The San Francisco Giants brough out the whooping sticks on Wednesday night as the pounded the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3.  The Giants used back to back four run innings in the fifth and sixth innings to really blow the game wide open.

Ray Durham went 2-5 with four rbi to lead the Giants at the plate.  Durham went deep for a solo home run in the second inning.  Then hit a triple with the bases loaded in the sixth inning to score three more runs.  Bengie Molina, Aaron Rowand, and Emmanuel Burriss all had two rbi in the game as well.  Not to be left out, Rich Aurilia also had one rbi.

Jonathan Sanchez got the win and is now 3-3 on the season.  Sanchez tossed six innings while giving upi six hits and two runs.  Good outing for Sanchez who really needed to have a good game on the mound.  Jack Taschner then pitched a scoreless seventh inning before Vinnie Chulk gave up a run in the eight inning.  Alex Hinshaw was brought in to record the final two outs of the game.

The Giants and Diamondbacks will be play once again on Thursday afternoon.

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The San Francisco Giants lost to the Houston Astrosn 6-3 on Wednesday night as the Giants pitchers couldn’t slow down three Astros batters.  Lance Berkman, Brad Ausmus, and Miguel Tejada all had two rbi against Giants pitchers.  Three different Giants pitchers gave up runs in the game as well.

Patrick Misch tossed six innings of seven hit baseball to start the game.  He did allow three runs including one home run in the game as he got the no decision.  Jack Taschner pitched 2/3 of an inning in relief of Misch and allowed one run to score as he took the loss. Taschner is now 1-2 on the season.  After he left the game, Billy Sadler came in and gave up a two run home run that ended up putting the game out of reach for the Giants.

Aaron Rowand had a two run home run for the Giants in the second inning and then in the third inning, Misch laid down a sacrafice bunt that the Giants threw away that allowed John Bowker to score.

The Giants will try to get a split in the series as they play the Astros Thursday afternoon.

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The San Francisco Giants were only able to come up with four hits against the San Diego Padres on Thursday night, but they made sure one of those hits was a home run.  Rich Aurilia’s home run in the seventh inning was the only run scored in the game as the Giants beat the Padres 1-0.

In a pitchers duel, Tim Linecum improved to 4-0 on the season as he tossed 6.1 innings and only allowed four hits.  Linecum lowered his ERA to 1.23 in the game as well.  Jack Taschner, Vinnie Chulk, and Brian Wilson all held the Padres scoreless for the final 2.2 innings of the game.  Wilson picked up his seventh save of the season.

On a night where the Giants hitters only got four hits, they only ended up needed the one off Aurilia’s bat in the seventh inning.  The home run was Aurilia’s first of the season.  It was a pretty poor offensive showing for the Giants.

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The San Fracisco Giants won their second game in a row for the first time this season as they beat the San Diego Padres by the score of 1-0.  In the bottom of the 9th inning, Dan Ortmeier doubled over Jim Edmonds head and scored Rajai Davis who was pitch running.

Now that is what you call an exciting win!  The Giants pitching deserves credit for keeping them in the game and only allowing four total hits to the Padres.  Jonathan Sanchez pitched six innings and struck out ten batters while only giving up three hits.  Merkin Valdez, Jack Taschner, and Tyler Walker all pitched in relief.  Walked ended up picking up the win as he pitched the 9th inning.

The Giants record now stands at 3-6 on the season.

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