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SAN FRANCISCO -- In the eighth inning Saturday, Chris Davis connected for one of the fastest, fiercest home runs to clear the fences that anyone can remember at AT&T Park. San Francisco closer Sergio Romo then found himself staring at the majors home run leader an inning later with the tying run at first. Romo retired Davis on a game-ending groundout, and solid pitching wasnt wasted this time as the Giants held on for a 3-2 win against the Baltimore Orioles after Hunter Pences go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning Saturday. "Thats what this game is all about: the best in the world versus the best in the world," Pence said of the Romo-Davis matchup. "Hes having a really remarkable season and hes definitely locked in. That was an exciting at-bat. Romo got the job done, which was really crucial for us." San Franciscos stagnant lineup finally got to Wei-Yin Chen on Saturday -- and Romo then kept Davis down in the final inning following his 42nd home run leading off the eighth against Santiago Casilla. The drive high into the seats in right-centre was thought to be one of the farthest in Davis career. "Really? Wow. Not quite enough," he said. "Any time you have runners on, especially with our lineup, you expect somebody to come through with a big hit, but their pitchers made pitches and they made plays." Nick Markakis added three hits, but Baltimore had its three-game winning streak snapped on a day of missed opportunities. Guillermo Moscoso (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief for the win. The Orioles left the bases loaded in the second. Adam Jones hit a sacrifice fly in the third, but Baltimore stranded a runner at third. The Orioles squandered chances again in the sixth, eighth and ninth. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter was unhappy with the strike zone -- for both sides. "I thought (Chad Gaudin) deserved a little better fate, too," Showalter said. "We had some good situations. We just didnt cash the ticket." After Brandon Belt singled with two outs in the first, Chen (6-5) retired the next 13 batters before Andres Torres leadoff single in the sixth. He was sacrificed to second and Marco Scutaro followed with a tying single. Belt doubled one out later and Buster Posey drew an intentional walk, bringing up Pence. "Its nice to get a hit when youve got the opportunity in a big situation. Its nice to get a ball to fall," Pence said. Thats been a tough chore in so many close games this season. Belt, who has retooled his swing several times the past two seasons, had two hits. He homered in each of his previous two games. "We got the hit weve been looking for," manager Bruce Bochy said. "Its the type of hit that wins ballgames for you and has been missing. Its good to get those timely hits. You hope guys relax a little bit and start having more fun." Gaudin struck out six in five innings for the Giants, working out of several jams. Casilla struck out Ryan Flaherty and pinch-hitter Matt Wieters with two runners on to end the eighth. Romo earned his 27th save in 31 chances as the Giants won at AT&T Park for only the third time in their last 10 home games. They dropped the series opener in 10 innings Friday. Romo didnt back down from Davis. "I trust my stuff. Everybody here believes in my ability to get hitters out," Romo said. "Its just a win that we needed, and I just happened to be able to get him out to end it." Posey, the reigning NL MVP and batting champion, started and caught in a day game after a night game -- not often his routine. Manager Bruce Bochy said the off-day Monday factored into the decision, as well as a recent day to rest. NOTES: Orioles RHP Jason Hammel, who received a cortisone shot Friday for right forearm tightness, believes he will soon be ready to pitch again, though he isnt going to come off the disabled list Tuesday when eligible. Dr. James Andrews evaluated Hammels MRI and agreed with the teams conclusion to do the injection. ... The Giants lead the clubs all-time series 6-5. ... Showalter on J.J. Hardys 20 home runs in three straight seasons: "I didnt realize how good he was, just because I didnt know him." ... The Giants improved to 16-22 vs. lefty starters. ... Baltimore is 13-7 against all California teams this year. ... RHP Matt Cain pitches the series finale Sunday for San Francisco against RHP Bud Norris.Air Max 90 Cheap Uk . Siddikur, whose previous win on the circuit came in Brunei three years ago, finished his bogey-free round with a birdie on the 18th for a total of 17-under 199. 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Air Max Cheap Uk .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon.Dane van Niekerk struck 63 off 43 balls as South Africa Women set up a series decider with a 17-run win over England Women on the Duckworth-Lewis method in the rain-hit second T20 at Newlands. Van Niekerk and skipper Mignon de Preez (47no) propelled the hosts to 145-3 off 17.2 overs before bad weather interrupted the match for the second and final time.Sarah Taylors 66 off 52 balls - her 14th T20i half-century and second in as many games - had earlier steered England Women to 156-6 off their allocation.Taylor anchored Englands innings after the visitors were put in, sharing stands of 59 and 63 with Charlotte Edwards (34 off 22) and Heather Knight (29 off 20) respectively after the early loss of Tammy Beaumont.She pushed on after Edwards was bowled off-stump by Sune Luus (2-26) attempting to reverse sweep, reaching her fifty off 43 balls having been dropped by Chloe Tryon on 35.Knight offered bold support, striking the first six of the game over wide long on to take England to 107-3 off 15 overs before she picked out Marizanne Kapp in the deep off Shabnim Ismail when trying to clear the rope again.Sarah Taylor acknowledges the applause for her half-century Tayloor failed to bat through the innings when she was run out in a final over costing just four runs while attempting to come back for a second off Ismail, Jenny Gunn suffering the same fate two balls later.ddddddddddddouth Africa, like England, accumulated 52-1 off their first six overs - Trisha Chetty the sole casualty, run out after a horror mid-pitch mix-up with Van Niekerk.England had chances to remove Van Niekerk early but the opener was put down by Gunn on six and Edwards on 22.The 22-year-old struck the ball crisply all around the wicket to bring up her fifty off 34 balls, posting her fifty-run stand with Du Preez off 40 balls.But with the pressure building on England, Van Niekerk advanced looking to hit Rebecca Grundy down the ground and was stumped by Taylor to break a 68-run stand. The hosts were ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis target - needing 49 runs off 42 balls to win - when rain brought a 10-minute break, South Africa on 108-2 off 13 overs at the time.On the restart Du Preez picked up where she left off, getting the chase down to less than a run-a-ball with four overs left as the 16th over - bowled by Shrubsole - cost 14.Kapp whipped Georgia Elwiss for six to keep the momentum up before falling lbw to the spinner and when rain returned, the hosts still had the edge, needing just 12 off 16 balls.Watch the third T20 between South Africa Women and England Women live on Sky Sports 2 from 7.55am on Sunday. ' ' '