Joe Martinez

MLB: San Francisco 10, New York Mets 1

New York, Aug. 17: Aaron Rowand was 4-for-5 with a solo home run, two RBI and two runs scored Monday to pace the San Francisco to a 10-1 win over the New York Mets.

Randy Winn had three hits and scored twice and Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run double for the Giants.

Winning pitcher Joe Martinez (3-1) allowed just one run on five hits with two walks over five innings.

Gary Sheffield drove in the lone run and Cory Sullivan had two hits and scored for the Mets.

Livan Hernandez (7-8) took the loss after giving up six runs on 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings.

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MLB: LA Dodgers 9, San Francisco 1

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.