Ishikawa, who has been lost in the mix with the addition of Ryan Garko, scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the seventh before depositing a ball in the seats in the 8th to give the Giants a 5-2 lead.
They held on to win 5-4.
With Sandoval, Sanchez and Molina out the Giants needed somebody to step up on offense.
Wednesday night it was Molina who provided the late game fireworks. After falling behind 3-0, Uribe hit a solo blast in the 7th to cut the deficit to two and Bengie's pinch-hit blast was a thing of beauty.
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ESPN.com had a thing Thursday about the Rockies looking ahead to the Giants series. I laughed out loud when I read it.
The Rockies looking ahead to playing in San Francisco when they are home against the Dodgers with a chance to cut the division-leaders margin over them to two games? I think not.
But the Giants looking up at the Rockies in the wild-card standings sure looked ahead to Colorado's trip to the Bay on Thursday night.
The G-Men were blanked 11-0 but remain three back of Colorado who lost 3-2 at home to LA Thursday afternoon.
The bigger concern is that fifth spot in the rotation. Sanchez couldn't pitch there (although he has done well in the fourth spot after Randy Johnson went down.) Ryan Sadowski started hot then struggled and now Joe Martinez has done the same.
The Giants are so good at the top end of their rotation it's hard to complain but you don't want to just give one away every fifth day either.
Lincecum-Zito-Cain this weekend for the orange and black. Can't ask for much more than that.
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