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SANTA CLARA, Calif. Cedric Griffin Jersey . -- San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh is taking on another coach. Less than a year after an on-field confrontation with Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz over a postgame handshake, Harbaugh is miffed with New York Giants offensive co-ordinator Kevin Gilbride. Harbaugh accused Gilbride on Friday of making outrageous and incendiary comments about All-Pro defensive end Justin Smith in an effort to influence officials prior to Sundays game between the teams that met in the NFC title game in January. Harbaugh made his remarks in response to Gilbrides answer to a question on Thursday about what makes the 49ers front line so hard to block on passing plays. The long-time Giants co-ordinator started off by saying the linemen have ability and great, quick players who are tough. What angered Harbaugh is what followed. "Smith is a beast on the inside, hes strong, he does as good a job of grabbing a hold of offensive linemen and allowing those twists to take place. He never gets called for it so he gets away with murder," Gilbride said. "That, in conjunction with the ability level they have, makes them as formidable as anybody we go against, and we go against some pretty good ones in Dallas and Philadelphias. Theyre as good as anybody up front." Harbaugh kicked off his news conference on Friday with a statement in response. "Kevin Gilbrides outrageous, irrational statement regarding Justin Smiths play is, first, an absurd analogy," Harbaugh said. "Second, it is an incendiary comment targeting one of the truly exemplary players in this league. Its obvious that the Giants coaching staffs sole purpose is to use their high visibility to both criticize and influence officiating." The Giants and 49ers played twice in San Francisco last season in two very hard-fought games. The Niners won the first 27-20 and New York took the second 20-17 in overtime, earning a trip to the Super Bowl. The Giants won their second title in five seasons, beating the New England Patriots 21-17 in the championship game. In the off-season, a couple of San Francisco players said they felt they gave the game away more than the Giants won. Harbaugh said Wednesday he wasnt bitter about the outcome and he didnt feel as if his team left something on the field in conference title game. "In fact, I felt our team did what they had done all year, they played their hearts out," he said. "They gave it their all and their all was good enough. Thats how I felt." Pierre Garcon Black Jersey . Lewis gave up three hits and walked one while striking out 10 in seven innings, Ian Kinsler had a three-run triple and Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer in a seven-run sixth inning, and the Rangers beat the Houston Astros 9-3 on Sunday. Robert Griffin III White Jersey .S. 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Harrison extended his consecutive scoreless streak to 16 1-3 innings, pitching into the eighth before Mike Adams and Joe Nathan closed out the Rangers third shutout victory in their past five games, 1-0 over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night. Though Harrison didnt get a decision, and was denied an AL-best ninth victory coming off a five-hit shutout in his previous game, the left-hander followed four consecutive victories with another impressive start. And the Rangers needed every bit of what he had against rookie lefty Wade Miley (7-3). "It was very critical, matching the zeroes. ... He got the opportunity to put it up first, and Harry kept doing it," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "Tonight, it only took one run, tonight it only took one hit in the right situation. ... Give Harry a lot of credit." Miley, who finished with a career-high eight strikeouts, had allowed only two base runners, on two singles, before opening the eighth with a walk to Mike Napoli. Yorvit Torrealba then had a sacrifice bunt before pinch-hitter Nelson Cruz struck out. Craig Gentry, the No. 9 batter hitting .340, hit a hard one-hopper that ricocheted over the top of third baseman Ryan Roberts glove and into left field for an RBI single. "They out-executed us when it counted," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. Adams (1-2) took over after Willie Bloomquist hit a ball just inside first base for a double. The reliever pumped his fist -- as did Washington and catcher Torrealba -- when Justin Upton, already with two hits, struck out to end the inning. "Any time you get two big outs in situations like that, definitely everybodys a little pumped up. Go in your half inning with a little bit of adrenaline, a little bit of motivation," Adams said. "See what happens. The guys did their job. We played a little small ball and did what we had to do." Nathan worked a perfect ninth for his 13th save in 14 chances. It was the 11th 1-0 game in the history of Rangers Ballpark, which opened in 1994. It was the second this season -- the Rangers beat Seattle 1-0 on April 10. The 95-pitch effort by Harrison came a night after Colby Lewis threw a four-hitter for Texas in a 9-1 complete game in the series opener. Harrison had beaten San Francisco 5-0 on Friday night, the same score for Sundays victory over the Giants when Alexi Ogando threw three perfect innings in a start before straining his groin running out a bunt. Alfred Morris Black Jersey. Ogando is out four to six weeks after joining starters Neftali Feliz and Derek Holland on the disabled list -- all in a two-week period. Harrison struck out three and walked two while allowing six hits against Arizona. "I feel good with my tempo right now and its making me just focus on making my pitches and not worry about my tempo," Harrison said. "Just being aggressive, being able to throw my offspeed pitches for strikes." After David Hernandez replaced Miley, Roberts made an impressive stop and threw out Ian Kinsler for the third out, but the damage was done. Texas has won seven straight against the Diamondbacks, who were shut out for only the second time this season. The Rangers have won 28 of their last 40 games against National League opponents. The game was played in 2 hours, 12 minutes, not including a 29-minute rain delay after the fourth inning. Harrison benefited from two double plays before the rain delay. After Miguel Montero drew a leadoff walk in the third, he was doubled up on Roberts liner to shortstop. Gerardo Parra followed with the Diamondbacks first hit, an infield single on a ball that shortstop Elvis Andrus fielded deep in the hole going away from first base. Upton grounded a one-out single up the middle in the fourth before Paul Goldschmidts double-play grounder. "We had a few chances, but not very many," Upton said. "Wade gave us a chance to win. Youve got to tip your cap to their pitcher too. In situations where we had a chance to score, he shut us down." A light rain started falling after the first inning, with dark clouds and some lightning to the north and west. Home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg got a weather update from head groundskeeper Dennis Klein in the middle of the third, and they checked the mound. When Harrison went back out to the mound for the fifth, Kellogg got another weather update from Klein and spoke with Harrison. Members of the grounds crew came out to rake in drying dust on the mound and home plate area. But while that work was being done, the rain got harder and the field was covered with the tarp -- though the rain had pretty much stopped by time it was in place. Notes: Cruz was out of the starting lineup again after being sent home Tuesday and missing the series opener with a virus. Brandon Snyder started in right field. ... RHP Scott Feldman (0-5) pitches the series finale for Texas against RHP Daniel Hudson (2-1), in his fourth start since coming off the DL. ' ' '
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