Cliff Lee shut down the Giants once again with eight strong innings, Michael Young hit a two-run double among his three hits, and the Philadelphia Phillies stopped San Francisco’s season-best six-game winning streak with a 6-2 victory Monday night.
Domonic Brown hit a solo home run and Delmon Young and Jimmy Rollins each added sacrifice flies as the Phillies began a seven-game trip.
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Matt Cain continued to show why he’s the highest-paid right-handed pitcher in history on Wednesday. Unfortunately for Cain, nine shutout innings were not enough for the righty to earn a win. But thanks to the heroics of Melky Cabrera, the Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 in 11 innings at AT&T Park.Cabrera’s single in the 11th drove in Brandon Belt, who didn’t start but came in on a double switch in the 10th.
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A little of this, and a lot of that ...
- Did the Raiders really total a whole 179 yards Sunday at Candlestick Park? Did Jason Campbell actually go 8 of 21 passing for a 10.7 QB rating against a winless team? Was JaMarcus Russell laughing so hard in the fourth quarter that he fell off the mattress of money he was laying on? Did he land right on the dessert table he keeps beside it? Ummm ... yes, yes, yes and probably.
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