*San Francisco Giants Team Report*
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Friday's win against the Dodgers secured the Giants' fifth
straight season of 90 wins or more, the first time in franchise
history since it did so in New York from 1933-37. The Giants
have now been in first or second place in the National League
West for eight consecutive seasons. ... Scoring the first run in
Saturday's game, OF Barry Bonds tied a career high for runs
scored with 129, which he also accomplished in 1993, 2000, and
2001. Despite going 0-for-1 with a walk in the season finale,
Bonds won his second NL batting title in the past three years
with a .362 average. ... With nine strikeouts on Sunday, Jason
Schmidt set the San Francisco single-season strikeout record of
251, previously held by Juan Marichal in 1963. Christy Mathewson
holds the franchise record with 267 in 1903. ... Sunday's
shutout of the Dodgers lowered the Giants' ERA in September and
October from 3.40 to 3.28, which led the league. ... The 10 runs
on Sunday brought the Giants' season total to 850, second only
to St. Louis in the National League. ... After leading off
Sunday's game with a homer, Ray Durham is now tied with Devon
White for fifth on the all-time lead-off home run list with 34.
He had nine this year, four of which came against the Dodgers.

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