NATIONAL LEAGUE Abbott's arm, bat lead Phils past Cubs; Giants edge Cardinals in 10

San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds received his 79th intentional walk.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Paul Abbott, who had gotten little run support from his teammates, helped himself.
Abbott got his first win with the Phillies and drove in the first two runs of his career to lead Philadelphia over the Chicago Cubs 4-3 Saturday.
Abbott (1-4), signed on June 9 after Tampa Bay released him, allowed three runs and seven hits in 51/3 innings for his first win since April 21. He lost his first four decisions with the Phillies.
"Dying for a win? That's an understatement," Abbott said. "I needed to get that out of the way. I'm officially a Phillie now."
Before his single in the fourth put Philadelphia ahead 4-2, Abbott had been 4-for-18 at the plate in his career. Abbott threw 80 pitches and left after Aramis Ramirez's solo homer in the sixth.
"I was just trying to see the ball and get a good pitch to hit," Abbott said. "I didn't see it go through. It was probably a 50-hopper."
Agonizing wait
Abbott left the game with the lead but had to sit through 32/3 agonizing innings while icing his arm in the clubhouse.
Roberto Hernandez and Rheal Cormier combined to pitch two scoreless innings. Then, with closer Billy Wagner unavailable because of a strained left shoulder, Tim Worrell got six outs for his 10th save in 14 chances.
Michael Barrett and Ramirez hit back-to-back singles in the eighth, but Phillies second baseman Placido Polanco made a backhand stop on Alex Gonzalez's sharp grounder and flipped to shortstop Jimmy Rollins at second. Rollins then threw to first to complete the double play.
"Polanco's as good a defensive second baseman as there is," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said. "The ball took a bad hop. If you're an infielder, that's the worst kind of hop there is. It was an unbelievable play."
Worrell allowed a leadoff double to pinch-hitter Tom Goodwin in the ninth before retiring the next two hitters. He fell behind Sammy Sosa 3-1, then threw a slider on the outside corner. Sosa dropped the bat and started to trot to first. He stopped when he heard plate umpire Joe West call the pitch a strike.
"I thought it was a ball," Sosa said. "He just didn't make that call."
Worrell threw another pitch in the same spot and got Sosa swinging to end the game.
Sosa homers
Sosa and Derrek Lee homered for the second straight game for Chicago, which had won three in a row. Sosa homered in the first, reaching 20 for the 12th straight season and pulling within four of Reggie Jackson with the 559th of his career.
Chicago starter Carlos Zambrano (9-6), pitching while he appeals a five-game suspension given after he hit Jim Edmonds of St. Louis twice with pitches Monday, allowed four runs, eight hits and three walks in 61/3 innings. He has lost three straight starts and four of five.
"I wasn't surprised Carlos came back with a good outing," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "He's still young and still learning."
Chicago led 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth when Bobby Abreu walked leading off, Pat Burrell singled off the glove of shortstop Gonzalez with one out and Ricky Ledee singled home the tying run.
David Bell loaded the bases when his broken-bat looper sailed over second baseman Mark Grudzielanek for a single.
Todd Pratt took a called third strike, but Abbott hit the next pitch up the middle past a diving Gonzalez.
"That's the first time all year Larry's not told me to take a strike," Abbott said. "It seems like every time he does, they groove the first one. That's the protocol for a pitcher when you're facing another pitcher."
Chicago had runners at first and third with two outs in the fifth, but Abbott got Moises Alou to fly out. Alou threw down his bat in disgust before jogging to first. With a runner on in the seventh, he again flied out.
Abreu hit a run-scoring groundout in the bottom of the first, but Lee homered in the fourth, his 18th of the season and sixth in 10 games.
CHICAGOPHILA
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Philadelphia10030000x--4
DP--Chicago 1, Philadelphia 1. LOB--Chicago 9, Philadelphia 9. 2B--Goodwin (6), Ledee (5). HR--SSosa (20), DeLee (18), ARamirez (18). SB--CPatterson (13), BAbreu (24). CS--Barrett (3). S--Polanco.
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Chicago
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Remlinger2-300011
Farnsworth110011
Philadelphia
PAbbott W,1-45 1-373321
RHernandez2-300011
Cormier100010
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WP--PAbbott. Balk--Zambrano. Umpires--Home, Joe West; First, Paul Emmel; Second, Mike DiMuro; Third, Darren Spagnardi. T--2:58. A--44,493.
Giants 5, Cardinals 3
ST. LOUIS -- Barry Bonds got to celebrate on his 40th birthday, even if the St. Louis Cardinals wouldn't allow him to contribute.
A day after Bonds hit a three-run, seventh-inning home run in the Giants' victory over St. Louis, he drew his major league-leading 79th intentional walk at a key spot in San Francisco's 10-inning win.
Bonds declined to discuss any thoughts, saying "not today" when reporters asked after the game if he was willing to talk.
"A game on his birthday is like any other game for him," manager Felipe Alou said. "The other team is so busy worrying about him, thinking about when will he bat next and what will the situation be. He's a factor no matter what day it is."
Chris Carpenter, left in to pitch against the left-handed hitting J.T. Snow following the walk to Bonds, got an inning-ending strikeout in the eighth that preserved a tie.
But the Giants went ahead for good in the 10th on Edgar Alfonzo's two-run homer off Ray King (3-1) and sent the Cardinals to their first extra-inning loss in seven games this season. Alfonzo twice failed to get a bunt down earlier in the count, and he ended up with his seventh homer.
If Alfonzo had been successful in his sacrifice attempt, manager Tony La Russa said Bonds would have seen his second intentional walk. Alfonzo did not play Friday because of food poisoning.
"The bunt sign was on for the first pitch, and I was on my own on the second pitch," Alfonzo said. "He threw me a hanging slider that didn't slide. I wasn't looking for anything in particular."
So far
San Francisco has won the first two games of the three-game series, the Cardinals' first consecutive losses since they were swept in a three-game series at Pittsburgh June 28-30. St. Louis had won 15 of 17 coming into the series.
"See what happens tomorrow," starting pitcher Chris Carpenter said. "We've got a good team. We'll be fine."
The supporting cast has played a big role in the two games. Dustin Hermanson carried a no-hit bid into the seventh Friday.
SAN FRANST. LOUIS
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DP--St. Louis 2. LOB--San Francisco 7, St. Louis 8. 2B--Snow (18), DCruz (18), Edmonds (27), MAnderson (10). HR--Alfonzo (7), Grissom (15), Edmonds (24). SB--Feliz (4). S--Tucker, Grissom.
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San Francisco
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Eyre011100
Brower2-310010
FRodriguez W,3-4110000
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St. Louis
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Eyre pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Umpires--Home, Marvin Hudson; First, Dana DeMuth; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Kerwin Danley. T--3:22. A--48,145.