Giants rally in 10th to stun Padres

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06/01/2008 - San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jose Castillo's infield single, helped by a fielding gaffe, capped a three-run bottom of the 10th inning, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres, 4-3, to avoid a three-game sweep.

Fred Lewis had a pinch-hit triple off the right field wall in the bottom of the 10th to tie the game and Tim Lincecum threw seven-plus strong innings, allowing just one run on four hits for the Giants, who have won seven of their last 11 games.

Alex Hinshaw (1-0) picked up his first major league win despite giving up a two-run homer to Adrian Gonzalez in the top of the 10th.

Randy Wolf lasted six innings, also allowing one run on four hits in what was a pitchers' duel for the first nine innings. Trevor Hoffman (0-4) absorbed the loss for San Diego, allowing three runs on four hits in just a third of an inning. The loss snapped a season-long three game win streak for San Diego.

Jody Gerut singled to start the top of the 10th, and with two outs, Gonzalez took a Hinshaw pitch to straightaway center for his 16th homer of the season.

The Giants responded in the bottom of the 10th with singles by Ray Durham and Brian Horwitz to begin the inning. Omar Vizquel put down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners into scoring position for Lewis, who took a Hoffman pitch off the top of the right field wall for a triple to tie the game again.

Hoffman intentionally walked Randy Winn to get to Castillo with men on the corners. Castillo hit a grounder to Edgar Gonzalez at shortstop. Gonzalez fielded the ball cleanly but froze, looking to throw home before realizing he needed to turn a double-play to extend the game. Instead, the ball remained in his glove as Lewis scored the winning run.

Each team registered three singles in the first five innings with only the Padres advancing a runner into scoring position in that span.

Paul McAnulty walked to begin the third and advanced to second on a Wolf sacrifice bunt. But Lincecum got Gerut and Tadahito Iguchi both to fly out to end the inning.

Aaron Rowand walked to begin the bottom of the fourth but was caught stealing second for the first out of the inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, however, Rowand got his revenge with a two-out homer to break the ice.

In the eighth the Padres had men on first and second with no outs after a Gerut walk and an Iguchi single to chase Lincecum from the game. Jack Taschner came in and struck out Brian Giles before allowing a double-steal and intentionally walking Adrian Gonzalez to load the bases.

Taschner was relieved by Tyler Walker, who walked Kevin Kouzmanoff to force Gerut home and tie the game. A Michael Barrett ground ball double-play got San Francisco out of the jam.

Game Notes

San Diego announced on Sunday that Mark Prior will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery this coming week...Adrian Gonzalez's homer was his fifth in his last 11 games...San Francisco snapped a seven-game home losing streak and avoided being swept for a fifth time this season...Iguchi has not committed an error this season.

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