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| Gonzalez homers twice as Padres pummel Giants |
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09/12/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (BettingExpress) - Adrian Gonzalez blasted two home runs to help the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants, 11-3, in the first of four games at PETCO Park. The Padres' first baseman finished the game 3-for-4 with four runs batted in, and Edgar Gonzalez, Drew Macias and Brian Giles each drove in two runs to help the Padres end a two-game losing streak. Josh Geer (2-0) allowed just two runs on nine hits in seven innings to get the win. Matt Cain (8-12) had his shortest outing of the year, last |
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| Giants complete sweep of reeling D'Backs |
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09/11/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (BettingExpress) - After squandering the lead in the top of the ninth, Eugenio Velez hit a two-run triple in the bottom half to lift the San Francisco Giants to a dramatic 4-3 win and a three-game sweep of the floundering Arizona Diamondbacks. Velez drove in all four runs, a career-high, for the Giants, who have won five straight games to match their season-high. Randy Winn finished 3-for-4 with a walk in the victory. Brad Hennessey, making his first start since September 15, 2006, gave up one ru |
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| Giants' Lewis to have season-ending surgery |
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09/10/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (BettingExpress) - San Francisco Giants outfielder Fred Lewis will undergo season-ending surgery on Friday to remove a bunion on his right big toe. Lewis started in left field and collected two hits in Wednesday's 4-3 win over Arizona before the team made the announcement about the procedure. In 133 games this season, Lewis batted .282 with nine home runs and 40 RBI. |
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| Diamondbacks hope to halt skid versus Giants |
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09/10/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Dan Haren will try to pitch himself and the Arizona Diamondbacks back into the win column this afternoon, when they take on the San Francisco Giants in the finale of a three-game series at AT&T Park. The Diamondbacks have lost five straight games and dropped to 2 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for the top spot in the National League West division, a position they once held comfortably. They have also lost nine in a row on the road. Haren, meanwhile, has lost two straight starts and |
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| Pirates' McLouth leaves after being hit in face |
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09/07/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (BettingExpress) - Pirates center fielder Nate McLouth left in the fourth inning of Pittsburgh's 11-6 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday after being struck in the face by a batted ball. McLouth dove to try and catch a line drive by Pablo Sandoval with no outs and the bases loaded in the fourth, and Pittsburgh leading 5-0. The ball bounced in front of McLouth and struck him near his left eye, then bounced into left field, allowing all three runners to score. Nyjer Morgan replaced McLouth i |
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| Slumping Karstens hopes for a win in San Francisco |
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09/07/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Jeff Karstens will try to work out of his slump this afternoon, as the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants wrap a three- game series at AT&T Park. The Pirates acquired Karstens from the New York Yankees in a deal before the non-waiver trade deadline, and the right-hander was electric in his first two starts. Karstens pitched a total of 15 shutout innings in winning both home games, but has since allowed 15 runs in 22 1/3 innings over four road starts -- losing each one. The 25-year-o |
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| Giants rally to edge Pirates |
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09/07/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (BettingExpress) - Scott McClain hit a two-run home run as the San Francisco Giants rallied to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-6, in the second of three games at AT&T Park. Pablo Sandoval went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored while Geno Espineli (2-0) got the win for getting the final out of the seventh for the Giants, who have won two of their last three. Matt Cain started on the mound and gave up four runs on 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. Freddy Sanchez went 4-for-5 with two RBI a |
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| Pirates, Giants resume series at AT&T Park |
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09/06/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Pittsburgh Pirates will try for their fifth straight win over the San Francisco Giants tonight, when the two clubs play the second test of a three-game series at AT&T Park. Pittsburgh swept a three-game series from the Giants at PNC Park back in May and extended that win streak with a 7-0 win on Friday. The Pirates are now 14-3 against San Francisco since the start and the 2006 season and 7-1 at AT&T Park in that span. Zach Duke hurled his second career shutout in Friday's win, allow |
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| Duke's shutout gives Pirates win over Giants |
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09/06/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (BettingExpress) - Zach Duke hurled a complete game to halt a painful winless streak and the Pittsburgh Pirates dispatched of the San Francisco Giants with a 7-0 triumph in the opener of a three-game set from AT&T Park. Duke (5-13) allowed six hits and two walks with four punch-outs for his first win in 14 starts and brought an end to his streak of nine consecutive losing decisions. "Obviously its been an interesting year for me but I'm never going to be someone to roll over and give up," Duk |
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| Pirates, Giants start series at AT&T Park |
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09/05/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Pittsburgh Pirates head west for the second leg of a 10-game road trip this evening, where the National League Central cellar- dwellers will play the first of three straight meetings with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. Pittsburgh got its trek off to a fine start, as the club took the first two tilts of a three-game set at Cincinnati before falling in Thursday's finale. In yesterday's 8-6 loss to the Reds, the Pirates took a 6-5 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning before the |
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