Found August 30, 2009 on Sacbee:
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Edgar Renteria hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning, and the Giants pulled even in the National League wild-card race with Colorado, beating the Rockies 9-5 Sunday for a three-game sweep. The Giants and Colorado are six games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the N.L. West. The Rockies lost their season-high fifth in a row. San Francisco swept the Rockies at home for the first time since April 8-10, 2005. Last week, the Giants lost three of four at Coors Field despite leading every game. Renteria homered with two outs to overcome a 5-2 deficit, connecting two pitches after Rafael Betancourt (0-1) relieved Franklin Morales. Renteria hit his eighth career grand slam and second in two years against Betancourt. Renteria came out for a curtain call from the announced sellout crowd of 42,571, the second time in two days it happened for the Giants -- pitcher Barry Zito emerged to tip his cap during Saturday night&#...
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