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The rivalry between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers is big - possibly the biggest in baseball depending on which coast you live on.
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The rivalry between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers is big - possibly the biggest in baseball depending on which coast you live on.
Two aspiring American League playoff teams suffered four-game sweeps last week, and in the National League, the San Francisco Giants continued their freefall down the standings. But that's not all that happened last week in Major League Baseball, of course.
The Oakland Athletics beat Texas 5-2 on Sunday to keep the Rangers from moving closer to the AL West title.
St. Louis Cardinals moved up in the tight NL wild-card race, blanking the San Francisco Giants 3-0 on Sunday.
The fist-pumping pitcher tossed a five-hitter and retired his final 17 batters, and San Francisco gained ground in the playoff race with a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.
Madison Bumgarner missed a chance at his milestone 100th career win and the San Francisco Giants wasted another chance for a potential push in the NL West, losing to the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Wednesday to be swept by the division's second-to-last-place club.
Whether nationally or locally, the 2016 Major League Baseball season is getting very interesting down the stretch. Just 20 games or so remain for 30 teams across the nation, and the playoffs are just around the corner. Last week's action gave us some great moments, from the nation's capitol to Motown to the West Coast.
Love him or hate him, Tim Tebow has been a polarizing figure since the moment he stepped on an NFL field.
Kelby Tomlinson hit a one-out, tiebreaking single in the ninth and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 on Tuesday night.
The A's didn't have a hit or a baserunner until one out in the sixth inning before their first five batters in the eighth reached.
At the break, San Francisco was 24 games over .500 and 6.5 games ahead of the Dodgers in the West. The Giants are now just nine games over .500 and have more than just the Dodgers to worry about.
Khris Davis hit his 35th homer leading off the seventh to pull Oakland within 8-7, but his ninth-inning error in left field allowed Andrelton Simmons to score an insurance run.
Matt Moore struck out seven over 5 1-3 innings for his first career victory at AT&T Park, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Wednesday.
Evan Gattis hit an RBI single to cap a three-run rally in the eighth inning keyed by a wild pitch on a strikeout, leading the Houston Astros over Oakland 4-3 Wednesday.
Nothing official has been released, but reports from twitter are saying longtime Oakland A's outfielder and fan-favorite Coco Crisp has been traded to the Cleveland Indians.
Boston and New York have a rivalry in the sports world no other two cities can match (sorry, L.A. and S.F.!), and last week in Major League Baseball, both cities got to celebrate some sports history. In Boston, one-time American League Most Valuable Player Dustin Pedroia strung together 11 hits in a row to almost match the all-time record, while in the Bronx, rookie catcher Gary Sanchez set a record by becoming the fastest player to hit his first 11 home runs in history. Oh, what a week in MLB!
Joe Panik homered twice and matched his career high of four RBIs to back Madison Bumgarner.
Rookie Andrew Triggs earned his first win and Stephen Vogt and Khris Davis homered to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 7-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.
Depending on your fantasy baseball league's structure, there's either one week to go before the head-to-head playoffs begin or five weeks to go to the end of the Rotisserie season. Regardless, you should never give up on your fantasy team, no matter what place it occupies in the league standings. Since other owners will give up, you can use that to your advantage in order to finish as high as possible. Your roster just may end up surprising you in the end.
The Washington Nationals have acquired left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski from the Oakland Athletics for minor league infielder Max Schrock.
Rich Hill pitched six dominant innings in his first start with Los Angeles and Justin Turner hit his 24th homer. Los Angeles has a three-game lead over the Giants atop the NL West.
Kendall Graveman pitched into the seventh inning to become Oakland's first 10-game winner this season, and the Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 Wednesday to win the series.
Khris Davis hit a three-run homer and scored three times, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 9-1.
Los Angeles Dodgers roughed up Madison Bumgarner again to beat the San Francisco Giants 9-5
The San Francisco Giants announced Tuesday the placement of outfielder Gregor Blanco on the 15-day disabled list. Filling his spot on the roster will be 28-year-old outfielder Gorkys Hernandez from the Sacramento River Cats.
