Reuters: Sports News: Giants beat Astros to stand firm atop NL West

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Giants beat Astros to stand firm atop NL West Aug 30th 2012, 04:14 Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:14am EDT (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants continued to show stability atop the National League West with a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday. In winning for the seventh time in nine games, the Giants (73-57) kept their 3 1/2-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers who recently strengthened their roster with a blockbuster trade acquiring Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford from Boston. San Francisco has shown no signs of faltering, though, and they quickly took advantage of last-place Houston (40-90) by grabbing a 4-0 lead in the first inning where Hunter Pence hit a three-run blast. After the home Astros cut the lead to one run in the third, Joaquin Arias delivered a two-run triple and the Giants' bullpen held firm following a quick outing by starter Barry Zito. Zito left after just 2 1/3 innings. George Kontos pitched the next 2 2/3 scoreless innings to record the win while the visitors used seven pitchers on the night to hold off Houston.

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