KCBS Sports Fans: Best Of Times, Worst Of Times For Bay Area Baseball
The A's have gone from plucky to scary and lead the AL West again (with the league's second-best record). The Giants? Well, they're summoning up memories of the Bad Old Days.
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The A's have gone from plucky to scary and lead the AL West again (with the league's second-best record). The Giants? Well, they're summoning up memories of the Bad Old Days.
Since the San Francisco Giants took two of three from San Diego three weeks ago, little has gone right for the reigning World Series champions.
With the two leagues set to square off in their annual exhibition featuring its greatest stars on July 16, all eyes will be on Citi Field. With home field advantage during the World Series on the line, the question very simply put is, can the National League maintain its grip on the contest for the fourth straight year?
David Ortiz led the Red Sox to an 11-4 win over the Mariners Wednesday night, becoming baseball's all time leader in hits as a designated hitter. Are Ortiz' accomplishments enough to get him in the Hall of Fame, where there are no designated hitters?
Francisco Liriano scattered four hits over seven innings, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 on Wednesday night.
Former Giants prospect Zack Wheeler pitched seven sharp innings, Marlon Byrd homered again and the New York Mets completed their first sweep in San Francisco since 1994 with a 7-2 win Wednesday.
A San Francisco Giants pitcher has been charged with lewdness after police say he touched a woman's breast at a Las Vegas hospital earlier this year.
The surging Oakland Athletics have a chance to complete yet another sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates, but they'll face a red-hot Francisco Liriano in the series finale at PNC Park on Wednesday night.
San Francisco hopes for a strong bounce-back effort Wednesday from Matt Cain as the Giants face their former draft pick Zack Wheeler of the NY Mets for the first time.
Jeremy Affeldt had another poor outing for the SF Giants. He's merely one example of how things have turned from bad to worse for the defending World Series champions. "We're giving up more runs than we're getting and I'm a big part of that," Affeldt said. "I really stink."
The San Francisco Giants placed backup catcher Hector Sanchez on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder in one of several roster moves made by the slumping World Series champions.
The Giants scored more than four runs for just the fourth time in 22 games but still lost and fell a season-high nine games under .500. San Francisco also has the worst record in the majors (17-34) since May 13.
Dan Straily pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning, Brandon Moss hit a two-run homer and the Oakland Athletics beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland Athletics will swing for the Citi Field fences in the Home Run Derby next Monday night, rounding out the eight-player field.
The Giants enter this game having batted .197 during a 2-12 stretch and fell 4-3 in 16 innings in Monday's series opener.
Eric Young scored on shortstop Brandon Crawford's fielding error with two outs in the 16th inning, and the New York Mets outlasted the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in a game that ended early Tuesday morning.
The SF Giants placed infielder Joaquin Arias on the 15-day disabled list Monday with appendicitis. Nick Noonan was recalled from Triple-A Fresno to fill Arias' spot.
Bartolo Colon allowed one run over seven innings and the Oakland Athletics won for the ninth time in their past 12 games, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Monday night.
Not to be out done by Metallica, the A's have enlisted Bay Area natives Green Day for their own rock and roll night at the O.co Coliseum....
The Oakland Athletics recalled former first-round pick Grant Green on Monday, and the second baseman was in the lineup for the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Though Jeff Locke hasn't received much attention from the national media, he figures to receive a bit more acclaim after making the NL All-Star team.
A.J. Ellis hit a 3-run double in the 9th inning, All-Star Clayton Kershaw made a third straight stellar start and the Dodgers beat the slumping Giants 4-1 on Sunday.
Josh Reddick homered and drove in four runs to cap a big series for Oakland, Jed Lowrie and Eric Sogard also went deep and the A's beat the Kansas City Royals 10-4 on Sunday.
The San Francisco Giants were caught batting out of order against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, wiping away Buster Posey's RBI double in the first inning.
Madison Bumgarner drove in two runs and struck out nine in seven innings, and the San Francisco Giants overcame an embarrassing lineup mistake to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Saturday night.
