SAN FRANCISCO - Homer Bailey heard frequent reminders that he had a no-hit bid in progress. Not anyone on the Cincinnati bench mentioned it, however. "I wasnt really thinking about it, other than the fan just above our dugout who kept yelling at me about it," Bailey said. "That was nice of him." Bailey made a strong bid for yet another no-hitter, shutting down San Francisco until Buster Poseys two-out single in the seventh inning and pitching the Reds past the Giants 4-0 Sunday. Bailey has thrown no-hitters in each of the last two seasons, and did it against the Giants at home last July 2. He came close to pitching the latest gem at AT&T Park — the ballpark was the scene of Tim Lincecums no-hitter Wednesday against San Diego. "I had pretty good stuff, got a lot of early outs and we scored enough runs," Bailey said. "It was our lucky day, I guess." Bailey (8-4) finished with a three-hitter as the Reds completed their first four-game sweep in San Francisco since 1972 at Candlestick Park. Billy Hamilton, Brandon Phillips, Brayan Pena and Skip Schumaker drove in runs as the Reds won their season-best fifth straight and eighth in nine overall. The Giants were swept in a four-game series for the first time in their ballpark that opened in 2000. San Francisco has lost 15 of 19 while watching its lead dwindle in the NL West. "We got them at the right time," Schumaker said. "Its still a playoff team, in my opinion. They are too good of a team. Im just happy to get out of here while they were struggling a little bit." Bailey walked one and struck out seven in his fourth career shutout and sixth complete game. Bailey walked Gregor Blanco leading off the fourth, but later caught him taking off early for third base and threw him out. That was all the Giants got into Posey singled cleanly to right-centre field. Pablo Sandovals bloop single moved Posey to third, but Bailey struck out Michael Morse looking to end the inning. "We ran into four starters as dominant as four starters Ive ever seen before," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "They caught everything we hit. They are as hot as any team, and as cold as we are, its what we have to deal with." Bailey was trying to become just the sixth pitcher with at least three career no-hitters. Nolan Ryan leads that list with seven. "He pitched efficiently and we played great defence," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "When the outs are coming so early in the count, he has a chance." Tim Hudson (7-5) allowed two runs on five hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out six. Hes lost his last two starts at home after opening the season with seven straight wins. "My delivery felt a lot better and my timing was good," Hudson said. "They had one or two opportunities to score and they took advantage. I felt like I made a pretty good pitch on Hamilton. Every little run counts in a game like this." Hamiltons two-out double in the third drove in the Reds first run, and with the way Hudson was pitching — he retired 12 of 13 following the double — Bailey needed to be nearly perfect. The Reds tacked on three runs in the ninth against Jeremy Affledt, who took over for Hudson after Todd Frazier started the frame with a single. Affledt balked, hit a batter, threw a wild pitch, allowed three hits and an inherited runner to score and got his only out on Phillips sacrifice fly. NOTES: Bochy announced before the game he would be going with a closer-by-committee for the time being, with RHP Sergio Romo in the mix. "I think its time to tweak it a little bit, get guys on track," Bochy said. ... Giants 1B Brandon Belt (thumb) could rejoin the team Friday in San Diego, but not likely before then. ... Lincecum (6-5, 4.42) makes his first start since throwing his second career no-hitter. 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Fox Sports first reported that Mebane suffered a torn hamstring.Mebanes loss is a blow to Seattles run defence, which ranks fourth in the league at 79.8 yards per game. While his stats dont jump out, Mebanes ability to clog running lanes and control blockers has allowed Seattles linebackers to step up and stop ball carries.Mebane has also been in on the most snaps of any of Seattles defensive tackles.Mebane appeared to have been hurt early in the second quarter while chasing down a wide receiver screen. Eli Manning completed a short pass for Reuben Randle and Mebane appeared to grab at the back of his right leg while running after him. The completion was wiped out by a penalty, but Mebane did not take the field again.With Mebane out, Seattle will lean more on Kevin Williams and Tony McDaniel to fill the void. Williams has 42.9 per cent of Seattles defensive snaps this season, according to Football Outsiders. McDaniel has been in on 39 per cent. Those are expected to increase significantly, although the Seahawks were helped by the return of Jordan Hill last week after he miissed three games with an ankle injury.ddddddddddddSeattle also signed former San Francisco defensive lineman Demarcus Dobbs last week and fullback Will Tukuafu has played some on the defensive line in the past.We feel OK right now. We dont need to go scour but we will anyway and Im kind of excited to see how these guys take to it, Carroll said. Kevin (Williams) has shown us plenty of good things and Tony (McDaniel) has been playing really good, hard football, tough football for us. Jordan (Hill) is a different kind of athlete in there. Hes got really great quickness and a little different style player. But we like the way he gives it, too, so we will see how it goes.Seattle filled its open roster spot by signing tight end RaShaun Allen off Minnesotas practice squad. Allen was with Seattle through the early part of the season and saw action in the Seahawks Week 7 loss at St. Louis. He was released a week later and signed to Minnesotas practice squad.Allens signing gives Seattle five tight ends on its active roster and is another indication that Zach Miller — out since ankle surgery after Week 3 — is still behind in his recovery. Backup Luke Willson suffered a sprained ankle last week against the Giants and third-stringer Cooper Helfet has been bothered by a knee injury. Seattle signed Tony Moeaki last week, but he was inactive against the Giants.___AP NFL websites: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '