Tue, 11/02/2010 - 09:49 by Prince damin
Arlington, Texas -- San Francisco shortstop Edgar Renteria won the Most Valuable Player Award for the 2010 World Series Monday after leading the Giants to a 3-1 win in Game 5.
Renteria socked a three-run homer in the seventh inning, breaking up a pitchers' duel between Rangers starter Cliff Lee and the Giants' Tim Lincecum and handing the team its first world championship since moving to San Francisco in 1958.
Renteria, 34, a 15-year major league veteran, batted .411 (7-for-17) with two homers and six RBI in the Series, becoming the first Giants winner of the World Series MVP Award. The honor was first handed out in 1955 -- the year after the Giants franchise won its last title.
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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).
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Thu, 08/27/2009 - 11:24 by preet_20
San Francisco, Aug. 27: Bengie Molina hit a three-run homer with two out in the eighth inning Wednesday that rallied the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 triumph over Arizona.
The Diamondbacks took a 3-0 lead into the seventh, but that advantage disappeared thanks to a solo homer by Juan Uribe and Molina's 16th blast of the season.
San Francisco's comeback allowed the Giants to close within three games of Colorado for the lead in the National League wild-card race. Arizona has won only once in 10 games.
Arizona starter Doug Davis was still on the mound to start the eighth and he retired the first two men in the inning. Edgar Renteria then drew a walk and Randy Winn singled Renteria to second, driving Davis from the game in place of Chad Qualls (2-2).
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Tue, 08/25/2009 - 11:23 by preet_20
Denver, Aug. 25: Ryan Spilborghs ended a bizarre 14th inning with a grand slam homer Monday, giving the Colorado Rockies a 6-4 victory over San Francisco.
Neither side could score after the fifth inning until they combined to tally eight times in the 14th.
Colorado won its third straight over the Giants and expanded its lead over San Francisco to four games in the National League wild-card chase.
San Francisco appeared to have wrapped up the win in the top of the 14th with a three-run inning, keyed by triples from Edgar Renteria and Eugenio Velez.
Brandon Medders then came on for his third inning of work in hopes of nailing down a San Francisco victory.
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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.
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Fri, 07/31/2009 - 12:14 by preet_20
San Francisco, July 31: Eugenio Velez and Pablo Sandoval both drove in two runs in the fourth Thursday and San Francisco took advantage of three errors to whip Philadelphia 7-2.
Only three of the San Francisco runs were earned. The Giants, who are out front in the National League wild-card chase, won their fourth straight.
Jonathan Sanchez (4-9) got the win, allowing two runs on three hits in 5 2/3. He left the game with a 7-1 lead.
San Francisco broke the game open with a four-run fourth, all of the runs being unearned.
Edgar Renteria reached on a one-out single and Juan Uribe reached on a throwing error by third baseman Pedro Feliz.
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Mon, 07/27/2009 - 12:07 by surajdogra
Denver, July 26: Aaron Cook won his seventh straight decision Sunday, helping Colorado record a 4-2 victory against San Francisco.
Cook (10-3) gave up two runs and nine hits in seven innings before Franklin Morales fanned two of the three batters he faced in the eighth, and closer Huston Street earned his 25th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Cook has not lost since June 1 at Houston.
Troy Tulowitzki's sacrifice fly broke 1-1 tie with one out in the bottom of the third.
Yorvit Torrealba had two hits and one RBI, while Brad Hawpe and Ian Stewart also had one RBI for the Rockies, who have won seven of 10.
John Bowker and Edgar Renteria had one RBI each for San Francisco.
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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.
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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 10:20 by preet_20
San Francisco, July 12: Kevin Kouzmanoff and Eliezer Alfonzo hit three-run homers Sunday, keying San Diego's 10-4 win over San Francisco.
The first of Kouzmanoff's four hits staked San Diego to a quick 3-0 lead with no outs in the top of the first.
Alonzo's only hit made it 6-0 with two outs in the third.
Will Venable had four hits with four runs and one RBI. Luis Rodriguez had two hits and two RBI, while Chase Headley drove in a run for the Padres, who broke a seven-game losing streak.
Winner Kevin Correia (6-7) surrendered three earned runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings before three relievers finished the contest.
John Bowker led San Francisco with two hits -- one a two-run, fifth-inning homer.
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Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:32 by preet_20
St. Louis, June 30: Edgar Renteria was 3-for-4 with two RBI Tuesday to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Randy Johnson (8-5) gave up three runs on four hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings to win for the fifth time in his last six decisions.
Bengie Molina had two hits and two RBI, and Pablo Sandoval had an RBI and two runs scored for San Francisco, which has won five of seven.
Chris Carpenter (5-3), previously 3-0 at home this year, allowed six runs on 11 hits in five innings for St. Louis, which has lost six of seven.
Albert Pujols powered the Cardinals with two home runs and three RBI, to finish the month with 14 home runs and 35 RBI.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Sun, 06/28/2009 - 13:07 by preet_20
Milwaukee, June 28: Prince Fielder drove in the winning run with a ninth-inning RBI double Saturday in the Milwaukee Brewers' 7-6 win over San Francisco.
The Brewers scored three times in the home half of the ninth after the Giants had scored twice in the top of the ninth to break a 4-4 tie.
Aaron Rowand, Randy Winn and Pablo Sandoval opened the inning with consecutive singles. Rowand scored on a sacrifice fly by Bengie Molina and Winn came in on a sacrifice fly by Edgar Renteria to put the Giants ahead 6-4.
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Wed, 06/24/2009 - 13:05 by preet_20
Oakland, Calif. June 24: San Francisco's Tim Lincecum struck out a dozen Oakland batters and threw a complete-game in Tuesday's 4-1 inter-league victory over the Athletics.
Lincecum (7-2) gave up seven hits, including a home run by Jason Giambi, and walked two in his fourth career complete game. He pitched out of bases-loaded jams in the fifth and sixth innings.
Edgar Renteria and Bengie Molina each had two hits and an RBI for the Giants, who have won four of their last five games.
Vin Mazzaro (2-2) took the loss. He worked six innings, giving up all four runs on seven hits. He struck out six.
San Francisco scored all of their runs in the first two innings.
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