Pat Burrell's HR off Broxton boosts Giants past Dodgers

SAN FRANCISCO -- Thanks to additions like Pat Burrell to San Francisco's suddenly productive offense, the Giants brass focused its efforts on bolstering the bullpen at the trading deadline.

Two new relievers are coming to town for the playoff push.

Burrell lined a go-ahead two-run homer into the left-field seats with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Giants rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Saturday.

The Giants won for the eighth time in 10 games.

Chad Billingsley extended his scoreless innings streak to 212/3 spanning three starts, but the bullpen couldn't hold a one-run lead for short-handed Los Angeles. Casey Blake had put the Dodgers ahead with a solo homer in the seventh.

Buster Posey was plunked on the upper left arm by Hong-Chih Kuo with two outs in the eighth and both benches were warned by plate umpire Rob Drake. Jonathan Broxton (3-3) relieved and blew his fourth save when he gave up Burrell's sixth homer of the year.

"It's hard to get a bigger hit than that," manager Bruce Bochy said.



(dailycamera.com)