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in Introduce Yourself As A Pony! Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:10 pmby dasg234 • 815 Posts
DENVER -- Kelby Tomlinson wont be penalized for being picked off first base earlier in the game.That fine has been officially waived by manager Bruce Bochy. His big hit was payment enough.Tomlinson lined a one-out, tiebreaking single in the ninth and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 on Tuesday night.Just hoping to get a pitch that I could handle and get it in play there, said Tomlinson, who was called up from Triple-A Sacramento last week.Moments before that, Tomlinson tried to lay down a suicide squeeze. But he popped it into foul territory where it just eluded the diving attempt of Gerardo Parra. In the fifth, Tomlinson couldnt scramble back to the bag in time and was picked off.Its frustrating, but to be able to kind of help and make up for it is always good to get that opportunity, Tomlinson said.Eduardo Nunez had a solo homer in the third and a game-tying RBI groundout in the eighth.Javier Lopez (1-2) got one out in the eighth to earn the win. Santiago Casilla pitched the ninth for his 31st save. He got Parra to hit into a double play to end the game.Buster Posey began the top of the ninth by hitting a grounder to shortstop Daniel Descalso, who overthrew first baseman Parra and allowed Posey to cruise into second. Hunter Pence followed with an infield single off closer Adam Ottavino (0-2), who was then replaced by lefty Boone Logan.After Brandon Crawford struck out, Tomlinson lined an 0-2 fastball into left field to bring home Posey with the decisive run.Thats what its about -- the guys picking each other up, Bochy said. Kelby did tonight for us.Its a toss Descalso would love to have back.I just didnt make a good throw at a bad time in the game, Descalso said. I made that throw thousands of times. It sailed on me there and nobody feels worse than me -- putting the guy on second base there. I feel like it cost us the game tonight.The Giants finished with eight hits, breaking a string of five straight games in which they have been held to four or fewer. The Giants are hitting .124 over their last six games.DJ LeMahieu added a two-out, infield single in the third in which Raimel Tapia kept on running from second to score. Tapia had a sacrifice fly in the fifth.Colorados Tyler Anderson and Jeff Samardzija were locked in a pitchers duel most of the game.Anderson threw 7 1/3 crisp innings, giving up two runs and six hits. The lefty with a deceiving hitch in his delivery has a 3.04 ERA at Coors Field this season.Samardzija matched the rookies performance as he allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings. Samardzija struck out nine.Thats what its all about, especially in September -- got to find a way to win, Samardzija said.Anderson ran into trouble in the eighth by surrendering singles to Gorkys Hernandez and Trevor Brown. After a sacrifice bunt, Anderson was taken out for Jordan Lyles. Nunez grounded out to short to bring home the tying run.Nunezs solo shot in the third was a rare homer for the Giants, who have 37 since All-Star break -- the second-fewest in the league.LeMahieu, who is in a close race for the NL batting title with Washingtons Daniel Murphy, went 3 for 4 on Tuesday and raised his average to .343.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: RHP Jake Peavy (strained lower back) threw a bullpen session Monday and could be activated off the DL on Wednesday. ... Bochy gave INF Joe Panik and OF Denard Span a night off.Rockies: OF Charlie Blackmon missed a fourth straight game with tightness in his lower back. Hes definitely closer, manager Walt Weiss said. ... OF Ryan Raburns bruised left foot remains sore, Weiss said.ROSTER MOVESThe Rockies recalled RHPs Eddie Butler and German Marquez, along with C Dustin Garneau. They also selected the contracts of INF Pat Valaika and OF Jordan Patterson.To make room, the team designated INFs Ben Paulsen and Rafael Ynoa for assignment.UP NEXTGiants RHP Albert Suarez (3-3) will make his ninth major league start Wednesday in the final game of the series. The Rockies will throw LHP Jorge De La Rosa (8-7).Nike Just Do It Schoenen Zwart . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2 Kopen . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.vapormaxsalenederland.com/vapormax-plus-goedkoop-kopen.html . