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MLB: San Francisco 2, Philadelphia 0

(Boxscore)
Published: Aug. 2, 2009 at 1:16 AM

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Juan Uribe hit a pair of sacrifice fly RBI Saturday, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

The first RBI ended a scoreless dual between Philadelphia's Joe Blanton and San Francisco's Tim Lincecum with one out in the bottom of the fifth. The second came with one out in the seventh.

Travis Ishikawa and Fred Lewis had two hits apiece for the Giants, who have won five of six.

Lincecum (12-3) scattered seven hits over eight innings with a walk and eight strikeouts, while closer Brian Wilson earned his 27th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

Jayson Werth had two of the seven hits for the Phillies, who have lost three of four.

Blanton (7-5) surrendered two runs and seven hits in seven innings with no walks and five strikeouts.

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