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DENVER -- A couple of games at hitter-friendly Coors Field has done wonders for what was a languishing San Francisco Giants offence. Andre Johnson Jersey . Angel Pagan homered and had four hits to back a solid outing by Madison Bumgarner that sent the Giants past the Colorado Rockies 11-6 on Saturday night. Buster Posey and Melky Cabrera also homered as the Giants pounded out a season-high 17 hits and beat Colorado for the fifth time in seven games this season, including four of five at Coors Field. It was the Rockies 10th loss in 12 games. San Francisco had 16 hits in a 16-4 rout of Colorado on Friday night. "The guys answered back and did a good job the last couple of days," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Thats an old adage: get on the road and maybe the guys will come together and play better and get some confidence going. Thats happened here and this is a park where hitters can get their confidence back. Its good to see some guys enjoying some success." Bumgarner (12-6) kept the Rockies in check, allowing one run and five hits in six strong innings. He struck out seven and walked one. Pagan and Posey each had three RBIs to help the Giants win consecutive games after a 1-7 skid. They own a half-game lead over second-place Los Angeles in the NL West. "We struggled the last homestand, so its been nice to come out and not only get a lot of hits, but to score some runs, as well," Posey said. The surge of support didnt go unnoticed by Bumgarner. "It seems like we always play pretty well here, and it seems like we caught it at the right time. The guys are swinging the bats great," Bumgarner said. Jeff Francis (3-4) was tagged for six runs and nine hits in 3 2-3 innings in his second-shortest outing since joining the Rockies in early June after beginning the year in Cincinnatis farm system. He struck out three and walked two. "The tough part was we spotted them six in three and two-thirds innings," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. "What Im proud of is, the guys out there on the field, they keep busting their rear ends. They moved the ball around a little bit against a tough starting pitcher. We know how tough he is. A tough guy thats been tough on us in the past. We kept battling and got into their bullpen and did some things against their bullpen. What more can you ask them to do?" Trailing 6-0, the Rockies got on the board when Josh Rutledge hit a solo homer off Bumgarner with one out in the sixth. The Rockies rallied for a pair of runs off reliever Brad Penny in the seventh, getting an RBI single from Jonathan Herrera and a run-scoring double from rookie Matt McBride, who singled for his first major league hit earlier in the game. But the Giants came back to tack on four more runs in the eighth. Brandon Belt doubled to start the inning and Pagan drove him in with a single. Ryan Theriot followed with an RBI double and, after Cabrera walked, Posey singled for his third RBI of the night. Gregor Blancos pinch-hit sacrifice fly finished the outburst. Pagan hit a solo shot off Rex Brothers in the ninth after the Rockies scored a pair of runs on Ramon Hernandezs double and a wild pitch by Sergio Romo that allowed Dexter Fowler to score from third base. Cabrera put the Giants in front 3-0 in the third when he connected for his 11th homer, a solo shot off Francis that sailed into the left-field bleachers. San Francisco got three more runs in the fourth on RBI singles by Joaquin Arias and Pagan and a bases-loaded walk to Cabrera, one of four walks he drew on the night. The Giants broke on top in the first. Cabrera drew a two-out walk, and Posey followed by driving an 85 mph fastball from Francis onto the mezzanine behind the left-field bleachers for his 16th homer of the season and second in two nights. NOTES: Bochy said he is contemplating using third baseman Pablo Sandoval (hamstring strain) at first base now and then to cut down the risk of re-injury when Sandoval returns from the disabled list. ... The Rockies placed OF Michael Cuddyer (strained right oblique) and LHP Christian Friedrich (stress fracture, lower back) on the 15-day DL and recalled INF-OF Matt McBride and RHP Edgmer Escalona from Triple-A Colorado Springs. ... Pinch-hitter DJ LeMahieu had an RBI single in the ninth for Colorado. ... Posey has six homers and 24 RBIs in 18 games since the All Star break. J.J. Watt Youth Jersey . The future Hall-of-Fame tight end is in the midst of his best season in Atlanta, catching 79 passes for 867 yards and seven touchdowns heading into Sundays regular season finale against Tampa Bay. J.J. Watt Womens Jersey . The 47-year-old Chelios, a Chicago native, was not re-signed by the Detroit Red Wings after last season. 