sports.espn.go.com - 7/29/2009
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Velez's big night carries Giants past Pirates SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants finally got the power they've been seeking to shake up their offense. It just came from an unlikely source. Eugenio Velez , who was recalled from the minors a day earlier, homered for the first time in nearly ...
mysportsrumors.com - 7/29/2009
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mysportsrumors.com —
The San Francisco Giants are in the midst
of a playoff race and they’re going hard for...
that National League Wild Card . They’ve already made a trade for Cleveland Indians 1B/OF Ryan Garko . Now Fox Sports reports that they have a scout in Milwaukee watching players from the ...
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San Francisco Eyeing Wild Card
sbnation.com - 7/24/2009
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Transactions/Injuries/Suspensions October 10, 2008 Outrighted to Fresno (AAA).
October 1, 2008 Missed the last 123 regular season...
games (right elbow injury). August 14, 2008 Transferred from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL (right elbow injury). May 15, ...
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Merkin Valdez Profile, Blog Posts, Stats, Photos - San ...
nbcsports.msnbc.com - 7/29/2009
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -San Francisco Giants pitcher Randy
Johnson has a torn rotator cuff in his left...
throwing shoulder and won't be able to throw for at least three weeks. The 45-year-old Johnson hasn't played since injuring himself while batting during ...
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Giants' Randy Johnson has torn rotator cuff - Wire ...
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Wednesday Notes: I don't get it
North Side Notch —
... gets a little weird. Pirates pitchers walk, on average 3.15 batters per 9 IP at PNC Park. Now, on the road, the pitchers walk, on average, 4.06 batters per 9 IP. How the pitchers walk about 1 batter more per game is beyond me. Oh, and back to that ERA, the Pirates' away ERA is 5.20, almost 2 runs more per game than at home. I just don't get it. At home, batters hit .245 against our pitchers. On the road, they hit .286...oh, and they slug a whole .101 points higher. I have no idea... Giants 3, Pirates 2 Charlie Morton pitched well, as he gave up just 2 ER in 6 IP, but it wasn't ...
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NYT > Baseball 7/29/2009
Eugenio Velez homered in the second inning and had a tie-breaking RBI double in the sixth and the San Francisco Giants stayed hot at home with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
