OCTOBER 24, 2002
World Series Game 5: Giants 16, Angels 4
 ALDS
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 - Game 3
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 - Game 4
 - Game 5
 - Game 6
 - Game 7


 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- He's got everything else.

The home run record, a batting title, MVP trophies, a sure spot in the Hall of Fame.

The only thing Barry Bonds still really wants is just one win away: a World Series championship.

Bonds put San Francisco on the brink, hitting an RBI double that sent the Giants zooming to a big lead that not even these pesky Anaheim Angels could overcome, winning 16-4 in Game 5 Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead.

"I won't feel anything until it's over," Bonds said. "It's been difficult to sleep ever since I've been in these playoffs. Playing every at-bat, every pitch in my head."

Slumping Jeff Kent sealed it with a pair of two-run homers, managing a rare smile in the process. That got the party going full force at Pac Bell Park and put the Giants on the brink of their first World Series title since Willie Mays & Co. won it for New York in 1954.

Rich Aurilia added the exclamation point, a three-run homer in the eighth that let the Giants tie for the second-highest run total ever in a Series game. The New York Yankees scored 18 in 1936 and had 16 in 1960.

Aurilia's drive set off a fog horn blast and shots from water cannons on top of the right-field wall beside the Bay. The Giants tied a Series record with their 12th home run, and the total of 17 by the teams matched another mark.

"Everybody did a great job, up and down our lineup," Giants manager Dusty Baker said.

And once again, it took only one big swing by Bonds -- Mays' godson -- to swing the momentum in this Series. But, really, the Angels were caught in a lose-lose squeeze from the start.

They pitched to Bonds in the first inning, and the Giants got three runs. They intentionally walked him in the second, and San Francisco scored three more.

Halloween was still a week away, but the big guy in orange and black had plenty of tricks and few treats for Anaheim.

"You look at the final score, and it was a whuppin' -- no doubt about that," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.

Now, Russ Ortiz will try to clinch San Francisco's first crown when he starts Game 6 Saturday night at Edison Field against Kevin Appier. Both made early exits in Game 2, an 11-10 win by the Angels.

A sellout crowd of 42,713, tense when the Angels climbed back from a 6-0 deficit and brought the tying run to the plate in the middle innings, erupted when Kent connected in the sixth and again in the seventh.

Kent began the day in a 3-for-16 rut and wound up scoring four runs, tying a Series record. Often surly, he smiled as he rounded first base after his first homer.

"I have to admit that's probably the first time I've done that," he said.

Bonds added another double and a single and Kenny Lofton sprinkled in a two-run triple as the Giants scored four times in the seventh and four in the eighth to pull away to delirious chants of "Beat L.A! Beat L.A.!" The fans' geography may have been a bit off, but their math was right on.

Everyone got in on the act, too. Bat boy Darren Baker, the 3 1/2-year-old son of the Giants manager, got so excited while retrieving a bat that he nearly got run over at the plate in the seventh inning.

J.T. Snow scored and quickly scooped up Darren by his oversized Giants jacket to get him out of David Bell's way.

"You OK, buddy?" Snow asked. Darren nodded yes.

All in all, it was a dramatic turnaround in the Series. Just a few days ago, with Anaheim's hitters going wild, some thought they would run away with the title. But by the time this one ended, it was the Giants who had the Angels on the run.

Chad Zerbe got the win, relieving when Jason Schmidt was pulled in the fifth, one out short of qualifying for his second win of the Series. Schmidt struck out eight, yet Baker took no chances after Troy Glaus' RBI double made it 6-3.

Jarrod Washburn, who lost to Schmidt in the opener, absorbed another defeat.

At least Washburn gave the fans at the park -- and everywhere else, no doubt -- what they wanted to see.

After Bonds drew nine walks, five of them intentional, in the first four games, he at last got something to hit. And the Giants slugger did not miss.

"I felt good with Jarrod going after Barry, giving him the freedom to pitch to him," Scioscia said. "Obviously, he didn't want to give in to him."

Lofton led off the first with a single and Washburn made his first critical mistake, walking Kent on a full count with one out.

Up stepped Bonds and just like in Game 1, when he gave up a home run to the slugger, Washburn decided to pitch to him.

Bad choice.

The count went to 2-1 and Washburn backed off the mound, taking a moment to compose himself as the crowd chanted, "Barry! Barry!" When Washburn took something off a fastball and left it out over the plate, Bonds lined an RBI double that rolled to the wall in right field, and the rout was on.

