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PHOENIX -- After missing more than half the season, Angel Pagan gave the San Francisco Giants a much-needed spark Friday night. Harmon Killebrew Jersey . Pagan opened the game with a double, went to third on a bunt and raced home when Brandon Belt hit a sacrifice fly in a 1-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was Pagans first game back from the disabled list after a left hamstring injury sidelined him for 82 games. "All that work we put in, all these weeks, it paid off," Pagan said. "Ive been waiting for this moment for so long. Im so happy to be back with the guys and help them any way I can." Tim Lincecum pitched six spotless innings and third baseman Pablo Sandoval saved San Francisco with a diving play behind the bag. Three relievers closed it out for the Giants, who handed Randall Delgado a hard-luck loss and won for the 10th time in their last 12 games at Chase Field. Pagans injury came after he galloped around the bases for a game-ending, inside-the-park homer in May. He was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list before Fridays game. "Good to have him back," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "It was a lift for the club. Although we got shut down with the bats, we did something we havent done a lot of and thats get an early run." Arizona loaded the bases against Lincecum in the sixth, and A.J. Pollock hit a sharp grounder past third. Sandoval had it played just right, though. He backhanded the ball as he hit the ground, got to his feet and threw to first for the third out. "That was a huge play. I got the contact I wanted out of that," Lincecum said. "It was just a well-placed ball and Pablo managed to be there and made a great, great play." Lincecum (8-13) allowed six hits and two walks while striking out two. Javier Lopez pitched the seventh, Santiago Casilla worked the eighth and Sergio Romo got three outs for his 33rd save. Romo has a 20-inning scoreless streak at Chase Field, and his 23 consecutive scoreless appearances there mark the longest such streak for any visiting pitcher at any ballpark dating to 1921, according to STATS. Delgado (4-5) gave up only three hits over seven innings. "He threw like Randall can throw. Great control, had them off balance and his location was pretty (darn) good," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. "He certainly pitched good enough to win. Youve got to win them." The Diamondbacks loaded the bases on two hits and a walk in the sixth, the only inning in which Lincecum got in trouble. But he struck out Miguel Montero for the second out before Sandovals defensive gem. "With what was on the line, bases loaded, that gets down the line and youre looking at a crooked number," Bochy said. "Thats what defence can do for you. It can win ballgames, and thats whats gotten away from us at times." The second-place Diamondbacks fell 10 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. "Panda made a good play on Pollock," Gibson said. "If you want to win those games you have to have better at-bats. Thats all there is to it." NOTES: Three days after designating OF Jason Kubel for assignment, the Diamondbacks traded him to Cleveland for a player to be named or cash. ... The Diamondbacks will hold their second annual alumni game following Saturday nights game against the Giants. Players returning include Luis Gonzalez, Erubiel Durazo, Reggie Sanders, Mark Grace, Greg Swindell and Brandon Webb. ... To make room for Pagan, the Giants optioned OF Francisco Peguero to Triple-A Fresno and transferred OF Andres Torres from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL. ... Play was held up briefly so groundskeepers could work on the mound before Lincecum delivered a pitch in the sixth. Kirby Puckett Jersey . 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The Rangers and Rays have identical 83-69 records, putting them just a half-game ahead of the Cleveland Indians in the wild card race. Baltimore is one game ahead of Kansas City in the race as well. Though the Royals have alternated wins and losses over their last seven, they have gone 11-6 in September and have not lost two in a row since Aug. 30-31. They kept that streak intact by winning the rubber match of a three-game set with the Indians on Wednesday. "Every game is a must win," said starter Bruce Chen after the Royals 7-2 victory, which came a day after the club squandered a 3-0 lead in Tuesdays loss. Kansas Citys 42 wins at home this season are the most for the franchise since 2000 and this series marks the final one at home for the Royals this regular season. Texas, meanwhile, entered a four-game set with Tampa Bay even with the club atop the wild card standings and a split of the set by the clubs kept them right where they started. The Rangers will take it as a loss in Mondays opener pushed their losing streak to seven straight before they took two of the next three. They secured the ssplit with Thursdays 8-2 win. Paul Molitor Twins Jersey. "Were playing better baseball," said Texas Elvis Andrus, who drove in three runs on Thursday. "Thats how were looking right now. You can see how everything is starting to fall on track." Texas is on the road for the final time this regular season and has a favorable homestand to end the campaign, with seven straight against the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Martin Perez will try to pitch the Rangers to a win tonight and avoid a personal third straight setback. Perez has allowed seven runs over back-to-back losses after pitching to a 2.76 earned run average in winning six straight starts. He let up three runs in Sundays 5-1 decision versus Oakland over 6 1/3 innings. The As swept that three-game set and currently lead the Rangers by 6 1/2 games for first place in the AL West. The 22-year-old lefty faces the Royals for the first time and will be opposed by Ervin Santana tonight. Santana is 9-9 with a 3.23 ERA in 30 starts this season, his first with the Royals after beginning his career with eight seasons as a member of the Angels. The right-hander picked up his first victory since Aug. 4 last time out, besting Detroit 1-0 on Saturday. Santana gave up five hits and one walks over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, snapping a seven-start winless streak that saw him go 0-3 with a 4.76 ERA. Santana, 30, is 13-11 with a 5.79 ERA in 28 career meetings with Texas. The Rangers took two of three from the Royals at home on May 31-June 2 and have won seven of the last 10 meetings. They went 5-2 in Kansas City last year. Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
