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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (UPI) -- Gary Sheffield scored the go-ahead run in the ninth inning Friday and the New York Mets overcame a four-run deficit to defeat San Francisco 8-6.
New York won for the 10th time in 12 games, but needed a late-inning surge against reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum to get the game tied.
The Mets then took advantage of a throwing error by reliever Brian Wilson to hand the Giants their third straight loss.
Sheffield singled off Wilson (2-2) to open the ninth and went to second on a base hit by David Wright. Ryan Church then hit a grounder back to Wilson on the mound and the San Francisco pitcher threw wildly trying to start a double play.
That allowed Sheffield to score and Wright to go to third, from where he came in on a sacrifice fly by Omir Santos.
Brian Stokes (1-1) got the win by working the eighth and Francisco Rodriguez threw a perfect ninth for his 11th save.
Lincecum, who had a 3-0 record and a 2.25 ERA over his five previous outings, took a no-decision after giving up five runs on 10 hits over six innings.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (UPI) --
Javier Lopez snuffed out a Chicago comeback bid in the ninth inning Friday to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Cubs.
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HOLLYWOOD, June 2 (UPI) --
Rising U.S. television personality Dan Savage has signed on with the top-tier talent agency CAA, The Hollywood Reporter said.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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