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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants had the best record in baseball heading into the All-Star break. Jacob Evans Jersey . Since then, its been mostly downhill for manager Bruce Bochys ballclub.Coming off its worst road trip of the season, San Francisco rediscovered its power stroke in its return to AT&T Park with a pair of big home runs from Brandon Belt and Angel Pagan. That still wasnt enough to keep the slumping Giants from losing for the eighth time in nine games.Jay Bruce hit a pair of two-run homers to help Anthony DeSclafani remain unbeaten, and the Cincinnati Reds beat San Francisco 7-5 on Monday night.The loss trimmed the Giants lead to 2 1/2 games in the NL West, their slimmest advantage since May 18.These ruts are tough things you get into, Bochy said. The long ball is hurting us right now, theres no getting around that. They have a lot of power in that club. If you make a mistake, theres a chance youll pay for it.Brandon Belt and Angel Pagan homered for San Francisco. Belt finished with three hits, one more than he had on the Giants entire road trip when they dropped seven of eight games.Looking back over the past few days, I was too anxious -- swinging before I saw what the ball was and what kind of pitch it was, Belt said. You just have to find some way to get it back. I was able to do that tonight.Eugenio Suarez also homered and Joey Votto doubled and scored twice for the Reds.Bruce homered for the third consecutive game as part of a four-run fourth inning. He added his second of the night in the sixth to put the Reds up 6-5 and chase Giants starter Jake Peavy (5-9).It was the third multihomer game this season for the Cincinnati slugger and 20th of his career.Peavy allowed six runs over five-plus innings. Of the 15 home runs hes given up this season, seven have come against the Reds.I dont know why I went away from what was successful there in those first few innings, Peavy said. The start in Cincinnati, I was reeling at that point of time trying to find anything that would work. (Tonight) all the balls were out over the plate.STREAKING AT HOMEThe Giants announced a crowd of 42,147, marking the 455th consecutive sellout at AT&T Park and tying the Cleveland Indians for the second-longest streak in major league history. The Boston Red Sox, with a sellout streak of 794, hold the longest run in the majors.TRAINERS ROOMReds: RHP Homer Bailey (Tommy John surgery) threw 98 pitches over 4 1/3 innings for Triple-A Louisville in what is expected to be his final minor league rehab start. He last pitched in the majors on April 23, 2015. ... RHP Tim Adelman (strained left oblique) will make another rehab start with Louisville on Tuesday.Giants: 2B Joe Panik (concussion) will resume his rehab stint with Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday. Bochy indicated that Panik could potentially rejoin the big league club during its current homestand. ... OF Hunter Pence (strained right hamstring) is also rehabbing with Sacramento.UP NEXTReds: Cody Reed (0-4) faces the Giants for the first time in his career Tuesday.Giants: RHP Matt Cain (1-6) tries to snap out of his biggest slump of the season. Cain hasnt made it past the fourth inning since he last won on May 21. Cheap Golden State Warriors Jerseys . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday. Cheap Warriors Jerseys Authentic . Boucher previously coached the Tampa Bay Lightning and had a 97-78-20 record over two-plus seasons. He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record. http://www.cheapwarriorsjerseysstore.com/ . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Carolina Panthers made history on Thursday by holding a joint practice with a high school football team.The Spartanburg High School Vikings went through warmups and had a chance to interact with Carolinas coaches and players at Wofford College before breaking off and doing their own work on an adjacent field.Panthers director of community relations Riley Fields said it is the first time an NFL team has practiced alongside a high school team.Fields said the organization wanted to celebrate the NFLs Play 60 initiative by doing something special and unique. He said the Panthers needed to clear everything with the NFL, the NCAA and state high school officials before the project initiative was granted.Everyone said, `Wow this is a great idea, Fields said. ... We felt it was a special day for our players and for the Spartanburg High School football players.Panthers coach Ron Rivera said when Fields initially approached him about the idea he was against it. But the NFL Coach of the Year soon changed his mind once he realized it could be a huge benefit to the high school athletes.To me its about the love of the game and bringing it back to the community, Rivera said.Spartanburg High School coach Chris Miller said he thought it was a joke at first when his office received a call about practicing with the Panthers.It is just an unbelievable opportunity for us, Miller said.Miller said watching an NFL team run through simmilar drills to what they run in practice was an important lesson for his players. Cheap NBA Jerseys. Were constantly talking about it and they are doing it over and over again. Now they see guys who have paid the price and look where it has gotten them, Miller said.Rivera said the experience was also fun for his players.When you talked to some of our guys they had a chance to reminisce about the good old days, Rivera said. I was standing over there watching (the Vikings) earlier and it took me back to playing at Seaside High School. It was kind of neat.Linebacker Thomas Davis, the elder statesman of the Panthers, said it was an opportunity he would have loved to have had as a teenager growing up playing football in Shellman, Georgia.It will go a long way in these kids lives knowing they had an opportunity to practice with Panthers, Davis said. I impressed upon the kids the importance of coming out here and working hard and being able to do your job and listen to your coach.Davis, who regularly exchanges trash talk with Cam Newton during practice, also had a little fun with the high school players.He even convinced one of them to talk some trash to Newton.I was kind of feeding him stuff to say to Cam, Davis said with a laugh. He delivered it pretty well.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Wholesale Jerseys 2018 Cheap Jerseys China Wholesale NFL White Jerseys Cheap Authentic Jerseys Disocunt Football Jerseys Cheap Jerseys 2019 Wholesale Jerseys 2019 ' ' '