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• PREGAME NOTES: Bochy moves past rough night; Scutaro needs a day off
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  If Bruce Bochy lost sleep last night, it didn't show. "That was a tremendous pitching job," Bochy said The Day After. "That was impressive. You look at the last three...
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• T&R: Braves, Giants interested in Chamberlain
  From the Web › SI.com
  Nearly since being drafted No. 41 overall by the Yankees in 2006, Joba Chamberlain was considered a cornerstone of the franchise
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• Giants lineup: Scutaro gets a night off; Pence hits cleanup
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Marco Scutaro gets a night off, Hunter Pence moves up a spot to hit cleanup vs. Reds' lefthander Tony Cingrani.
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• Wednesday's Giants/Reds lineups: Abreu is in for Scutaro
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Barry Zito is 0-5 with a 10.41 ERA on the road and the Giants have two hits in their last two games. Other than that, life's a peach. Blanco CF Abreu 2B Posey C Pence RF...
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• UPDATE: On Scutaro, Arias and Casilla
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  UPDATE, 3:40 p.m.: Marco Scutaro's back is acting up again, thus Tony Abreu playing second base and hitting second tonight. "He's trying to be a warrior and play through...
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• Nate Schierholtz's return to the Bay Area — as a Cub
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  By Sam Rolens Nate Schierholtz's first season with the Cubs has been his best. The Danville native has career numbers in home runs (11) and OPS (.862) after 70 games...
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• For Giants, it can only get better, right?
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Slumping San Francisco Giants can't get a hit and fall into last place.
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• Andrew Baggarly's chat transcript (July 3)
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants are struggling big time and find themselves in the NL West cellar. The good news is, they remain just three games out of first place. Is there still reason...
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• And That Happened: Tuesday's scores and highlights
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Reds 3, Giants 0: Homer Bailey does it again. You can read about all of the important details of his no-hitter here and here. Less mentioned in the aftermath? (a) Homer...
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• Extra Baggs: Lincecum mixes well but flavor doesn't last
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Tim Lincecum mixed his pitches as well as he's done all season. He struck out eight in five innings but it's hard to hear a blender over a chainsaw.
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• Reds' Bailey harnesses heat to no-hit Giants
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  For Homer Bailey Tuesday night, it was all fastballs up, down, exploding on the hands one instant, out of reach the next, with enough sliders to plant a seed. Then it...
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• Giants move LH Mike Kickham to bullpen
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The Giants revamped their pitching staff on Tuesday, movingleft-hander Mike Kickham into the bullpen for now.
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• Bailey's 2nd no-hitter sends Reds over Giants 3-0
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Homer Bailey has thrown his second no-hitter in 10 months andthe first in the majors this season, pitching the Cincinnati Redsto a 3-0 victory over the slumping San...
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• Bailey throws no-hitter vs. Giants
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Homer Bailey has thrown his second no-hitter in 10 months andthe first in the majors this season, pitching the Cincinnati Redsto a 3-0 victory over the slumping San...
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• Giants, Zito aim to get back on track in showdown with Reds
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Tony Cingrani takes the mound against the Giants on Wednesday with the task of following up Homer Bailey's historic no-hitter on Tuesday night. Cingrani will oppose the...
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• 'Enough is enough' for reeling Giants after Bailey's no-hitter
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants were no-hit Tuesday and are in last place post-April for the first time since 2007. Will Bruce Bochy's club draw a line in the sand?
  Share • July 2, 2013 at 10:40 PM
• Bailey is now the pitcher Reds were waiting for
  From the Web › SI.com
  With his 3-0 no-hit win against the Giants, Homer Bailey made history. He also proved that he has evolved into the pitcher the Reds always thought he would be, writes...
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• POSTGAME NOTES: Homer Bailey's no-hitter drops reeling Giants into last place
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Here is the tiniest, slightest silver lining. Not even a lining, really. More like that thin net in your carryon bag that keeps all your clothes from getting jumbled as...
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• Notes, quotes and thoughts on the SF Giants being no-hit
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  The headline for this blog does not mention Homer Bailey. That is not meant to be a slight in the least. He threw one of the most dominating games I've ever seen in...
