Giants 8, Rockies 5: Sandoval hits for cycle

With the Giants all but finished in thepostseason hunt, it was hard to imagine them accomplishing anythingat Coors Field on Thursday night to upstage all of the intrigue inthe executive suite back home. Then Pablo Sandoval did it. In the sixth inning of an 8-5 Giants victory, their fifth in arow, the Kung Fu Panda huffed and puffed and demanded that hisseason-worn legs move as fast as they could around the bases towardthird base. With a head-first slide, Sandoval had a triple to complete acycle, the 25th in franchise history and the first by a Giant sinceFred Lewis' at Coors Field in 2007. Sandoval also had the second inthe majors this season. Milwaukee's George Kottaras accomplished itagainst the Astros earlier this month.