The San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs were tied at 5-5 heading into the eighth inning but Giants relief pitcher Tyler Walker gave up a home run to Mike Fontenot and the Cubs went on to beat the Giants 6-5.  The Cubs have now won two of the first three games in the four game series and will go for the series win on Thursday.

Giants starting pitcher Kevin Correia pitched 6 1/3 innings as he gave up seven hits and four runs including one home run to get the no decision.  Sergio Romo and Walker both gave up a run each as both players pitched one inning.  Keiichi Yabu was finally able to slow the Cubs down in the ninth inning as he pitched a scoreless inning.

All of the Giants runs came via the home run ball as John Bowker hit a two run home run in the sixth inning off of Cubs starting pitcher Ryan Dempster.  Ray Durham then hit a big three run home run off of Carlos Marmol in the seventh inning that tied the game at 5-5.  The Giants didn’t have an answer however in the eighth or ninth innings and lost the game 6-5.

The Giants can still get a split in the series with a win against the Cubs as they plate a very late afternoon game to finish up the series.

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain had things working for him on Tuesday night as he pitched eighth great innings and only gave up two hits to pick up the win.  The Giants beat the Cubs by the score of 2-1 behind great pitching from Cain and evened up the four game series at one game each.

The game almost got away from the Giants in the ninth inning however as Brian Wilson gave up three hits and one run.  Wilson was able to get a groundball to end the game with tying run at second base and record his 23rd save of the season.

Fred Lewis stole home in the first inning for the Giants first run of the game and then Randy Winn had a rbi single in the sixth inning to score Lewis for the Giants second run.  They didn’t have much offense but it was enough to get the win the way Cain pitched the first eight innings of the game.

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Barry Zito lost his 12th game of the season as the Chicago Cubs came in to San Francisco and beat the Giants by the score 9-2.  Zito struggled right away in the game as the Cubs had base runners every inning.  Zito could have given up a lot more runs in the game but the Cubs left 24 runners on base. It is still sad to see Zito pitch the way he is right now.  A 3-12 record for Zito and he is making all that kind of money and not really earning it.

Billy Sadler didn’t have a very good night either as he was charged with four runs in the eighth inning.  Salder gave up a grand slam to the Cubs third basemen Mark DeRosa in the game.  DeRosa had earlier taken Zito deep for a two run home run.

The Giants tried to rally in the ninth inning but when you are down nine runs more then likely you aren’t going to score enough to tie or win the game. The Giants were able to get to runs in the ninth inning when Rich Aurilia doubled off Kerry Wood to score two runs.  The Giants were able to get runners on base off Ted Lilly who was attempting to throw a complete game against the Giants.  The Cubs then called in Wood who gave up the double, then a walk, before recording the final out of the game.

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The San Francisco Giants were going for a rare road sweep on Thursday night but they were not able to do it as the Cleveland Indians beat them by the score of 4-1.  The Giants batters struck out 11 times in the game and left another 11 runners on base as they couldn’t get any big hits against Indians starter Cliff Lee.

Matt Cain dropped to 4-6 on the season after he tossed five innings and gave up eight hits and four runs.  Cain struggled out there on the mound as he could never get into a rhythm.  After Cain exited the game the Giants bullpen did a really good job however.

Alex Hinshaw, Billy Sadler, and Sergio Romo all pitched an inning out of the bullpen and not one of them gave up a hit.  They kept the team within striking distance but the offense never did get around to scoring any runs late in the game.

The one run for the Giants camein the fourth inning when Rich Aurilia singled in Aaron Rowand.  Besides that rbi single from Aurilia the Giants only had three other hits in the game.

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The San Francisco Giants beat the Cleveland Indians for the second night in a row.  This time it was a 4-1 victory for the visiting Giants.  Now with a win on Thursday, the Giants will sweep the Indians which would be a great feat for the team.

Barry Zito actually got a win and improved to 3-11 on the season.  Yeah, you read that right, Barry Zito won a game!  Zito tossed 6 2/3 innings and allowed four hits and one run while striking out four batters.  The key for Zito was zero walks in his five plus innings of action!

Keiichi Yabu was called on to get the final out of the seventh inning but he was unable to as he gave up a hit and then was pulled from the game.  Jack Taschner got the final out in the inning and then got the first out in the eighth inning before he was pulled from the game and Tyler Walker came in to the game to finish up the inning.  Brian Wilson pitched the ninth inning to pick up his 21st save of the season.

Aaron Rowand led the Giants at the plate with a two run single in the first inning.  Jose Castillo and John Bowker both hit solo home runs in the game as both players finished the game with one rbi each.

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Things got a little shaky in the ninth inning but the San Francisco Giants were able to hold off the Cleveland Indians for a 3-2 victory.  The Giants were able to single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to get the victory. Great road win for the Giants!

Jonathan Sanchez tossed  7 2/3 innings and gave up five hits and one run in the game.  Sanchez struckout eight Indians batters and kept the Giants in the game as the offense struggled until the late inning.  Sanchez pitched well enough and and was able to come away with the win and improved his record to 7-4 on the season.

