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The sacrifice fly: a pitcher's new best friend.

The way the Giants have operated lately, with losses and injuries piling up beyond anyone's gloomiest expectations, they'll take any friend they can get.

Behind Matt Cain's eight stifling innings and the offense's little-ball approach that featured a franchise-record-tying four sacrifice flies, the Giants beat the Braves 7-5. Their first win over Atlanta in 2011, however, nearly went to waste in the ninth.

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