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SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants have raced to the best record in the majors with few contributions from two of their biggest stars. Davante Adams Super Bowl Jersey . Buster Posey and Matt Cain started to change that Friday night. Posey hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning for his first long ball in more than a month, Cain made a successful return from the disabled list and the Giants won for the eighth time in 10 games by beating the New York Mets 4-2. "Hes a talented hitter," manager Bruce Bochy said of Posey. "We all have our ups and downs. We talk about that all the time. He saw the ball well tonight." The big blast off Carlos Torres (2-3) capped a three-hit day for Posey, who entered the game with only four hits in his past 42 at-bats at home and no homers since May 3. Angel Pagan started the rally with a leadoff walk against Torres and advanced to second on a groundout. Posey followed with a long drive to left-centre to snap a 93 at-bat homer drought as the Giants (40-21) became the first team in the majors to reach 40 wins. "In that situation youre just trying to get something you can stay in the middle of the field with and try to get that run in from second," Posey said. "Fortunately I got a good pitch I could handle and it went out." Jeremy Affeldt (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth on his 35th birthday to get the win. Sergio Romo got three outs for his 19th save in 21 chances. Daniel Murphy hit a two-run homer for the Mets, who lost their fourth straight game. The bullpen has taken all four of the losses and has a major league-worst 15 losses on the season. "He was the perfect guy," manager Terry Collins said of Torres. "Hes had great numbers against the Giants. He doesnt hardly walk anybody. Busters made a career of getting big hits." Cain allowed two runs and three hits in seven innings in his first start back from a stint on the disabled list for a strained right hamstring. But he got a no-decision and still has only one win in nine starts in a rough season that has included two trips to the disabled list. "We had the fastball working pretty well today," Cain said. "We were on both sides of the plate and tried to mix some off-speed stuff after that. The big key today was getting the fastball over for strikes." Cain was in complete control with a 1-0 lead having faced the minimum 18 batters through six innings before the Mets quickly turned the tide in the seventh. Matt den Dekker led off the inning with a double for New Yorks second hit of the game and Murphy followed with his fourth home run of the season to put the Mets ahead 2-1. The Giants tied it in the bottom half when Brandon Hicks and Brandon Crawford teamed up again to produce a run. Hicks drew a two-out walk from Jonathon Niese, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on Crawfords single to centre. The duo produced San Franciscos first run in the fifth when Hicks tripled and scored on Crawfords sacrifice fly to make it 1-0. Niese allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, extending his streak of consecutive starts allowing three earned runs or fewer to 16 but still ended up with a no-decision. "Its tough," he said. "You go out there and battle and you want to see the win beside your name. But it is what it is, its part of the game. Itll come eventually. I have all the confidence in the offence we have here. Theyre going to put up runs." Cain retired the first 12 batters of the game before walking Curtis Granderson to lead off the fifth. Granderson was quickly erased when Andrew Brown hit into a double play. The Mets got the leadoff runner on again in the sixth when Ruben Tejada reached on an infield single. Cain once again followed that by inducing a double-play grounder by Travis dArnaud. NOTES: There was a pregame moment of silence for Don Zimmer, who coached for San Francisco and played for the Mets. Zimmer died Wednesday at age 83. ... Bartolo Colon (5-5) starts Saturday for the Mets against Tim Hudson (6-2). Montravius Adams Super Bowl Jersey . The same for both the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers. Jimmy Graham Super Bowl Jersey .com) - Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price is set to return Tuesday against Nashville after sitting out the past two games because of a minor upper body injury. http://www.packersonlineteamstore.com/za-darius-smith-jersey.html . FIFA said in a statement Friday that "several racist and discriminatory incidents were apparently perpetrated by local supporters during the match, in particular by displaying neo-Nazi banners and by making monkey noises and gestures as well as Nazi salutes.HARRISON, N.J. - For an MLS team that has seen more change than any other, the New York Red Bulls players are expecting more turmoil this off-season now that they know that Thierry Henry wont return.Two days after being eliminated one goal shy the MLS Cup final - and a day after Henry said he was done, the Red Bulls sat rather glumly in front of their lockers on Tuesday reflecting on the past season and contemplating a possibly more upheaval that has come to mark the club.Theres a lot thats going to happen this off-season, (more) than we could even speculate goalkeeper Luis Robles said, noting the expansion draft, trades and the leagues collective bargaining negotiations with the players union. I really feel there a lot of questions up in the air that may not have immediate answers.The Red Bulls have used 250 players since beginning in 1996, 13 more than the next closest MLS team, the Colorado Rapids. Its roster has been highlighted by some of the biggest names in soccer: Lothar Matthaeus, Roberto Donadoni, Youri Djorkaeff and Rafa Marquez.The departure of Henry, 37, will be felt especially by Bradley Wright-Phillips, who equaled MLS single-season scoring record of Roy Lassiter and Chris Wondolowski this season with 27 goals.Its a sad day. Its a sad day, Wright-Phillips said. I never fully accepted it until I heard it was going to be announced. Its going to take some replacing. I dont think you can replace the man.Neither coach Mike Petke nor sporting director Andy Roxburgh made themselves avvailable to reporters to address possible off-season changes. Aaron Jones Super Bowl Jersey. With Australian international midfielder Tim Cahill starting only three of the final nine games of the regular season and only two of five playoff matches, its unclear whether the teams other designated player signed outside the salary cap will return, despite having a year remaining on his contract.Each team is permitted three designated players.Cahill was seen in the players lounge but did not speak with reporters.Others, like midfielder Dax McCarty, 27, who has been with three teams in nine years — the last 2 1/2 with New York — thinks significant change is inevitable.Weve all heard rumours. But obviously when you lose a guy like Thierry, things are going to change, because he was a big part of this team, McCarty said. And for the last 4 1/2 years he was one of the best players in the league.Henry wouldnt comment on how much he expected the team to change, saying it was not far. He said he will most miss the camaraderie, but was quick to emphasize that did not necessarily mean he was retiring.It was always going to be 4 1/2 years, he said.When asked about a possible return to English club Arsenal, where Henry played for eight years, he was equally non-committal.Thats a wish. Christmas is arriving soon, so its a wish, he said. Its a wish. Everybody knows how much I love the club.Whatever Henry does, he said he will keep his New York home.Hopefully theyll let me come back and watch some games, he joked. ' ' '