Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Casey Moser, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Brian Gorman
Attendance: 28251
Freddy Sanchez capped a three-run seventh inning with a go-ahead, two-run single to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon.
Sanchez greeted reliever Tyler Walker with the single to left field to score Nate Schierholtz and Andres Torres.
Schierholtz singled in a run earlier in the seventh and moved to third on Torres’ double off loser Sean Burnett (0-2).
Brian Wilson finished a perfect ninth by striking out Adam Dunn to notch his 12th save of the season.
San Francisco’s Aubrey Huff went 3-for-4 and hit a leadoff homer in the fourth.
Dunn and Josh Willingham hit solo homers for Washington, while Willingham also had a seventh-inning sacrifice fly that gave his team a 4-2 lead.
Reliever Santiago Casilla (1-0) got the win for the Giants after starter Barry Zito gave up four runs – three earned – and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Washington starter Craig Stammen gave up three runs – two earned – and five hits in 6 1/3 innings.
| Washington | San Francisco | |
| Craig Stammen | Player | Barry Zito |
| No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
| 6.1 | IP | 6.1 |
| 0 | Strikeouts | 3 |
| 5 | Hits | 7 |
| 2.84 | ERA | 4.26 |
| Washington | San Francisco | |
| Josh Willingham | Player | Aubrey Huff |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 2 | RBI | 1 |
| 1 | HR | 1 |
| 5 | TB | 6 |
| .667 | Avg | .750 |
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Washington | 8 | 2 | 16 | .258 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| San Francisco | 9 | 1 | 13 | .290 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |