Giants Blast Dodgers to Aid Playoff Hopes
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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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SAN DIEGO - 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 San Diego 7-5 on Tuesday night.    The Giants remained three games behind NL West leader Los Angeles after the Dodgers' 5-4 comeback victory against Colorado...
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After last year&#39;s stunning NL Division Series loss to the Marlins, one of the major knocks on the Giants was their relative lack of speed and their inability to put pressure on the opposing team.
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Mark Hendrickson pitched seven strong innings, Julio Lugo provided the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 Friday night for their 13th victory in 14 games.
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LOS ANGELES - Steve Finley's grand slam capped a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West, beating the San Francisco Giants 7-3 Saturday.    The Dodgers reached the postseason for the first time since making it as the wild card in 1996...
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(Sports Network) - The San Francisco Giants not only have wild card apsirations, but they can possibly win the NL West. San Francisco will play the middle contest of a three-game series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers today in southern California.
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As darkness descended in the Valley of the Sun, the Giants flickering playoff hopes may have been all but extinguished in the cool desert air.
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Steve Finley hit a grand slam home run  to cap a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as  the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL West title with a 7-3  win over the San Francisco Giants Saturday.
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Pedro Feliz had three hits and drove in two runs, reliever Brad Hennessey worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 on Thursday night.
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Nomar Garciaparra&#039;s late-inning heroics stole the show again &amp;#151; this time from Barry Bonds. Garciaparra&#039;s tie-breaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning trumped Bonds&#039; 720th career home run and lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.
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LOS ANGELES - Steve Finley's grand slam capped a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West title by beating the San Francisco Giants 7-3 Saturday. "We do it the Hollywood way, that's for sure," closer Eric Gagne said...
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The Los Angeles Dodgers claim their six straight win and clinch a playoff berth with a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
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Kirk Rueter allowed just three hits  over seven innings and J.T. 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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In a regular-season finale that resembled an exhibition game and was about as meaningful, Jason Schmidt pitched six dominant innings, Ray Durham and Pedro Feliz hit first-inning homers and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-0 on
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Dan Ortmeier hit a game-winning solo home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 on Friday night to end an 11-game home losing streak to their archrivals.
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Steve Finley thrust his fists in the air as the ball left his bat. His ninth-inning grand slam Oct. 2 beat the Giants and assured the Dodgers' first postseason appearance since 1996. Three days later, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers to begin the NL division series behind five home runs &#151; two by Larry Walker.
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Los Angeles scores seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the NL West. LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers have spent recent Octobers watching postseason baseball on television.