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• Instant Replay: Giants no-hit for 16th time in franchise history
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Homer Bailey tossed a no-hitter last September and did it again tonight, as the Giants were no-hit for the 16th time in franchise history.
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• Reds' Bailey K's nine en route to second no-hitter
  From the Web › SI.com
  The first no-hitter of the 2013 season came from the same man that delivered the last one. The Reds' Homer Bailey struck out nine and walked one in a 3-0 win against the...
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• Reds' Homer Bailey no-hits SF Giants
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  By Henry Schulman Cincinnati – As bad as the Giants' offense has been, for so many weeks, Homer Bailey's no-hitter Tuesday night should not be greeted with...
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• Cincinnati Reds' Homer Bailey pitches no-hitter against San Francisco Giants
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Homer Bailey pitches his second no-hitter in his past 19 starts, adding to the Giants' miseries
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• Giants become second team no-hit by Bailey
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants were no match for Homer Bailey on Tuesday, becoming the second team to be no-hit by the right-hander in a 3-0 loss to the Reds at Great American Ball...
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• Reds' Bailey holds Giants hitless for second no-no
  From the Web › SI.com
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• Homer Bailey throws a no-hitter against the Giants
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  TOP OF THE NINTH: Bailey made a nice play on a high-bouncing comebacker from the Giants' No. 8 hitter, Brandon Crawford, to get the first out in the ninth and struck out...
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• Giants notes: Gaudin to rejoin rotation, Sandoval's funk deepens, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Mike Kickham's next scheduled start will be made by Chad Gaudin, but the Giants aren't set on sending Kickham down just yet.
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• Report: Giants, Braves 'have an interest in' Joba Chamberlain
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants and Braves have reportedly had a scout watching Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain recently.
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• PREGAME NOTES: Kickham moves to bullpen; Giants moving in wrong direction in All-Star voting
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Mike Kickham is still here and may remain here for a while, but not as a starter. Manager Bruce Bochy said Kickham is now a long reliever and Chad Gaudin will take the...
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• Arias available to pinch-hit after testing hamstring
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants infielder Joaquin Arias tested his strained left hamstring by running Tuesday and edged closer to being able to play fully.
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• Kickham placed in bullpen after rough start
  From the Web › MLB.com
  To no great surprise, the Giants assigned Mike Kickham to a long-relief role Tuesday, a day after the Cincinnati Reds roughed him up for seven runs and nine hits in 2...
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• UPDATE: Gaudin to start for SF Giants on Saturday
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  UPDATE, 4:20 p.m.: But first, how about a portrait of Buster Posey made with Lego bricks. There's a whole exhibit of these things at the Louisville Slugger factory...
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• July 2, 1963: Spahn vs. Marichal -- The best pitcher's duel ever
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Fifty years ago, Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal made history at Candlestick Park. Lifelong Giants fan Chris Mavraedis remembers it well.
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• Giants lineup: No changes for Game 2
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants and Reds are set for Game 2 of their four-game set and Bruce Bochy is sending out the same team that lost 8-1 in the opener.
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• Tuesday's Giants/Reds lineups
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The busiest man in the organization right now? Dave Groeschner. The trainer just supervised as Joaquin Arias ran the curve of the infield and then Groeschner moved to...
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• Time running out to get Giants in NL All-Star lineup
  From the Web › MLB.com
  With 20 come-from-behind victories to their credit, the Giants are accustomed to launching a late push. That's exactly what it will take for three of their players to...
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• It's a fight to the finish to win spots in NL outfield
  From the Web › MLB.com
  In a race involving millions of votes, the decision for two of the coveted three spots in the All-Star Game starting outfield for the National League might be coming...
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• Braves and Giants "have an interest in" Joba Chamberlain
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  According to George King of the New York Post the Braves and Giants "have an interest" in trading for Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain. King adds that both teams had a...
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• Extra Baggs: Belt ties HR mark, recalls swimming feats, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Brandon Belt was the only bright spot for the Giants Monday, as he matched his 2012 home run total in half a season.
