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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Coming in, Gonzaga was winless in seven all-time games against Stanford, including a 65-48 loss last season in which the Bulldogs led 47-46 with 6:23 to play and missed their final 12 shots.This time, the Cardinal were the ones who went cold, missing their final seven field-goal attempts and scoring just two points in the final 4 minutes and the Bulldogs beat No. 11 Stanford 68-63 on Friday night.Jill Barta made 8 of 10 from the field and finished with 26 points, including two late free throws and Elle Tinkle added 18 points and three blocked shots- including a block on a layup attempt by Brittany McPhee with 24 seconds to play.McPhee made a layup to give Stanford a two-point lead with 4 minutes remaining -- but the Cardinal wouldnt make another field goal.Tinkle made a layup and then assisted on a 3-pointer by Laura Stockton that gave Gonzaga (3-0) a 64-61 lead with 3:07 left. McPhee hit two free throws with 56 seconds left to make it 64-63, but Barta and Stockton made two foul shots apiece in the final 16 seconds to seal it.McPhee had 22 points and eight rebounds, while Erica McCall scored 17 with 11 boards for Stanford.The Zags led for 18-plus minutes in the first half and a jumper by Tinkle gave them their biggest lead, 43-33, with 6:24 left in the third quarter.McCall and McPhee scored six points apiece during an 18-3 run -- capped by Karlie Samuelsons 3-pointers -- to close the quarter with a 51-46 advantage.Makenlee Williams hit two 3s and Barta added another to cap a 10-5 spurt that gave Gonzaga a 59-56 lead with 6 minutes left.The Bulldogs made 25 of 50 shots, including 8 of 13 (62 percent) from 3-point range, while Stanford shot 17 percent (3 of 18) from behind the arc and 22 of 58 overall.Stockton, daughter of former Gonzaga guard and Professional Basketball Hall of Famer John Stockton, had 12 points, four assists and two steals.There were three ties and three of the games 12 lead changes in the final 6:57. 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The 26-year-old finished last season with Clevelands Triple-A affiliate in Columbus after signing with the Indians in August. BOSTON -- Drew Pomeranz insists hes ready for whatever the Boston Red Sox ask him to do, but the task at hand is one thats relatively new to the 27-year-old southpaw.The assignment? A shutdown pitcher for a big-market team in a hitter-friendly ballpark.Ive done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher, he said after being traded to Boston from San Diego last Thursday. You could shove me out there in any situation, Ive done it.Hes started games, hes closed them -- and everything in between.One thing Pomeranz hasnt done yet is pitch in a Red Sox uniform, but hell get the chance in Wednesdays series finale against the San Francisco Giants at Fenway Park.Pretty excited to go to Boston, Pomeranz said. Its a great city, great team. Theyve been doing well all year. Theyre right there in the race.They want to win here, and I want to win, too.Pomeranz (8-7, 2.47 ERA) faces a familiar foe in his Red Sox debut, a Giants team hes already faced three times this season and was scheduled to start against last Sunday before the trade.Boston (52-39) earned a 4-0 victory over the league-leading Giants (57-37), which has never won in four tries at Fenway Park since moving to San Francisco in 1958.The Giants suffered a three-game sweep at Fenway in 2007.Pomeranz, a first-time All-Star, is 0-2 with a 2.60 ERA in three starts against San Francisco this season and 1-4 with a 4.54 ERA over nine appearances (seven starts) lifetime.Buster Posey is 6-for-13 (.462) with two homers and three RBI against Pomeranz. The only Giants player who has hit Pomeranz harder is Hunter Pence (4-for-14, four homers, eight RBI).Pence, however, wont be a factor, as he was held out of a rehab game with Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday for precautionary reasons.dddddddddddd Hes been out since June 1 with a right hamstring strain.Second baseman Joe Panik (concussion) rehabbed with Sacramento on Tuesday as he recovers from being hit in the head by a pitch June 18 at Tampa Bay.Pomeranzs debut with the Red Sox is poised to overshadow the return of San Franciscos Matt Cain (1-5, 5.34 ERA), who will be making his first start since returning from the disabled list.Cain hasnt pitched since June 13, when he sustained a right hamstring strain. He was 1-1 with a 9.00 ERA over three minor-league rehab starts, allowing 13 runs and 14 hits in 13 innings.Hes ready to go, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Hes got no issues with the hamstring. We just hope hes sharp and gives his team a chance to win.The three-time All-Star has faced Boston once, giving up a run on three hits with three strikeouts over seven innings during the Giants only prior trip to Fenway in June 2007.Hanley Ramirez, who spent three seasons in the National League West with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has hit Cain well, going 13-for-47 with two homers and five RBI.Aaron Hill, a utility infielder the Red Sox also recently acquired, is 9-for-32 (.281) with two triples, a homer and three RBI against Cain.Boston may be without another late-inning reliever, as Koji Uehara departed Tuesdays appearance after throwing just seven pitches in the ninth inning.He was diagnosed with a pectoral strain.The Red Sox are already without Junichi Tazawa (right shoulder impingement), but he threw all of his pitchers in Tuesdays simulated game and is likely to return Friday. ' ' '