SAN FRANCISCO -- Wins have been hard to come by for Justin Verlander this year.
This one took 121 pitches.
The 42-year-old right-hander struck out 10 in five scoreless innings Sunday, helping the San Francisco Giants to a 13-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. With the Giants leading 7-0 in the fifth, San Francisco wasn't about to remove Verlander, even as his pitch count climbed. He finally finished the top of that inning by striking out Gunnar Henderson and Ryan Mountcastle -- and that allowed him to qualify for his third victory of the year.