PHOENIX -- In his brief major league career

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PHOENIX -- In his brief major league career, Arizonas Patrick Corbin never had pitched longer than seven innings, driven in a run or had an extra-base hit. Nike Free Schuhe Billig . The rookie left-hander accomplished all three Sunday. Corbin (6-7) pitched eight innings and drove in four runs with a triple and single in the Diamondbacks 10-2 rout of the San Francisco Giants. Justin Upton had a solo homer and two-run double as the Diamondbacks averted a three-game sweep. Corbin entered the game batting .071 (2 for 28), then struck out in his first at-bat against Ryan Vogelsong. His next time up, with the bases loaded, he tripled down the line into the right field corner, breaking open what had been a 2-2 game. "My first at bat he threw two heaters in and I just stood there, didnt even take the bat off of my shoulder," Corbin said. "He got to two strikes again and thats just what I was sitting on. I just put the bat on the ball and it got by them." Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said the Giants had just moved first baseman Brian Belt off the line the pitch before Corbins hit. "We saw Patrick earlier in the year swinging the bat very well," Gibson said. "He hasnt lately, but he had a huge day at the plate." Corbin scattered eight hits, striking out five and walking one. For the second straight start against Arizona, Vogelsong (12-9) lasted only 3 1-3 innings. He allowed seven runs, six earned, on five hits with six strikeouts and four walks, one intentional. "I cant say I missed location today. The only pitch I missed location was Uptons first double," Vogelsong said. "On Corbins (triple) I just spotted it in the middle. The balls came out good that is why it is getting perplexing. My stuff is there. It just doesnt make much sense right now." Vogelsong gave up four runs in five innings against Colorado in his last start. Before that he was tagged for six runs in 3 1-3 against Arizona. He has given up 20 runs in his last four starts and 34 in his last seven. "His stuff is good, he is just going through a tough period," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. "He has been through it before and he will come out if it." NL West-leading San Francisco had not allowed this many runs since a 14-2 loss to Washington on Aug. 13. The victory keeps Arizona 4 1/2 games out in the wild-card race. San Francisco remains 7 1/2 up in the NL West over the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost 5-2 to St. Louis in 12 innings. Corbin threw 93 pitches and acknowledged he wanted to go back out for the ninth. But Gibson said that Corbin had been stretched beyond where hed been this season and Josh Collmenter needed the work in the ninth. Arizonas fourth-inning eruption broke a 2-2 tie. It started when Giants shortstop Joaquin Arias muffed Paul Goldschmidts grounder. Vogelsong struck out Ryan Wheeler for the second time, but Cody Ransom doubled off the wall in centre to put runners at second and third. Gerardo Parra was walked intentionally to bring up Corbin, who was batting .069 (2 for 29). On a 1-2 pitch, Corbin hit one down the line to the right field corner, clearing the bases and finishing with a head-first dive into third. Vogelsong walked Adam Eaton and was through for the day. Shane Loux relieved Vogelsong and Aaron Hill doubled both base runners home to make it 7-2. Upton homered for the second game in a row, a solo shot to left in the sixth. Corbin got his fourth RBI with a broken-bat, bloop single in the seventh. The four RBIs were the second-most by a pitcher in Diamondbacks history. Micah Owings had six against Atlanta on Aug. 18, 2007. The Giants scored in the first when Angel Pagan opened the game with a double. He was sacrificed to third by Marco Scutaros bunt and scored on Buster Poseys two-out single. Arizona went up 2-1 in the third on Uptons booming two-run double off the overhang in right-centre, a foot or less shy of a home run. Vogelsong retired the first two batters in the inning but walked Eaton and gave up a single to Hill to set things up for Upton, whose also had a solo home run in the sixth. San Francisco made it 2-2 in the fourth when Posey led off with a walk and Hunter Pence was hit by a pitch. Posey scored on Brandon Belts two-out double. NOTES: The Giants go home for a four-game series with Colorado. LHP Madison Bumgarner (14-10, 3.32 ERA) goes for San Francisco in Mondays opener and Jhoulys Chacin (2-5, 4.86) for the Rockies. ... Arizona has Monday off. The Diamondbacks open a three-game series at home with San Diego on Tuesday, RHP Ian Kennedy (13-11, 4.21) going for Arizona, LHP Eric Stults (6-2, 2.54) for the Padres. ... San Francisco finished its road trip 4-2. .... The Giants havent lost a series on the road since dropping two of three at Pittsburgh July 6-8. ... The Diamondbacks had not scored more than four runs in 12 straight home games, tying a club record. ... Upton has homered in consecutive games for the first time since he had one in three straight games last Sept. 7-9. ... The Diamondbacks only outhit the Giants 9-8. ... San Francisco used eight pitchers. Nike Free Run Damen Schuhe . Quarterbacks Steven Jyles and Kerry Joseph combined to complete three touchdown passes as the Eskimos finally produced some offence in a 42-10 romp over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Commonwealth Stadium on Friday. Nike Free Damen Weiß . The Laval, Que., native finished with 365.10 points after posting an 11th-place finish in Rome two years ago. "After two years and all the work that Ive done with my coach, everyone can see that Ive improved," Abel said on a conference call. http://www.damennikefree.eu/ . Ortiz is on the 15-day disabled list, but he was in New York with the Red Sox on Monday for opening day against the Yankees. He is set to go back to the clubs complex in Fort Myers, Fla., to continue his rehabilitation Thursday. Nike Free Run Damen Blau . It can score goals. While Spain has tried to pass its opponents to death at Euro 2012, Italy has stuck to whats almost a quaintly old-fashioned approach of making