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SAN FRANCISCO -- A little bit of patience has led to a lot of confidence for Michael Morse, who finished the three-game series with Philadelphia reaching base in nine straight plate appearances. Morse got three hits and scored twice as the San Francisco Giants won consecutive home games for the first time in over two months, beating the Phillies 5-2 on Sunday. "Im just getting hits now. Im not trying to do too much, just get a pitch to hit," Morse said. "Im not seeing the ball any better, Im being more patient." Andrew Susac had two hits and drove in the go-ahead run for the Giants, who won their first series at home since taking two of three from Arizona right before the All-Star break. Brandon Crawford drove in a pair of runs. Chase Utley and Cody Asche drove in runs for the Phillies, who have lost seven of their last nine. Tim Lincecum (10-8) managed to work through five innings to end a personal three-game losing streak. He gave up two runs and seven hits, walking four and striking out two. "I tried to do my best with what I had," Lincecum said. "I started doing what I wanted later but my pitch count got up there." Lincecum needed 76 pitches to finish three innings and came out after throwing 97. The Phillies stranded eight runners over the first five innings, including the bases loaded in the third. "We couldnt come up with the hit with runners on," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. "He doesnt give up. He stayed with his changeup. He gets you fishing in those situations." Javier Lopez, Jean Machi, Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla combined for four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out nine. Casilla earned his 10th save in 13 chances. Not since June 8 had the Giants won two straight at AT&T Park. David Buchanan (6-7) allowed two earned runs and nine hits in 6 2-3 innings. TRAINERS ROOM Phillies: LHP Jesse Biddle, considered one of the teams top prospects, strained his right quad on Saturday in a start for Double-A Reading. . RHP Kyle Kendrick apologized to Sandberg for storming off the mound when he was removed from Saturdays game against the Giants. He said he was upset about coming out and not at teammates Chase Utley and Ryan Howard for allowing a pop fly to land safely. Giants: Bryan Stow, the Giants fan who was the victim of a brutal beating at Dodger Stadium on opening day in 2011, was a surprise visitor to the San Francisco clubhouse before the game. Third base coach Tim Flannery ushered in Stow in his wheelchair. Stows son, Tyler, accompanied him. Stow visited with nearly every player and left with several souvenirs. "I know all those players have to be excited to see him and have him here at the ballpark and the clubhouse," Bochy said. "With all hes been through, all his familys been through, its great to have him here." ... INF Joe Panik suffered a dislocated finger on his left hand and had X-rays taken. Hell be re-evaluated when the team goes to Chicago . C Hector Sanchez (concussion) was a scratch from Fridays lineup at Triple-A Fresno with back spasms. He also left Saturdays game after getting hit in the mask by a foul tip. Hes rejoined the team in San Francisco for further evaluation. UP NEXT Phillies: RHP Jerome Williams (2-5, 6.43) will make his second start since being claimed off waivers when he pitches Monday at home against Seattle. He allowed two earned runs in 5 1-3 innings against the Los Angeles Angels last Tuesday. Giants: RHP Ryan Vogelsong (7-8, 3.71) gets the start Tuesday when the Giants open a road trip at the Chicago Cubs. Hes 3-3 with a 6.19 ERA in nine career appearances at Wrigley Field, though hes currently on a three-game winning streak there. Ron Duguay Jersey . 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The roster changes have been constant and continuous since late last year, but even with their 46-man roster set for the start of the season, the banged-up Bombers will be kicking off Week 1 with a handful of fresh faces and back-ups in the starting lineup. Wayne Gretzky Jersey . This week, topics cover the World Series champion Red Sox, John Farrell and what to look forward to this off-season.RIGA, Latvia -- Canadian ice dancers MacKenzie Bent and Garrett MacKeen opened the ISU Junior Grand Prix season Saturday by earning their first international victory. Bent, from Uxbridge, Ont., and MacKeen, from Oshawa, Ont., had 127.93 points to edge the American duo of Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter. "It was really something special to hear our national anthem," said MacKeen. "It certainly will be one of the biggest memories for us from this competition." Bent, 16, and MacKeen, 19, were first after Fridays short program. They retained the overall lead by finishing third in the free dance. "One of our lifts was downgraded and that affected ourr score," said MacKeen.dddddddddddd "Its something weve been working really hard on in training. We came here with a short dance similar to last year because it was very successful for us. "We changed our free dance and we are delighted to get off to such a great start with it." The Americans won silver with 127.43 points. Alla Loboda and Pavel Drozd of Russia won bronze with a total of 126.43 points. Its the second career junior Grand Prix medal for Bent and MacKeen, who were fifth at the world juniors last season. Also Saturday, Boyang Jin of China won gold in the mens competition. Roman Sadovsky of Vaughan, Ont., finished 14th overall. ' ' '