The San Francisco Giants lost to the New York Mets for the second straight day.  On Wednesday afternoon, it was the Mets coming out on top by a 5-3 score.  The Mets got down 5-1 after four innings and just couldn’t come back in the game.

Matt Cain took the loss after throwing five innings and giving up five hits and five runs.  One of those five hits was a two run home run by Jose Reyes in the fourth inning.  Cain dropped to 2-4 on the season with the loss.

Jack Taschner, Keiichi Yabu, and Tyler Walker pitched the final four innings of the game and did pretty good.  Yabu gave up three hits over 2 1/3 innings but the other relief pitchers didn’t now allow one hit.

The Giants a rbi in the game from the following players.  Jose Castillo, Bengie Molina, and Omar Vizquel.  The Giants struck out five times and left 15 runners on base in the game.

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Once again Barry Zito had a terrible pitching performance as he only lasted 3.2 innings as the Diamondbacks beat the Giants 5-4.  Zito gave up six hits and five earned runs in just over three innings.  Zito’s record is now 0-5 on the season.

Keiichi Yabu, Vinnie Chulk, and Tyler Walker all pitched in relief of Zito and did not allow a hit.  Great job by the bullpen, it was too bad they got put in such a big hole after Zito stunk it up.

Fred Lewis and Randy Winn both had two RBI each in the game.  Aaron Rowand struggled as he went 0-4 with three strikeouts.

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The San Francisco Giants picked up the 8-2 win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday putting them at 8-11 for the year.  The Giants have a lot of work to do to get back in the top standings but this win giving them the series win in St. Louis was a good start.

Jonathan Sanchez is now 1-1 after pitching five innings in the win against the Cardinals on Sunday.  He allowed only two hits and no runs during his time on the mound.  Keiichi Yabu, Merkin Valdez, and Vinnie Chulk were brought in to close out the night and seal the win over St. Louis.

John Bowker hit in his third home run of the season.  Bengie Molina led the Giants with three RBI,  Aaron Rowand and Bowker both had two RBI, while Ray Durham had one RBI.

The San Francisco Giants head to Arizona to take on the Diamondbacks on the road on Monday night.  A big win there would really help their season out a lot.  Picking up divisional wins is key, and the Giants still have time to get back into contention in the division. Do I think they will do it?  Nope…

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The San Francisco Giants were losing after Randy Johnson made his 2008 debut, but they scored two runs off the Diamondbacks bullpen in the 7th inning to win the game 5-4.  The Giants had some problems hitting off Johnson, but they got things figured out and eventually picked up the win to imprive their record to 6-8.

Keiichi Yabu pitched the 6th and 7th innings to pick up the win for the Giants.  Brian Wilson recorded his fourth save of the season.  Starting pitcher Jonathan Sanchez, gave up three earned runs and six hits in his five inning of action.

Randy Winn led all Giants batters with two RBI.  Aaron Rowand, Ray Durham, and Bengie Molina all chipped in with an RBI each as well.

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