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SAN FRANCISCO -- In a lineup full of sluggers and superstars, Jonathan Schoop has had the timeliest hits for the Baltimore Orioles.He delivered again with a three-run homer in the ninth inning Sunday, when the Baltimore Orioles overcame a six-run deficit to give the struggling San Francisco Giants another deflating loss, 8-7.Oh, the feeling is amazing, Schoop said.Schoop smacked a 1-0 curveball off closer Santiago Casilla (2-4) into the left-field bleachers after Manny Machado singled and Mark Trumbo walked.I see (center fielder) Angel (Pagan) is going back and I say `please get out ball, please go, and it went out, Schoop said.Baltimore has four players (Trumbo, Machado, Chris Davis and Adam Jones) with more than 20 homers this season, but Schoop leads the Orioles with 12 game-winning RBI.Good things seem to follow him around, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. Hes getting out of the game what he puts into it. Jon doesnt cheat the game. Its good to see people who approach the game that way get a return for it.Matt Wieters had a career-best five hits, including a triple, and the Orioles won for the third time in four games and concluded a 10-game trip with an even record. Baltimore trails Toronto by half a game in the AL East.Baltimore trailed 7-1 after six but got two runs in each of the seventh and eighth innings.The Giants led the NL West by 6 1/2 games at the All-Star break but have gone 9-18 since. They remained one game ahead of the Dodgers, who lost to Pittsburgh 11-3.Theyre a good club, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of the Orioles. They have a dangerous lineup one through eight there, they can hurt you, thats what happened today.Brad Brach (7-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for Baltimore.Giants starter Johnny Cueto extended his streak of winless starts to six. He allowed one run, eight hits and one walk in 6 2/3 innings.Trevor Brown had two hits and three RBI, Angel Pagan doubled twice and Hunter Pence homered for the first time since coming off a two-month stint on the disabled list for the Giants.Brown had a two-run single that highlighted a four-run fifth inning. Pagan extended his hitting streak to 12 games.Orioles closer Zach Britton pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 37th save in 37 chances, extending the longest streak ever for a left-hander in the majors.Baltimore lefty Wade Miley allowed seven runs (six earned), eight hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings. He was acquired from Seattle on July 31 and remains winless with his new team.Derek Law allowed one hit in a scoreless 2/3 of an inning in the eighth that extended his consecutive streak of scoreless outings to 19.Trumbo hit his major league-leading 34th homer off Hunter Strickland in the top of the eighth inning to move ahead of Edwin Encarnacion, who hit his 33rd earlier in the day for Toronto.BATGIRL HONOREDThe Giants unveiled a plaque in their dugout before the game commemorating Alexis Busch, the first full-time bat girl in major league history, who was killed in a sailing crash in 2012 at age 26. She was the daughter of former Giants executive vice president Corey Busch and served as the teams batgirl from 2000 to 2001.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: Showalter took note of CF Jones return to the lineup without complaints after getting hit on his finger and knee trying to bunt in the sixth inning of Saturday nights game. Its an honor to watch him post up every day, Showalter said.Giants: C Buster Posey was scratched from the lineup just before first pitch with lower back tightness. ... OF Mac Williamson, on the disabled list since Aug. 1 with a left shoulder strain, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento. ... RHP Cory Gearrin, out since July 6 with a right shoulder strain, pitched for a second straight day on Saturday for Triple-A Sacramento. Hell continue his rehab assignment as the Giants consider the timing of his return.UP NEXTOrioles: RHP Yovani Gallardo will pitch the series opener with Boston on Tuesday. Gallardo is 1/3 with a 4.70 ERA in his last eight starts but has had two straight quality starts, allowing three earned runs in 12 innings over that stretch.Giants: Newly acquired LHP Matt Moore will make his home debut in a series opener with Pittsburgh. He is 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA in his first two starts with San Francisco and 7-8 with a 3.99 ERA in 23 combined starts with the Giants and Tampa Bay. Adidas Ultra Boost Clearance Sale . "Jeff is a hard worker who was an important special-teams contributor for us last season," said Stamps GM John Hufnagel. Adidas Ultra Boost Clearance . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. http://www.cheapultraboost.net/ . