Giants: Sandoval rises out of slump

LOS ANGELES -- The San Francisco Giants just keep hanging around, figuring it's not too late to salvage the NL West wild card race. Eugenio Velez and Pablo Sandoval homered and pinch-hitter Fred Lewis doubled home the go-ahead run, sending the Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 Friday night for their fourth win in five games. The Giants' 80th victory -- their most since winning 91 in 2004 -- moved them 2 1/ 2 games behind Colorado in the wild card race. The Rockies lost 7-5 at Arizona and still trail the first-place Dodgers by five games in the division. "No one wants to give in," reliever Jeremy Affeldt said. "When you're this close in the pennant race, whatever team gets hot usually gets it." The Giants lost two of three at home to the Dodgers last weekend, and San Francisco hasn't forgotten. "This was a big game for us as a pitching staff," Affeldt said. "You can't take them too lightly. To win this f...