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May 30 '18
SAN DIEGO -- As much as the San Francisco Giants have been through since the All-Star break, with all the blown leads and the offensive struggles, it would have been gut-wrenching if they hadnt pulled out a victory the way they did Saturday night against the lowly San Diego Padres. Scontate Air Max 98 Gundam Bianco/Rosso-Obsidian-Metallic Argento-Game Regio-Nero .The Giants blew a six-run lead before scoring three times in the 10th inning, including a two-run home run by Denard Span, to beat the San Diego Padres 9-6 and pull even with the New York Mets atop the NL wild-card standings.Youre proud of the guys, manager Bruce Bochy said.You give up a six- run lead and they come back and tie it, thats tough to take, especially in our situation. Theyre all must-wins. Youve got your guy out there and couldnt hold on. That can be so frustrating.The Giants, who had given Madison Bumgarner a 6-0 lead before the left-hander allowed three home runs, pulled into a wild-card tie with the Mets, who lost 10-8 to the Philadelphia Phillies. The St. Louis Cardinals are a half-game back after beating the Chicago Cubs 10-4.Angel Pagan started the winning rally for the Giants when he singled to center off Kevin Quackenbush (7-7) leading off the 10th. Ehire Adrianza sacrificed him before Kelby Tomlinson singled to right. Renfroe booted the ball, allowing Pagan to score. Span followed with his 11th homer.Will Smith (2-4) pitched one-third of an inning for the win. Sergio Romo came on with a runner on first and no outs in the 10th. He struck out rookie Manuel Margot and allowed Alexi Amaristas single before Wil Myers grounded into a game-ending double play for his third save.Bumgarner allowed five runs and four hits in six innings, struck out five and walked one. He also doubled twice and scored one run.Man, thats a tough one, Bumgarner said. I was thinking, thats the best I felt all year, by far, best stuff, best command, everything was there, good as I could hope for it to be. Just kind of a weird one.It was a really big win for us.Bumgarners strikeout of Jon Jay in the fourth inning marked his 245th this season, surpassing Cy Seymours 118-year-old franchise single-season record for a left-hander.Thats not what Im here for, but its pretty special to get the opportunity to do that, he said.He didnt make many mistakes, whatd he give up, four hits, three of them home runs? Bochy said. It looked like the same pitch on all of them. He didnt quite get where he wanted, but they took advantage of it. But he was throwing well, four hits, thats a pretty good outing, except for three of them left the park.The Giants staked Bumgarner to a 6-0 lead before he allowed the first Padres hit, Renfroes first career home run, with two outs in the fourth.The Padres continued to claw back on Derek Norris two-run homer in the fifth, his 14th, and Adam Rosales two-run shot with two outs in the sixth, his 12th, that cut the Giants lead to 6-5.San Diego tied the franchise record of 172 home runs (1972).Hunter Strickland came on and blew the save when rookie Manuel Margot singled to center for his first big league hit and RBI.Down 6-0 off Madison Bumgarner, you usually lose that baseball game, Padres manager Andy Green said. Probably about every time in his career theyve probably held on and won that baseball game. We were right there on the cusp of winning it. We had every chance to and our guys fought hard. The fight was really good. You obviously want to come out on top.Yangervis Solarte, who returned to the Padres a week after his wife, Yuliett, 31, died of cancer, started the seventh-inning rally with a pinch single with two outs. He pointed to the sky after rounding first. Solarte advanced on a wild pitch and was replaced by pinch-runner Travis Jankowski, who then scored the tying run on Margots single. Margots hit came two pitches after a foul ball bounced off the ground and hit him in the forehead.Padres starter Jarred Cosart left with right elbow inflammation after allowing three runs on three hits and two walks in the first inning. Joe Panik hit a two-run single and Pagan had an RBI base hit.Jose Dominguez then gave up three runs in the fourth, on three hits and a walk.Nunez, the Giants third baseman, made a terrific play in the second. Catcher Buster Posey lost rookie Carlos Asuajes pop foul in the lights. Nunez saw his catcher in trouble and came racing in to make the catch, with his momentum carrying him into the net behind the plate.That was really fun to see our team fight like that, Nunez said. That was a big, huge win today.UP NEXTGiants: Rookie Ty Blach (0-0, 0.00) will make his first career start on Sunday in place of Johnny Cueto, who left his start Tuesday night with a strained groin.Padres: LHP Clayton Richard (3-3, 2.98) is scheduled to make his eighth start for San Diego and 35th overall. Scontate Air Max 98 Gym Rosso . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.Scontate Sean Wotherspoon x Air Max 97/1 Hybrid LT Blu FURY/LEMON WASH . The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., captured a World Cup downhill event Saturday, his second this year and fifth career victory on the circuit. http:///...regio-blu-rosso.html . 