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• Reds send Kickham to the curb in Giants' soggy loss
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Mike Kickham's ERA is up to 13.94 after Monday's start in Cincinnati, where the rookie struggled to keep the ball down out of the stretch.
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• POSTGAME NOTES: Kickham can't find form out of stretch; Belt's bat catches up to his backstroke
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  I spent much of the night going through a month of blog posts, stories and stats while working on the "Month That Was" feature that I do every month. June was, uhhhh...
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• Reds crush Giants in six-inning game
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Todd Frazier homered and drove in four runs Monday night,leading the Cincinnati Reds out of their offensive slump to an 8-1victory over the San Francisco Giants in a...
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• Lincecum, Giants try to find footing in Cincinnati
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Reds are hoping that playing in front of the home crowd again can help jump-start a struggling club, and they'll look for their second win in a row over the Giants...
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• Instant Replay: Giants blown out and washed out in Cincinnati
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Reds jumped all over rookie Mike Kickham before the skies opened up in Cincinnati, forcing the umpires to call the game as an 8-1 Giants loss.
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• Reds whip reeling Giants in rain-shortened affair
  From the Web › SI.com
  Giants-Reds Gameflash for game played on July 1, 2013
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• SF Giants revert to form in soggy loss to Reds
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  By Henry Schulman Cincinnati – Manager Bruce Bochy carried some great memories of last year's Division Series into Great American Ball Park on Monday: Buster...
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• Reds pound Giants in rain-shortened game
  From the Web › ESPN
  Todd Frazier homered and drove in four runs Monday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds out of their offensive slump to an 8-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants in a...
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• Giants struggle before rain cuts loss short
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants' latest setback was Monday's rain-shortened, six-inning, 8-1 loss to the Reds, which contrasted sharply with the Giants' three consecutive elimination-game...
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• LIVE: Giants vs. Reds -- DELAY
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants are down 8-1 in the 7th of a game that has been halted due to rain. Tune in to CSN Bay Area for the latest on the weather in Cincinnati.
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• San Francisco Giants lose 8-1 to Cincinnati Reds in rain-shortened game
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Ryan Vogelsong's absence glaring as rookie Mike Kickham fails miserably in third start as injury replacement
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• LIVE: Giants vs. Reds
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  It's up to Buster Posey and the Giants' offense to come back in Cincinnati, where the Reds have a 7-0 lead. Watch the game on CSN Bay Area and follow along with In-Game...
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• Giants notes: An encouraging day for Vogelsong, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Ryan Vogelsong played catch Monday for the first time since surgery, but Bruce Bochy doesn't expect the right-hander back for at least a month.
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• Epic NLDS at-bat vs. Romo stays with Bruce
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants right-hander Sergio Romo has frequently cited how his 12-pitch encounter with Jay Bruce in Game 5 of last year's NLDS bolstered his confidence. What did it do for...
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• Vogelsong clears hurdle with first throwing session
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Ryan Vogelsong began a new phase Monday in his recovery from a fractured right pinkie by throwing for the first time since sustaining the injury on May 20.
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• Giants-Reds Preview
  From the Web › ESPN
  ESPN Video: The Giants face the Reds on Monday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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• Giants lineup: Belt, Blanco return
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  After two straight days facing southpaws, the Giants are going up against Bronson Arroyo, meaning starts for Brandon Belt and Gregor Blanco.
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• Vogelsong has no issues while playing catch for first time, ready for next step
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Ryan Vogelsong, sidelined since breaking his pinkie on May 20, played catch for the first time since having surgery. Vogelsong said he didn't feel any pain or irritation...
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• S.F. Giants: Ryan Vogelsong takes next step in recovery
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Sidelined since May 20, San Francisco Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong starts playing catch
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• Reigning NL MVP Posey earns Player of Week honors
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants catcher Buster Posey is putting up MVP-caliber offensive numbers again, and his recent efforts earned him National League Player of the Week honors for the first...
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• UPDATE: SF Giants' Vogelsong after playing catch: 'This this is a good day for me'
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  UPDATE: 1:30 p.m.: Ryan Vogelsong, who broke his hand when he was hit by a pitch May 20, just played a 5-minute game of catch with head athletic trainer on the field at...
