Giants' Zito records first win against former team

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06/13/2010 - San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Juan Uribe drove in a pair of runs to help the San Francisco Giants take a 5-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics in the middle installment of a three-game interleague set at AT&T Park.

Pablo Sandoval hit a solo homer and scored twice for the Giants, who have won the first two games of this series. Andres Torres and Aubrey Huff each drove in a run and scored a run for the victors.

Barry Zito (7-2) gave up two runs on six hits in seven innings to pick up the win. Zito, who won a Cy Young Award while pitching the first seven years of his career with the A's, fanned six batters and walked two to improve to 1-4 lifetime against his former club.

Matt Carson and Adam Rosales each hit solo homers for the Athletics, who got three hits, an RBI, and run scored from Kevin Kouzmanoff.

Ben Sheets (2-6) allowed five runs -- three earned -- on eight hits in a six- inning start. He has lost three straight outings and hasn't won since May 8 against Tampa Bay.

Trailing 5-2, Oakland scored twice in the eighth to make things interesting. Guillermo Mota started the inning on the hill for San Francisco and walked Mark Ellis, who scored on Kouzmanoff's double. Jack Cust then walked before Santiago Casilla came in from the bullpen. The runners advanced a base on a wild pitch. Pinch-hitter Ryan Sweeney walked to load the bases with one out.

Jeremy Affeldt then took over on the mound and walked pinch-hitter Gabe Gross to force in a run. Brian Wilson came on and retired the next two batters he faced to keep the Giants ahead.

Wilson put runners on the corners with two outs in the ninth, but got Landon Powell to ground out for his 17th save of the season.

The Giants scored a run in the first on Uribe's RBI single. Torres led off with a double and scored three batters later on Uribe's hit up the middle.

Carson's first homer of the year tied the game in the top of the second, but San Francisco plated a run in the home half to go back in front. Sandoval walked, moved to second on Sheet's errant pickoff throw, and scored on Torres' base hit.

The Giants added two runs in the third to build a 4-1 lead. Freddy Sanchez reached first on Cliff Pennington's fielding error and crossed the plate on Huff's triple. Uribe followed with an RBI single.

Sandoval's solo shot to left-center in the sixth made it 5-1. However, pinch- hitter Rosales hit a solo homer of his own in the seventh to cut the gap to three.

Game Notes

Oakland swept a three-game set from the Giants earlier in the year after San Fran won five of the six meetings a year ago...Kouzmanoff extended his hitting streak to 13 games...Zito won for the first time since May 16 versus Houston...San Francisco catcher Buster Posey went 0-for-4 to see his 10-game hitting streak come to an end.

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El Duque expected to throw Tuesday

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets pitcher Orlando Hernandez, sidelined at spring training because of arthritis in his neck, is expected to resume throwing on Tuesday.

Hernandez received a cortisone shot Thursday after leaving camp and returning to New York to have his neck examined. The 41-year-old right-hander is penciled in as the team's No. 2 starter behind Tom Glavine.

El Duque's health is a major issue for the Mets, who won the NL East in 2007 and came within one victory of the World Series. Their aging and unsettled rotation is a big question mark this year.

MySportsbook.com has the Mets as -110 favorites to repeat as NL East champions odds. 

Hernandez went 11-11 with a 4.66 ERA last season, including 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 20 starts after the Mets acquired him from Arizona in late May. But he missed the playoffs because of a torn calf muscle.

New York already is without Pedro Martinez, out until at least midseason following rotator cuff surgery. Among those competing for starting jobs are prospects Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber and Jason Vargas, plus veterans Chan Ho Park, Jorge Sosa and Aaron Sele.

Notes: Mets manager Willie Randolph is excited about two new utility players he could have on his bench: Damion Easley and David Newhan. ''Their value is really all over the place,'' Randolph said. Easley can play anywhere in the infield and could be used as an emergency outfielder, though Randolph said he would prefer to keep the veteran in the infield. Newhan, meanwhile, can play second base, third or any outfield position for the Mets. ''I love versatility,'' Randolph said. ''I love guys that can give me options when I need them to step in.''

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