.
But Foppert didn't need to be perfect, because the Giants' offense finally awoke following a dismal week. San Francisco (20-9), off to its best start in 30 years, won for just the second time in seven games.
CINCINNATISAN FRAN
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FLopez ss4010Durham 2b3110
Dunn lf4001Aurilia ss5000
Casey 1b4111Worrell p0000
Kearns cf3200Bonds lf4220
ABoone 3b3010Benard lf0000
JGuillen rf4123JoCruz rf3223
Freel 2b1000Galarraga 1b4223
Reith p0000Alfonzo 3b4111
WPena ph1000Torrealba c4122
Mercker p0000RRivera cf4010
Riedling p0000Foppert p3000
RMateo ph1000Nathan p0000
Stinnett c3121Feliz ph1000
PWilson p1000Eyre p0000
JCastro 2b3120NPerez ss0000
Totals32696Totals359119
Cincinnati010003002--6
San Francisco40320000x--9
E--ABoone (3). DP--San Francisco 1. LOB--Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 5. 2B--JGuillen (3), Bonds (4), JoCruz (7), Alfonzo (2). 3B--JoCruz (1). HR--JGuillen (6), Galarraga (2), Torrealba (1). CS--FLopez (4), JoCruz (2). SF--Dunn, Stinnett.
IPHRERBBSO
Cincinnati
PWilson L,1-33 2-399832
Reith1 1-300001
Mercker200000
Riedling120001
San Francisco
Foppert W,1-25 1-334466
Nathan2 2-320002
Eyre2-342200
Worrell S,81-300000
Umpires--Home, Joe West; First, Jeff Kellogg; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Paul Emmel. T--2:40. A--40,077.
Rockies 6, Cubs 4
CHICAGO -- Preston Wilson hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning as Colorado rallied.
Charles Johnson also had a pair of RBIs for the Rockies, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
Carlos Zambrano hit his first career home run and pitched six strong innings, but it was wasted as the Cubs bullpen gave up three runs in the eighth inning.
Justin Speier (2-0) gave up a walk in two hitless innings, and Jose Jimenez pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
Mark Guthrie (0-2) walked one and gave up two runs and a hit in two-thirds of an inning, and Cubs fans booed him as he walked off the field.
COLORADOCHICAGO
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Blliard 2b3010Godwin cf4000
Payton lf4121CPttson cf1010
SReed p0000Grdzln 2b4000
JJmnez p0000ASGzlz ss2011
Helton 1b3220SSosa rf5010
PrWlsn cf5112Alou lf5110
LWalkr rf3111Karros 1b3120
JHrndz ss4010Choi 1b0000
CJhson c4012Bllhorn 3b4010
Norton 3b5010Frnswr p0000
Oliver p2000Guthrie p0000
Speier p0000JuCruz p0000
Butler ph0000DMiller c3101
MaSwy ph0000Zmbrno p3112
Kapler lf0100Rmlngr p0000
REMtiz 3b1000
Totals336106Totals35484
Colorado003000030--6
Chicago030100000--4
DP--Chicago 1. LOB--Colorado 11, Chicago 10. 2B--Belliard (7). HR--PrWilson (6), Zambrano (1). SB--Goodwin (3). CS--Payton (1). S--Belliard, Oliver.
IPHRERBBSO
Colorado
Oliver574456
Speier W,2-0200010
SReed110000
JJimenez S,7100001
Chicago
Zambrano683337
Remlinger100032
Farnsworth1-311110
Guthrie L,0-2 2-312210
JuCruz100002
HBP--by Zambrano (Payton). WP--Farnsworth. Umpires--Home, Paul Schrieber; First, Angel Hernandez; Second, Randy Marsh; Third, Sam Holbrook. T--3:16. A--38,332.
Cardinals 3, Expos 1
ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols hit his third home run in five games, and Garrett Stephenson worked eight innings as St. Louis won its sixth straight.
The defending NL Central champions are a season-best four games above .500 at 16-12. They're undefeated on their current six-game homestand with one game to go, outscoring their opponents 43-14.
Pujols hit a two-run homer off rookie Claudio Vargas (0-1) in the third inning that banged off a stadium club window just below the upper deck at Busch Stadium, a drive measured at 452 feet. The homer was his sixth of the season and followed an RBI single by J.D. Drew to put the Cardinals ahead 3-1.
Pujols has gone 10-for-20 with eight RBIs this week to raise his average to .388. He has been playing with a sprained elbow ligament, and doctors on April 19 ordered him not to throw for three weeks. He hasn't had to test his arm yet, though.
After playing all nine innings at first base in Friday's 8-1 victory, Pujols played left field on Saturday. He was lifted for Miguel Cairo after six innings.
Jim Edmonds was 2-for-4 with a double for the Cardinals, raising his NL-leading average to .405.
MONTREALST. LOUIS
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EChvez cf5110Vina 2b3010
Vidro 2b4020JDrew rf3111
VGrero rf3010Pujols lf3112
OCbera ss5011Cairo lf0000
Wlkrsn lf4020Calero p0000
Biddle p0000Edmnd cf4020
WCdero 1b4010Rolen 3b3000
Tatis 3b3010TMrtnz 1b3000
Barrett c3000Mrrero c3000
Cllway ph1000WDgdo ss3110
Schndr c0000Stphnsn p2000
Vargas p1000Mtheny c0000
HMateo ph1000
Eschen p0000
Macias lf1000
Totals35191Totals27363
Montreal100000000--1
St. Louis00300000x--3
LOB--Montreal 12, St. Louis 4. 2B--OCabrera (6), Vina (7), Edmonds (12). HR--Pujols (6). CS--JDrew (1). S--Vargas, Cairo, Stephenson.
IPHRERBBSO
Montreal
Vargas L,0-1663303
Eischen1 1-300003
Biddle2-300000
St. Louis
Stphnsn W,2-2881135
Calero S,1110010
HBP--by Eischen (JDrew), by Eischen (Vina). WP--Stephenson. Umpires--Home, Jerry Layne; First, Dana DeMuth; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third, Greg Gibson. T--2:32. A--36,176.