Giants Split Doubleheader

Danny Darwin just keeps on pitching. At age 42, the third-oldest player in the majors is in his 21st season, but he's hardly ready for the rocking chair.

The Cubs won the nightcap 6-0 as Jeremi Gonzalez pitched his second career shutout

"I'm not ageless," Darwin said Saturday after throwing 6 2-3 strong innings as the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 in a doubleheader opener. "As long as my arm, knees and body hold up and I feel good, I'm going to keep pitching."

Darwin allowed just seven hits, walked two and struck out four. It was the first start this season he didn't surrender a homer.

"I wasn't telling myself I had to go seven, or eight or nine innings," Darwin said, "but the guys in the bullpen needed a rest."

The Cubs and Giants had played a 14-inning game Friday.

"We went with Danny as long as he could go," Giants manager Dusty Baker said. "Fortunately, they didn't have a big inning."

And the Cubs didn't have a run until the ninth.

Darwin (3-2) allowed just five hits before running into trouble in the seventh, when Sandy Martinez doubled with two outs and pinch-hitter Matt Mieske singled. Rich Rodriguez retired pinch-hitter Jeff Blauser on a flyout.

Steve Reed allowed the Cubs to load the bases in the ninth on two singles and a walk, then got Martinez to hit into a run-scoring double play. After hitting a batter, Reed fanned Jose Hernandez for the final out.

The Giants scored twice in the first off Kevin Tapani (4-2), who suffered his first loss at Wrigley Field. He'd been 7-0 in 10 previous starts there since joining the Cubs last season.

"I guess if you go out there enough, it's going to happen. I just wish it wasn't today," Tapani said. "There really wasn't much I'd take back. They did a pretty good job of putting balls in play."

In the first, Darryl Hamilton and Rey Sanchez singled, Barry Bonds doubled in a run and Charlie Hayes had a run-scoring grounder.

San Francisco made it 3-0 in the sixth n singles by Bonds and Jeff Kent and Bill Mueller's sacrifice fly.

Hamilton cut down a potential Chicago run in the fifth, throwing out Martinez at the plate as he tried to score from second on Tapani's single.

And in the sixth, Chris Jones leaped in front of the right field ivy to catch Mark Grace's long fly with two runners on base.

Pinch hitter Brent Mayne added a two-run single in the ninth.

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