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Belt, Peavy Lead Giants Past Dodgers

NBC
Published June 12, 2016 at 10:40 PM

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SAN FRANCISCO — Most kids Julio Urias' age spent Sunday night trying to figure out how to properly flip a cup. In his first of many starts in this rivalry, Urias showed the Giants that he's the real deal.But Brandon Belt showed him that you can't groove a slider in the big leagues and get away with it, and Jake Peavy showed a national audience that a 35-year-old can be pretty dominant, too. Peavy pitched six shutout innings and Belt hit a two-run homer as the Giants edged the Dodgers 2-1, taking the series and extending their lead in the National League West to five games. Berkeley Rabbi Invited to Speak at Ali's Funeral Peavy and Urias matched zeroes for much of the evening, with the young lefty showing the mid 90s fastball and good breaking ball that should make him a mainstay in the Dodgers rotation for years to come. Urias was on a strict pitch count, but he got through five innings on 77 pitches and retired seven, including Belt twice. With one out and one on in the sixth, Urias threw a slider that hardly moved and Belt crushed it to the arcade.More than a decade ago, it was Peavy who was the young budding star who could reach back for extra velocity as needed. He's a...

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