Colon Aims For 15th Win Versus Blue Jays
Bartolo Colon will try to match the major league lead with a 15th victory Wednesday when the AL West-leading A's conclude their series with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Bartolo Colon will try to match the major league lead with a 15th victory Wednesday when the AL West-leading A's conclude their series with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Hunter Pence quickly became a fan favorite in Philadelphia because of his hard play, general quirkiness, and most famously his slogan, "Let's go eat!" which became jargon for Philadelphians.
Jose Bautista and Emilio Bonifacio each homered and the Toronto Blue Jays ended Oakland's winning streak at four with a 5-0 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night.
Carlos Ruiz and Michael Young hit two-run homers to back John Lannan, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the SF Giants 7-3 Tuesday night.
The Oakland Athletics have acquired third baseman Alberto Callaspo from AL West rival Los Angeles Angels for infielder Grant Green.
Closer Brian "The Beard" Wilson, who played such an integral role in the San Francisco Giants' 2010 World Series win, has chosen to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The San Francisco Giants are listening on potential trades for outfielder Hunter Pence, starter Tim Lincecum and reliever Javier Lopez, their three major free agents, but a person connected to the Giants organization pegged the price as "very strong" on Pence and Lincecum.
The Oakland Athletics couldn't add to their AL West lead, but they keep building plenty of momentum. Dan Straily hopes he can contribute to that run after losing his last two starts.
The New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds are among the latest teams to check in on the San Francisco Giants' Hunter Pence, but there doesn't appear to be a match with those teams at this point.
File under "gloriously inevitable": The Richmond Flying Squirrels, Double-A affiliate of the SF Giants, on Aug. 1 will hold "Salute to Scandal Night," in which fans, in honor of disgraced NYC mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner.
Philadelphia tries to end an eight-game skid Tuesday night when it faces a struggling Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants.
Yoenis Cespedes homered and hit a two-run triple, Josh Reddick added a two-run double and had three RBIs, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Monday night.
President Barack Obama said the San Francisco Giants are making a "habit" of dropping in at the White House as he honored them Monday for their World Series win in 2012.
Hoping to build on an impressive comeback win, the Oakland A's look for a fourth consecutive victory Monday night against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.
The outfield trading market, once bordering on woeful, looks a bit better with Hunter Penceavailable and hitting well. Giancarlo Stanton, Michael Cuddyer and Jose Bautista remain all but certain to stay put, but Pence is a big add to a fairly thin group.
Giants fans, it's pretty bad right now. That sweep at the hands of the Cubs--all one-run losses, all marked by painful moments of failure--is the low point of 2013. For now.
Yoenis Cespedes drove in four runs on his most productive day since winning the Home Run Derby, and the Oakland A's rallied from five runs down to beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-6 on Sunday.
Travis Wood pitched a four-hitter over 7 innings and had a home run among his two hits in helping the Chicago Cubs complete a 3-game sweep in San Francisco for the first time in 20 years, beating the Giants 2-1 Sunday.
Nate Schierholtz homered off ex-teammate Sergio Romo with one out in the ninth inning to lift the Cubs to a 1-0 win over the Giants on Saturday night.
Derek Norris had a pinch-hit two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning in the Oakland Athletics' 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.
Brandon Belt's baserunning gaffe in the seventh inning cost the Giants a run. His fielding error in the ninth cost the defending World Series champs the game.
Julio Borbon and Junior Lake scored on an error by San Francisco first baseman Brandon Belt in the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 3-2 win over the Giants on Friday night.
Bartolo Colon won his 14th game for a share of the major league lead, backed by Jed Lowrie's homer and two-run single and a two-run drive by Stephen Vogt in the Oakland Athletics' 6-4 victory against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
The San Francisco Giants activated Joaquin Arias from the disabled list on Friday, more than two weeks after the reserve infielder underwent an emergency appendectomy.
When Alfonso Soriano signed his rich contract with the Chicago Cubs prior to the 2007 season, he pledged that helping the long-suffering franchise end its World Series drought was at the forefront of his decision.
