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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Francisco 8, San Diego 3
When: 10:15 PM ET, Monday, September 12, 2011
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 41069

Carlos Beltran, Cody Ross and Pablo Sandoval all homered as the San Francisco Giants posted an 8-3 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Monday.

Beltran hit a two-run homer in the first, Ross hit a solo shot in the third and Sandoval belted a three-run blast in the seventh for San Francisco, which remained 8 1/2 games behind first-place Arizona in the National League West.

Rookie lefthander Eric Surkamp (2-0) gave up three runs (two earned) and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings for San Francisco.

Ross and Aubrey Huff added run-scoring singles for the Giants. Ross had three hits and scored three times.

The Padres pulled within 4-3 in the sixth on run-scoring singles by Kyle Blanks and Orlando Hudson before the Giants responded with a four-run seventh.

Chris Denorfia also had a run-scoring single for San Diego. Denorfia and Nick Hundley each had three hits for the Padres.

San Diego starter Aaron Harang (13-6) gave up four runs and six hits in five innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Diego   San Francisco
Aaron Harang Player Eric Surkamp
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 5.2
4 Strikeouts 0
6 Hits 7
7.20 ERA 3.18
Hitting
San Diego   San Francisco
Chris Denorfia Player Cody Ross
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
0 HR 1
3 TB 7
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Diego 11 0 11 .314 17 2 3 2 0 0
San Francisco 9 3 20 .281 16 6 8 5 0 1