Saturday, August 18, 2001
Maddux shuts down Bonds, Giants
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Greg Maddux allowed one run on six hits in 6 2-3 innings for his 16th win as the Atlanta Braves beat San Francisco 2-1 Friday night, snapping the Giants' five-game winning streak.
A day after hitting home runs No. 52 and 53 against the Florida Marlins, Barry Bonds was 1-for-4 with a single in the fourth inning.
Bonds is one homer away from matching Mike Schmidt for eighth place on the career list with 548. With 40 games remaining, Bonds is 17 homers short of Mark McGwire's 1998 record of 70.
The Braves won their third straight to tie Philadelphia for first place in the NL East. St. Louis beat the Phillies 4-3 Friday night.
The Giants, who fell 1 1/2 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West, have lost just four of 21 games.
Livan Hernandez (11-12) allowed just two runs on a career-low two hits in a complete-game loss. It was his second complete game of the season and 18th of his career. Hernandez struck out five and walked three.
Hernandez, who had hit safely in each of his last eight at-bats, was greeted by a hearty ovation in his first visit to the plate in the third inning.
His grounder to Rey Sanchez was misfired to first baseman Ken Caminiti for an error, allowing him to reach safely — but breaking the streak.
Hernandez, who went 1-for-3 with a seventh-inning single, is 13-for-16 over his last four starts. He has 21 hits this season, matching his career high set last year.
John Smoltz pitched the eighth and ninth innings for his first regular-season save. It was the 13th relief appearance of his career.
Maddux (16-7), who lost his last start to the Arizona Diamondbacks last weekend, got in trouble in the seventh. With one out, Benito Santiago singled, and an out later Hernandez (11-12) also singled.
Mike Remlinger relieved to face pinch-hitter Andres Galarraga, who walked to load the bases for Rich Aurilia, who popped out to center.
Maddux, who had two strikeouts, did not allow a batter past second until the fifth inning, when Santiago doubled and went to third on Ramon Martinez's sacrifice bunt. But the Giants stranded him.
Kent got to Maddux in the sixth, driving his 16th homer of the season over the center-field wall.
But Chipper Jones tied it with an RBI triple in the seventh inning that scored B.J. Surhoff, who reached on third baseman Ramon Martinez's throwing error.
Brian Jordan's sacrifice fly scored Jones with the go-ahead run.
Hernandez had won his last five decisions after going 6-11 in the first half.
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