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In the seventh inning against the Dodgers on Friday, Giants manager Felipe Alou inserted relief pitcher Jim Brower in the No. 5 slot - right behind Barry Bonds.
Talk about making life easier for the Dodgers. It's bad enough for the Giants to protect Bonds with Pedro Feliz, who at least has a little spark to his bat. But Alou took Bonds out of the game completely with the move, because there was no way the Dodgers were ever going to pitch to Bonds with a series of Giants relief pitchers or pinch hitters to follow. And with such weakness in the No. 5 hole, the odds were against the Giants ever being able to take advantage of the intentional walks to Bonds.
The Dodgers looked like they were going to get buried, but a - I'll say it here: shocking - home run by Shawn Green and great bullpen work engineered a rally. For the year: six games over .500; two runs in the black.
Bonds' on-base percentage is .703!
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