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Renteria's slam helps Giants sweep Rockies, move into NL wild-card tie

Associated Press

Sunday, August 30, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO -- Edgar Renteria spoke up in a team meeting Tuesday and told his San Francisco teammates to forget a heartbreaking 14-inning loss at Colorado the night before that ended on a grand slam. "I told them, 'Play ball,'" Renteria recalled. He's sure doing so, and is a key reason the Giants are right back in the thick of things alongside the Rockies. Renteria hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning and the Giants pulled even in the NL wild-card race with Colorado, beating th ...

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