SAN FRANCISCO -- Unable to produce a clutch hit, the San Francisco Giants still
found a way to win.
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walked Marco Scutaro with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the
ninth, handing the Giants a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday
night. The Giants squandered numerous opportunities early in the game, going 0
for 10 with runners in scoring position, but they tied it in the eighth inning
on a sacrifice fly in foul territory and used two walks and a hit batsman to win
it. "We have been on the other end of these games," manager Bruce Bochy said.
"You take it any way you can get it. This was a good one." Roger Kieschnick
started the winning rally with a one-out single against Franklin Morales (2-1)
for his third hit of the game. The Giants loaded the bases with two outs when
Morales walked Andres Torres and hit pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez on the left
wrist. "We started out the inning in pretty good shape and then seemingly in a
matter of about seven or eight pitches it looked like Franklin lost the strike
zone a little bit and leaves us in a tough spot with two outs," Red Sox manager
John Farrell said. With Brandon Workman having pitched the past two days,
Farrell gave Villarreal his first appearance with the Red Sox. Villarreal was
acquired in a deal last month from Detroit and called up from Triple-A Pawtucket
on Monday. He made a poor first impression, throwing four straight balls to
Scutaro. Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens told Scutaro that Villarreal had
control problems before the at-bat and that proved true. Villarreal has walked
nine of 29 batters he has faced this season, including two with the bases
loaded. "When he told me that, I wanted to make sure I looked for my pitch and
not be too aggressive," Scutaro said. He did just that, giving the defending
World Series champion Giants a rare reason to celebrate. "Its nice to win one
like this because we have been on the other side of them," said starter Ryan
Vogelsong, who allowed two runs in seven innings. "When you play a tough game
like that and things arent going your way ... its good to come out on the
winning end of it." The Red Sox couldnt hold a 2-0 lead and lost for the fifth
time in seven games to fall percentage points behind Tampa Bay for the lead in
the AL East. Sergio Romo (4-6) pitched a perfect ninth for the win. After twice
failing to get a runner in from third with no outs, the Giants finally delivered
in the eighth inning to tie the game. Scutaro reached on a one-out single and
went to third on Brandon Belts single against Junichi Tazawa. Buster Posey then
hit a high fly down the right-field line that Shane Victorino caught in foul
territory. Scutaro scored easily on the sacrifice fly but Tazawa escaped without
any further damage to keep the score tied at 2. "No second-guessing guys. I let
that ball fall and he hits a three-run homer then what are you guys going to
say?" Victorino said. "When I was on the move over there I told myself catch the
ball and try and get in the best position I could to make the throw." Victorino
helped give Boston the lead when he hit a rare right-handed homer off a righty
pitcher. The switch-hitting Victorino is unable to bat left-handed because of an
injured left leg. But that did not bother him when he led off the third inning
with a drive to left that made it 2-0. It was just the second time Victorino had
hit a right-handed homer against a righty in his career, also doing it against
knuckleballer R.A. Dickey on Sept. 24, 2010, according to STATS LLC. It looked
as if that 2-0 lead would stand up when Jake Peavy escaped jams in the fourth
and fifth innings. Belt, who had three hits, was stranded after a leadoff triple
in the fourth when Posey grounded out and Peavy struck out Hunter Pence and
Brandon Crawford. The Giants scored their first run of the series when
Kieschnick led off the fifth with a single and scored on Joaquin Arias triple.
But San Francisco couldnt get the equalizer when Vogelsong, Gregor Blanco and
Scutaro followed with groundouts. NOTES: SS Xander Bogaerts (20 years, 323 days)
became the youngest position player to appear in a game for Boston since Dwight
Evans (20, 318) in 1972. He went 0 for 3 and stranded five runners. ... San
Francisco 3B Pablo Sandoval was scratched because of a sore back. ... Boston RHP
Clay Buchholz (neck and shoulder) threw 46 pitches in a simulated game and is
set to make a rehab start Sunday. Farrell said he would like Buchholz to get
three rehab starts but he might only get two depending on the minor league
schedule. ... LHP Barry Zito (4-8) makes his first start of the month for the
Giants in the series finale Wednesday after Chad Gaudin was placed on the DL.
