Colon Gets Ball For A's Playoff Opener Vs. Detroit
The veteran right-hander will get the ball for the Oakland Athletics in the opener of their AL division series against Detroit on Friday night, his first postseason appearance in eight years.
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The veteran right-hander will get the ball for the Oakland Athletics in the opener of their AL division series against Detroit on Friday night, his first postseason appearance in eight years.
Max Scherzer, Detroit's 21-game winner, will start the AL division series opener Friday night at Oakland, with star Justin Verlander following in Game 2.
The shutdown of the federal government could slow San Jose's ongoing efforts to bring the Oakland A's downtown. The city's lawsuit against Major League Baseball may be delayed due to court closures.
"Overall, we didn't have a good year as a team ... after a great year last year," SF Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro said. "It didn't work out.
He is far from satisfied with his performance on the field this season for the AL West champion Athletics, who are counting on Cespedes' big bat to help carry them as they make another October run - in another first-round series with the Detroit Tigers, just like last year's best-of-five AL division series that went the distance.
Hunter Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the 9th inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
Sonny Gray threw five shutout innings in his final start before the playoffs, Oakland had a pair of 4-run innings and the A's closed out the regular season with a 9-0 win over Seattle.
Hunter Pence and the SF Giants finalized the contract on Sunday, a deal that keeps the outfielder off the free-agent market. The announcement was made at a news conference before the season finale game for the World Series Champions.
Jesus Guzman, Chris Denorfia and Jedd Gyorko each homered and drove in two runs and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 9-3 on Saturday.
The father of a Dodgers fan fatality stabbed during a melee with Giants fans is planning to make a public plea for witnesses to the incident after San Francisco's district attorney said he lacks evidence to charge the man suspected of the killing.
Brad Miller hit a pair of home runs, including his first grand slam, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 7-5 Saturday in a game that decided division-series matchups in the American League.
Hunter Pence is coming back to the San Francisco Giants. The deal is for $90 million for five years, CBS Sports has learned.
A 21-year-old man suspected of killing a Los Angeles Dodgers fan near AT&T Park was released Friday night, after the San Francisco District Attorney said more information is needed before charges can be filed.
Hunter Pence hit his career-best 26th home run to back a shaky outing by Ryan Vogelsong and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 Friday night.
Bartolo Colon outpitched Felix Hernandez to reach 18 wins for the fifth time in his career, Brandon Moss hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Oakland Athletics beat Seattle 6-2 Friday night in the start of Eric Wedge's final weekend as Mariners manager.
San Francisco police say a second suspect has been released in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan.
San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean all but finalized pitcher Barry Zito's long-expected departure following seven tough years, while saying two of his top priorities moving forward from a disappointing 2013 season are re-signing Tim Lincecum and Hunter Pence.
Visiting fans clad in their team's colors could always expect ridicule, and sometimes worse, in the stands. But now, for the second time in three seasons, serious violence outside the stadium has marred the rivalry.
Angel Pagan hit a tiebreaking home run leading off the eighth inning to give San Francisco a win in what might have been Tim Lincecum's final outing with the club, and the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Thursday night.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday that he plans to retire in January 2015. The 79-year-old Selig's announcement came just one day after an interview with CBS Sports Radio in which he had some harsh words when it came to the ballpark woes of the Oakland Athletics.
With the Red Sox and Dodgers both finishing the season atop their division with 90+ wins, which of these two has the best chance to finish the season as champions?
Barry Zito won in what likely was his final hurrah for San Francisco, Pablo Sandoval backed him with a two-run homer and the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Jered Weaver pitched seven innings of five-hit ball, Josh Hamilton drove in two runs, and the Los Angeles Angels did a bit more damage to the Athletics' home-field playoff hopes with a 3-1 victory over Oakland on Wednesday.
The concept of the late-season spoiler exists in many sports, but it's perhaps most celebrated in baseball. After all, even the worst teams win about 40 percent of their games, so there are no gimmes for teams chasing postseason spots.
The San Francisco Giants have determined they will make qualifying offers to top free agents Hunter Pence and Tim Lincecum, sources said, but first the team is trying to lock up Pence – the hottest hitter in the National League this month - on a multi-year deal. In that bigger endeavor, they are just getting started with talks.
