Stanton lifts Marlins past Giants
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Giancarlo Stanton cracked a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the 10th inning and the Miami Marlins edged the San Francisco Giants, 3-2, in the middle test of a three-game series at AT&T Park.
Stanton ended his night with three hits, Omar Infante knocked in a run and Gaby Sanchez also scored a run for the Marlins, who have taken the first two games of this series.
Steve Cishek (3-0) picked up the win with two scoreless innings, while Santiago Casilla (0-1) was saddled with the loss after giving up Stanton's homer.
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Gregor Blanco and Joaquin Arias knocked in runs for the Giants, who have dropped three of their last five contests.
Trailing 2-0 heading into their final at-bat, the Giants finally cracked the scoreboard with a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth. Brandon Belt started the inning against Heath Bell with a double into left-center and scored on a single down the right-field line by Arias to make it 2-1.
Buster Posey slapped a single to right as a pinch-hitter and Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen pulled Bell in favor of Cishek. After pinch-hitter Brett Pill fanned, Blanco dropped down a perfect safety-squeeze bunt which couldn't be handled by Cishek, allowing Arias to score the tying run.
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Earlier, Miami opened the scoring in its first at-bat. Emilio Bonifacio drew a one-out walk and moved to second on a single by Ramirez. Bonifacio then advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a fielder's choice groundout by Infante to give the Marlins the early lead.
The Marlins added a run in the second inning. Sanchez led off the frame with a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Marlins starter Carlos Zambrano. Jose Reyes then walked to put two runners on base and Sanchez scored on a fielding error by Arias to make it 2-0.
Brandon Belt beat out an infield single to start the San Francisco second and Brando Crawford reached on infield hit. A sacrifice bunt by Giants starter Barry Zito moved both runners up and Blanco walked to load the bases with two outs. Zambrano got Pagan to ground into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
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Game Notes
Pagan has hit safely in a career-high 16 games...Zambrano tossed seven shutout innings, giving up just five hits and three walks while fanning five...Zito gave up two runs -- one earned -- on two hits and seven walks...Sandoval left the game in the seventh inning...Bell gave up two runs on three hits in the ninth and his ERA increased to 11.74.