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ST. LOUIS -- Chad Gaudin found himself in an unfamiliar position Sunday afternoon. The San Francisco right-hander took the mound to start a game for the first time in over three years and tossed six strong innings to lead the Giants to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, ending the Giants seven-game road skid. Brandon Belt hit a two-run pinch-hit double to break a 2-2 tie in the seventh. Buster Posey, who entered the game in a 2 for 20 skid, went 4 for 4 with two doubles to pace an 11-hit attack. Gaudin (1-1), in his first start since Sept. 28, 2009 as a member of the New York Yankees, allowed four hits and two runs, both coming on David Freeses homer in the fourth. He struck out five and did not walk a batter. Gaudin, who set the side down in order in four of six innings, is temporarily replacing Ryan Vogelsong in the rotation. Vogelsong broke several bones in his right hand May 20. "It was nice," Gaudin said of the starting assignment, "I made a couple of minor league starts, but it was refreshing to get back out there and do that." San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said Gaudins performance came at a perfect time for his beleaguered staff. "He gave us a huge shot in the arm," he said. "He went out there and threw quality strikes and actually went a little further than we ever thought." Bochy said before the game that he was hoping to get four, maybe five innings from Gaudin. Instead, Gaudin rolled through six on 79 pitches, 55 strikes. In his first start after 117 successive relief appearances, Gaudin earned his first win since Oct. 2, 2012 when he was a reliever with the Miami Marlins. "I wanted to go out there and give the team a chance to win and also give them some innings," Gaudin said. "I thought I was throwing aggressively and pitching with what I had." The Giants offence, which had scored just seven runs in its previous six road games, gave Gaudin enough offensive support. Belt slammed the first pitch from reliever Randy Choate into the gap in left-centre to bring in Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco for a 4-2 lead in the seventh inning. Crawford began the rally with a single off St. Louis rookie Tyler Lyons (2-1). Closer Sergio Romo recorded four outs for his 15th save in 17 opportunities. He got Freese to ground out with Allen Craig on first to end the game. San Francisco scored single runs in the second and third off Lyons. Posey and Hunter Pence hit back-to-back doubles in the third. "I hit a couple balls hard that found a couple of holes," Posey said. "So now, its just a matter of keeping on." Posey raised his average 15 points to .308 with the four-hit effort. Freese tied the game with his third homer of the season. He has hit safely in a career-tying 12 successive games. "Im seeing the baseball and trying to consistently hit the ball hard somewhere," he said. "Its all about the approach at the plate." Lyons allowed four runs and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings in his third start. He allowed one run over seven innings in winning his two previous starts. "I was inconsistent from the beginning," Lyons said. "I was fighting myself, just trying my best to eat up a few innings." Despite the victory, the Giants have dropped six of their last eight.. "A much-needed win after yesterday," Bochy said. St. Louis beat the Giants 8-0 and 7-1 in a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. St. Louis manager Mike Matheny and catcher Yadier Molina were ejected in the third inning by first base umpire Clint Fagan after Molina was called out on a close play at first. Molina slammed his helmet to the ground after the call and was immediately thrown out for the third time in his career. Matheny came out to protect Molina and was ejected for the third time as a manager. "I know I was out," Molina said. "I was just upset with myself." NOTES: St. Louis has used eight pitchers age 25 and younger this season including Lyons, 25. .... The Cardinals host Arizona in a four-game series beginning Monday. Lance Lynn (7-1, 2.91) will face Trevor Cahill (3-5, 2.88). The Giants have an off day Monday before hosting Toronto in a two-game set starting Tuesday. Tim Lincecum (3-5, 5.12) goes against Josh Johnson (0-1, 6.86). San Francisco OF Angel Pagan missed his eighth successive game with a strained left hamstring. ... Giants IF Pablo Sandoval, who last played on Thursday, could be out as much as a week with a strain in his left foot. ... St. Louis OF Jon Jay broke out of a 1-for-27 skid with a third-inning single. ... St. Louis INF Matt Carpenter extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the third inning. Cam Newton Youth Jersey . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. 