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Proving clouds contain these alleged silver linings, the San Francisco Giants manged to avoid a three-game sweep over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Whew. Right-hander Ryan Sadowski, 26, also pitched his first major league game. "He looked very comfortable out there," Giants manager Bruce Bochy told CBS 5 / AP. "He threw quality strikes. He had good movement on his fastball. He had breaking balls going. He did a great job, swung the bat. He did it all today." Sadowski also took home several balls as a keepsake. Aw. Next up, the Giants will play the St. Louis Cardinals at 5:15 p.m. (PST).

       

Although an away-game and rain resulted in a low turnout for Randy Johnson's 300th win yesterday, the small crowd couldn't diminish the joy and relief the SF Giants pitcher felt after winning his 300th game. This makes Johnson the 24th pitcher (and the sixth left-hander) to achieve the 300 mark with a 5-1 win against the easy-to-clobber Nationals in D.C. last night.

Who's the bitch now, scare-away owl?

Major League Baseball played its 79th All-Star Game last night, a 15-inning, long hard slog eventually won by the American League, 4-3. Your hometown team players had a couple cameos and made a few notable contributions in the evening’s proceedings…