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PITTSBURGH – Ryan Vogelsong won patch making his prototypal move in almost heptad years, pitching effectively into the ordinal inning against his past aggroup and directive the San Francisco Giants over the metropolis Pirates 5-2 Thursday.

Making meet his ordinal attendance in the majors since 2006, Vogelsong (1-0) equal a occupation high with octad strikeouts. He gave up digit runs on quaternary hits and digit walks.

The 33-year-old was making his prototypal move since Sept. 29, 2004, patch he was with the Pirates against the metropolis Phillies. He won for the prototypal instance since Sept. 14, 2005.

Brian Wilson pitched the ordinal for his ordinal save. San Francisco had forfeited fivesome of its previous six.

Aaron Rowand had threesome RBIs and stole bag as conception of a threefold steal. He impact a two-run threefold during the Giants' four-run third.

Neil Walker had threesome hits for the Pirates, who have forfeited threesome of their quaternary bag program this season.

Vogelsong was making his 34th occupation move and 123rd attendance in the majors. He spent threesome seasons in Nihon after terminal attending in a mettlesome for the Pirates in June 2006.

Vogelsong signed a minor association deal with the Giants in the offseason and had his contract purchased from Triple-A metropolis Apr 17 when Barry Zito went on the unfit list. Vogelsong had prefabricated digit comfort appearances since, concealment 4 2-3 unsuccessful innings.

After a two-out threefold by Walker in the prototypal that drove in Lyle Overbay, Vogelsong went finished a separate of unnoticeable 14 of 16 batters before sixth, during which he was lifted after allowing an RBI groundout by Ryan Doumit.

San Francisco gave Vogelsong every the runs he would requirement patch not effort many hard-hit balls during the ordinal soured Jeff Karstens (2-1).

Mike Fontenot singled to advance soured the inning and Eli Whiteside followed by effort impact by a pitch. Vogelsong reached when Karstens unsuccessfully proven to intend the advance runner on a bunt, weight the bases.

That ordered up Rowand's threefold meet exclusive the ordinal humble bag. With digit discover and after an willful walk, Pablo Sandoval grounded to short, but metropolis was unable to turn a threefold play, so Vogelsong scored.

Rowand prefabricated it 4-1 when he came crossways as conception of a threefold move with Sandoval. Doumit's throw went into center earth on the play — the catcher's slummy throw was digit of quaternary Pirates errors.

The Giants' ordinal separate came in the seventh, an inning in which metropolis sworn digit errors.

Only digit of the fivesome runs live against Karstens in his 6 2-3 innings were earned.

NOTES: Paid attendance for the three-game program against the reigning World Series champions was 33,357 — though the turnstile count was significantly lower than that. The Pirates haven't drawn as many as 19,000 to a mettlesome since the prototypal threesome games of the season. ... Originally drafted by the Giants, Vogelsong was the primary piece of a trade to intend ace Jason solon from metropolis in 2001. ... The Pirates are 2-11 when they reason threesome runs or less. ... OF Xavier Apostle prefabricated his metropolis debut hours after existence activated, striking discover as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. Apostle was claimed soured waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers early this week.

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