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- Updated: August 26, 2016
LOS ANGELES — In the biggest game of the year for the Giants, Matt Moore delivered the best game of his life. He fell one out shy of a no-hitter, broken up by Corey Seager’s soft single to right with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but beat the Dodgers, 4-0, to snap his club’s four-game losing streak, keeping the Giants from being swept in this showdown series and trimming the deficit to two games in the National League West.
Nearly pitching the Giants’ first no-hitter over the Dodgers in 101 years (by Rube Marquard), Moore (8-10) walked three and struck out seven in 8 2/3 innings, then was removed immediately after Seager’s hit having thrown a career-high 133 pitches. The defensive highlights were turned in by center fielder Denard Span, robbing Adrian Gonzalez with a long run and shoestring catch in the second inning, then preserving the gem with a diving catch of Kiké Hernandez’s sinking liner leading off the bottom of the ninth. Moore threw a no-hitter in Double-A in 2011.
Joe Panik slugged a two-run homer off Ross Stripling (3-5) in a three-run fourth inning and nothing …
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