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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- LSU and 18th-ranked Florida will play after all this season, albeit in a different state than originally scheduled, which didnt leave the Gators entirely happy with the solution.The old Southeastern Conference rivals, whose game last weekend was postponed by Hurricane Matthew, are now scheduled to play Nov. 19 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge.The SEC made the announcement Thursday, ending a week of speculation about what would happen to the game originally scheduled for last Saturday in Gainesville.The teams had to buy out nonconference opponents scheduled for that Saturday; LSU will pay $1.5 million to South Alabama and Florida $500,000 to Presbyterian.The arrangement means the Tigers (3-2, 2-1 SEC) will avoid playing three consecutive SEC road games over a 13-day span to end the regular season; LSU was already scheduled at Arkansas on Nov. 12 and at Texas A&M on Nov. 24.. The 18th-ranked Gators (4-1, 2-1) will lose two homes games -- about $7.8 million in projected revenue from ticket sales alone -- but likely will recoup some of that through insurance.LSU also agreed to play in Gainesville instead of Baton Rouge in 2017, which gets the Gators one game back. That means Florida will host rivals Tennessee, LSU and Florida State next season. In 2018, the annual Tigers-Gators match-up will return to Florida again, as it normally would.On Monday, LSU athletic director Joe Alleva insisted his program would not relinquish its scheduled home date on Nov. 19 to play in Florida because he did not believe it was fair to LSU fans and the Baton Rouge area to do so after LSU had made every effort to have last weekends game played either in in Gainesville on Sunday or Monday, or in Tiger Stadium.In discussing his disappointment that the game was not played last weekend, Alleva essentially expressed consternation over the fact that Florida held out for a Saturday game in Gainesville last week until Thursday, when the storms track made it too late to do anything but postpone the game to another week.Meanwhile, Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley was candid about his universitys displeasure with the resolution.LSU was never a true partner in our discussions, Foley said. The Southeastern Conference offered some other solutions and the LSU administration made it clear that they were unwilling to consider other reasonable options.Alleva responded, It was our wish to have played the game last weekend, but all options that we put on the table were declined.Historically, we have always enjoyed a great relationship with Florida, Alleva added. I hope that we can all learn from this experience and as a lleague, be in a better position to deal with these situations in the future.ddddddddddddSince the postponement, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said he saw it as important for all sides to find a solution to play the game this season to avoid a scenario where two teams in the conference play one fewer SEC game than every other team in the league. Had that been the case, Sankey said, he would have ruled LSU and Florida ineligible to win their respective divisions -- the Tigers in the West and Gators in the East -- because they had not played the requisite eight conference games.Each university had its own set of concerns throughout this process, however existing SEC regulations did not provide an avenue to resolve conflicting issues in a more timely manner, Sankey said in a written statement Thursday. As I have repeatedly said, this game needed to be played. In the end, I want to give credit to the University of Florida for making concessions to move this years game to Baton Rouge.In addition, Sankey noted, the presidents and chancellors at conference schools have established the expectation that existing conference policy will be revised to better define the process for completing postponed or interrupted contests, and to give the SEC commissioner authority to decide dates and locations of future games that need to be rescheduled if the two programs involved fail to mutually agree on such matters.LSU is no stranger to having games rescheduled and moved because of natural disasters. In 2005, LSU moved a home game to Arizona State because of Hurricane Katrina and delayed a home game against Tennessee by two days in response to disruptions caused by Hurricane Rita. Last season, LSU hosted a game originally scheduled at South Carolina because of flooding in the Columbia, South Carolina, area.In Louisiana, several columnists and sports talk-show hosts expressed cynicism over Floridas indecision as the hurricane approached, and questioned whether the Gators preferred an indefinite postponement because it could improve their chances to win the SEC East and allow extra rest for a slew of injured key players.Florida coach Jim McElwain scoffed at the notion he didnt want to play LSU last weekend.As Ive said all along, we will play anyone, anywhere, anytime, McElwain said Thursday. Ive made that pretty clear. The Gators never run from anyone or dodge anyone.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org---AP Sports Writer Brett Martel in New Orleans contributed to this report. ' ' '