Wednesday nights game was a must win for the Giants who are warming up to play a series against NL west rivals Dodgers on Friday. Starting pitcher Vogelsong did all you can ask pitching through 6 and 2/3 innings allowing only 2 hits, 5 walks, and collecting 3 strike outs along the way, San Francisco starting pitching staying hot of late. The game was scoreless into the bottom of the 7th, a walk of Hunter Pence started the surge, followed by a Gregor Blanco hit down the right field line and Pence scored all the way from first due to some clumsy fielding. Duffy hits a double and Blanco scores, Brandon Crawford scored on a wild pitch and Pagan added a sac fly to that four run surge in the 7th.
In the Panda watch he was hit by a pitch in the 2nd, and hit a double in the 8th leading to a Panda run to bring it to 5 runs for the Giants.
The Giants bullpen did not allow a hit or a walk, Machi picked up the win though only had to get one out to grab it, Affelt pitched an inning getting one strikeout, Romo finished it off with a ground out and two strikeouts.
The Giants are looking hot, even in a game that had been an all out pitching duel into the 7th, their hitting once again got hot at the right time and they scored more than enough runs to win the game.
Tonight they look to sweep Arizona and keep the bats hot as they prepare to face off against a very hot Los Angeles Dodgers team who are 7-3 in their last 10 games. Giants are sitting 2.5 games behind their Division rival, they could use a sweep tonight and to win the series against the Dodgers as they only have 17 games left in their season.
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