Posted: Friday, 24 July 2009 10:08AM

Sports Shorts: Giants axe Braves 5-1



The San Francisco Giants avoided a four game sweep by the Atlanta Braves as they beat them 5-to-1 yesterday.  Barry Zito gave up only three hits in seven innings of work to get the win.  The Giants are at the Colorado Rockies tonight (6:10PM).

The Oakland A's fell to the New York Yankees 6-to-3.  Kurt Suzuki had two hits and an RBI in the loss.  The series continues tonight at Yankee Stadium (4:05PM).

The San Jose Giants won their seventh game in a row as they downed the Visalia Rawhide 11-to-2.  David Maroul homered and had three RBI's in the win.  The three game series wraps up tonight in Visalia (7:05PM).

FC Gold Pride finished in a scoreless tie last night with Los Angeles.  FC is at Saint Louis Sunday.

The San Jose Earthquakes host DC United tomorrow night at Buck Shaw Stadium (7:30PM).

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