Tyler Walker recorded the last out in the eighth inning and then Brian Wilson earned his 20th save of the season in the ninth inning. Wilson did give up one run (an error really hurt in the inning) in the ninth but struck out Kelly Shoppach to end the game.

Jose Castillo and Omar Vizquel both had a rbi for the Giants at the plate.  Randy Winn scored the other run for the Giants on an error by Shoppach so there was no rbi recorded for that run.  The offense didn’t do much but it was enough to get the victory atleast.

I’ll take a win any way it comes especially on the road.  The Giants now need to string together four or five wins in a row and get things going.

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For the second straight game the San Francisco Giants lost to the Detroit Tigers.  On Wednesday, the Giants suffered a 7-2 loss to the Tigers.  The Giants pitchers had problems as the Tigers kept pressure on them the first five innings of the game by scoring runs four out of the first five innings.

Barry Zito struggled once again and only lasted two innings.  Zito gave up five hits and five runs while walking four to take the loss.  Zito is now a very dissapointing 2-11 on the season and it doesn’t look like he is going to turn it around any time soon.

Billy Sadler gave up one run while pitching the third and fourth innings.  Alex Hinshaw pitched the next two innings and gave up one run as well.  Finally Jack Taschner, Keiichi Yabu, and Vinnie Chulk threw scoreless innings in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings.

It was pretty funny how the Giants scored their first run in the game.  In the second inning, Armando Galarraga threw wild pitch that struckout Brian Horwitz.  However, Travis Denker was on third and scored on the wild pitch.  The second run of the game in the sixth inning Emmanuel Burriss reached on an infield single and Steve Holm scored on a throwing error by Tigers third basemen Carlos Guillen.

Yeah the Giants scored two runs and didn’t even have a rbi.  That is not the correct way to score runs lol.  No wonder why the lost.

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The San Francisco Giants gave up two runs in the eighth inning and then two more runs in the ninth inning as they lost to the Detroit Tigers by the score of 5-1.  You can’t give up late runs like that in close games if you expect to win.  Bad last two innings that hopefully they team will remember next time they are in that situation.

Jonathan Sanchez had a no hitter going through the first five innings but then gave up a hit in the sixth inning.  Sanchez would eventually pitch seven innings and give up three runs and take the loss for the Giants.  Sanchez droppes his record to 6-4 with the loss.

Billy Sadler threw the eighth inning after he came in for Sanchez who had just given up a home run and single to start the inning.  Salder then gave up a run on a fielder choice.  (The run would be charged to Sanchez).  Vinnie Chulk came into the game to give up two more runs in the ninth inning that extended the Tigers lead to four.

The lone run for the Giants came off the bat of Bengie Molina in the sixth inning when he hit a sacrafice fly that scored Fred Lewis.  The Giants had their chances to score some runs in the game as they had nine hits but they just couldn’t get the job done.

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John Bowker blasted a three run home run in the eighth inning as the San Francisco Giants scored five runs in the eighth and defeated the Detroit Tigers by the score of 8-6.  Bowker’s three run shot came off of Fernando Rodney who was making his first apperance of the year for the Tigers.

After Bowker’s three run blast, Fred Lewis hit a two run ground rule double to score two more runs.  It was a good thing for Lewis’s two run double because the Giants would give up two runs in the ninth inning before ending the game.

Keiichi Yabu ended up getting the win and is now 3-3 on the season.  Tim Lincecum pitched a good game as he tossed seven innings and allowed six hits and four runs.  Lincecum did give up two home runs to Marcus Thames as he was the only one that really did any damage.  Brian Wilson pitched the ninth inning and gave up three hits and two runs as he had a bad outing.

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The San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies combined for 17 runs at Coors field in Denver, and there was only one home run hit in the game!  The Giants were able to defeat the Rockies by the score of 10-7 and avoid the three game sweep in the series.

Fred Lewis hit the only home run in the game when he went deep in the second inning with a three run shot.  Other then that, it was a bunch of rbi singles pretty much for the Giants.  Rich Aurilia also had three rbi in the game to tie Lewis for the game lead.  Ray Durham finished the game with two rbi while Emmanuel Burriss and Jonathan Sanchez both had one rbi.

Sanchez got the win on the mound for the Giants and is now 6-3 on the season. Sanchez threw five innings and gave up nine hits and seven runs.  Usually Sanchez would have got a loss in the game as he gave up seven runs, but thankfully for him and the Giants, the offense was on top of their game and put ten runs on the board.

Billy Sadler, Jack Taschner, Keiichi Yabu, Tyler Walker, and Brian Wilson should all be congratulated because they held off the Rockies over the final four innings of the game.  They were the real game winners if you ask me.  Wilson notched his 19th save of the season in the game as well.

The Giants will now play the Oakland A’s in a interleague Bay Area matchup.  Hopefully a lot of you will be able to attend the games and root on the Giants!

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