the season after moving from the bullpen into the rotation, pitched five innings and allowed one run -- on Crawfords homer.Whoever said solo home runs dont beat you is a liar, Phelps said. I was telling my

LONDON -- Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal face serious doubts about their futures, but Andy Murray hopes they stay competing at the top of the game.The men, with a combined 27 major titles between them, both missed the Tour Finals.Federer, 35, played just seven tournaments in 2016 and cut short his season in July in hopes of fully recovering from knee surgery.Nadals year was also beset by injury. The Spaniard, 30, tearfully pulled out with a wrist injury from the French Open -- where he has won nine titles -- and prematurely ended his season last month after struggling at the US Open.This year I think has been hard in some ways, because of Roger and Rafa missing large parts of the year, Murray said in a news conference after beating Novak Djokovic in the World Tour final to secure the year-end No. 1 ranking.They have massive fan bases, the two of them, not just for everything theyve achieved on the court, but because theyre obviously charismatic guys and are very, very popular. Thats been tough this year.However, with Federer and Nadals careers seemingly winding down, and Djokovic falling below the extremely high standards he has set himself, there is a prospect we could be seeing the birth of the Andy Murray Era.Never given that any thought at all, Murray said. Id obviously want to try and achieve as much as I can these next few years because Im not going to be around forever. Im not going to be able to play at this level and play this many matches into my mid-30s.But its going to be tough because as you get older, the young guys are going to keep improving and getting better. Theres some really good young ones now.Milos Raonic is the obvious candidate from the pack to challenge the established Slam champions. The 25-year-old, who ended the year ranked a career-high No. 3, was narrowly beaten by Murray in a record 3 hours, 38 minutes in the London semifinals. So gutting was the defeat, Raonic appeared to have been crying when he sat down for his news conference.But for now, Murray could be set for a lengthy stay at No. 1, as Djokovic has a lot of points to defend in the first half of next season.The Serb dominated the first five months of 2016, winning titles at Qatar, the Australian Open, Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Roland Garros.Its taken a huge effort the last five, six months to get there [to No. 1], said Murray. I would like to stay there. Im aware thats going to be extremely difficult because I had a great year this year. I only managed to do it by one match. To repeat that again next year is going to be extremely difficult.Shoes NZ Outlet . The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. Shoes NZ From China . 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In the finale he put San Francisco ahead with his 11th homer leading off the fourth inning.He had a great series, manager Bruce Bochy said. We needed a shot in the arm, and he gave it to us.Crawford, who went 9 for 16 in the series to hike his average to .277, pulled a 3-2 changeup from David Phelps over the fence.They had been mixing on me pretty good the past couple of days, Crawford said. I had to be ready for anything. Fortunately I hit the changeup pretty good.Before the game, Crawford posed for photos with Rennie Stennett, who paid a visit to offer congratulations. Crawfords seven-hit game was the first since Stennett went 7 for 7 at Wrigley Field in 1975.The Giants finished 4-5 on their trip and improved to 8-16 since the All-Star break. They have a one-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. Philadelphia beat the Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday.While their frustration eased, on the Marlins side it peaked in the sixth inning, when hitting coach Barry Bonds was ejected for arguing after pinch hitter Chris Johnson took a called third strike to end a threat.He didnt think it was a strike, Johnson said. And I didnt think it was a strike.Bonds was in the dugout when plate umpire Cory Blaser gave him the thumb. Bonds then came onto the field to briefly argue further before being pulled away by manager Don Mattingly.Despite the early departure, Bonds didnt miss any runs by his team. Jeff Samardzija (10-8) pitched 5 2/3 innings to best his former Notre Dame teammate, David Phelps, and four Giants relievers completed a five-hitter.Santiago Casilla pitched around a two-out double in the ninthh by Ichiro Suzuki, striking out J.ddddddddddddT. Realmuto to earn his 26th save.With that one-run lead, I was trying to protect it, Samardzija said. You have to tip your hat to our bullpen -- to go 3 1/3 innings and hold them at 1-0, they should get the win.Samardzija had lost his past three starts.Suzuki singled and doubled to increase his career hit total to 3,002, and teammate Marcell Ozuna singled to end an 0-for-18 slump. But Miami bunched two hits in an inning only once -- in the second -- and Derek Dietrich was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double.The Giants won with six hits, and took the series despite scoring just one run in the final 24 innings.Were too good of a ballclub for this to continue, Bochy said. Well get the bats going. These guys have it in them. Im not concerned about them.Phelps (5-6), making his second start of the season after moving from the bullpen into the rotation, pitched five innings and allowed one run -- on Crawfords homer.Whoever said solo home runs dont beat you is a liar, Phelps said. I was telling myself not to walk him. Thats what happens when you do that. I threw a pitch in the middle of the plate and he timed it up.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton, nursing a sore right hip, pinch-hit with two on in the fifth and flied out to end the inning. Mattingly said he hopes Stanton will be able to return to the starting lineup for the Marlins next game Friday.UP NEXTBoth teams have Thursday off. The Giants begin a 10-game homestand Friday against Baltimore, with RHP Matt Cain (4-6, 5.16) scheduled to start against RHP Dylan Bundy (5-3, 3.05).RHP Andrew Cashner (4-8, 4.96) is scheduled to start for the Marlins when they begin a three-game series Friday against the Chicago White Sox. It will be the first game for the White Sox in Miami since 2004. ' ' '