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CHICAGO -- Paul Molitor says he can look back and point to a few instances when, had things gone even a little differently, the Minnesota Twins season may not have ended up as dire as it did.But as the Twins wind down the regular season against the Chicago White Sox, the reality speaks for itself.With Friday nights 7-3 setback, the Twins dropped their franchise-worst 103rd loss, 21 more than the White Sox, who have dealt with their own disappointments this season. But as two teams finish out the string against one another starting with Saturdays game which pits Hector Santiago (12-10) against James Shields (6-18), much of the talk surrounding the Twins and White Sox centers around making a fresh start rather than playing for anything significant this weekend.I think in this particular instance to be honest, I think a lot of people are looking for a chance to kind of put this (season) to rest and take our time and do what we need to do to try and learn from whats happened, Molitor said on Friday. Hopefully (we can) start to look forward because its not going to be a lot of fun looking back.Like the Twins, the White Sox may be looking at re-tooling after a season that started with so much promise, but then fizzled out. At this point, the White Sox can at best, only get to within one game of finishing at .500. That leaves players like third baseman Todd Frazier to chase after individual achievements.Frazier, who hit his career-best 40th run earlier this week, is looking to reach the 100 RBI plateau for the first time. After going 1-for-4 on Friday night, Frazier remains two RBI short of the century mark.Manager Robin Ventura has appreciated what Frazier has brought to the White Sox in his first season in Chicago.He competes every day, Ventura said Friday. He puts it on the line every day. Hes prepared, he works hard. Hes fun. He likes coming out and having fun, but when its time to play he wants to get after it.Like Frazier, Twins second baseman Brian Dozier sits on the brink of not only a career-high statistically, but history. With one home run, Dozier would establish a new major league standard for homers for second basemen.After going 1-4 with a pair of strikeouts Friday, Dozier remains tied with Rogers Hornsby (1922 St. Louis Cardinals) and Davey Johnson (1973 Atlanta Braves) with 42 homers.Putting his name in the record book, however, isnt what Dozier is concerned with as the season wraps up.Its not like Im trying to go out there and hit one home run or (get) another RBI, Dozier said. I dont care anything about that (stuff).Im just going to play like Ive been playing. Thats not going to change anything. Im just going to go up there attacking. Its not like Im trying to hit a home run every pitch or anything. Kendrick Bourne Super Bowl Jersey . The return match will take place next Wednesday. Udinese leads Fiorentina 2-1 in the other semifinal. Napoli staged a second-half comeback from two goals down after Gervinhos opener and a stunning strike from Kevin Strootman. 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SAN FRANCISCO -- Pittsburgh Pirates closer Tony Watson didnt think twice when catcher Francisco Cervelli signaled for an intentional walk that would have loaded the bases in the ninth inning.It was a miscommunication that almost turned into a costly mistake for manager Clint Hurdles ballclub until pitching coach Ray Serage came charging out of the visitors dugout to clarify things.Watson threw ball one to Ehire Adrianza before getting corrected, then retired the final two batters on seven pitches to preserve Pittsburghs 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.I saw Cervy put the fingers up and threw the first one, then all of a sudden I saw papers flying out of the corner of my eye in the dugout, Watson said. I stepped off and knew something was up. Ray came out ... and wanted to go right at him.Watsons sixth save of the season helped the Pirates to their fifth win in six games and helped keep them one game behind the second NL wild card. It also knocked the Giants out of first place in the NL West.San Francisco had runners on second and third with one out in the ninth following an error by Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer and Joe Paniks double.Cervelli then called for an intentional walk to Adrianza and Watson complied by throwing a pitch well out of the strike zone. After Serage came out to stop the intentional walk, Watson got Adrianza to pop up to the infield before Angel Pagan grounded to second to end the game.(Cervelli) saw an infield defense that has a similar sign as an intentional walk, Hurdle explained. You cant get anybodys attention because the crowds so loud so were yelling and screaming at the top of our lungs and nobodys looking at us. Ray sprinted out ... and he was going to tackle somebody to stop the play.Jung Ho Kang hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, Andrew McCutchen had two hits while Gregory Polanco drove in two runs without a hit for Pittsburgh.Kang homered off reliever Derek Law (4-2) one pitch after McCutchen was thrown out attempting to steal second base. It was Kangs 14th home run this season and third in four games.A 1-22 count is tough but I tried to stay on it and I tried to expand the zone, Kang said.ddddddddddddAntonio Bastardo (1-0) retired three batters for his first win since Aug. 7, 2015. Neftali Feliz pitched the eighth to set up Watson.San Francisco dropped one-half game behind the Dodgers in the West. Los Angeles beat Philadelphia earlier in the day.The Giants, who had led the division since May 10, have the worst record in baseball since the All-Star break at 9-20.A lot of baseball left, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. We created this with our struggles. Now its up to us to find a way to get on a roll.Giants starter Jeff Samardzija, who took a no-decision against the Pirates on June 22, allowed three runs over six innings. He struck out five and walked one.Pittsburgh starter Jameson Taillon gave up three runs in six innings with five strikeouts and one walk.TAILLONS FIRST HITTaillon finally got his first major league hit but it didnt come easily after he had to hustle to beat the throw from right fielder Hunter Pence on a play that looked familiar to Pittsburgh fans. Taillon appeared to have a hit against Milwaukee on July 30 when he hit a liner to right but Brewers right fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis was playing in and made a strong throw to first for the out.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: C Buster Posey was back in the lineup after sitting out two games but doesnt look fully healed from the back soreness that sidelined him. Posey slowly jogged into second base in the first inning after hitting an RBI double into right-center field. ... San Francisco and 41-year-old right-hander Joe Nathan agreed to a minor league contract. Nathan, who has 377 career saves, will report to the Giants Double-A team in Richmond.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Ivan Nova (2-0) faces the Giants for the third time in his career Wednesday but the first since being acquired from the Yankees.Giants: RHP Matt Cain (4-7) pitches the finale for San Francisco. He has a career 3.04 ERA against Pittsburgh. ' ' '