Duke finds remedy in San Francisco

<p>SAN FRANCISCO — Something had to end. The Pirates hadn’t lost in their previous six games at AT&T Park, but Pittsburgh starter Zach Duke hadn’t won a game in his previous 12 starts.</p><p>Unfortunately for the Giants, the wrong streak ended.</p><p>Duke pitched the second shutout of his career, beating the Giants, 7-0, on Friday night.</p><p>“We didn’t do anything tonight,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “The pitching was off and offensively we got shut down completely.”</p><p>Duke had been 0-9 with a 6.82 ERA since June 9, but the Giants could not do much with him.</p><p>Their best chance was in the third, when they loaded the bases with no outs. Bengie Molina grounded into a home-to-first double play, and then Pablo Sandoval grounded out.</p><p>“Besides that, we didn’t threaten a lot,” Bochy said. “We didn’t have a lot of quality at-bats.”</p><p>Giants starter Kevin Correia gave up three runs on seven hits in 4« innings to take the loss. The Giants are 5-15 in his 20 starts this year.</p><p><B>UNVEILING TIME</B></p><p>Orlando Cepeda today will become the fourth player to be honored with a statue around AT&T Park, when his likeness will be unveiled at the corner of 2nd and King streets.</p><p>The ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. and will be open to the public. King Street will be closed between 2nd and 3rd streets starting at noon.</p><p>“It’s a great honor,” Cepeda said. “It never came to my mind that a statue would be unveiled of me at any ballpark, especially in San Francisco, a city I love so much and a beautiful ballpark. Also to join Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal is a great honor.”</p><p><B>BRIEFLY</B></p><p>The Giants’ Class-A Augusta team won its South Atlantic League best-of-three playoff series with a victory over Asheville on Friday night. The Green Jackets will next play West Virginia or Lake County (Ohio) in a best-of-five series.</p><p>Fred Lewis got the night off. Lewis was in a 2-for-25 slump, and the bunion on his foot had been bothering him.</p><p>You can reach Staff Writer Jeff Fletcher at 521-5489 or jeff.fletcher@pressdemocrat.com.</p>