Pirates win 3rd straight game

The Giants had the bases loaded, but grounded into a game-ending double play.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Craig Wilson homered and Josh Fogg pitched five-plus innings for his first win of the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates held on for a 6-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
Jason Kendall drove in three runs and Jason Bay added a two-run single for the Pirates, who welcomed back manager Lloyd McClendon after he served a one-game suspension during Friday night's game.
The Pirates have won three straight and four of five following a season-worst six-game losing streak.
Fogg (1-4) retired the first eight San Francisco batters, four on strikeouts, and 15 of 18 to start the game. He didn't allow a baserunner past first until giving up back-to-back singles to Ray Durham and J.T. Snow in the sixth. Fogg struck out five in 5 2-3 innings and allowed two earned runs on six hits.
The Giants loaded the bases against Jose Mesa with one out, but he got Marquis Grissom to ground into a game-ending double play -- San Francisco's major league-leading 46th -- for his 11th save in as many chances.
Edgardo Alfonzo had a homer and a two-run single among his three hits for the Giants, who have lost three in a row. Alfonzo is batting .500 (7-for-14) with four RBIs during the six-game homestand.
Wilson connected for his ninth homer on the first pitch from Brett Tomko (1-3) with two outs in the third. The ball sailed just above the glove of leaping center fielder Grissom.
Bonds-less
Barry Bonds missed his second straight game because of back spasms, and the Giants don't expect the slugger in the lineup again until Tuesday's game against the Cubs in Chicago. That means his former team won't have a chance to walk him -- Bonds leads the majors with 54 free passes in 32 games.
"I believe it gives the other team psychological security" without Bonds in the lineup, Giants manager Felipe Alou said.
Durham went 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI single in the seventh. Alfonzo hit his first homer of the year leading off the eighth, a solo shot to left. He had a two-run single in the sixth.
Tomko retired the side in order in the second and fifth innings, but those were his only easy innings. He threw 118 pitches over six innings, struck out three and walked four.
Bay drove in two runs with his two-out single in the first to give the Pirates the lead, but both were unearned after Durham's fielding error at second on a potential double-play ball. After Wilson's homer in the third, Kendall hit his two-run single in the fourth to make it 5-0. Kendall added an RBI single in the eighth.
McClendon was suspended for the first time in his career for "inappropriate conduct" during the 10th inning of last Sunday's game against Los Angeles.
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WP--Grabow. Umpires--Home, Bruce Froemming; First, Mike Winters; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Tim Timmons. T--2:52. A--41,042.
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