The Juice is back for its fifth season of fun! Stop by each weekday for an ample serving of news from the action, plus great photos, stats and video highlights. Pence pays off : You can stop looking at those return receipts, Giants fans. Though Hunter Pence's arrival in your fair city has been bumpy at time, the prized deadline acquisition came through in a big way on Sunday. Pence clubbed a go-ahead three-run homer off Colorado closer Rafael Betancourt in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Giants to a 9-6 win at a packed AT&T Park. It was Pence's first home run in a Giants uniform. "Hopefully there's a lot more of those," Pence told reporters. Pence entered Sunday's game hitting .149 (7-for-47) in his 11 games since being traded. His homer was part of a five-run eighth that allowed the Giants to win two games in the three-game set and escape the weekend with a one-game lead over the Dodgers in the NL West. Dueling dirtbags : Seattle's Jason Vargas stole AL pitcher of the month award away from Jered Weaver in July, then helped to end his old Long Beach State teammate's winning streak with an awesome effort of his own on Sunday. Vargas allowed only one run over 8 1/3...