SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants have raced to the best record in the
majors with few contributions from two of their biggest stars.
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. Buster Posey and Matt Cain started to change that Friday night. Posey hit a
tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning for his first long ball in more
than a month, Cain made a successful return from the disabled list and the
Giants won for the eighth time in 10 games by beating the New York Mets 4-2.
"Hes a talented hitter," manager Bruce Bochy said of Posey. "We all have our ups
and downs. We talk about that all the time. He saw the ball well tonight." The
big blast off Carlos Torres (2-3) capped a three-hit day for Posey, who entered
the game with only four hits in his past 42 at-bats at home and no homers since
May 3. Angel Pagan started the rally with a leadoff walk against Torres and
advanced to second on a groundout. Posey followed with a long drive to
left-centre to snap a 93 at-bat homer drought as the Giants (40-21) became the
first team in the majors to reach 40 wins. "In that situation youre just trying
to get something you can stay in the middle of the field with and try to get
that run in from second," Posey said. "Fortunately I got a good pitch I could
handle and it went out." Jeremy Affeldt (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth on his
35th birthday to get the win. Sergio Romo got three outs for his 19th save in 21
chances. Daniel Murphy hit a two-run homer for the Mets, who lost their fourth
straight game. The bullpen has taken all four of the losses and has a major
league-worst 15 losses on the season. "He was the perfect guy," manager Terry
Collins said of Torres. "Hes had great numbers against the Giants. He doesnt
hardly walk anybody. Busters made a career of getting big hits." Cain allowed
two runs and three hits in seven innings in his first start back from a stint on
the disabled list for a strained right hamstring. But he got a no-decision and
still has only one win in nine starts in a rough season that has included two
trips to the disabled list. "We had the fastball working pretty well today,"
Cain said. "We were on both sides of the plate and tried to mix some off-speed
stuff after that. The big key today was getting the fastball over for strikes."
Cain was in complete control with a 1-0 lead having faced the minimum 18 batters
through six innings before the Mets quickly turned the tide in the seventh.
Matt den Dekker led off the inning with a double for New Yorks second hit of the
game and Murphy followed with his fourth home run of the season to put the Mets
ahead 2-1. The Giants tied it in the bottom half when Brandon Hicks and
Brandon Crawford teamed up again to produce a run. Hicks drew a two-out walk
from Jonathon Niese, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on Crawfords
single to centre. The duo produced San Franciscos first run in the fifth when
Hicks tripled and scored on Crawfords sacrifice fly to make it 1-0. Niese
allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, extending his streak of
consecutive starts allowing three earned runs or fewer to 16 but still ended up
with a no-decision. "Its tough," he said. "You go out there and battle and you
want to see the win beside your name. But it is what it is, its part of the
game. Itll come eventually. I have all the confidence in the offence we have
here. Theyre going to put up runs." Cain retired the first 12 batters of the
game before walking Curtis Granderson to lead off the fifth. Granderson was
quickly erased when Andrew Brown hit into a double play. The Mets got the
leadoff runner on again in the sixth when Ruben Tejada reached on an infield
single. Cain once again followed that by inducing a double-play grounder by
Travis dArnaud. NOTES: There was a pregame moment of silence for Don Zimmer, who
coached for San Francisco and played for the Mets. Zimmer died Wednesday at age
83. ... Bartolo Colon (5-5) starts Saturday for the Mets against Tim Hudson
(6-2).
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. With the players association in the midst of meetings in Las Vegas, a vote
will be held on Friday to decide the CFLPAs presidency and other executive
positions.MADRID, Spain -- Barcelona came from behind for an easy 4-1 victory
over Cartagena in the Copa del Rey on Friday to end a two-game losing streak.
Carlos de Lerma struck after just six minutes to put the hosts ahead against the
Spanish champions, who left Neymar on the bench. Despite missing injured trio
Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez, Barcelona then simply
overwhelmed its third-division opponents with its sheer attacking talent. Pedro
Rodriguez scored either side of Cesc Fabregas second-half volley, and substitute
Jean Dongou marked his debut with a late goal as Barcelona snapped out of its
first slump of the season. "We were obliged to win considering who we are and
where we come from," coach Gerardo Martino said. Six matches opened the round of
32, with Juan Carlos Garrido beginning his Real Betis coaching career with a win
as the struggling Spanish league side beat 10-man Lleida 2-1. None of the
lower-tier clubs emerged victorious on Friday as Real Betis and Sevilla coming
away from their first legs with away wins. De Lerma latched on to a bouncing
ball inside the area to fire Cartagena ahead, and the hosts should have had a
second 10 minutes later only Fernando Rodriguez shot wide. "They played a very
intense game, they didnt stop running and showed a great attitude for the first
15 to 20 minutes," Martino said. "But after that when we controlled possession
we took the legs out from under Cartegena.&qquot; But Barcelona -- which had
Jordi Alba return for the first time since September -- continued to pressure
with its speed and combinations, with Alexis Sanchez and Pedro guilty of glaring
misses before Fabregas sprung Pedro with a through ball to score from in the
36th.
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Fabregas volleyed Adrianos cross into the top corner to put Barcelona ahead just
before the break. Sanchez re-directed Pedros cross over an empty goal just
before the Chile striker put Pedro through to score in the 75th with a slick
dummy around goalkeeper Jesus Limones. Dongou came on for Alexis and the
Cameroon teenager latched on to Pedros shot as it came off the post in the 90th
for his first goal. Lleida goalkeeper Pau Torres was red-carded in the fourth
minute and his replacement, Fran Perales, saved the ensuing penalty from Jorge
Molina. But Joan Verdu scored the next penalty in the 27th to put Betis ahead,
and Molina made up for his earlier miss in the 42nd after a gaffe by Perales.
Despite Betis scoring two away goals, Lleida pulled a goal back through Pere
Milla in the 57th to stay in the second leg. Garrido replaced Pepe Mel on Monday
with Betis bottom of the first division. Elsewhere, Algeciras rallied to draw
1-1 against Real Sociedad, 10-man Sevilla won 1-0 at Racing Santander, and Elche
has the edge after drawing 2-2 at Villarreal in a matchup of topflight clubs.
Rayo Vallecano and Valladolid drew 0-0 in the other topflight matchup.
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