Correia Helps Giants Win Third Straight

Righty carries shutout into 8th before handing off to bullpen
Posted Apr 11, 2008 1:10 AM CDT
Correia Helps Giants Win Third Straight
San Francisco third baseman Jose Castillo hits a double to drive in Ray Durham against St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh inning of a baseball game on Thursday, April 10, 2008, in San Francisco. Giants won 5-1.    (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Kevin Correia carried a shutout into the eighth inning in one of his best starts yet, leading the San Francisco Giants past the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Thursday night for their third straight victory. Correia (1-1) allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings, struck out four, walked two and also singled for the Giants, who are on a little roll after losing six of their first seven games.

Fred Lewis doubled, tripled and scored twice and Randy Winn added a sacrifice fly for San Francisco, which went 19 innings without allowing a run before Troy Glaus' ninth-inning RBI double off Brad Hennessey ended the Giants' shutout bid. Correia, a full-time starter for the first time after primarily relieving in parts of five previous major league seasons, beat the Cardinals for the first time in eight career outings. (More St. Louis Cardinals stories.)

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