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NEW YORK -- Finally after a week of questions about whats wrong with the San Francisco Giants, they have a win.The Giants needed four hours and 25 minutes to snap their season-high six-game losing streak and they will look to get another win and do so in less time Sunday afternoon when their three-game series with the New York Yankees concludes.I liked the way weve been fighting, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. The only thing you do in this game is create opportunities, get guys on and be in a good situation. Weve been doing that.Those were Bochys comments after the streak ended with Saturdays 2-1 victory after right fielder Mac Williamsons single with one out in the 12th inning.Williamsons hit was the Giants only one in 11 at-bats with runners in scoring position. During the last seven games, San Francisco has eight hits in 64 at-bats in those situations.Its a huge win for us, reliever Hunter Strickland said. Weve been battling. We just came up short the last few games.Had the Giants continued their skid, besides answering questions about their struggles, they would have been associated with the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in a dubious way. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 1991 Dodgers are the only team to enter the break with the best record in baseball and lose their first seven games.While San Francisco waited for the big hit, it received effective starting pitching in New York. After Madison Bumgarner allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings on Friday and Johnny Cueto allowed one run and six hits in six innings on Saturday, it will be Jeff Samardzijas turn.Samardzija was listed as Saturdays starter, but Bochy said it was a miscommunication. Samardzija was to go Sunday as the team intended all along and he will look to end some of his struggles since the start of June.Through May 31, Samardzija was 7-3 with a 2.84 ERA in his first 11 starts. Since then, he is 2-2 with a 6.02 ERA in his last eight outings.The All-Star was unable to turn it around during last Saturdays 7-6 loss in San Diego when he allowed five runs (four earned) and five hits in five innings while getting a no-decision in a game decided on a passed ball.Samardzija has limited experience facing the Yankees, going 0-1 with a 6.92 ERA in three appearances. Last year, he faced New York while pitching for the Chicago White Sox and allowed nine earned runs in 4 2/3 innings on Aug. 2.The Yankees are 5-4 during their 10-game homestand and have won eight of their last 13 games against teams who have been in first place (Cleveland, Boston, Baltimore and San Francisco). Each loss pushes the conversation toward selling at the Aug. 1 non-waiver trade deadline.Its not in our hands, Yankees right fielder Carlos Beltran said. We have to go out and perform, but the organizations going to make whatever decision theyre going to make. So you cant worry about that.While New Yorks hitting has faltered after scoring five runs in the last three games, the pitching has not. The Yankees have allowed 11 earned runs in the last seven games after Ivan Nova gave up one run in seven innings.It hurts, because we had opportunities to score some runs and we werent able to do it, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. To lose a game 2-1 in 12 innings is really difficult. But weve got to bounce back and find a way to win tomorrow.On Sunday, Nathan Eovaldi will be tasked with pitching the Yankees to a winning homestand. Eovaldi returned from three scoreless relief appearances and ended a six-start winless skid by allowing one run and four hits in 5 1/3 innings during Tuesdays 7-1 win over Baltimore.Before Tuesday, Eovaldi had been 0-4 with a 9.20 ERA in his last six starts.Eovaldi is 1-4 with a 13.30 ERA in five career starts against the Giants. 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Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct.The Wayne Gretzky of Wayne Gretzky collectors has netted big bucks for old pucks after an auction of some of his choicest memorabilia closed Wednesday. Shawn Chaulk, a construction contractor from Fort McMurray, Alta., received more than $500,000 for a collection of jerseys, skates, helmets, gloves and pucks used in action by the Great One. About $350,000 came from one item alone -- the jersey Gretzky wore in the 1986-87 season when he scored his 500th NHL goal and won the Stanley Cup with the Edmonton Oilers. Chaulk said those deals may be dwarfed by those yet to come, as private buyers sniff around whats left of what was probably the greatest Gretzky collection ever assembled. "While we were busy auctioning this group of stuff out the front door, there was a lineup of people knocking on the back door looking for private deals," said Chaulk. "In one single transaction this week, I sold a group of five items for over $100,000." Chaulk, a 45-year-old quick-to-smile former Newfoundlander, had amassed a collection that made grown men weak in the knees -- memorabilia from the worlds best player from the sports last great dynasty. The items most recently on auction included pieces of hockey history including: -- The puck Gretzky shot to score his 500th goal ($22,400). -- The skates he wore for that milestone marker ($19,500). -- A Jofa helmet worn during Gretzkys last year in the Western Hockey League and first year as an Oiler ($13,000). -- A No. 99 practice bib and jersey ($14,000). -- A selection of sticks from all-star games as well as from Gretzkys time with the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers ($1,433 to $2,310). Bargain items? The socks he wore in the 1984 Campbell Conference all-star game could have been yours for a mere $875. Those prices dont include the 20 per cent buyers premium. Chaulk said hes generally pleased with the prices his artifacts fetched. "It was a lot of fun," he said. "I thought maybe the jersey might go higher, as did most people in the hobby. "But auctions are fickle. Youre lucky to have two people bid against each other at those levels." Still, the 500-goal jersey went bback and forth through 29 bids.dddddddddddd. It may be the second-most expensive hockey jersey ever purchased. The one worn by Paul Henderson during the 1972 series against the Russians last sold for $1.2 million. The online auction opened in mid-May and closed early Wednesday as the last bids trickled in. Chaulk wasnt glued to the bidding, but those who were kept him plugged in. "I sat in my office all last night and worked," he said. "And as I was working I was fielding emails and texts from people all around the globe." Although Chaulk has a pretty good idea of who some of the bidders were, the buyers are confidential. He is pleased to note that two of the pucks -- including the 500-goal biscuit -- will stay in Fort McMurray. Chaulk doesnt plan to sell his entire stash, but he has plenty more Gretzky memorabilia for sale. The players game-used sticks alone number over 100 and range from one used in the 1978 world junior tournament from one used in Gretzkys last game with the New York Rangers in 1999. Chaulk hints one buyer is talking about picking up pretty much all thats left for $1.7 million -- about the yearly price of a third-line NHLer. Chaulk said that lot could wind up in a combination restaurant, hotel and museum devoted to The Shawn Chaulk Collection. "That would be pretty cool." Whats next? Chaulk doesnt know. His collection has already brought him all sorts of new friends, unlikely contacts and precious memories, from hanging out at the Sundance Film Festival with Gretzky fan and filmmaker Kevin Smith to touring the collection with The Great One himself. Nor have those opportunities stopped. After it heard of Chaulks hoard, a production company contacted him about getting involved with a reality TV show. Its all mushroomed pretty big for someone who just started buying game-used gear because it made him feel close to the game he loves. But there are no regrets to bidding goodbye to whats been a big part of his life. "I hold firm to the fun Ive had with this -- the challenges, the chase, the experiences, the people. Its awesome. "I cant sell that. Thatll be with me for ever." ' ' '