Archive for August, 2006
Giants 8, Braves 6 (AP)
Giants manager Felipe Alou had no choice but to use Mike Stanton in the seventh inning. Stanton, the fifth San Francisco pitcher in the inning, struck out Adam LaRoche with the bases loaded to end the Atlanta Braves’ comeback and secure the Giants’ 8-6 win Thursday night. Alou wanted to save Stanton, a left-hander, for [...]
Posted: August 31st, 2006.
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Braves 5, Giants 3 (AP)
Adam LaRoche had three doubles, a triple and drove in three runs. Yet he really wanted to talk about a foul ball. LaRoche yanked a ball completely out of Turner Field in the eighth inning, the ball soaring over the roof of the third deck down the right-field line. It wasn’t close to being fair [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2006.
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