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. Adidas Ultra Boost Outlet Store .C. -- Todd Fiddler scored a hat trick, including the overtime goal, as the Prince George Cougars survived an 8-7 win against the Kamloops Blazers in Western Hockey League play Sunday. Ultra Boost Cheap Real . Soukalova missed only one target and completed the 15-kilometre course in 40 minutes, 32.6 seconds for both victories in this seasons individual discipline. Darya Domracheva of Belarus was second, 34. Saturday, kick-off 14:30TwickenhamEddie Jones England look set to end a 10-year run without a win against South Africa when an under-performing Springboks side take to the field at Twickenham on Saturday.?As they look to continue their 100 percent record under Jones, there has not been a better time to face the Boks, whose most recent performance saw them struggle to draw against the Barbarians last week.In stark contrast, England bossed Australia in their 3-0 series win in the summer and despite a few injuries, their players come into the November international window on the back of some very good club form.?A disappointing Rugby Championship for?Allister Coetzees side culminated in a 57-15 defeat at home to the All Blacks. It is difficult to find a time where expectation was lower among their fans and there is little to show that they will turn things around against England, and push their unbeaten run against them to 13 games.Team newsCourtney Lawes is set to win his 50th cap in a pack that has seen its back-row options limited with James Haskell, Maro Itoje, Jack Clifford, Sam Jones and Mike Williams all missing out through injury. The raft of injuries has given Tom Wood his first opportunity to start for England since the World Cup.?Wasps Elliot Daly got the nod at centre in place of Jonathan Joseph, while Jones will hope the George Ford/Owen Farrell, 10/12 axis, will continue to blossom. On the bench the prospect of Ben Teo will excite English fans, with the centre bringing physicality and neat footwork to the back-line. If he, Kyle Sinckler or Nathan Hughes make an appearance, it will be their first run-out in an England shirt.Springboks head coach Allister Coetzee opted to leave out Bryan Habana from the matchday squad, although the Toulon winger looked to have shaken off a knee injury. He has gone for brute force in his pack, with Lood de Jager, Willem Alberts and Pieter-Steph du Toit providing both physicality and size. They were all replacements in Octobers defeat to the All Blacks and much is expected from all three to enforce their game on England.Damian de Allende and Pat Lambie are the sole survivors from the team that started the defeeat to New Zealand in the back-line, but Lambie switches from fullback to fly-half for Saturdays clash.ddddddddddddEngland: Brown, Yarde, Daly, Farrell, May, Ford, Youngs; M. Vunipola, Hartley (captain), Cole, Launchbury, Lawes, Robshaw, Wood, B. VunipolaReplacements:?George, Marler, Sinckler, Attwood, Hughes, Care, Teo, JosephSouth Africa:?Le Roux, Combrinck, Venter, de Allende, Pietersen, Lambie, Paige; Mtawarira, Strauss, Koch, Etzebeth, de Jager, Alberts, du Toit, WhiteleyReplacements:?Mbonambi, Kitshoff, Adriaanse, Mostert, Carr, de Klerk, Goosen, Mapoe.Key head-to-headWhat difference can three players make? That is the big question as South Africa look to avoid a similar thumping to that which was inflicted upon them a month ago. Their pack is not the once feared and all-dominating pack of old. In contrast England come into the game having destroyed Australia up front in the summer and in Mako Vunipola have arguably the best prop in world rugby. He has been in terrifying form for Saracens and if he and brother Billy can have the same influence on Saturday, that they have had at club level, it will decide the outcome. ?Key stats*Englands only decent result against South Africa in 10 years came in the 2012 12-12 draw in South Africa.*Eddie Jones has a 100 percent record since taking charge of England, who are on a 10-game winning streak.*England have won just 12 of the 37 games between the sides, with two draws.WeatherBoth sets of fans will hope the rain forecast will avoid Twickenham for a few hours on Saturday. If it doesnt it could be a very attritional and punishing game for both forward packs.?PredictionEngland will put an end to their abysmal record against the Boks. Eddie Jones side showed in the summer that even when series victory is ensured, there is no let up in their intent. That could spell disaster for South Africa who are still no clearer in knowing which way they should play under?Allister Coetzee. A rack of tries from the explosive England back-line should serve up a comfortable victory by 15 points.? ' ' '
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