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VIDEO SIGN OUThomered and drove in three before an unusually small home crowd, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Saturday.scored twice to help San Francisco snap a three-game losing streak behind a breakout day from its offence. as part of a four-run fifth.walked in the first inning to extend his on-base streak to 41 games, an ongoing franchise record dating to last season.The game drew 31,828, the smallest at Oracle Park since Sept. 1, 2010.
The fans who did show up witnessed the Giants set a season high for scoring after being limited to five runs in the previous 18 innings. Belt and Duggar combined to drive in all six runs for San Francisco, but the Giants also got a lift from the bottom third of the order., the No. 7 hitter, singled and scored in the third, Panik walked twice and scored both times, and Connor Joe had a pinch-hit single as part of the four-run fifth.to earn his first career victory.Tampa Bay used relieveras the opener. Stanek, who also started Monday against Colorado, retired all six batters he faced.the day off.
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