Phils Lose to Giants to Set Club Record for April Futility

SAN FRANCISCO — The Philadelphia Phillies didn't just lose their sixth straight game, they gave it away.

Reliever David Coggin walked in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Phillies squandered a five-run lead and lost for the 10th time in 11 games, 8-5 to the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game set.

Philadelphia pitchers issued 10 walks, including four in the seventh, when the Giants forged ahead, 7-5.

"I think the 10 walks — one intentional — is ridiculous," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said. "At this level, to give 10 walks is ridiculous."

Rich Aurilia started the bottom of the seventh with a single off reliever Rheal Cormier (1-3), who walked Barry Bonds. After both runners advanced on a passed ball, Jeff Kent also walked to load the bases. Coggin came out of the bullpen and struck out Reggie Sangers but walked Benito Santiago to force in Bonds.

Pedro Feliz also walked, extending the Giants' lead to 7-5. Jose Santiago relieved Coggin and struck out pinch hitter David Bell to end the inning.

Aurilia tripled in the eighth and crossed the plate on J.T. Snow's sacrifice fly to close the scoring.

Kent belted a two-run homer in the sixth and Feliz also drove in two runs for the Giants, who have won two in a row following a four-game losing streak.

Playing before 35,136, the smallest crowd in Pacific Bell Park history, they have taken 13 of the last 14 meetings with the Phillies at home.

Philadelphia dropped its eighth straight road game and its 18 losses this month surpasses the team record set in 2000.

San Franicisco relievers retired the final 16 batters, striking six.

"Everybody contributed tonight," Giants manager Dusty Baker said. "We used the entire bullpen, but (Chad) Zerbe, (Jay) Witasick, Fultzy (Aaron Fultz) and (Tim) Worrell were all good."

Worrell (2-0) picked up the win with a scoreless seventh. Robb Nen, whose wife gave birth to the couple's second daughter before the game, worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save.

"It's just good to be here," Nen said. "I wanted to be here and help this team win. Theyve really picked me up lately when I've struggled and Im glad I could be here to come through for them tonight.

"(The win) is a tribute to all these guys. Theyre always battling out there. I am just hoping to do my job and stay consistent."

The Giants, who had not rallied from a deficit larger than one run this season, began their comeback in the fifth. Benito Santiago hit a leadoff doubled, moved up on a groundout and scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch hitter Shawon Dunston.

"The key was Dunston's at-bat," Baker said. "He put us on the board."

San Francisco batted around in the sixth. Bonds led off with a single and Kent belted Phillies starter Robert Person's 2-1 pitch down the left field line for his fourth homer.

"I know it was definitely up. It was a bad pitch," said Person, who gave up four runs and five hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks. "He's ahead in the count and guessing fastball. I second-guess myself and maybe I should have thrown a change. I cant relax out there. I just can't give up a bad inning. Kent's coming into his own right now. He's a great hitter."

"Our starter tired in the fifth and went out for the sixth and Bonds hit a laser and then Kent hit a bomb," Bowa said. "With a five-run lead with (Person) out there, you've got to go with him."

After Carlos Silva relieved Person, Benito Santiago hit into a fielder's choice and fielder's choice and Snow scored when shortstop Jimmy Rollins threw wildly past second baseman Marlon Anderson. Feliz followed with an RBI single to tie it at 5-5.

"I have to take advantage of my opportunities to hit," Feliz said. "I've been working harder to make my chances count. I'm just going to keep waiting for my time."

The Giants became the 10th Phillies' opponent in 13 games to score at least four runs in an inning.

"The difference in the two teams right now is that they got into the seventh through eighth innings and they go 1-2-3. I can't remember the last time we did that," Bowa said.

Bobby Abreu gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead in the third with an RBI double.

An inning later, Rollins delivered a two-run double and scored on Doug Glanville's double. Abreu made it 5-0 with an RBI single.

Philadelphia leads the National League with 60 doubles and has at least one in 25 of 26 games this season.

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