"With far more practice than he would prefer, Matt Cain has become an expert at standing tall with a stoic gaze and explaining how he could pitch like a Cy Young candidate yet still lose. He really could teach a seminar.

That had not happened for a while. Cain had a four-game winning streak until Saturday's 3-0 loss to the Blue Jays, which had a familiar ring.

Like Barry Zito the night before, Cain pitched like a winner. In fact, Cain was better. He had a shutout until he walked Fred Lewis on four pitches with two outs in the eighth ahead of Aaron Hill, who dragged a .191 average to the plate and homered to break a scoreless tie.

Toronto added a run, charged to Cain but scoring on a broken-bat single off Santiago Casilla. Again the Giants bowed to closer Kevin Gregg in order in the ninth."