Giants Name Bumgarner NLCS Game 1 Starter
Left-hander Madison Bumgarner will pitch Game 1 of the NL championship series at home Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Left-hander Madison Bumgarner will pitch Game 1 of the NL championship series at home Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
With the two hottest teams in the postseason in the NLCS, the San Francisco Giants need to turn up the offense to get past the St. Louis Cardinals.
It may be too early to properly assess the Oakland A's season overall, but by any measurement, it was a huge success. Expectations were low, production was high, and the team won its 15th division title -- third-most in MLB history. Only the foolish and the greedy could have expected more from them in 2012.
First-year manager Mike Matheny and the wild-card Cardinals will open the NL championship series at San Francisco on Sunday.
General manager Billy Beane plans to keep his team intact as much as possible heading toward 2013.
Just four wins away from a return to the World Series, the Giants have a few reasons why they will represent the National League in the Fall Classic.
Following their five-game NLDS victory over the Cincinnati Reds, the San Francisco Giants await their opponent for the National League Championship Series.
The Oakland A's got a standing ovation from fans at the Coliseum Thursday night after their loss to the Detroit Tigers in the division series ended their season. "It was a great ride," John Madden told the KCBS morning crew.
Against all odds, the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds to advance to the NLCS. When asked what got them to this point, the answer is always the same: playing for the guy beside them.
While the San Francisco Giants were extremely lucky to not have to face their opponent's best pitcher in the playoffs this week due to a random injury, their counterparts in the East Bay were tremendously unfortunate to see the best pitcher on the planet twice -- so it didn't end well for the Oakland Athletics Thursday night, as they lost Game Five of their playoff series to see their season end all too soon.
Justin Verlander struck out 11 in a four-hitter to send the Detroit Tigers back to the AL championship series, beating the Oakland Athletics 6-0 in the decisive Game 5 of their division series Thursday night.
Buster Posey's grand slam capped San Francisco's six-run burst against Latos, propelling the San Francisco past the Reds 6-4 Thursday in the clinching Game 5 of their best-of-five NL division series.
Detroit took a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday before Oakland scored three times off Jose Valverde to tie this series at two games apiece.
If the San Francisco Giants advance to the NLCS, Tim Lincecum proved he is worthy to return to the starting rotation.
No one should ever doubt the 2012 Oakland Athletics again, not after Wednesday night's three-run ninth inning that shocked the Detroit Tigers and even up the teams' American League Division Series at two games apiece. Game Five will be Thursday night at the O.co Coliseum, with the winner advancing to the AL Championship Series.
The Athletics staved off elimination for a second straight night with a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the AL division series Wednesday.
Angel Pagan led off the game with a home run, Gregor Blanco and Pablo Sandoval connected later and Tim Lincecum came out of the bullpen to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Wednesday.
The Oakland A's run into the postseason reminds us that it's not always about a high payroll. Not always about luxury suites. Not always about what we don't have, but rather what we do.
Barry Zito was left off the postseason roster during San Francisco's run to a World Series title two years ago. Thanks to a strong finish to this season, he'll get a chance to help the Giants stay alive in these playoffs.
When the odds were against them, the San Francisco Giants found a way to pull out a win. Here are three reasons why it's not time to count this team out.
The A's needed their veterans to lead the way in Game Three at the O.co Coliseum tonight, and that's just what happened. Brett Anderson and Grant Balfour put forth the pitching bookends, and Coco Crisp supplied the offense and the defense for Oakland in a big 2-0 victory.
Brett Anderson outdueled fellow playoff first-timer Anibal Sanchez and received stellar defense all over the diamond, and the upstart Oakland Athletics avoided another playoff sweep by Detroit, beating the Tigers 2-0 Tuesday night.
Third baseman Scott Rolen's error with two outs in the 10th inning gave San Francisco the go-ahead run, and the Giants edged the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 Tuesday night to cut their NL playoff deficit to 2-1.
Sunday night's game two ended with Detroit reliever Al Alburquerque snagging a comebacker, and kissing the baseball before throwing it to first base for the final out. The kiss was seen as a classless act by some A's player.
San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford is one of the few players in recent history to be born and raised in the Bay Area and be a regular on the big-league club.
