Giants, Padres wrap brief set

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04/22/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco Giants have had their problems on the road during the early part of this season, but they've been quite good at home so far.

The Giants shoot for a sweep of a brief two-game series with the San Diego Padres when the National League West rivals square off again this afternoon at AT&T Park.

San Francisco lost all six contests during its only road trip of the young season, including a three-game sweep at the hands of the Padres from April 10-12, but has won three of four matchups since returning home from the unsuccessful trek. The Giants exacted some revenge on San Diego on Tuesday, delivering an 8-3 victory led by a big night at the plate from Edgar Renteria.

Renteria went 3-for-4 with five RBI, four of which came on a grand slam off Padres ace Jake Peavy in the fourth inning. Travis Ishikawa added a pair of hits, including a two-run single, to help back six solid innings out of Giants starter Matt Cain.

Cain (2-1) allowed just two runs and scattered nine hits without walking a batter to earn his first win over the Padres since September 8, 2006. The right-hander had gone 0-5 in 10 starts against San Diego following that victory.

Peavy (2-2) was reached for six runs on seven hits through six innings of work to receive the loss.

Brian Giles finished with two hits and a pair of RBI for the Padres, who have lost two in a row after opening a current eight-game road trip with four wins in its first five outings. Kevin Kouzmanoff went 2-for-4 with a run-scoring double in a losing cause.

San Diego will turn to Chris Young today in hopes of ending its mild skid. The 6-foot-10 right-hander already owns a victory over the Giants this season, holding San Francisco to one unearned run and just four hits over seven outstanding innings back on April 12. Young struck out seven Giants hitters and did not issue a walk in that game.

The Princeton product wasn't nearly as effective in his most recent start, however. At Philadelphia this past Friday, Young was rocked for seven runs and nine hits before being removed after just 3 2/3 innings. He did end up with a no-decision after his team rallied late for an 8-7 win.

Young's win over the Giants earlier this month was only his second in six career decisions against the club, although he's posted a respectable 3.55 earned run average in nine overall starts versus San Francisco.

The Giants hope to get Barry Zito untracked in today's finale. The former American League Cy Young Award winner has surrendered 10 runs and walked six over a combined nine innings in back-to-back losses to start the season, including a setback to the Padres in San Diego on April 10.

Zito lasted just four innings in that game and gave up four runs on seven hits. He wasn't any better in a start in Dodger Stadium this past Friday, as the Dodgers reached the veteran lefty for six runs in five innings en route to a 7-2 decision.

The 30-year-old is 3-3 with a 3.98 ERA in 11 career starts against San Diego.

San Francisco won six of nine 2008 meetings with the Padres held at AT&T Park and went 13-5 against San Diego last season.

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Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:

Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1

Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17

Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1

Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1

Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1

Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1

Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5

Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1

Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1

Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1

Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50

Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1

Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1

Best Animated Feature Film:

"Cars": 1/3

"Happy Feet": 2/1

"Monster House": 20/1

Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:

"Water" – Canada: 22/1

"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2

"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1

"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1

"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10

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"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5

"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2

"Helmer & Son": 5/2

"The Saviour": 6/1

"West Bank Story": 7/2

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"Babel": 7/4

"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1

"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20

"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4

"The Queen": 5/4

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

"Babel": 11/4

"The Departed": 1/2

"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2

"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10

"The Queen": 20/1

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10

Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1

Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1

Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5

Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1

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Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1

Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1

Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1

Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8

Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1

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Dreamgirls: 2/3

Pans Labyrinth: 6/5

The Departed: 6/1

The Queen: 11/1

Babel: 15/1

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1

Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1


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