31, the CFL club announced Monday. The team also has yet to decide on the future of Doug Berry, who began the season as a consultant to the head coach but took over the offensive co-ordinators duties in July. TORONTO -- In the blink of an eye, World Cup of Hockey enemies will once again become National Hockey League teammates. And players who stood shoulder to shoulder sporting their nations jersey in the tournament -- or in the case of Team North America and Team Europe, simply sporting matching jerseys -- will soon square off against those tournament teammates with valuable regular-season points on the line.Funny how that works.But as Canada celebrates the continuation of its historic domination of the sport after sweeping Team Europe in the best-of-three World Cup finals, winning their 16th consecutive game in best-on-best tournaments, we examined which players might use the World Cup as a springboard to greatness in the NHL -- or, conversely, which players are hoping to forget their forgettable performances in Toronto and start with a clean slate on their NHL clubs.You could argue that Brad Marchand was going to get paid regardless. But theres little doubt that his superlative performance playing alongside Sidney Crosby and?Boston Bruins?teammate Patrice Bergeron was a catalyst to his eight-year, $49 million contract extension?with the Bruins. Marchand finished second in the tournament in scoring, and if the Bruins are going to arrest a two-year playoff slide, Marchand will need to be a key part of that renaissance. And while were at it, theres no reason to believe that Bergeron, third in tournament scoring and likely the second-best player on Team Canada behind Crosby, wont hit the ground running in Boston. Look out, Atlantic Division.Remember last year when Crosby had five points in October? Remember how some people wrote him off? Ha-ha. That was funny. Now the World Cup of Hockey MVP and leading scorer in the tournament will return to the?Pittsburgh Penguins?in midseason form after leading the World Cup in scoring and continuing his playoff-MVP level of play. Look out, world.There is no shortage of questions facing the Detroit Red Wings this season as they move on without Pavel Datsyuk and harbor concerns about?Henrik Zetterbergs durability. But GM Ken Holland has to be thrilled with the play of a couple of members of Team Europe. Frans Nielsen, signed as a free agent by Detroit during the offseason, earned much praise for his two-way game during the World Cup. And Tomas Tatar delivered a team-best three goals, including two in the Europeans overtime win over Sweden in the semifinals. Both players are crucial to the Red Wings ability to keep their monumental playoff streak alive next spring. They have qualified for the playoffs in 25 consecutive seasons.There were so many impressive players on Team North America, but?Philadelphia Flyers?fans had to be pleased to see rookie of the year nominee Shayne Gostisbehere get off to a good start at the World Cup. ?His play was impressive, especially after Aaron Ekblad left the tournament with a concussion, and Gostisbehere (four assists) tied for the points lead among defensemen at the tournament.On the other side of the coin, the tournament wasnt particularly kind to anyone on Team USA, as the Americans went 0-3. Scontate Air Max 270 Fluorescent Verde/Volt/Bianco/Nero. But?Los Angeles Kings?GM Dean Lombardi has to hope Jonathan Quick is more like the Jonathan Quick of the first pretournament game against Canada and not the Quick who turned in a 3.56 GAA and .863 save percentage in two starts during round-robin play.The Kings will also be without veteran winger Marian Gaborik, who was injured in Team Europes overtime win over Sweden in the semifinals. Gaborik may miss two months with an injury to his right foot -- which is not good news for a Kings team that appears to be entering a period of decline.Back to Detroit for a moment. Nielsen and Tatar were standouts, but the same cant be said for the perpetually underachieving Thomas Vanek, who had just one assist.Patrick Kane was another disappointing part of Team USA. The Hart Trophy winner failed to score and finished with a minus-4 rating, but we doubt itll take long for him to reconnect with linemates Artem Anisimov and Artemi Panarin, whose Russian squad was dumped in the semifinal by Canada. The pair combined for one goal for Russia, and all three will be looking forward to getting back in a groove in Chicago.Pekka Rinne played in only one game for Finland in the World Cup, a humbling 4-1 loss to speedy Team North America in which Rinne faced 43 shots. Tuukka Rask took over for the final two games, but if the Nashville Predators were hoping that Rinne would use the tournament as a springboard to midseason form, it didnt happen.Speaking of the Finns ... they had a pretty ugly tournament, scoring just one goal in three games. But that said, we were impressed with youngster?Sebastian Aho, and we know that?Carolina Hurricanes?GM Ron Francis is looking forward to seeing how Aho fits in with the Canes. And of course Patrik Laine was a physical presence, even if he did not record a point, and will step right into the?Winnipeg Jets?lineup.It was a bit of a challenge to get a handle on Jack Eichel with dynamic Team North America. The second overall 2015 draft pick had a goal and an assist, but he was overshadowed by Johnny Gaudreau, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. That might not be a bad thing, necessarily, but it will be interesting to see how Eichels season begins in Buffalo.And finally, how about the Tampa Bay Lightning, which led all teams with 12 players in the tournament? Will it hurt the Lightning, getting out of the blocks, having had so many key players -- not to mention coach Jon Cooper, who was an assistant with Team North America -- out of the loop at the World Cup of Hockey? Probably not. Having players play at such a high level early in the season cant be a bad thing. And you have to figure that this tournament will be a boon to a player like?Steven Stamkos, who struggled offensively in the tournament, scoring just once, and who missed all but one of Tampas playoff games with a blood clotting issue. 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