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MLB: San Francisco 10, Colorado 0

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 11:05 by Prince damin

Denver -- Jonathan Sanchez pitched six scoreless innings and the San Francisco Giants cruising to 10-1 win over Colorado Tuesday.

Sanchez (8-6) allowed three hits and struck out nine fir his first win since July 5.
Pat Burrell, Andres Torres and Freddy Sanchez homered and Buster Posey had three RBI for the Giants, who outhit the Rockies 19-3 and won for the 10th time in their last 12 games.

The victory pulled the Giants to one game behind first-place San Diego in the National League West.

The loss went to Aaron Cook (4-8), who allowed five runs on eight hits in three innings in his third straight loss. Colorado had its four-game winning streak snuffed out.

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MLB: San Francisco 8, Arizona 4

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 11:53 by shalini.bahadur

San Francisco, Sept. 30: Bengie Molina had four RBI and Pablo Sandoval drove in two runs Tuesday in the San Francisco Giants' 8-4 romp over Arizona.

Sandoval and Molina hit back-to-back homers in the seventh inning to extend San Francisco's lead to 8-3.

The win kept a faint pulse going in Giants' hopes of winning the National League wild card, although they trail National League West rival Colorado by five games.
San Francisco outhit the Diamondbacks 16-7.

Jonathan Sanchez (8-12) gave up three runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings for the win.

The loss went to Doug Davis (8-14), who lasted four innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and five walks.

MLB: San Francisco 6, Colorado 3

Sat, 08/22/2009 - 10:27 by preet_20

Denver, Aug. 22: Aaron Rowand hit a three-run shot Friday, and Jonathan Sanchez fanned eight batters in five innings as San Francisco downed Colorado 6-3.

The Giants moved within a game of the Rockies for the lead in the National League wild-card race. Colorado had a four-game winning streak halted.

San Francisco got to Colorado starter Aaron Cook (10-6) for three runs in the first, two of them on a ground-rule double by Bengie Molina. Travis Ishikawa later drove in Molina with a single.

The Giants had a 3-1 lead in the fourth when Rowand came through with his key blast, his 11th of the season.

MLB: LA Dodgers 4, San Francisco 2

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 13:09 by preet_20

San Francisco, Aug. 11: Matt Kemp's fourth-inning three-run double and a strong performance by Hiroki Kuroda helped the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Francisco 4-2.

Kuroda (5-5) went 6 1/3 innings, giving up one run on six hits with one walk and two strikeouts to get the win.

Mark Loretta had two hits and an RBI for the Dodgers, who won for the first time in four games.

Travis Ishikawa and Bengie Molina accounted for the Giants' scoring with solo home runs.

Jonathan Sanchez (5-10) allowed four runs on five hits with three walks and six strikeouts to take the loss for San Francisco, which has lost two straight and trails LA by 6 1/2 games in the NL West.

Colorado, which beat the Chicago Cubs 11-5 Monday, is in second place, 5 1/2 games out.

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.

MLB: Atlanta 11, San Francisco 3

Tue, 07/21/2009 - 11:06 by surajdogra

Atlanta, July 20: Ryan Church hit a two-run homer in a six-run seventh inning Monday when the Atlanta Braves posted an 11-3 victory over San Francisco.

Chipper Jones also hit a two-run homer and Garret Anderson added a solo homer for the Braves, who have won eight of their last 11 games. Church was 2-for-2 with three RBI.

Tommy Hanson (5-0) earned the win after giving up three runs on five hits and striking out 11 in seven innings.

Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar, who was named the National League Player of the Week, was 2-for-3 with a run scored.

Randy Winn had a pair of hits, including a two-run double for San Francisco, which has lost four of its last five games.

MLB: San Francisco 8, San Diego 0

Sat, 07/11/2009 - 17:14 by harsheeb

San Francisco -- Jonathan Sanchez, pitching only because Randy Johnson could not, threw the first no-hitter of 2009 Friday in the San Francisco Giants' 8-0 win over San Diego.

Sanchez (3-8) spent the first three months of the season in the San Francisco rotation but was banished to the bullpen after losing four consecutive starts.
When Johnson went on the disabled list with shoulder problems this week, Sanchez got another chance at the starting role and took advantage of it in unexpected fashion.

WBC: Puerto Rico 5, Netherlands 0

Thu, 03/12/2009 - 07:55 by Shruti Sharma

San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Jonathan Sanchez and seven relievers combined on a shutout Wednesday, bringing Puerto Rico a 5-0 decision over the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic.

Both teams advanced out of Pool D and will return to action in Miami Saturday.

The Netherlands survived the tournament's first double-elimination round by shocking the Dominican Republic twice in less than a week.

Wednesday's game merely determined the teams' initial opponents in the second round. Puerto Rico will meet the United States, which suffered a 5-3 loss to Venezuela in its placement game Wednesday. The Netherlands will take on Venezuela to open the second round.

Sanchez allowed two hits and a walk while striking out four over four innings. Alex Rios tripled, walked twice, scored and drove in a run for Puerto Rico.