Daily Madden: Kershaw Spoils Giants' Opener
It was a pitchers' duel between the Giants' Matt Cain and the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw in Los Angeles Monday afternoon.
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It was a pitchers' duel between the Giants' Matt Cain and the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw in Los Angeles Monday afternoon.
Felix Hernandez struck out eight on opening day in his first start since signing a $175 million, seven-year contract in February, and the Mariners beat the reigning AL West champion Oakland Athletics 2-0 on Monday night.
Clayton Kershaw launched his first career home run to break a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, then finished off a four-hitter Monday that led the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on opening day.
It's fitting that Felix Hernandez will make his season debut and first outing since landing a $175 million, seven-year contract against the Oakland Athletics. The Seattle ace always faces them to start, or so it seems to the A's.
The Giants are favored by some to win the NL West again. The Dodgers finished second last year.
The San Francisco Giants made their final roster moves over the weekend in preparation for Monday's Opening Day battle with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
We've not seen anything like Buster Posey in this generation. Derek Jeter comes to mind -- both he and Posey led their teams to two World Series titles in what essentially were two of their first three full seasons. But Jeter doesn't have an MVP award. Nor a Comeback Player of the Year trophy.
Yoenis Cespedes hit a three-run home run and the Oakland Athletics held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Saturday in the final tuneup for both teams.
Noonan cracked the San Francisco Giants' opening day roster Friday night, only two weeks after being optioned to the Triple-A Fresno club.
Giants slugger Pablo Sandoval is still a possibility for opening day at Dodger Stadium, and he returned to the lineup as designated hitter in a 3-1 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.
Baseball fever is heating up throughout the Bay Area ahead of opening day, with both the A's and Giants optimistic about a chance to return to the postseason.
The Oakland Athletics have designated first baseman Daric Barton for assignment.
The Giants rewarded the NL MVP and batting champion catcher with a $167 million, nine-year contract Friday, a deal that includes a club option for 2022 that could raise the value to $186 million over a decade.
A man was arrested at AT&T Park on Thursday night for allegedly kicking another man during a fight at the San Francisco Giants' exhibition game against the Oakland A's.
Syracuse's heralded zone defense held No. 1 seed Indiana to 50 points as the Orange won by 11 to move on to the Elite Eight.
San Francisco Giants' third baseman Pablo Sandoval has had a career with enough twists and turns to make you think he's been around for 12 years.
Tim Lincecum allowed five runs in his final start before the regular season, and the San Francisco Giants lost to the Oakland Athletics 7-3 in the Bay Bridge Series opener Thursday night.
The brass behind two of the last three World Series titles plans to stick together for at least another four seasons.
Oakland first baseman Nate Freiman, claimed off waivers from Houston on Saturday, hit a two-run double off Jhoulys Chacin to put the A's ahead 6-5 with two outs in the fifth.
Brandon Belt hit his eighth spring home run and Madison Bumgarner threw five effective innings and the San Francisco Giants wrapped up their spring training in Arizona with an 8-6 victory over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
The Giants' starting lineup features World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval, reigning NL MVP Buster Posey and, of course, the guy with a perfect game at the front of the rotation in Matt Cain.
The Oakland Athletics know that few will give them a chance to repeat in a division featuring sluggers Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton and Mike Trout making up a loaded lineup for the Los Angeles Angels.
Yoenis Cespedes homered, Daric Barton had a tiebreaking RBI single in the 10th inning and the Oakland Athletics held off the Cleveland Indians 7-6 on Tuesday.
Marco Scutaro came up with a rare play, taking an extra base after a walk Tuesday as the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 4-2.
Chris Young hit a grand slam and Josh Donaldson homered among his four hits as the Oakland Athletics backed Bartolo Colon with a big offensive performance in a 9-7 victory over Milwaukee on Monday.
