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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Tim Lincecum shut down Colorado on four hits over eight innings Friday and San Francisco opened a crucial series with a 2-0 win over the Rockies.
The Giants handed Colorado its third straight loss and moved within two games of the Rockies for the lead in the National League wild-card race.
Lincecum, the ace of the San Francisco staff and last year's winner of the National League Cy Young Award, improved to 13-4. He struck out eight and allowed only two Colorado runners to reach second base.
Brian Wilson completed the shutout, giving up a single while striking out two in the ninth for his 31st save.
Pablo Sandoval put San Francisco in front with a solo homer in the fifth. The Giants also scored in the sixth on a walk to Eli Whiteside, a sacrifice by Lincecum and an RBI single by Eugenio Velez.
Ubaldo Jimenez (12-10) suffered the hard-luck loss, giving up two runs on seven hits in seven innings.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
No. 5-seeded Kevin Anderson needed to win a pair of tiebreakers Monday in claiming a first-round win at the SAP Open tennis tournament in California.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Researchers say offshore wind farms planned for the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico face severe risks from hurricanes that could destroy half of them.
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