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NEW ORLEANS (0-1) at NEW YORK GIANTS (1-0)Sunday 1 p.m. EDT, FoxOPENING LINE -- Giants by 4 1/2SERIES RECORD -- Giants lead 15-13LAST MEETING -- Saints beat Giants 52-49, Nov. 1, 2015LAST WEEK -- Saints lost to Raiders 35-34; Giants beat Cowboys 20-19AP PRO32 RANKING -- Saints (tie) No. 22, Giants No. 14SAINTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (1), RUSH (19), PASS (1)SAINTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (31), RUSH (32), PASS (T18)GIANTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (T22), RUSH (12), PASS (22)GIANTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (13), RUSH (18), PASS (14)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Saints won four of last five meetings under coach Sean Payton. ... Saints have leagues best offense and next-to-last defense. ... QB Drew Brees threw for NFL record-tying seven touchdowns and 511 yards in last years game. Had 423 yards passing and four TDs last week, his 14th career 400-yard game, tying Peyton Manning for most in NFL history. ... WR Brandin Cooks had career-high 143 yards receiving and two TDs, including 98-yarder. ... WR Willie Snead had nine catches for 172 yards and one touchdown. ... Linebacker Craig Robertson had 11 tackles last week. ... Safety Jairus Byrd had forced fumble and recovery against Giants last year. ... QB Eli Manning had six touchdowns passes against Saints last year. He had three against Cowboys last week. ... RB Rashad Jennings ran for 75 yards in opener. ... WR Odell Beckham Jr. had eight catches for 120 yards and three TDs last year against Saints. ... WR Victor Cruz caught winning TD vs. Dallas in first game since October 2014. ... LB Jonathan Casillas had team-high 10 tackles in opener. ...S Landon Collins has at least six tackles in 13 of past 16 games. ... CB Janoris Jenkins matched up with Dez Bryant some of time last week and limited him to one catch for 8 yards. ... K Josh Brown returns after serving one game NFL suspension for violation of personal conduct policy. ... Giants coach Ben McAdoo making home debut. ... 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Walking pinch-hitter Wilmer Difo spelled the end of Kochs night at 69 pitches with a blister issue cropping up along the way.Hale said the pitch count and not the blister was the reason he took Koch out of the game after an impressive showing.We wanted to see him pitch up here and get a chance to start, Hale said. He showed us he can do it. ... We were real close on the 70-75 pitches we wanted to get him, so we were really happy with what he did. Its too bad. He had a win in his pocket there and it went away quick.Anthony Rendon hit a three-run home run off Randall Delgado (4-2) to provide the winning margin for the Nationals, who cut their magic number for home-field advantage against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Division series to five. Diamondbacks second baseman Jean Segura hit a leadoff home run off Max Scherzer (19-7) and Welington Castillo had an RBI double in the third, but the Cy Young Award candidate settled in to strike out 10 in six innings.Hale acknowledged being surprised by Kochs performance, even if the right-hander didnt impress himself.Just trying to get quick outs, Koch said. I knew I was at my pitch limit, so I was just trying to make the most of the pitches I had and trying to get quick groundball outs.It worked for most of the game, and the Louisville product started thinking about a potential no-hittter after getting through four.ddddddddddddy mindset was just stay focused and keep the ball down, he said.Koch succeeded in doing that even if Delgado made a mistake that cost the Diamondbacks a victory. With the organization looking ahead to next season and beyond, Koch did well in a spot start in place of Zack Greinke after five career relief appearances.This was a guy who has already shown in the relief appearance that we gave him that hes not afraid and he goes right at guys, Hale said. He was very, very, very good.SCHERZER DOMINATESScherzer mixed his slider, curveball and changeup in with his overpowering fastball to wrest control of the game back. At one point he struck out six consecutive hitters.What allowed him to settle in is that he changed his game plan because you could tell their game plan on him was to sit hard and early in the count, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. That was just a veteran making the adjustment at the right time.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: Hale said RHP Rubby De La Rosa successfully had stem cell injections in his elbow. De La Rosa is trying the stem cell procedure in an attempt to avoid a second Tommy John surgery.Nationals: C Wilson Ramos is out for the rest of the season and playoffs after an MRI revealed a torn ACL in his right knee. ... LHP Sammy Solis threw a perfect seventh inning in his first appearance since Aug. 15 after a stint on the DL with shoulder inflammation. ... OF Bryce Harper missed another game with a left thumb injury. ... 2B Daniel Murphy remained out with a strained glute.UP NEXTLHP Gio Gonzalez (11-10, 4.51 ERA) starts the third of the four-game series for the Nationals against Diamondbacks RHP Shelby Miller (2-12, 6.47). ' ' '