NL Wrap: Rueter Sharp as Giants Stay in Division
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Kirk Rueter allowed just three hits over seven innings and JT Snow homered as the San Francisco Giants scored a crucial 4-2 win over Los Angeles in National League play at Dodger Stadium Friday.
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SAN DIEGO - Jerome Williams pitched 7 strong innings in his first start in two months and the San Francisco Giants jumped back into a tie for the National League wild-card lead by beating the San Diego Padres 4-1 on Thursday night before a Petco Park
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SAN FRANCISCO - Pedro Feliz hit a tiebreaking grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning for his fourth hit of the day, and the Giants helped their playoff chances with a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.    The first-place Dodgers had their NL West lead trimmed to 1 1/2 games over the Giants, who also pulled within a half-game of Chicago in the wild-card race after the Cubs lost 4-3 to the New York Mets in 11 innings...
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Walking Barry Bonds intentionally to load the bases in the 10th inning turned out to be the wrong move for Florida &#151; because Rudy Seanez then walked pinch-hitter A.J. Pierzynski on four pitches. Pierzynski's walk forced home the tiebreaking run in the San Francisco Giants' 6-5 win over the Marlins on Wednesday night. It was just his 14th walk in 397 plate appearances.
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Edgardo Alfonzo's two-run double capped a six-run rally in the fourth inning, and the San Francisco Giants tied the Chicago Cubs for the wild-card lead by beating the Padres, 7-5, last night at San Diego.
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Brandon Phillips' heads-up baserunning helped the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Franicsco Giants 9-8 in 11 innings on Friday night.
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BASEBALL Jason Schmidt , bothered by a sore groin, had his next start for the San Francisco Giants pushed back four days as a precautionary move. The righthander, who leads the National League with a 15-4 record and has a major league-best 2.52 ERA, threw off flat ground before yesterday's game against the Mets, and then threw about 15 pitches ...
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The Colorado Rockies beat the Giants 6-1 on Saturday to earn their fourth successive win, while San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds found no escape from his recent slump at the plate.
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Marquis Grissom hit a grand slam homer and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a six run deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7 in National League play on Saturday.
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Ryan Howard hit his major league-leading 58th homer, Cole Hamels pitched 6 2-3 strong innings and the Philadelphia Phillies continued their playoff push with a 5-2 victory over the Florida Marlins on Friday night.
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Jay Payton's three-run homer led the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants in National League play Saturday, despite a 701st career blast from Barry Bonds.
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Pedro Feliz hit a tiebreaking grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning for his fourth hit of the day, and the Giants helped their playoff chances with a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
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A come-from-behind victory over the Bills means the Giants will go to the playoffs for the third consecutive season and relieves the persistent pressure that follows Coach Tom Coughlin.
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Barry Bonds hit his 762nd home run to back Kevin Correia's strong outing, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Wednesday night to avoid a sweep.
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The Giants again have managed to right their course, despite the fatalistic notion that things are about to fall apart that has hovered over New York all season.
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A four-game sweep has the San Francisco Giants thinking about the playoffs again.
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Make it eight straight games a Giants starting pitcher hasn&#39;t retired a hitter in the sixth inning. It&#39;s no way to conduct a pennant race, but with the Arizona Diamondbacks in town, who cares?