http://0rz.tw/YvUgp Vogelsong stellar as Giants blank Dodgers By Adam Berry / MLB.com | 7/19/2011 2:47 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO -- After Ryan Vogelsong tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings, lowering his National League-best ERA to 2.02, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he was hopeful the right-hander would finally get the recognition he deserves. Bochy named the journeyman pitcher, one of the biggest surprises in the league this season, to the NL All-Star team -- a decision he knew "raised some eyebrows." For his part, Vogelsong wasn't concerned about proving the doubters wrong, and especially not about the fact that he has now thrown enough innings to qualify for the league lead in ERA. Instead, he just wanted to pitch well enough to win -- and show that his manager made the right call. "They can say whatever they want to say. It doesn't bother me one bit," Vogelsong said. "But he stuck his neck out for me to pick me, so I want to show people that he made a good decision. I want to prove him right." Vogelsong did just that Monday night, leading the Giants to a 5-0 victory over the Dodgers in AT&T Park. He pitched out of several jams to blank the Dodgers, allowing seven hits and walking one batter while striking out five, and earned his career-high seventh win of the season. The right-hander corrected a small mechanical problem that plagued him in his last three outings, when he walked 13 batters in 18 2/3 innings -- something he caught during the nine days between starts. With Vogelsong pitching the way he did, any offense would have been enough to give the Giants a victory. But San Francisco's lineup, which has yet to score more than six runs at home all season, showed signs of life by breaking out for four runs and six hits in the sixth inning to back Vogelsong. "I hope this is more us than what we were doing earlier in the season," Bochy said. "In the second half, it's going to be critical for us to do a better job offensively and get more runs." The four-run, six-hit sixth tied the Giants' highest single-inning output in both categories at home all season, and the offensive outburst was led by two middle-of-the-order hitters enjoying a torrid month at the plate: Pablo Sandoval and Nate Schierholtz. The two combined for five of the club's 10 hits, a home run, a double and and two RBIs. "That's what you're hoping your 3-4 guys do -- what they're doing right now and what they did tonight," Bochy said. "They had good at-bats off a tough pitcher who's been throwing the ball well. That's been one of our problems in getting runs. Those guys really clicked tonight and found a way to get the win for us." Mike Fontenot led off the sixth with a single, and Sandoval pushed him to third with a base hit to right field on a 3-2 pitch from Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley. Sandoval entered Monday night's game batting just .182 against Billingsley but went 3-for-4 on the night, including a solo home run to right field in the fourth. "He covers all parts of the plate," Billingsley said of Sandoval. "He hits stuff no one can hit." Schierholtz then drove in Fontenot and pushed Sandoval to third with a single up the middle, putting the Giants ahead 2-0. The right fielder, who entered the game batting .362 with two doubles and three homers in July to go along with 10 RBIs, finished 2-for-4 from the cleanup spot. "He's been doing a great job," Sandoval said. "When we get a couple guys going like that, we're going to do some damage." But the Giants' rally didn't stop once their two hottest hitters left the batter's box. Aubrey Huff struck out for the first out of the inning, but Cody Ross drove in two runs with a double to deep center field. Brandon Crawford, in the game for the injured Miguel Tejada, then wrapped up the scoring with an RBI single to center field. Meanwhile, Vogelsong continued to dominate. After sitting down the first six batters in order, he pitched out of jams the rest of the way. After he walked Billingsley and Tejada's error allowed Rafael Furcal to reach safely, the right-hander struck out Aaron Miles on three pitches to get out of the inning. He got a little help from his defense in the fourth. With one out, Vogelsong surrendered his first hit of the game -- a single by Matt Kemp. Juan Rivera singled and pushed Kemp to third, putting runners on the corners. James Loney then dribbled a grounder back at Vogelsong, who bobbled the ball but got it to Crawford in time for the rookie shortstop to turn the inning-ending double play. "They've been playing good defense for me all year," Vogelsong said. "I told Pablo that play he made to turn a double play on [Kemp] changed the whole game. If he doesn't make that, I'm in another jam there. Even the play Crawford made, if he doesn't turn that, it's a run. It's 1-1. It changes everything. These guys have been playing great defense for me all season." And in return, Vogelsong has been just as good, if not better, for them on the mound. "It's impressive, isn't it?" Bochy said. "This guy has done everything and beyond since he's come up here." Adam Berry is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. --

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