How They Scored

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND:   J Cruz grounded out to second.  B Santiago singled to 
left center.  E Alfonzo flied out to left center.  J Snow walked, B Santiago to 
second.  M Grissom singled to left, B Santiago scored, J Snow to second, J Snow 
thrown out at third attempting to advance on throw. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  
SAN FRANCISCO 1, ATLANTA 0.

ATLANTA 2ND:   C Jones homered to right center.  A Jones struck out swinging. 
R Fick walked.  V Castilla fouled out to first.  H Blanco popped out to 
shallow center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)  SAN FRANCISCO 1, ATLANTA 1.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH:   R Aurilia singled to center.  B Bonds singled to right 
center, R Aurilia to third.  B Bonds stole second. J Cruz hit sacrifice fly to 
right center, R Aurilia scored, B Bonds to third.  B Santiago hit sacrifice fly 
to center, B Bonds scored.  E Alfonzo doubled to left.  J Snow grounded out to 
first. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)  SAN FRANCISCO 3, ATLANTA 1.

ATLANTA 6TH:   M Giles homered to left center.  G Sheffield grounded out to 
shortstop.  C Jones walked.  A Jones flied out to center.  R Fick popped out to 
shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)  SAN FRANCISCO 3, ATLANTA 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH:   J Bong relieved G Maddux. R Aurilia walked.  B Bonds 
singled to left, R Aurilia to second.  J Cruz lined out to center.  R Aurilia 
to third, B Bonds to second on wild pitch by J Bong. B Santiago homered to 
left, R Aurilia and B Bonds scored.  E Alfonzo walked.  J Snow grounded into 
fielder's choice to shortstop, E Alfonzo out at second.  M Grissom grounded out 
to shortstop. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  SAN FRANCISCO 6, ATLANTA 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 9TH:   J Dawley relieved J Bong. J Brower singled to right.  
R Durham popped out to third.  R Aurilia walked, J Brower to second.  B Bonds 
fouled out to first.  J Cruz homered to right, J Brower and R Aurilia scored.  
B Santiago struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  SAN FRANCISCO 9, 
ATLANTA 2.

Game Story

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The team that eliminated the Atlanta 
Braves from the playoffs last season cooled them off Friday.

Benito Santiago and Jose Cruz Jr. each homered and drove in four
runs to lead the San Francisco Giants to their sixth straight
win, a 9-2 triumph over the Braves.

The Giants beat the Braves, three games to two, in the National
League Division Series last October en route to advancing to the
World Series.

"We've got a pretty good lineup from top to bottom," Santiago
said. "We know we're gonna hit and this is a good way to start
this series."

The Braves entered Friday's game with 19 wins in their last 22
games, and starter Greg Maddux had won his last three decisions
after an 0-3 start.

But the Giants scored two runs off Maddux (3-4) in the sixth
inning to snap a 1-1 tie.  Rich Aurilia led off with a single
and advanced to third on a single by Barry Bonds, who promptly
stole second.  Cruz followed with a sacrifice fly to right
center as Bonds crossed to third and Santiago capped it with a
sacrifice fly to center.

"Good enough to lose, I guess," Maddux said. "I got the ball up
to Aurilia and Bonds that inning (the sixth).  It wasn't so much
the sacrifice flies.  It was the hits before the sacrifice
flies."

Marcus Giles led off the sixth with a homer off rookie Jesse
Foppert (2-2) to pull the Braves within 3-2.

Foppert pitched six innings and allowed two runs - solo homers
by Chipper Jones and Giles - to earn the win.

"We believe that we have a very special young man there," Giants
manager Felipe Alou said of Foppert. "He's our fifth starter,
but we feel when he's on the mound that we can win the game."

"It's hard not to worry when Greg Maddux is on the other side,
but you have to pitch your game," Foppert said.  "I knew I had
to throw a good game to beat him."

Jim Brower worked the final three innings and yielded just one
hit for his second save.

Santiago hit a three-run homer off reliever Jung Bong in the
eighth and Cruz blasted a three-run shot off Joey Dawley in the
ninth.

The crowd of 32,040 was the second largest of the season at
Turner Field.  The biggest was on Opening Day when 40,244
watched the Braves lose to Montreal, 10-2.

Santiago singled, moved to second on a walk to J.T. Snow and
scored on a two-out single by former Brave Marquis Grissom in
the second inning.

But Jones hit his fifth home run of the season in the bottom of
the inning to tie the game at 1-1.

Maddux pitched seven innings and allowed three runs and five
hits before Bong, who had not given up a run in his last 15 1/3
innings, took over in the eighth.

But Bong got into immediate trouble, walking Aurilia and giving
up a single to Bonds.  After Cruz lined out to center fielder
Andruw Jones, the runners advanced on a wild pitch and Santiago
followed with his fifth home run of the season.

"He had been throwing the ball really well, but he got one pitch
in the wrong spot to Santiago and he put it over the left field
fence," said Braves manager Bobby Cox.

Cruz hit his eighth home run of the season in the ninth after
Brower singled and Aurilia walked.