Ryan Rohlinger News

At the end of the season, with the Giants finishing four games behind Colorado, I noticed that the Rockies led the National League in walks.

Even as the baseball season seemed to vanish into the left-field bleachers, a home run too cruel to comprehend, they stayed on their feet.

The Giants acquired Ryan Garko for the exact scenario they encountered Wednesday night - a big game against a left-handed pitcher.

Knockout blow: Fresno starter Kevin Pucetas, a Pacific Coast League all-star, didn't make it out of the first inning.

But to some Giants, they did not win with much class. They believe Milwaukee's home-plate celebration after Prince Fielder 's game-winning home run crossed the line.

Fourth-inning fireworks: David Maroul belted a grand slam and Ben Copeland followed a batter later with a solo home run -- his sixth of the season -- to spark the Grizzlies' five-run fourth-inning. It was Maroul's first hit since being promoted from Class-A San Jose before Tuesday's game.

Friday marked Ryan Rohlinger's first game in the Miller Park visitor's clubhouse, but the Brewers are already familiar with him, and it's not because he was born and raised locally.

Tonight's lineup: Velez LF. Renteria SS. Rowand CF. Garko 1B. Uribe 2B. Winn RF.

The Giants recalled three players from Triple-A Fresno on Tuesday, each of whom had spent time earlier in the season with San Francisco.

Edgar Renteria knocked in five runs Sunday, four with a grand slam, rallying the San Francisco Giants to a 9-5 win over Colorado.

They already have done so much of the grunt work, as they end August with the same number of wins, 72, as they had in all of 2008.

Freddy Sanchez #12 of the Pittsburgh Pirates bats against the New York Mets on May 9, 2009 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

The second baseman apologized again Tuesday after he went on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain.

San Francisco second baseman Freddy Sanchez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained left shoulder, a discouraging move for a club that acquired him before the trading deadline to make a playoff push.

Grand slams, walk-off hits, pinch heroics - Ryan Rohlinger has done it all in a Giants uniform.

UPDATE: Sandoval says he feels better, Freddy Sanchez to the DL, Rohlinger up plus lineups As expected, the Giants have placed second baseman Freddy Sanchez on the 15-day DL due to his shoulder strain.

San Francisco second baseman Freddy Sanchez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained left shoulder, a discouraging move for a club that acquired him before the trading deadline to make a playoff push.

Grizzlies 7, Sky Sox 2 Crucial moment: Clinging to a 4-2 lead, the Grizzlies broke the game open in the top of the seventh inning.

Grizzlies 9, Zephyrs 0 Key moments: Fresno starter Matt Kinney worked out of jams in the first and sixth with runners on second and third both innings.

Grizzlies 9, Zephyrs 0 Key moments: Fresno starter Matt Kinney worked out of jams in the first and sixth with runners on second and third both innings.