Rookie Timo Perez, playing in place of the injured Derek Bell, drove home half the runs on three hits. He scored another when Edgardo Alfonzo homered in the ninth. Franco quickly evens the count. Then, Bonds fouls one off. Franco fires again.
Bonds takes the inside pitch.
It nips the corner for strike three. Franco gets the out. The game's front end favored the Giants. They took a 2-0 lead in fourth, their final runs of the series, on Bobby Estalella's and Mavin Benard's RBI singles. They held it as starter Russ Ortiz no-hit New York over the first five innings.