SAN FRANCISCO -- Ryan Vogelsong threw seven shutout innings, Pablo Sandoval hit a solo home run, and the Giants beat the Miami Marlins, 4-1, on Sunday to snap a two-game losing skid and earn a split in their four-game series.Vogelsong (2-2) allowed one or fewer runs for the fourth time in his past five starts. He got back on track after giving up four runs over six innings in his last start, a 5-0 loss to Atlanta on Tuesday. Vogelsong allowed just five hits, all singles. He struck out six and walked one. 
Sandoval hit his third home run of the season, a blast in the fifth inning. He extended his hitting streak to nine games with a first-inning single.Marlin right-hander Jacob Turner (0-2) took the loss and fell to 0-11 in 18 career road starts. He gave up four runs on six hits over six innings, striking out seven, walking one and hitting a batter.The Giants grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first inning, sending eight batters to the plate against Turner.Center fielder Gregor Blanco led off by getting hit with a pitch, stole second, moved to third on right fielder Hunter Pence's groundout and scored on catcher Buster Posey's sacrifice fly to deep left-center field.The Giants strung together singles by Sandoval, first baseman Michael Morse, left fielder Tyler Colvin and second baseman Brandon Hicks, adding two more runs. Colvin's sharp single to center brought Sandoval home, and Morse scored on Hicks' base hit to left.The Marlins nearly broke through against Vogelsong in the fifth inning, but shortstop Brandon Crawford made a spectacular play for the third out, stranding runners on second and third. Crawford ranged far to his left and made a diving stop of Miami shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria's sharp ground ball. Crawford got up quickly and threw a strike to Morse at first for the out.With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Sandoval sent Turner's first-pitch fastball over the left-field fence for an opposite-field home run, his first since April 13 against Colorado.The Marlins scored a run in the eighth off left-hander Jeremy Affeldt.Eric Gilmore / Special to MLB.com
Sandoval hit his third home run of the season, a blast in the fifth inning. He extended his hitting streak to nine games with a first-inning single.Marlin right-hander Jacob Turner (0-2) took the loss and fell to 0-11 in 18 career road starts. He gave up four runs on six hits over six innings, striking out seven, walking one and hitting a batter.The Giants grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first inning, sending eight batters to the plate against Turner.Center fielder Gregor Blanco led off by getting hit with a pitch, stole second, moved to third on right fielder Hunter Pence's groundout and scored on catcher Buster Posey's sacrifice fly to deep left-center field.The Giants strung together singles by Sandoval, first baseman Michael Morse, left fielder Tyler Colvin and second baseman Brandon Hicks, adding two more runs. Colvin's sharp single to center brought Sandoval home, and Morse scored on Hicks' base hit to left.The Marlins nearly broke through against Vogelsong in the fifth inning, but shortstop Brandon Crawford made a spectacular play for the third out, stranding runners on second and third. Crawford ranged far to his left and made a diving stop of Miami shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria's sharp ground ball. Crawford got up quickly and threw a strike to Morse at first for the out.With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Sandoval sent Turner's first-pitch fastball over the left-field fence for an opposite-field home run, his first since April 13 against Colorado.The Marlins scored a run in the eighth off left-hander Jeremy Affeldt.Eric Gilmore / Special to MLB.com
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