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MLB: San Francisco 5, Chicago Cubs 1

Mon, 09/28/2009 - 11:54 by shalini.bahadur

San Francisco, Sept. 27: Matt Cain gave up three hits in eight scoreless innings Sunday, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs.

Cain (14-7) walked two batters and struck eight on the way to ending a three-start losing streak.

Reliever Sergio Romo yielded a run and two hits before closer Brian Wilson fanned Reed Johnson for the final out to earn his 37th save.

Eli Whiteside led San Francisco with two RBI doubles. Eugenio Velez, Pablo Sandoval and Juan Uribe all had two hits and one RBI for the Giants, who maintained their slim playoff hopes, having won just three of nine.

The Giants trail the Colorado Rockies by five games in the NL wild-card chase.

MLB: San Francisco 5, Arizona 4

Tue, 09/22/2009 - 11:43 by shalini.bahadur

Phoenix, Sept. 22: Travis Ishikawa scored on a bases-loaded fielder's choice in the eighth inning Monday and the San Francisco Giants held on for a 5-4 win over Arizona.

Bengie Molina had an RBI and a run scored, Eugenio Velez and Aaron Rowand each drove in a run, and Fred Lewis drove in the game winner for the Giants -- who won for just the second time in their last five games but pulled to within four games of the Colorado Rockies in the NL wild-card chase.

San Francisco starter Barry Zito went 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

Sergio Romo (5-2) got the win in relief and Brian Wilson earned his 35th save.

MLB: San Francisco 8, LA Dodgers 4

Sat, 09/19/2009 - 12:08 by shalini.bahadur

Los Angeles, Sept. 19: RBI doubles by Fred Lewis and Eugenio Velez put San Francisco in front in the sixth inning Friday, boosting the Giants past the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4.

San Francisco inched within 2 1/2 games of Colorado for the lead in the National League wild-card race. The Dodgers maintained a five-game cushion over Colorado in the NL West.

The Giants let an early 4-1 lead get away, but moved back in front in the sixth on a series of extra-base hits against reliever Ramon Troncoso (4-4).

Travis Ishikawa produced a one-out double to center and Lewis then came through with a two-out double to left that drove in Ishikawa and made it 5-4. Velez took a strike from Troncoso before hitting a double to left that brought in Lewis.

MLB: Colorado 6, San Francisco 4 (14 inn.)

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.

MLB: LA Dodgers 9, San Francisco 1

Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:24 by preet_20

San Francisco, Aug. 12: Manny Ramirez and Matt Kemp homered Tuesday to back up a solid eight-inning start by Randy Wolf in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 9-1 win over San Francisco.

Ramirez had a two-run homer and an RBI double while Kemp notched a three-run blast for the Dodgers, who have won the first two games in the series between the NL West rivals.

Wolf (6-6) held the Giants to one run on three hits and struck out three in eight innings.

Joe Martinez (2-1) took the loss, giving up four runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Los Angeles scored four runs in the fifth when Andre Ethier hit a two-run double and then scored on a double by Ramirez, who then came in on a single by James Loney.

MLB: Cincinnati 5, San Francisco 2

Mon, 08/10/2009 - 10:30 by preet_20

San Francisco, Aug. 9: Adam Rosales had three hits Sunday, including a two-run homer, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-2 win over San Francisco.

Rosales' homer, his fourth, gave Cincinnati a 4-0 lead with one out in the top of the fourth.

Brandon Phillips hit a solo homer. Wladimir Balentien had two hits and one RBI and a run scored on a wild pitch for the Reds, who have won three of four.

Winner Aaron Harang (6-13) surrendered two runs and seven hits in seven innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Francisco Cordero got his 24th save despite giving up two hits in the ninth.

MLB: San Francisco 8, Houston 1

Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:56 by preet_20

Houston, Aug. 5: Freddy Sanchez homered, Aaron Rowand had three RBI and Jonathan Sanchez went seven-plus innings Tuesday in the San Francisco Giants' 8-1 win over Houston.

Sanchez (5-9) held the Astros scoreless on four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts for the Giants, who won for the seventh time in their last eight games.

Eugenio Velez had three hits, one RBI and one run scored, Pablo Sandoval hit a solo homer and scored twice and Bengie Molina had three of the Giants' 16 hits while driving in two runs. Randy Winn had two hits and scored twice for San Francisco.

Felipe Paulino (2-6) allowed five runs on nine hits with two walks and two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings to take the loss for Houston, which had a two-game winning streak snapped.

MLB: San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 2

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.