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Brand was available after the Philadelphia 76ers this week used the one-time amnesty provision in the new CBA to let him go and not have the $18.1 million he is owed in the final season of his five-year deal count against their salary cap or luxury tax.PITTSBURGH -- Marc Bergevin didnt seem like a rookie during his first NHL draft as the Montreal Canadiens general manager. While drafts take years to properly evaluate, the Canadiens couldnt help but hide their pleasure Saturday following a draft in which they repeatedly wound up with players who, by ranking, shouldnt have fallen into their hands. First-round centre Alex Galchenyuk went as projected at No. 3 on Friday -- the Canadiens insist they had him ranked as the top player in the draft. But their next three picks -- right wing Sebastian Collberg, defenceman Dalton Thrower and left wing Tim Bozon -- werent expected to be available when they picked. Multiple draft analysts were proclaiming the Canadiens as the winner of the two-day draft at Consol Energy Center, and Bergevin and player development director Trevor Timmins couldnt hide their pleasure at how the weekend played out. "Well tell you in five years, but we added a lot of talent, a lot of scoring upside, some toughness," Timmins said Saturday. "Some physicality as well. Right now, were very happy. Its like Christmas day and Santa Claus arrives. Now weve opened our gifts and its time to get to work." Collberg starred on Swedens gold medal-winning team in the world junior championships and, despite being ranked No. 3 overall among European skaters by NHL Central Scouting, was on the board when the Canadiens made the third pick of the second round Saturday morning. "Some of the guys we got, Im surprised they were there," Timmins said. Later in the second round, they added no-nonsense defenceman Dalton Thrower, who had 18 goals and 54 points with the Saskatoon Blades. Thrower especially impressed Bergevin during the Prospects Game when he willingly took on tough guy Tom Wilson, who went No. 16 overall to Washington and was considered to be the most physical player in the draft. Thrower, at five-foot-11 and 200 pounds, was giving up three inches and 25 pounds to Wilson. "I remember saying, who is this kid?" said Bergevin, the long-time NHL defenceman who was hired to rebuild the Canadiens following their disappointing 31-win season. "We got talent and character and, to me, those are the most important things." Thrower was ranked 26th by Central Scouting but lasted until the 511st overall pick. Arian Foster Youth Jersey. Bozon had 36 goals and 35 assists with the Kamloops Blazers and adds yet more high-end offensive skill to a team that apparently picked up plenty of it during a seemingly productive two days. Six of their seven picks are forwards. "For the most part, all of our guys were there," Bergevin said. In the later rounds, Montreal picked up Windsor Spitfires centre Brady Vail on the fourth round, Chicoutimi Sagueneens left wing Charles Hudon on the fifth and Swedish juniors forward Erik Nystrom on the sixth round. Vail appears to be another value pick -- he was ranked 38th in the final Central Scouting ratings yet wasnt picked until No. 94. On Friday, the Canadiens ignored Galchenyuks recent injury problems and chose the 18-year-old centre only two picks after Russian prospect Nail Yakupov, his Sarnia Sting teammate, went No. 1 to Edmonton. Only a year ago, there was some speculation that the son of former Belarus national team member Alexander Galchenyuk might be the No. 1 pick himself, after he piled up 31 goals and 52 assists in 68 games during the 2010-11 OHL season. But he was limited by an anterior cruciate ligament injury to two regular season games this past season, although he had two goals and two assists in six playoff games. His elite-level production pushed the six-foot-one, 197-pound Galchenyuk into the top three, even if he didnt have a recent body of work to validate such a high selection. "I knew what kind of skill I have, what kind of player I am," Galchenyuk said. "Im just going to keep working hard. I played a couple of games at the end of the year and showed what I am capable of doing, I went to the (NHL prospects) combine and showed them my knee is no concern and there are going to be no issues." Not with the language, either. He grew up in Wisconsin and already speaks English and Russian, but he now realizes the necessity of being trilingual. "Oh, yes, French lessons start in a couple of days," Galchenyuk said. The Canadiens badly need forward depth and size as they lack scoring outside of the top line of Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais and Erik Cole, and Galchenyuk might not be that far removed from providing it. No Canadiens player reached even the 70-point mark last season. ' ' '
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