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Bruce Bochy had to catch knuckleball pitcher Joe Niekro back in the day, not an easy job. Bochy said he and fellow Astros catcher Alan Ashby would look at the lineup card on Niekro's day and hope the other was behind the plate.
"I can tell you it's more fun hitting off a knuckleballer instead of catching one," Bochy said before his quote came alive in the Giants' 7-1 victory against the Braves on Sunday.
A patient Giants lineup pinned a season-high seven runs on 42-year-old R.