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MIAMI -- Two days after Brandon Crawford battered the Miami Marlins with seven hits, he beat them with one swing.Crawford homered in the fourth inning and the San Francisco Giants won a series for the first time since the All-Star break, beating Miami 1-0 Wednesday.Crawfords seven hits in the opener of the three-game set tied an NL record. In the finale he put San Francisco ahead with his 11th homer leading off the fourth inning.He had a great series, manager Bruce Bochy said. We needed a shot in the arm, and he gave it to us.Crawford, who went 9 for 16 in the series to hike his average to .277, pulled a 3-2 changeup from David Phelps over the fence.They had been mixing on me pretty good the past couple of days, Crawford said. I had to be ready for anything. Fortunately I hit the changeup pretty good.Before the game, Crawford posed for photos with Rennie Stennett, who paid a visit to offer congratulations. Crawfords seven-hit game was the first since Stennett went 7 for 7 at Wrigley Field in 1975.The Giants finished 4-5 on their trip and improved to 8-16 since the All-Star break. They have a one-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. Philadelphia beat the Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday.While their frustration eased, on the Marlins side it peaked in the sixth inning, when hitting coach Barry Bonds was ejected for arguing after pinch hitter Chris Johnson took a called third strike to end a threat.He didnt think it was a strike, Johnson said. And I didnt think it was a strike.Bonds was in the dugout when plate umpire Cory Blaser gave him the thumb. Bonds then came onto the field to briefly argue further before being pulled away by manager Don Mattingly.Despite the early departure, Bonds didnt miss any runs by his team. Jeff Samardzija (10-8) pitched 5 2/3 innings to best his former Notre Dame teammate, David Phelps, and four Giants relievers completed a five-hitter.Santiago Casilla pitched around a two-out double in the ninth by Ichiro Suzuki, striking out J.T. Realmuto to earn his 26th save.With that one-run lead, I was trying to protect it, Samardzija said. You have to tip your hat to our bullpen -- to go 3 1/3 innings and hold them at 1-0, they should get the win.Samardzija had lost his past three starts.Suzuki singled and doubled to increase his career hit total to 3,002, and teammate Marcell Ozuna singled to end an 0-for-18 slump. But Miami bunched two hits in an inning only once -- in the second -- and Derek Dietrich was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double.The Giants won with six hits, and took the series despite scoring just one run in the final 24 innings.Were too good of a ballclub for this to continue, Bochy said. Well get the bats going. These guys have it in them. Im not concerned about them.Phelps (5-6), making his second start of the season after moving from the bullpen into the rotation, pitched five innings and allowed one run -- on Crawfords homer.Whoever said solo home runs dont beat you is a liar, Phelps said. I was telling myself not to walk him. Thats what happens when you do that. I threw a pitch in the middle of the plate and he timed it up.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton, nursing a sore right hip, pinch-hit with two on in the fifth and flied out to end the inning. Mattingly said he hopes Stanton will be able to return to the starting lineup for the Marlins next game Friday.UP NEXTBoth teams have Thursday off. The Giants begin a 10-game homestand Friday against Baltimore, with RHP Matt Cain (4-6, 5.16) scheduled to start against RHP Dylan Bundy (5-3, 3.05).RHP Andrew Cashner (4-8, 4.96) is scheduled to start for the Marlins when they begin a three-game series Friday against the Chicago White Sox. 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"I wasnt really worried," Bolt said of the false start. "I was a listening for the gun, so that was good." It did not phase him one bit. After all, the stadium had been filled with the reggae sounds of Bob Marleys classic "Three Little Birds," with the lyrics "Dont worry, bout a thing. Cause every little thing is gonna be all right." Two Americans had the top times with Mike Rodgers clocking 9.98 and 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin also dipping under 10, with 9.99. Toronto sprinters Aaron Brown (10.15) and Gavin Smellie (10.30) qualified for the 100-metre semifinal by finishing in the top three in their respective heats. Calgarys Sam Effah (10.21) finished fifth in his heat and just missed qualifying. The three best times outside the top three in the heats qualified for the semifinal, and Effahs time was fourth. Looking around him though, Bolt will know he is the overwhelming favourite in the absence of injured defending champion Yohan Blake and American star Tyson Gay, who is out because of a doping scandal. "I am in great shape," Bolt said. Bolt will be looking to add the 200 and the 4x100 relay title to make it a golden triple one year after a similar feat at the London Olympics. Out on the track, his "Lightning Bolt" pose was only matched by Farahs "Mobot," holding his hands over his head in a heart shape. In a tantalizing finish to the 10,000, the double Olympic long-distance champion from Britain had to fight off defending champion Ibrahim Jeilan over the last 150 metres. But instead of giving in at the line like he did two years ago, Farahs finishing speed was such that he had time to cover his face with his hands and cross the line with his arms wide open. "I won the medal that was missing," Farah said. Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., was ninth in 27:35.76 and Cameron Levins of BlackCreek, B.C., was 14th in 27:47.89 Farah now has to defend his 5,000 title next Friday and, at 30, establish himself as the defininng long-distance racer of his time with another 5,000-10,000 double in as many years.dddddddddddd Farah had been honing his finishing kick all season, and when he became the fastest European of all time over 1,500 metres last month, he knew he was a world beater. So did all of Britain, convinced he could do as well as his double at the London Olympics, and the relief of living up to expectations was visible as soon as he crossed the line. The relief was all the more so since he almost tripped when he briefly surged into the lead with about four laps to go. He kissed the Mondo blue track and fell on his back looking up at a sky over the Luzhniki Stadium which was just as perfectly blue. Temperatures were close to 27 degrees C when Farah ran, but it was even higher when defending champion Edna Kiplagat of Kenya won the first gold medal of the world championships with a blazing late kick on a scorching afternoon. Like the morning qualifying session, few fans were on hand to cheer as Kiplagat entered the stadium well ahead of surprise silver-medallist Valeria Straneo of Italy, also a mother in her 30s. As the marathoners made their way up to Red Square, there were huge empty spaces where fans should have been. Lanni Marchant of London, Ont., was 44th in 3:01.54, while Krista Duchene of Brantford, Ont., did not finish. In the decathlon, 20-year-old Gunnar Nixon set the 10-event competition ablaze in his first major global meet. But after a huge effort in the 400, American teammate Ashton Eaton, the Olympic champion, kept himself in the lead after five of 10 events. Eaton, the world-record holder, clocked 46.02 seconds to run the fastest decathlon 400 at a world championships and build a slight 4,502-4,493 lead over Nixon. Two-time defending champion Trey Hardee dropped out with a hamstring injury after failing to clear any height in the high jump. "So far, hes on fire," Hardee said of Nixon. "I hope he keeps it up." Damian Warner of London, Ont., was in fourth with 4,381 points, behind Germanys Michael Schrader (4,427). In other Canadian results: -- Torontos Shawnacy Barber missed qualifying for the mens pole vault final at 5.40 metres. -- Hamiltons Anthony Romaniw missed qualifying for the semifinal in the mens 800 metres with a time of 1:47.98. -- Ottawas Alicia Brown missed qualifying for the semifinal in the womens 400 metres with a time of 53.26 seconds. -- Christabel Nettey of Surrey, B.C., missed qualifying for the final in the womens long jump at 6.47 metres. ' ' '