LOS ANGELES -- Sergio Romos reflexes gave him and the San Francisco Giants a
hard-earned save.
http://www.magliaacmilan.it/ . The Giants
held off the Los Angeles Dodgers for a 4-2 win on Friday night when pinch-hitter
Adrian Gonzalezs hard grounder went off Romos right foot. The ball bounced to
third baseman Joaquin Arias, who threw to first for the final out after the
Dodgers had runners on first and third with two outs. "Got a little scary there
the last couple innings," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "He got a break there
at the end with a kick save." Hunter Pence homered and scored twice and the
Giants got to Clayton Kershaw (14-9) with four consecutive singles -- the first
three with two strikes -- to start the seventh. "Its one of the toughest things
in baseball facing Kershaw on his way to probably getting the Cy Young," Bochy
said. "We strung together some good at-bats. Guys werent trying to do too much."
Mired in last place, the defending World Series champion Giants have been
reduced to playing out the string. "We do want to finish strong," Romo said.
"Theres a lot of pride here." Madison Bumgarner (12-9) allowed two runs and five
hits in six innings, extending his streak of allowing three earned runs or fewer
in each of his past 18 starts. The left-hander struck out six and walked two in
picking up his first win since Aug. 2, a span of seven starts. "When youre going
up against a guy like him (Kershaw), you got to try to at least keep it a tie,"
Bumgarner