San Francisco Giants beat Atlanta Braves 5-2

San Francisco : CA : USA | Aug 24, 2012 at 12:45 AM PDT

Source: Contra Costa Times

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Giants victory at Turner Field, but despite a shaky start, he was arguably better the second time around, at least before the ninth. He struck out five as the Giants matched their largest lead of the year in the National League West -- three games -- against the idle Los Angeles Dodgers. FULL ARTICLE AT Contra Costa Times

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