Reds split series with Giants after walk-off loss

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Angel Pagan hit a game-ending double that Jay Bruce misplayed in right field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a four-game series split with a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

Buster Posey poked a pitch from Jose Arredondo (4-2) down the right-field line that bounced into the stands for a two-out double. Then Pablo Sandoval was walked intentionally to set the stage for a wild finish.

The crowd let out a sigh when Bruce drifted under Pagan's fly ball to right until those whipping winds along the bay carried the ball over his head. The 42,039 from the sold-out stands at AT&T Park erupted, Pagan tossed his helmet and the Giants streamed out of the dugout in celebration.

Santiago Casilla (2-3) blew the save in the ninth but worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs to give San Francisco a shot.

Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong allowed only a two-run homer to Todd Frazier in seven innings. The right-hander struck out five and walked one, and the benches cleared after he slammed his bat because of an inside pitch from Reds starter Bronson Arroyo in the sixth.

After all the drama, the Giants ended the weekend the same way they started it: in first place in the NL West over the rival Dodgers.

Reds slugger Joey Votto sat out the game with inflammation in his left knee. Miguel Cairo, who replaced Votto in the bottom of the fifth Saturday, started at first base.

Cincinnati could have used the help.

Posey, the NL's top vote-getter for the All-Star team announced earlier in the morning, hit the last of three straight two-out singles in the third to drive in Ryan Theriot and give the Giants a 1-0 lead. Theriot singled, doubled, walked twice and scored San Francisco's first three runs.

Frazier followed with a two-run homer in the fifth that drifted just over the wall in left field to put Cincinnati ahead. Frazier's eighth home run of the season came in place of third baseman Scott Rolen, who was taken out of the lineup with back spasms while Vogelsong was warming up on the mound.

After Theriot doubled in front of a diving Bruce in the fifth, he scored on Melky Cabrera's single to tie the game 2-all. Posey was hit by an 0-1 pitch next, and though San Francisco's offense stalled with only one out, what appeared to be an unintentional inside pitch wasn't forgotten

Vogelsong squared to sacrifice bunt in the sixth when Arroyo's inside pitch turned him around, the ball richoted off the bat and hit plate umpire Dan Iassogna's shoulder. Vogelgong slammed the bat down and took a couple steps toward Arroyo, the benches cleared and both teams were warned.

Arroyo muttered a few words at Vogelsong when the Giants pitcher jogged back to the dugout after he landed a successful sacrifice, and Arroyo was booed soundly walking off the mound after a scoreless inning. His final line: six innings, seven hits, two strikeouts, two runs and two walks.

All that drama never really materialized into anything tangible.

Reds manager Dusty Baker replaced Arroyo with Logan Ondrusek in the seventh, when Theriot drew a leadoff walk. Cabrera dropped a sacrifice bunt and Posey followed with a line-drive single to center over a drawn-in infield to give San Francisco a 3-2 lead.

Bruce singled off lefty Javier Lopez to open the ninth. Casilla entered and allowed consecutive singles to Ryan Ludwick and Frazier to load the bases.

Cairo, at the time batting .133, hit an RBI single to tie the game at 3-all. Casilla has blown two of his last three save opportunities, and is 20 for 23 this season in place of bearded closer Brian Wilson.

But the hard-throwing right-hander rallied to strike out Ryan Hanigan, Wilson Valdez and get Zack Cozart to pop out to first base, setting the stage for San Francisco in the bottom of the ninth.

NOTES: Rolen was credited with a start batting sixth, and Frazier with a start at third base. Rolen did not get credit for an appearance at third base. ... Vogelsong hit Brandon Phillips with a pitch with two in the fourth for Cincinnati's first baserunner. Vogelsong has hit four batters in his last five games. ... San Francisco's Aubrey Huff (sprained right knee) will begin a rehab assignment Wednesday for Class A San Jose. ... The 2002 NL champion Giants team, which Baker managed, was honored before the game. Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent were among the members of that team in attendance.