Bonds even let out a rare smile, and playfully whacked Angels shortstop David Eckstein on the backside.

"Yeah, I believe he's having fun," Baker said about the slugger before the game. "Hard not to have fun when you're hitting balls halfway to the moon."

Benito Santiago followed with a sacrifice fly and Scioscia played the percentages, intentionally walking Reggie Sanders. But Washburn couldn't take advantage of the lefty vs. lefty matchup and walked Snow to load the bases, prompting a visit from pitching coach Bud Black.

That didn't help as Washburn also walked Bell, the Game 4 star, to force home another run that made it 3-0.

San Francisco kept pouring it on in the second after another leadoff single by Lofton. Kent doubled off the right-field wall and the Angels took no chances with Bonds this time, throwing four wide ones while Giants fans razzed Washburn by waving rubber chickens.

Santiago spoiled the strategy with a two-run single. That made the MVP of the NL Championship Series 6-for-11 with nine RBIs in the postseason when he bats after an intentional walk to Bonds -- that includes the two double plays he bounced into with the bases loaded in Game 4.

Only then did the Angels start warming up someone in the bullpen, and as Scot Shields got loose, Sanders hit a sacrifice fly for a 6-0 lead.

Notes: It was the fourth time a team has scored at least 10 runs in this series, the second time that's happened in World Series history. The New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates did it in 1960. ... Washburn had a rough outing on his fourth wedding anniversary. He tied Series records with three straight walks and four in an inning.


How They Scored

SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: K Lofton singled to left. R Aurilia flied out to right center. J Kent walked, K Lofton to second. B Bonds doubled to right, K Lofton scored, J Kent to third. B Santiago hit sacrifice fly to left, J Kent scored. R Sanders intentionally walked. J Snow walked, B Bonds to third, R Sanders to second. D Bell walked, B Bonds scored, R Sanders to third, J Snow to second. J Schmidt struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 0, SAN FRANCISCO 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND: K Lofton singled to center. R Aurilia flied out to right center. J Kent doubled to deep right center, K Lofton to third. B Bonds intentionally walked. B Santiago singled to center, K Lofton and J Kent scored, B Bonds to third, B Santiago to second on throwing error by center fielder D Erstad. R Sanders hit sacrifice fly to center, B Bonds scored, B Santiago to third. J Snow flied out to shallow left center. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) ANAHEIM 0, SAN FRANCISCO 6.

ANAHEIM 5TH: O Palmeiro hit for J Washburn. O Palmeiro doubled to right. D Eckstein singled to left, O Palmeiro to third. D Erstad hit sacrifice fly to right, O Palmeiro scored. T Salmon singled to center, D Eckstein to third. D Eckstein scored, T Salmon to second on wild pitch by J Schmidt. G Anderson struck out swinging. T Glaus doubled to deep left, T Salmon scored. S Spiezio walked. C Zerbe relieved J Schmidt. A Kennedy flied out to center. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 3, SAN FRANCISCO 6.

ANAHEIM 6TH: B Molina singled to center. B Gil hit for B Donnelly. B Gil doubled to deep center, B Molina to third. D Eckstein grounded out to shortstop, B Molina scored, B Gil to third. D Erstad grounded out to pitcher. T Shinjo in right field. F Rodriguez relieved C Zerbe. T Salmon grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 4, SAN FRANCISCO 6.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: B Weber relieved B Donnelly. T Shinjo struck out looking. K Lofton grounded out to second. R Aurilia singled to left. J Kent homered to left center, R Aurilia scored. B Bonds doubled to left center. B Santiago intentionally walked. S Dunston hit for F Rodriguez. S Dunston struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 4, SAN FRANCISCO 8.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: J Snow singled to center. D Bell hit by pitch, J Snow to second. T Shinjo sacrificed to pitcher, J Snow to third, D Bell to second. K Lofton tripled to deep right, J Snow and D Bell scored. S Wooten at first base. S Shields relieved B Weber. R Aurilia struck out swinging. J Kent homered to left, K Lofton scored. B Bonds singled to center. B Santiago grounded out to shortstop. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 4, SAN FRANCISCO 12.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: A Ochoa in right field. J Molina catching. P Feliz hit for T Worrell. P Feliz flied out to right. J Snow singled to right. D Bell singled to center, J Snow to second. T Shinjo safe at first on error by third baseman T Glaus, J Snow scored, D Bell to second. K Lofton grounded out to second, D Bell to third, T Shinjo to second. R Aurilia homered to left, D Bell and T Shinjo scored. J Kent flied out to left. (4 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) ANAHEIM 4, SAN FRANCISCO 16.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
ANA 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 10 2
SF 3 3 0 0 0 2 4 4 x 16 16 0
  WP -
LP -
Zerbe (1-1)
Washburn (0-2)
ANGELS AB R H BI BB SO

