The San Francisco Giants came out of the gates swinging on Monday night as they scored six runs in the first inning. The Giants hit two home runs in the first inning as they knocked New York Mets starting pitcher Oliver Perez out of the game after he only recorded one out in the first inning. The Giants went onto beat the Mets by the score of 10-2.
Randy Winn and Brian Horwitz both went deep in the first inning as the Giants pushed across six runs. Horwitz’s home run was the first of his career. Ray Durham and Horwitz led the Giants with three rbi each in the game. They were followed by Jonathan Sanchez who recorded two rbi. Winn and Bengie Molina both chipped in with one rbi each as well.
On the mound for the Giants, it was Sanchez throwing seven innings and picking up the win. Sanchez is now 4-3 on the season after he gave up six hits and two runs over the seven innings of action. Billy Sadler came in and pitched the final two innings of the game and didn’t have any problems.