Felix Doubront (8-6) goes for Boston.
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scored a 22 points for Kentucky (6-1), which has won four in a row following a
Nov. 12 loss to current No. 1 Michigan State. Julius Randle overcame a scoreless
first half and added his sixth double-double in as many games with 14 points and
10 rebounds.
Jay Prosch Texans Jersey . Reigning world
champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer
Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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.com) - Christian Ponder will get another chance to prove himself for the
Minnesota Vikings, with head coach Leslie Frazier announcing Wednesday that the
struggling quarterback will start this weekends game against the Green Bay
Packers. TORONTO -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock rolled all four lines on
Tuesday night.He only really needed the top one, though.James van Riemsdyk
scored three goals, Tyler Bozak had four assists and Mitch Marner had a goal and
set up two more to help Toronto beat the Nashville Predators 6-2.Van Riemsdyk
added an assist, and now he, Bozak and Marner are 1-2-3 in scoring for Toronto
after combining for 11 points.Just the way we read off each other is getting
better every game, the three of us have pretty good hockey sense, said van
Riemsdyk, who leads the club with seven goals and 15 points in 16 games.I think
the puck was following us as a line and I was fortunate for the bounces.Leo
Komarov and William Nylander also scored to help Toronto improve to 6-2-0 at
home.James Neal and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Predators, who had their
three-game winning streak halted.Frederik Andersen made 32 saves for Toronto,
and Marek Mazanec stopped 26-of-32 shots for Nashville.Marner got it going with
his sixth of the season, fighting off a check behind the net before curling out
from the corner and beating a screened Mazanec 1:04 into the game.The
19-year-old rookie, listed at six-feet and 170 pounds, isnt surprising his
linemates with what he can do physically on the ice. He also has 15 points in 16
contests.You know how good he is on his edges, you see it in practice, when he
does it in games it doesnt surprise you, van Riemsdyk said. Hes good with his
body position to come up with pucks and obviously hes got a good stick, too.Hes
tenacious and doesnt back down from going into dirty areas.Van Riemsdyk scored
13 minutes later by carrying the puck aacross the blue line and beating Mazanec
glove side with a snap shot.
Whitney Mercilus Texans Jersey. eal scored
nearly four minutes later off a cross-crease pass from Ryan Johansen, but van
Riemsdyk restored the two-goal lead 7:52 into the second period. Bozak threw the
puck toward the net from the corner and van Riemsdyk beat his man to deflect the
puck over Mazanecs leg.Arvidsson, denied by Andersen on a great chance in the
first period, finally finished one of his many opportunities with 3:51 left in
the second, beating Andersen low glove side on a breakaway.Komarov scored 7:18
into the third by tipping Martin Marincins point shot, then van Riemsdyk capped
his hat trick with a shot off a faceoff with 6:22 left. Nylander fired in his
goal about two minutes later.Despite a lopsided score, Nashville coach Peter
Laviolette thought his team deserved better.They got a quick one right off the
bat, they got another one. I thought we had lots of chances to score goals, he
said. They had a couple goals that were seeing-eye goals.We took as many
attempts if not more but it didnt find its way through. They capitalized on
their opportunities.Game notes F Peter Holland and D Connor Carrick and Frank
Corrado were scratches for the Leafs. ... Nashville G Pekka Rinne is day to day
with a lower-body injury. ... Mazanec made his second start of the season after
he was recalled from Milwaukee of the AHL on Monday.UP NEXTPredators: At Ottawa
on Thursday night in the middle game of a three-game trip.Maple Leafs: Host
Florida on Thursday night.
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