Giants, Niners, Warriors 4 Bagger: 9/5

• In a rare offensive display where Barry Bonds, Bengie Molina, and Pedro Feliz each hit a home run, the Giants snapped their 4 game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Rockies. The night was special for Bengie, since he hit his 100th career home run. Nate Schierholtz recorded 2 hits, the first one a double that ignited the offense. Rajai “Fast-Forward” Davis nabbed another bag, and Eugenio Velez, the AA call-up got his first major-league at-bat, in which he grounded out. The kid can run though. Correia got his 3^rd win as a starter this season, and Hennessey recorded his first save after losing his consecutive save streak the night before. [SFGiants.com]
• Lowry’s status is up in the air right now. It’s not likely he’ll pitch again this season, but Bochy hasn’t confirmed it yet. Hopefully this forearm strain doesn’t Morris down his trade value too much. [SFGiants.com]
• Here’s a beautiful essay written by Bart Giamatti on the cruel and benevolent game that we call baseball. [mccoveychronicles.com]
• Will the 49ers improve this season? They certainly have the pieces to do so. [SFgate.com]
• Coach Nolan is a rebel. To heck with 5 captains! [SFgate.com]
• The Latvian national team is finally ousted by Portugal in the Eurobasket, 77-67. After picking up a nice turnaround jumper and some confident flair, Andris Biedrins will be coming back to Oakland early and healthy. He’s really improved throughout the tournament, as shown by his statline for the game against Portugal: 14 pts; 18 rebs; 3 blks; 10-16 ft (62.5%!!). [goldenstateofmind.com]
• Marco Belinelli is also putting up a solid effort in the Eurobasket. In Italy’s win over Portugal, Marco put up a game-high 20 pts on 3-5 three-pts, 3-6 fg, and 5-6 fts. Keep lighting it up, Tiratore! [goldenstateofmind.com]