AVG

Eckstein ss 4 1 2 1 1 1 .364
Erstad cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .292
Salmon rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .350
  Ochoa rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Anderson lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .292
Glaus 3b 4 0 1 1 0 3 .381
Spiezio 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .294
  Shields p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Kennedy ph 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278
B Molina c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250
  J Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Washburn p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Palmeiro ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333
  Donnelly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Gil ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .800
  Weber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Wooten 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Totals 36 4 10 3 3 11  
BATTING: 2B - O Palmeiro (1, J Schmidt); T Glaus (2, J Schmidt); B Gil (1, C Zerbe). SF - D Erstad. RBI - D Erstad (2), T Glaus (6), D Eckstein (3). 2-out RBI - T Glaus. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Anderson 1, T Salmon 1, T Glaus 1, A Kennedy 1. Team LOB - 9.

BASERUNNING: SB - D Eckstein (1, 2nd base off J Schmidt/B Santiago).

FIELDING: E - D Erstad (1, throw); T Glaus (1, ground ball).
 
GIANTS AB R H BI BB SO

AVG

Lofton cf 6 3 3 2 0 0 .318
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Aurilia ss 6 2 2 3 0 1 .333
Kent 2b 5 4 3 4 1 0 .286
Bonds lf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .500
Santiago c 3 0 1 3 1 0 .200
Sanders rf 1 0 0 1 1 1 .313
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Dunston ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Feliz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Goodwin rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Snow 1b 4 2 2 0 1 1 .368
Bell 3b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .375
Schmidt p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
  Zerbe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Shinjo rf-cf 2 1 0 0 0 1 .200
Totals 37 16 16 15 6 6  
BATTING: 2B - B Bonds 2 (2, J Washburn, B Weber); J Kent (1, J Washburn). 3B - K Lofton (1, B Weber). HR - J Kent 2 (3, 6th inning off B Weber 1 on, 2 Out, 7th inning off S Shields 1 on, 2 Out), R Aurilia (2, 8th inning off S Shields 2 on, 2 Out). S - J Schmidt, T Shinjo. SF - B Santiago, R Sanders. RBI - B Bonds (5), B Santiago 3 (5), D Bell (4), R Sanders (5), J Kent 4 (6), K Lofton 2 (2), R Aurilia 3 (5). 2-out RBI - D Bell, J Kent 4, R Aurilia 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Aurilia 1, J now 1, J Schmidt 2, S Dunston 1. Team LOB - 8.
ANGELS IP H R ER BB SO

AVG

Washburn 4 6 6 6 5 1 9.31
Donnelly 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Weber 1.1 5 5 5 1 2 13.50
Shields 1.2 5 5 1 0 1 5.40
GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO

AVG

Schmidt 4.2 7 3 3 3 8 5.23
Zerbe 1 2 1 1 0 0 3.60
Rodriguez .1 0 0 0 0 0 3.37
Worrell 2 1 0 0 0 2 0.00
Eyre 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

WP - J Schmidt. IBB - R Sanders (by J Washburn), B Bonds (by J Washburn), B Santiago (by B Weber). HBP - D Bell (by B Weber). Pitches-strikes: J Washburn 79-40; B Donnelly 17-12; B Weber 37-24; S Shields 49-30; J Schmidt 104-67; C Zerbe 14-11; F Rodriguez 4-1; T Worrell 28-19; S Eyre 7-6. Ground balls-fly balls: J Washburn 3-8; B Donnelly 0-1; B Weber 2-0; S Shields 2-2; J Schmidt 3-3; C Zerbe 2-1; F Rodriguez 1-0; T Worrell 2-2; S Eyre 1-1. Batters faced: J Washburn 23; B Donnelly 3; B Weber 11; S Shields 11; J Schmidt 24; C Zerbe 5; F Rodriguez 1; T Worrell 7; S Eyre 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Jerry Crawford. 3B--Angel Hernandez. LF--Tim Tschida. RF--Mike inters.

T--3:53. Att--42,713.

Weather: 58 degrees, overcast. Wind: 15 mph, out to right.


David Eckstein slides safely into third base.


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