the net bulge with pinpoint headers and blistering shots. Nike Free Run 2 Damen Schwarz . -- Christian Ponder is out, and backup Joe Webb is in at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings.SAN MARTIN, Calif. - Anyone expecting a new and improved version of Tiger Woods saw much of the same old thing Thursday. An early birdie to raise hopes. A sudden tumble. And he couldnt make a putt. In his first tournament in seven weeks, Woods went 13 holes between his only two birdies at the Frys.com Open and had a 2-over 73 that put him in danger of missing consecutive cuts for the first time in his career. "Thats probably one of the worst putting rounds Ive ever had," Woods said. "I cant putt the ball any worse than I did today." Texas Open winner Brendan Steele opened with a 4-under 67 on a cool day at CordeValle with a few bursts of showers. He was joined in the lead by Briny Baird, Garrett Willis and Matt Bettencourt. Chris Baryla of Vernon, B.C., fired a 68 to trail by one shot. Woods fell out of the top 50 in the world ranking this week for the first time in 15 years, and it showed. The best golf in his group came from UCLA sophomore Patrick Cantlay, the No. 1 amateur in the world, who opened with a 2-under 69. Woods was tied for 86th, although he was still only one shot out of the top 70 and ties that advance to the weekend. It marked the sixth straight round in which he failed to break par, and another occasion of having to scroll far down the leaderboard to find him. He had not played since missing the cut at the PGA Championship in August, finishing out of the top 100 for the first time in a major. Woods said the time off at least gave him time to practice, to nail down the major work in his swing change with Sean Foley, and to play 36 holes a day at home in Florida. Being back on the PGA Tour was different, even if it looked the same. There was nothing special about his game, although whatever he did right was derailed once he got on the greens. Woods missed three putts inside six feet, two of them for birdie. Even toward the end of his round, he froze when he saw a four-foot par putt on the 16th hole take a 360-degree ride around the edge of the cup before falling. "The rest of the game was not too bad," Woods said. "I hit some bad shots, yes. But also, I hit some really good ones. And very pleased at the shots I was hitting most of the day. But I got nothing out of the round on the greens. And whatever momentum I could have gotten by hitting good shots ... you know, I just missed putts." He missed a six-foot birdie attempt at the par-5 ninth, but saved par with a 12-footer — the longest putt he made all day — on the next hole. That appeared to give him a lift, for he stuffed his tee shot on the par-3 11th to four feet. The putt didnt even touch the hole. And then, Woods made a mess of the par-5 12th. From the left rough, the grass grabbed his club and pulled the shot toward the hazard. Woods never found the ball, had to return to the other side of a creek and lay up short of another hazard in front of the green. He had to work hard to two-putt from 35 feet for double bogey. The last time Woods missed consecutive cuts on the PGA Tour wass in 1994, when he was an 18-year-old amateur. Nike Free Run Damen Günstig. In fact, he missed his first seven cuts as an amateur. On the PGA Tour, he has missed the 36-hole cut only seven times in his career. "I need to put together a good round tomorrow and gradually piece my way back into the tournament," Woods said. The leaders didnt seem to have many problems, although the cold weather and occasional rain put low scores at a premium. Steele birdied his last two holes for a 31 on the back nine. Baird has made nearly US$12 million on the PGA Tour — the most of anyone without having won a tournament — and at least gave himself hope by playing without a bogey. The group at 68 included a pair of Australians, Rod Pampling and Matt Jones, both on the bubble for finishing in the top 125 on the money list and keeping their PGA Tour cards. There are two more tournaments after this week. Money is not an issue for Cantlay — at least not yet. He has done so well this year, from being low amateur at the U.S. Open to his record-setting 60 at the Travelers Championship, that some feel he is ready for the PGA Tour. He wasnt all that impressed with a score that was four shots better than Woods. "He played how he played," Cantlay said. "I didnt have any expectations for what he was going to do, or what anybody else was going to do, except for myself." Cantlay is not one to easily get flustered, even playing with Woods, and it showed on the opening hole. Stepping up to his tee shot, he let out a gaping yawn, then smashed his drive down the fairway. For the rest of the day, the UCLA sophomore outplayed the 14-time major champion. Both rolled off the front of the green at No. 6, where Cantlay rattled in a 35-foot birdie putt, and then Woods came up five feet short and had to save par. On the par-5 ninth, Woods put his third shot just inside six feet from the cup. Cantlay holed his 10-footer for birdie, and Woods blocked his birdie putt. Cantlay went out in 32, and his lone mistake was a three-putt on the 13th when he missed a two-footer. Woods started beautifully — a tee shot into the fairway, a short iron to three feet for birdie. Some three hours passed before his next birdie, however, and the day quickly became a struggle. Woods hit three bunker shots on No. 2 — two from the one in front of the green — for a bogey. He missed a three-foot par putt on No. 3 and then hooked a tee shot on the fourth, looking down at his hand to suggest it slipped off the club in the rain. It was ordinary golf, the brand he has been playing for much of the last two years. Woods has another month off after CordeValle before the Australian Open and the Presidents Cup. He is under more scrutiny than usual as a captains pick by Fred Couples, and a round like this is not going to make the skeptics go away. "Im just playing to get competitive and win a golf tournament," Woods said. "Its not about validation. Its about going out there and playing. And right now, Im six back." ' ' '