Following Cubs Rally, Giants Walk Off On Andres Torres Single

San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - Andres Torres hit a long pinch-hit single to the warning track with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to give the Giants another dramatic win, 8-7, to conclude a four-game series against the Cubs.

San Francisco had a 7-3 lead as late as the seventh, but needed to rally back off Andrew Cashner (1-5) in the ninth. Aaron Rowand beat out an infield single to start the inning and eventually scored the winning run after a pair of walks filled the bases. Torres lofted a long fly ball over the head of Marlon Byrd in center to cap the uprising as the Giants took three of four in the series.

All three wins can be credited in large part to a red-hot Pat Burrell, who hit two homers, including a grand slam, to end with five RBI in the finale. Pablo Sandoval also homered, had two hits and scored twice. Brian Wilson (3-1) hurled a scoreless top of the ninth to grab the win.

Burrell was cast off by the Rays earlier this season after hitting .202 in 24 games, but has bounced back in a big way for San Francisco. He hit a tie- breaking home run in the eighth to give the Giants a 5-4 win Wednesday and provided the game-winning sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the 11th inning two days earlier. All told, Burrell went 7-for-16 in the series with three homers and nine RBI.

He's lifted the club with game-winning RBI in five of the team's last seven wins dating back to a two-out, two-run homer off Jonathan Broxton in the ninth inning of a 2-1 win over the rival Dodgers back on July 31.

Starlin Castro paced the Cubs with four hits, two runs scored and an RBI on his game-tying single to cap a three-run eighth. Xavier Nady added a two-run double in Chicago's sixth loss in seven games.

The Giants erased an early 3-1 deficit when Burrell and Sandoval hit back-to- back homers leading off the fourth. An inning later, Cubs starter Randy Wells loaded the bases with a pair of walks to follow an error, and Burrell lifted a 2-0 sinker out and over the left-field fence for his sixth career slam and a 7-3 lead.

The seventh inning began the Cubs' comeback, though, as Chris Ray came on for starter Matt Cain and served up a two-out double to Kosuke Fukudome that scored Castro.

The visitors rallied for three more in the eighth to tie the game. Javier Lopez walked the leadoff batter, and Guillermo Mota entered to allow a base hit before Koyie Hill doubled home Blake DeWitt. Sergio Romo took over on the hill and got the first out on a pinch-hit pop up from Alfonso Soriano with runners at second and third. A Tyler Colvin groundout scored Jeff Baker, and Castro came through with a clutch single through the left side as Hill crossed home to make it a 7-7 game.

Sean Marshall tossed a flawless bottom half of the eighth to keep things even entering the ninth.

Doubles from Nady and Wells chased in Chicago's first three runs, while Juan Uribe knocked in Sandoval with a base hit in the second. Sandoval got on with his second triple of the season.

Cain tied a season high with nine strikeouts while allowing three runs on eight hits with a single walk over six frames...Wells was charged with eight hits and seven runs (six earned) in five innings. He walked three and struck out two...Burrell now has 12 home runs and notched the 19th multi-homer game of his career. Over his last 16 games, Burrell is batting .383 (18-for-47) and has 15 RBI, with 12 of his last 18 hits going for extra bases (7 doubles, 5 HRs)...San Francisco kicks off a key three-game set with NL West leaders San Diego on Friday at AT&T Park. The win moved the Giants to within two games of the Padres...Chicago heads east to take on division-rival St. Louis in a three-game weekend series...The Cubs were without third baseman Aramis Ramirez (sore ribs)...Fukudome and Hill each had two hits and an RBI in the loss...Uribe, filling in for the injured Edgar Renteria at shortstop, collected two hits for the second straight game...San Francisco's Freddy Sanchez had two hits and walked in three at-bats.