07/24/2008 - San Francisco, CA (Baseball Betting) - Matt Cain threw a four-hit shutout and Dave Roberts singled home the winning run in the eighth inning as the San Francisco Giants completed a three-game sweep over the Washington Nationals with a 1-0 victory.
Cain (6-8) spearheaded the Giants' first home sweep of the season, as the club completed a seven-game season-series sweep of the Nationals. The righty did not walk a batter and managed four strikeouts, tossing 81 of his 113 pitches for strikes in his first shutout since 2006.
Roberts, playing in his first game since April 7, was 2-for-4 at the plate, while Aaron Rowand added two hits for San Francisco, which was swept in three games by Milwaukee coming into the series.
Tim Redding (7-5) threw the first complete game of his seven-year career, but took the loss after allowing a run on seven hits with no walks and five strikeouts. Ryan Zimmerman and Cristian Guzman both doubled in the Nationals' sixth loss in eight games.
After 7 1/2 scoreless innings the Giants played small ball to account for the game's only run. Steve Holm led off the eighth with a single to left and Cain moved pinch-runner Eugenio Velez into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt.
Roberts went down 1-2 in the count, but managed to punch a single past a diving Guzman at short, and the speedy Velez scored without a throw.
Cain came out in the ninth to complete his shutout. After fanning Jesus Flores, Willie Harris beat out an infield single and Guzman doubled down the left field line.
After a brief coaching visit to the mound, Giants manager Bruce Bochy left Cain in the game and the decision proved correct. Zimmerman's pop fly to right wasn't deep enough to score a run, and Austin Kearns flied to right to conclude the pitching masterpiece.
Game Notes
The Giants are still a mere 20-31 at home this season...The 36-year-old Roberts was sidelined for most of the year after having knee surgery in April...Redding is still winless in eight appearances -- six starts -- against San Fran...It was the Giants first season sweep against an opponent since taking all six games against the Mets in 2002.
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