Bengie Molina had four RBI and Pablo Sandoval drove in two runs Tuesday in the San Francisco Giants' 8-4 romp over Arizona. Sandoval and Molina hit back-to-back homers in the seventh inning to extend San Francisco's lead to 8-3. The win kept a faint pulse going in Giants' hopes of winning the National

Tim Lincecum recorded 11 strikeouts in seven innings and Eugeno Velez drove in four runs Monday, keying San Francisco's 9-1 blitz of Colorado. The victory pulled the Giants within 3 1/2 games of Colorado for the lead in the National League wild card standings.

Bengie Molina hit an eighth-inning solo homer to give San Francisco the lead Friday and the Giants held on to edge Milwaukee 3-2. San Francisco, which began the night trailing Colorado by a game in the National League wild-card race, managed only four hits and faced an early 2-0 deficit, but came back to pick up the crucial victory. The Giants got a big break in the sixth with runners on first and second and two away when Mike Cameron botched a fly ball to center.

Bengie Molina hit a three-run homer with two out in the eighth inning Wednesday that rallied the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 triumph over Arizona. The Diamondbacks took a 3-0 lead into the seventh, but that advantage disappeared thanks to a solo homer by Juan Uribe and Molina's 16th blast of the season. San Francisco's comeback allowed the Giants to close within three games of Colorado for the lead in the National League wild-card race.

Aaron Rowand hit a three-run shot Friday, and Jonathan Sanchez fanned eight batters in five innings as San Francisco downed Colorado 6-3. The Giants moved within a game of the Rockies for the lead in the National League wild-card race.