Giants gain on Dodgers
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SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds praised his teammates for their clutch play while he has been busy walking all season, then watched them go out and do most of the work Tuesday night.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers opened up  a 2 1/2 game lead in the National League West pennant race with  a 7-4 victory over title rivals the San Francisco Giants  Sunday.
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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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The Giants batted around to score six runs in the fourth and held on for a 7-5 win over the Padres on Tuesday in front of 35,529 to open the three-game series.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - The San Francisco Giants on Monday signed free agent catcher Mike Matheny, who likely will replace AJ Pierzynski behind the plate.
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The San Francisco Giants faced long time rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers in tonightâs game. The Giants hoped to cut down the Dodgers lead in the West by .
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The Cubs suffered a stunning loss yesterday, and their closest rival in the wild-card race took advantage of the situation, the Giants beating Los Angeles to close within a half-game of Chicago and 1 1/2 games of the West-leading Dodgers.
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Russell Martin homered to lead off the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Giants 1-0 on Sunday night after Greg Maddux and Jason Schmidt matched zeros for eight innings.
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Edgardo Alfonzo hit a two-run homer off Randy Johnson in the sixth inning, and the Giants tied the Chicago Cubs atop the National League wild-card standings with a 4-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday in San Francisco.
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Jerome Williams pitched seven solid  innings in his first start in two months to help the San  Francisco Giants beat the Padres 4-1 in San Diego on Thursday.
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In a game that mirrored the 115-year history of the bitter rivalry, the Dodgers outlasted the Giants 7-4 to win a rare September series in San Francisco.
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Pat Burrell went 4-for-4, hit his 20th home run, and drove in four runs, and Ryan Howard hit his 30th shot of the season to power the Philadelphia Phillies to a 14-6 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
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Another solid outing from Cole Hamels and timely situational hitting helped the Philadelphia Phillies end their losing skid. Backed by three sacrifice flies, Hamels pitched his second complete game to lead the Phillies over the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Saturday night.
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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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The Los Angeles Dodgers again try to clinch their first playoff berth in eight years when they host the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
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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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Rookie Matt Cain carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning, Barry Bonds hit an RBI double, and the San Francisco Giants ended a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.