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San Francisco starter Randy Johnson had to cut his outing against Houston short on Sunday after injuring his left shoulder.

Roy Oswalt hurled eight innings of one- run ball, and the Astros salvaged the last of this three-game set with a 7-1 victory over the Giants.

Roy Oswalt and Randy Johnson will have a tough time duplicating the magnificent performance from Tim Lincecum on Saturday when the two starters face off this afternoon in the finale of the three-game set between the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park.

Following the Giants' 13-0 win over the Astros, the team optioned infielder Matt Downs to Triple-A Fresno to make room for infielder Rich Aurilia, who was activated from the bereavement list.

Tim Lincecum fired seven innings of three-hit shutout ball, and the Giants bats produced a second straight solid effort in a 9-0 win against the Astros.

Tim Lincecum ran his career-best scoreless innings streak to 23 in winning his third straight start and also scored the first run in the San Francisco Giants' 9-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.

San Francisco Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum was named the National League Pitcher of the Month for June, the league announced on Friday.

There's some sort of buzz going on right now in Los Angeles. Is Eric Karros making a return to the Dodgers? Did Juan Pierre embarrass himself by rapping in public again?

Tim Lincecum hopes for the same type of run support San Francisco provided Ryan Sadowski in the opener of this set when the Giants play the middle test of their three-game series with the Houston Astros at AT&T Park.

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Todd Wellemeyer threw 7 1/3 innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals take a 5-2 win over the San Francisco Giants and split a four-game series.

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Todd Wellemeyer threw 7 1/3 innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals take a 5-2 win over the San Francisco Giants and split a four-game series.

Todd Wellemeyer rebounded from his shortest start of the season with 7 1-3 solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Thursday night.

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Edgar Renteria went 3-for-4 with two RBI and Randy Johnson won the battle of former Cy Young Award winners, as the Giants pulled out a 6-3 victory over Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals in the second test of a four-game set.

Randy Johnson won his third straight decision and 303rd of his career despite surrendering two home runs to Albert Pujols in the San Francisco Giants' 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.

Right-hander Matt Cain seeks a return to the winning side of the ledger tonight when the San Francisco Giants head to St. Louis for the third of four games with the host Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

Checking the St. Louis Cardinals' lineup a few hours earlier, Tim Lincecum was thinking like a pitcher who's still trying to prove he belongs.

Checking the St. Louis Cardinals' lineup a few hours earlier, Tim Lincecum was thinking like a pitcher who's still trying to prove he belongs.

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Tim Lincecum bordered on unhittable en route to shutting out the Cardinals, and the Giants' bats awoke in a 10-0 rout in the opener of a four-game series with St. Louis.

Tim Lincecum threw a two-hitter for his third complete game of the season, and Travis Ishikawa homered in the San Francisco Giants' 10-0 rout of the slumping St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.

The San Francisco Giants continue a week-long tour against the National League Central's top two teams with tonight's opener of a four- game series with the struggling St. Louis Cardinals from Busch Stadium.

The San Francisco Giants purchased the contract of right-handed pitcher Ryan Sadowski from Triple-A Fresno and placed infielder Rich Aurilia on the bereavement list.

Randy Winn finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and Ryan Sadowski turned in six scoreless innings as San Francisco downed Milwaukee, 7-0, in the finale of a three-game series from Miller Park.

Ryan Sadowski scattered four hits over six scoreless innings in his major league debut and the San Francisco Giants avoided a three-game sweep with a 7-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

Florida-born right-hander Ryan Sadowski makes his major- league debut on the mound today when the San Francisco Giants try to salvage the final game of their three-game National League series with the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.

Prince Fielder's RBI double in the ninth capped a three-run inning to help the Milwaukee Brewers take a 7-6 win over the San Francisco Giants in the second of three games at Miller Park.

Yovani Gallardo outdueled Matt Cain and Ryan Braun drove in a pair of runs, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.

Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb entered the 2009 campaign averaging 17 wins over his last four seasons. Those numbers will surely drop for next season, if the right-hander is healthy enough to even throw a pitch by then.

Red-hot right-hander Matt Cain aims for an eighth straight win tonight when his San Francisco Giants head to Miller Park for the first test of a three-game weekend series against the National League's Milwaukee Brewers.

The San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics will meet for the final time in 2009 when the Bay Area foes conclude a three-game set tonight at the Oakland Coliseum.

Randy Johnson had six strikeouts over seven innings to carry the Giants to a 6-3 win over the Oakland Athletics in the season conclusion of the Bay Bridge Series.