Aurilia's big hit lifts Giants

The San Francisco Giants suddenly have the slightest bit of momentum at home — and that was something to celebrate, even for a brief moment. Rich Aurilia lined a go-ahead two-run double to center field in the eighth inning, Bengie Molina had another big night and the Giants rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Wednesday. "This gives us a lot of confidence that we can do it again," Molina said. "Games like this get your confidence back up and make you believe you can win games. The beauty of the Western Division is that even though we've played so bad the last couple of weeks, we're still in it. Anything can happen. I've seen it before." Aurilia came up big with an eight-pitch at-bat in which he fouled off three straight pitches before the double. Omar Vizquel gave the Giants an insurance run with an RBI double off... [read full story]