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 Petit (4-3), making his first start in place of Tim Lincecum in
the rotation, allowed one run and four hits in six innings. The
right-hander broke the previous record of 45 retired in order set by
the Chicago White Sox's Mark Buehrle in 2009 before the string was
snapped at 46 on pitcher Jordan Lyles' double with two out in the
third.
Gregor Blanco hit a two-run homer, Andrew Susac and Hunter Pence
added RBIs and Angel Pagan recorded three hits as the Giants
increased their lead for the National League's second wild card spot
to two games and climbed to within 4 1/2 of Los Angeles in the West.
Jean Machi and Sergio Romo each pitched an inning before Santiago
Casilla worked around a lead-off walk in the ninth to record his
12th save - and 11th in 12 chances since becoming the full-time
closer last month.
Charlie Blackmon followed Lyles' two-base hit with an RBI single as
Colorado fell to 3-17 on the road since the All-Star break while
dropping to a major league-worse 19-47 away from home. Lyles (6-2)
had his seven-start unbeaten streak snapped after yielding three
runs, four hits and three walks in six innings.
San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval singled to start the second and one
batter later, Blanco crushed a 2-1 slider out to right for his third
of the season. The Giants loaded the bases with one out in the sixth
on a single and a pair of walks before Pence lifted a sacrifice fly,
and Susac delivered an RBI single in the eighth.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Colorado 1B Justin Morneau (.314, 14 home runs, 69 RBIs)
was claimed off the waiver wire by Milwaukee, but the two teams
reportedly could not agree on a deal. ... San Francisco starting
pitchers posted a 0.90 ERA in the four-game series with 35 strikeouts in
30 innings. ... Rockies C Jackson Williams recorded his first
major-league hit in his second career at-bat - a single to center with
one out in the fifth - before being stranded.
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