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. Vapormax 2019 Sale . Ferrer, trying to win his fourth title on Mexican soil, will next play South Africas Kevin Anderson, who eliminated American Sam Querrey,7-6 (2), 6-4. Also Wednesday, Gilles Simon (6) of France beat Donald Young of the United States 6-4, 6-3, Ukraines Alexandr Dolgopolov downed Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-4 and Croatias Ivo Karlovic defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (4), 6-2. Nike Vapormax Korting . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over .RIO DE JANEIRO -- Not so fast, Usain Bolt.Please dont run away from us after this Olympics. Dont even think about putting an end to the greatest show in track.The Olympics need you badly. The sport of track needs you desperately.On a beautiful night in Rio, the most beautiful sight at the Olympic Stadium had to be Bolt chasing down Justin Gatlin and pulling away to an unprecedented third straight Olympic gold in the race that crowns the fastest man on earth.Bolt preened like the superstar he is, then ran yet another race to back it up. Then he preened some more, much to the delight of those who came to watch history.I told you guys I wanted to set myself apart from everybody else, Bolt said. This is the Olympics that I have to do it at, so I came here focused and ready to go and it was brilliant.The golden shoes were a nice touch, but the gold medal was far more impressive. It was No. 7 over three Olympics for Bolt, and the odds are he will have two more before these Olympics come to a close.If that is truly the end, as Bolt has said it will be, he will go into the record books as the greatest sprinter ever. But Bolt has always been more than that, ever since he announced his dominance of the sport with three gold medals in his Olympic debut eight years ago in Beijing.The mere mention of his name Sunday night prompted roars in the stadium. The victory lap he took carrying a stuffed Olympic mascot was an added bonus, a chance for the crowd to stick around and show him some love.Several hundred of them stayed more than an hour after the race, chanting Bolts name and shrieking with excitement each time it appeared he might come out to acknowledge them.Hes the undisputed star of a sport that doesnt produce stars anymore, a runner so popular in his native Jamaica that he is often compared to the iconic reggae master Bob Marley.And as a runner who has never tested positive for anything, he may be the only thing holding together a sport so decimated by doping that the entire country of Russia was banned from track and field at these Olympics.Its hard to believe anything you see on the track anymore. Thats especially true in the 100, where Ben Johnson famoussly lost his gold medal in 1988 after a positive drug test, and where four of the five fastest men in the record books have also been caught doping.ddddddddddddBelieve it, though, when you see the magnificence of a runner so smooth and fast that nothing that made him this spectacular could have come out of a bottle.Hes so good he didnt flinch when afterward he was asked about being the greatest ever.Yeah, thats what Im here to prove. Thats what Im here to prove again and again. I just want to be among the greatest, so thats why I am here.Gatlin would have been heading toward a second Olympic gold in the 100 against anyone else, something that would not have pleased the crowd that booed him because of his doping suspension. This was a race viewed by many as good versus evil, though in track nothing is ever as simple as it looks.Bolt overcame his typically slow start to catch Gatlin just after the midway point of the race and pull away in what for him was a relatively slow time of 9.81 seconds. By the time he hit the finish line Bolt was pointing to his chest, where the only thing missing on his uniform was a Superman cape.Bolt would take a long, lingering victory lap around the stadium, finally stopping in one end to unlace his gold spikes and take selfies with fans. They wanted more, and he delivered once again, turning his yellow hat backward before kneeling down and doing his To the World pose.And over the loudspeakers, Marleys Jammin echoed through the stadium.Theatrical, yes, but thats Bolt. This is a guy, after all, who was last seen taking selfies as he danced the samba with a line of women at his press conference earlier in the week.Hes a showman extraordinaire and an athlete unparalleled. The combination is exquisite, with the only downside being the world only gets to see him this way once every four years.The only hope is that his retirement plans are as short as his races.---Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or http://twitter.com/timdahlberg ' ' '
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