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PITTSBURGH -- Starling Martes precocious talent can sometimes get him in trouble at the plate. The Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder can be in such a hurry to get on base, his bat tends to get ahead of itself. A well-timed piece of advice helped him break out of a slump on Wednesday against the San Francisco Giants. Told by several teammates to wait a beat longer before swinging, Marte slapped a career-high four hits and scored four times as the Pirates pulled away for a 12-8 victory. "I think you know it goes back to pitch selection, seeing the ball up, trying to maintain discipline throughout the at-bat," manager Clint Hurdle said. Something Marte lacked at times during a recent swoon following his scorching start. Marte began the night in the midst of an 11 for 60 (.183) slump before pecking away at San Franciscos Barry Zito (4-5). The 24-year-old leadoff man hardly seemed bothered by a run-in with San Francisco reliever George Kontos on Tuesday night, when Kontos threw behind Marte at one point in apparent retaliation for Pittsburghs Tony Watson hitting Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro. "Whatever happened yesterday was yesterday," said Marte, who added two stolen bases to push his season total to 20. "I didnt think about it. Everybody wants to do their job. The pitchers have to do their job. Thats how I got focused today." Marte, Mercer and McCutchen combined to go 8 for 9 against Zito as the Pirates won for the fourth time in their past five games. Neil Walker and Alex Presley both homered for Pittsburgh, which set season highs for runs and hits (18). "It was a very good night for our offence to show up on a night it was challenging for everybody off the mound," Hurdle said. Francisco Liriano (5-2) survived six erratic innings to pick up the win. Joaquin Arias knocked in three runs for the Giants and Hunter Pence doubled twice but San Francisco continued to struggle on the road. The defending World Series champions have lost 12 of 16 away from home. Zito (4-5) allowed eight runs and 11 hits in 4 2-3 innings as his road ERA ballooned to 11.28. He is 4-1 with a 1.94 ERA at AT&T Park. "At home, Ive caught some breaks and kept stuff done in the zone and I havent on the road," Zito said. "Ive felt pretty good in some of these starts out on the road, but I just havent been able to get people out." A night after Pittsburgh lit up San Francisco in an 8-2 win in support of rookie pitcher Gerrit Cole, the Pirates kept it going. McCutchen hit a two-run double in the third as the Pirates took a 4-1 lead. The Giants responded to briefly tie the game on a two-run double by Arias in the top of the fifth. It didnt stay knotted long. Marte and Mercer led off the bottom of the inning with consecutive singles. Marte scored on a fielders choice and Pedro Alvarez chased Zito for good with a double off the wall in right. Walker greeted reliever Jose Mijares with a two-run single and the Pirates were in control. "The top of the order was really special tonight, the runs, the hits," Hurdle said. "They just kept fueling us from the first inning through the eighth." Pittsburghs lead grew to 10-4 after Presleys pinch-hit homer and an RBI double by Gaby Sanchez, but the Giants hung in there on a night manager Bruce Bochy watched from the clubhouse. Bochy was suspended one game and reliever George Kontos was suspended three games and fined after Kontos threw at Marte then hit McCutchen in the rear on Tuesday. Kontos was sent down to Triple-A before the suspension was announced. Bench coach Ron Wotus stepped in for Bochy and pointed to the late surge as evidence the Giants are starting to get things going. "They prevailed but we at least kept battling and we had a nice little breakout on offence," Wotus said. San Francisco pulled within 11-8 after Buster Poseys two-run single off Watson in the eighth but Sanchez doubled in McCutchen in the bottom of the inning. Closer Jason Grilli worked a perfect ninth in a rare non-save situation. Liriano lacked the firepower of his past two starts, when he combined for 19 strikeouts. The left-hander struck out just two and walked three while tying his season high with four runs allowed. NOTES: Walkers fifth home run of the season was originally ruled a double but overturned when replay showed the ball struck a seat in the first row of left field stands ... Cole, who went 6 1-3 innings in his major league debut on Tuesday, will start again on Sunday when the Pirates host the Los Angeles Dodgers. ... San Francisco 2B Tony Abreu went 3 for 5 in his first start of the season. Abreu started in place of Scutaro, who is out indefinitely with ligament damage ... Bochy said injured 3B Pablo Sandoval had a "hop in his step" the day after being placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained tendon in his left foot. Sandoval was hitting .289 at the time of the injury ... Pittsburgh RHP Charlie Morton makes his first start since having Tommy John surgery a year ago on Thursday when he starts in the series finale. Matt Cain (4-3, 5.09) starts for the Giants.Fake Nike Air Max Shoes . Calgary scored on the first shift, and Michael Cammalleri scored twice as the Flames cruised to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday. Cheap Nike Air Max . PAUL, Minn. https://www.fakeairmaxwholesale.com/ .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. Fake Nike Air Max . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Nike Air Max Discount .Y. -- Jayna Hefford scored the winning goal Friday as Canada survived a scare with a 4-3 win over Sweden at the Four Nations womens hockey tournament.DALLAS -- Free agents Dwight Powell and Deron Williams have re-signed with the Dallas Mavericks.Powell, a restricted free agent, signed a $37 million, four-year deal Friday, hours after Williams completed a $10 million, one-year deal for a second season with his hometown team.The 6-foot-11 Powell started two of his 69 games last season, when the post player averaged 5.8 points and 4.0 rebounds while playing nearly 14 1/2 minutes per game.Powell was acquired along with Rajon Rondo from Boston in December 2014 in a deal that sent Jae Crowder, Brandan Wright, Jameer Nelson, a 2015 first-round pick and a 2016 second-round pick to the Celtics. Powell has played in 98 career games.Williams averaged 14.1 points and 5.8 assists last season for Dallas. The three-time All-Star opted ffor the Nets over the Mavericks in free agency in 2012, but ended up in Dallas last year after accepting a buyout in Brooklyn.ddddddddddddThe 6-3 Williams is an 11-year NBA veteran with career averages of 16.8 points and 8.3 assists in 781 games for Utah, the Nets and Mavericks.Also on Friday, the Mavericks signed rookies A.J. Hammons, a center, and Dorian Finney-Smith, a forward.The 7-foot Hammons was their only draft pick last month, selected 46th overall out of Purdue. The 6-8 Finney-Smith is a rookie free agent out of Florida.JaVale McGee, a 7-foot center, was waived. He averaged 5.1 points and 3.9 rebounds in 34 games for Dallas last season. ' ' '