Andres Torres imagined a game-winning hit would one day happen for him in the major leagues after he spent more than a decade in the minors. Torres singled with two outs in the 10th inning for his career-high fourth hit, leading the San Francisco Giants past Arizona 6-5 on Sunday and sending the Diamondbacks to their seventh straight loss.

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After his third hit, it was finally time for Buster Posey to smile. Giants first base coach Roberto Kelly joked with the rookie that he made it look easy. "It's not that easy," Posey said. The Giants' top prospect had three hits and three RBIs in his first major league game of the season and Juan Uribe homered and drove in two runs as the San Francisco Giants sent the Arizona…

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If the little birdie whispering in the ear of a San Francisco Giants beat reporter can be trusted, we might see…

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Matt Cain stood in the on-deck circle preparing to bat during the middle of the game when a fan hollered to let him know he had given up all of one hit. Cain knew he was cruising along, but pushed it from his mind. That two-out double in the second by Mark Reynolds was all the Diamondbacks could manage against Cain, who pitched his second one-hitter in the San Francisco Giants' 5-0 victory over…

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Against a power-packed Blue Jays lineup, a well-pitched game wasn't going to be enough for Dan Haren to earn a victory. The All-Star right-hander doubled twice, drove in three runs and pitched eight strong innings, offsetting Edwin Encarnacion's three home runs for Toronto, and the Arizona Diamondbacks won 8-6 on Friday night.

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The Colorado Rockies found their power stroke, and it gave them a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Seth Smith, Carlos Gonzalez and Ryan Spilborghs hit consecutive home runs in the seventh inning, Troy Tulowitzki also homered and Colorado beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 on Thursday for the Rockies' first sweep of the season.

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The Colorado Rockies are winning games by playing solid defense and getting strong pitching. Jhoulys Chacin threw six solid innings, Brad Hawpe and Troy Tulowitzki homered and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Tuesday night. Todd Helton had three hits for the Rockies, who have won three straight.

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Even without overpowering stuff, Ubaldo Jimenez is tough to beat. Jimenez threw eight shutout innings, Seth Smith homered twice and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-3 on Wednesday night. Jimenez (9-1) continued his dominant start to the season, extending his current scoreless streak to 16 1-3 innings and dropping his ERA to 0.88, the best in baseball.

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Toronto is on a record home run pace because of the swing-hard philosophy of hitting coach Dwayne Murphy.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks placed infielder Tony Abreu on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left wrist on Tuesday and recalled Ryan Roberts from Triple-A Reno. The move is retroactive to Monday. Abreu injured his thumb in Sunday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays when he tried to tag out Jose Molina in the fifth inning.

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