This kid Posey ... he's good

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Buster Posey hit a tiebreaking single in a four-run seventh inning and added a two-run homer that withstood a video review in San Francisco's victory.

Brought in to protect a 5-4 lead in the seventh, Tyler Clippard (8-6) allowed Aaron Rowand's one-out homer to left on a full-count changeup. Freddy Sanchez and Aubrey Huff walked, and both were running when Posey sent a single through the hole between first and second to put the Giants ahead.

In the ninth, Posey hit a drive to right-center off Miguel Batista that was bobbled and caught by a fan in the first row wearing a Giants cap. The fan appeared to reach over the railing, but the umpires used a three-minute review to uphold the call.

Posey finished with four hits and three RBIs.

Santiago Casilla (2-2) got the final two outs of the sixth.

Reds' Travis loses

no-hitter in ninth; team loses in 11th

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Reds rookie Travis Wood took a perfect game into the ninth inning before giving up Carlos Ruiz's leadoff double, and the Philadelphia Phillies stunned Cincinnati again by winning 1-0 Saturday night on Jimmy Rollins' RBI single in the 11th.

Making his third big league start, Wood dominated Philadelphia's injury-depleted lineup and matched zeros for nine innings with Phillies ace Roy Halladay, who threw a perfect game of his own May 29 in Florida.

With one out in the 11th, Ruiz hit another double, this one off Bill Bray (0-1). Valdez was intentionally walked and pinch-hitter Ross Gload flied out before Rollins lined a single to right off Logan Ondrusek, easily scoring Ruiz.

It's the first time the Phillies have had three straight walk-off wins in extra innings.

Jose Contreras (4-3) earned the victory by striking out two in a scoreless inning.

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