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• Monday's Giants/Reds lineups and a big step for Ryan Vogelsong
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  It's raining at Great American Ball Park, but that hasn't stopped Ryan Vogelsong from airing it out a bit in left field with trainer Dave Groeschner. Last I checked, a...
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• No one got a leg up on Marichal or Spahn
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn had distinctive high leg kicks.
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• Marichal-Spahn epic duel was 50 years ago
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  On July 2, 1963, the San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal beat the Milwaukee Braves and Warren Spahn 1-0 in a 16-inning pitchers' duel at Candlestick Park.
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• Pitch counts? Not in Marichal-Spahn Era
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Juan Marichal says, 'You're not going to have a strong arm if you don't throw.'
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• Extra Baggs: All-Star spot might come down to Bum vs. Romo, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  There are plenty of variables, but there's a chance Bruce Bochy will have to decide between his ace and his closer for the final All-Star roster spot.
  Share • June 30, 2013 at 10:40 PM
• Giants-Rockies Preview
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The Colorado Rockies' Michael Cuddyer will seek to extend hisfranchise-record hit streak by adding to Madison Bumgarner's recentstruggles at Coors Field.
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• Cuddyer extends hitting streak to 27
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Madison Bumgarner gave the San Francisco Giants a much-neededlift.
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• Not all was forgettable about Giants' June swoon
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants had a June to forget, but at least Bruce Bochy can rest easy knowing two of his horses have rediscovered their dominance.
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• June aside, it's not about the hitting for SF Giants, plus a word on Posey
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  The big topic after the Giants won 5-2 Sunday to end their six-game losing streak will center on the offense, which is natural since THEY SCORED FIVE RUNS! But that is...
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• Giants-Reds Preview
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The San Francisco Giants' run to last year's World Series titlenearly ended in the division series until they swept their roadgames against the Cincinnati Reds.
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• Rangers, Giants, D-Backs among teams interested in Alex Rios
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  With the White Sox bringing up the rear in the AL Central, they are expected to make a plethora of players available over the next month leading up to the July 31...
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• POSTGAME NOTES: Giants win for first time in eight days, jump right back into the race
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  This rough stretch can be summed up in part by looking at Sergio Romo's game log. Romo made 15 appearances in April, saving 10 games. He took the mound just 10 times in...
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• Giants, Reds set for first clash since playoffs
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The last time the Reds and Giants met, San Francisco ended Cincinnati's season in last year's National League Division Series. The two teams open a four-game series on...
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• Instant Replay: Giants avoid sweep with 5-2 win in Denver
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants' bats came alive in time to avoid a sweep, as Hunter Pence and Buster Posey went deep to back a strong start from Madison Bumgarner.
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• Cuddyer streak at 27 but Rockies fall to Giants
  From the Web › ESPN
  Madison Bumgarner scattered four hits over seven innings, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer and the San Francisco Giants ended their longest losing streak in three years...
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• Cuddyer extends hitting streak to 27 games
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Michael Cuddyer has extended his hitting streak to 27 games withan RBI single in the eighth inning Sunday of the Colorado Rockies'game against the San Francisco...
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• Giants 5, Rockies 2
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Madison Bumgarner scattered four hits over seven innings, HunterPence hit a two-run homer and the San Francisco Giants ended theirlongest losing streak in three years...
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• Giants snap losing streak at six behind Bumgarner
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Madison Bumgarner allowed one run on four hits in seven strong innings and Buster Posey and Hunter Pence backed him with long balls to lead the Giants to a 5-2 win...
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• Michael Cuddyer extends hitting streak to 27 games
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Down to his last at-bat in this afternoon's game against the Giants, Michael Cuddyer extended his club record hitting streak to 27 games and his club record on-base...
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• Hunter Pence, Buster Posey homer in SF Giants' streak-busting win
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  By Henry Schulman Denver – On an overcast Sunday afternoon a mile above sea level, the Giants got to enjoy facets of this sport that they once took for granted:...
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