quot;Believe me, we know the pride that goes with beating the Dodgers, how much our fans want to beat the Dodgers and it is instilled here in the players' minds,quot; Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. quot;We want to keep that same bitterness that goes with losing to the Dodgers. It's here, believe me. Myself, the ballclub, we were very upset with what happened down in L.A.quot;

Bochy noticed that special assistants Will Clark and J.T. Snow have talked often with younger players about the importance of the rivalry.

quot;And of course, Willie Mays and Willie McCovey are in here all the time,quot; Bochy said. quot;They're always talking about how much they hate the Dodgers.quot;

The Dodgers won't visit San Francisco again until Aug. 10-12.

Short hops

First baseman Travis Ishikawa was 0-for-5 to drop his average to .191. Bochy hinted that Rich Aurilia would start at first base Monday and Wednesday, when the Dodgers send left-handers Randy Wolf and Eric Stults to the mound. ... Second baseman Emmanuel Burriss snapped an 0-for-28 streak from the left side when he singled off Jon Garland in the fifth inning. Burriss lined another clean single off right-hander Esmerling Vasquez leading off the ninth. Vasquez was making his major league debut. ... Sergio Romo threw 30 pitches off a bullpen mound, including a half-dozen breaking balls, with no elbow pain. He's tentatively scheduled to face hitters in a minor league camp game next weekend. ... Triple-A Fresno turned a 5-4-3 triple play Sunday that began with a grounder to third baseman Ryan Rohlinger who also began a triple play in a Cactus League game last month. ... Fred Lewis took a day off because of general soreness, Bochy said. Lewis jammed his right wrist while catching a line drive Saturday but hit a pinch double to start the Giants' go-ahead rally in the eighth inning.

Andrew Baggarly, MediaNews staff