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MLB: San Francisco 10, Colorado 2

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 11:57 by shalini.bahadur

San Francisco, Sept. 16: Barry Zito turned in a solid seven innings while four Giants chipped in two RBI apiece in San Francisco's 10-2 drubbing of Colorado Tuesday.

Zito (10-12) gave up two runs on five hits and struck out nine to pull the Giants to within two games of Colorado in the National League wild-card chase.

Juan Uribe, Travis Ishikawa, Bengie Molina and Aaron Rowand each had two RBI as the Giants outhit the Rockies 10-5.

Ubaldo Jimenez (13-11) took the loss for only the second time in his past dozen starts. He lasted 2 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs -- six earned -- on six hits.

Troy Tulowitzki homered for the Rockies, who have lost four consecutive games.

MLB: San Francisco 3, Milwaukee 2

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:10 by preet_20

Milwaukee, Sept. 5: Bengie Molina hit an eighth-inning solo homer to give San Francisco the lead Friday and the Giants held on to edge Milwaukee 3-2.

San Francisco, which began the night trailing Colorado by a game in the National League wild-card race, managed only four hits and faced an early 2-0 deficit, but came back to pick up the crucial victory.

The Giants got a big break in the sixth with runners on first and second and two away when Mike Cameron botched a fly ball to center. That allowed Edgar Renteria to score, and Aaron Rowand then delivered a single that brought in Juan Uribe from third.

Molina's game-winning homer came on the first pitch of the eighth inning from Todd Coffey (4-4).

MLB: San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 0

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 11:37 by preet_20

Cincinnati, Aug. 19: Barry Zito and three relievers combined to throw a two-hit shutout Wednesday, bringing the San Francisco Giants a 1-0 victory over Cincinnati.

The Giants remained a game behind Colorado in the National League wild-card race. Cincinnati, fighting to stay out of last place in the NL Central, lost its fifth straight.

Zito gave up two hits and walked one over six innings, but did not figure in the decision.

San Francisco's run did not come until the eighth, when Edgar Renteria delivered a one-out single off Cincinnati starter Bronson Arroyo (11-12) and scored on a double to center by Nate Schierholtz.

Relievers Sergio Romo, Jeremy Affeldt and Brian Wilson teamed to retire all nine men they faced.

MLB: San Francisco 3, Pittsburgh 2

Wed, 07/29/2009 - 12:26 by surajdogra

San Francisco, July 29: Barry Zito gave up one run in 5 2/3 innings in San Francisco's 3-2 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday.

Zito did not get the decision as the win went to Sergio Romo (3-1), who notched the final out in the sixth inning.

Eugenio Velez drove in two of the Giants' runs. Pablo Sandoval had the other San Francisco RBI.

Charlie Morton (2-3) took the loss despite a solid six-inning start in which he gave up two runs on six hits and fanned five.

Morton was staked to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Delwyn Young singled to drive in Andrew McCutcheon, who had led off the game with a double.

MLB: San Francisco 5, Atlanta 1

Fri, 07/24/2009 - 02:40 by Salinder Kumar

Atlanta -- Barry Zito gave up a run and just three hits in seven innings Thursday, leading San Francisco to a 5-1 win over Atlanta.

He walked five batters, struck out six and avoided the big inning by inducing two key double plays.

Zito (6-10) got the win when San Francisco scored four times in the top of the eighth.

Randy Winn had two hits and one RBI. Pablo Sandoval and Fred Lewis had one RBI apiece.

Two eighth-inning runs scored on errors, while Nate Schierholtz and Travis Ishikawa added three hits each for the Giants, who averted a four-game sweep.

Relievers Jeremy Affeldt and Brian Wilson both gave up one hit.

Atlanta's run scored on Yunel Escobar's second-inning homer.

MLB: Pittsburgh 2, San Francisco 0

Sun, 07/19/2009 - 11:37 by surajdogra

Pittsburgh, July 18: Charlie Morton and two relievers combined on a five-hit shutout Saturday, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-0 win over the San Francisco Giants.

Morton (2-2) surrendered three hits in seven innings with two walks and six strikeouts.

John Grabow pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and closer Matt Capps recorded his 20th save despite giving up two hits in the top of the ninth.

Ryan Doumit and Andy LaRoche had one RBI apiece and Andrew McCutchen had two of the six hits for the Pirates, who can sweep the series with a win Sunday.

Edgar Renteria had two of the five hits for the Giants, who have lost three in a row.

MLB: San Francisco 3, Florida 0

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 11:50 by preet_20

San Francisco, July 8: Barry Zito pitched 8 1/3 shutout innings to lead the San Francisco Giants past the Florida Marlins Tuesday.

Juan Uribe provided the scoring punch with a two-run homer for the Giants, who managed just five hits of their own in a game that wrapped up in a smart 2 hours, 5 minutes.

Zito (5-8) had an efficient four-hit outing that included six strikeouts and one walk. Sergio Romo came on to retire the final two Florida batters to collect his first save.

Josh Johnson (7-2) took the loss on three runs on five hits with five strikeouts.
Bengie Molina had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning that scored Randy Winn and gave San Francisco a 1-0 lead.

MLB: St. Louis 5, San Francisco 2

Fri, 07/03/2009 - 10:50 by preet_20

St. Louis, July 2: Todd Wellemeyer took a shutout into the eighth inning Thursday and Ryan Ludwick drove in two runs to bring St. Louis a 5-2 win over San Francisco.

Albert Pujols, who came into the game with a .632 batting average in six games against the Giants this season, went hitless in two at bats but drew two intentional walks. He leads the majors with 30 homers and 77 RBI.

Wellemeyer (7-7) blanked the Giants until Aaron Rowand hit a one-out, two-run homer in the eighth. Three relievers combined to record the last five outs, with Ryan Franklin working a perfect ninth for his 19th save.

The Cardinals have won back-to-back games after dropping six out of seven.