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Giants hold off Rockies, move within one game of NL wild card

Associated Press

Saturday, August 29, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO -- Something about the heat of a wild card race has Barry Zito looking a lot like a Cy Young Award winner. Zito carried a shutout into the ninth inning, Pablo Sandoval homered and the San Francisco Giants got within a game of the Colorado Rockies for the NL wild card by beating them 5-3 Saturday night. "Since the All-Star break I don't know who's been better," Giants' manager Bruce Bochy said. "This guy can pitch. He has a history of being an outstanding pitcher and he's showin ...

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