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Aubrey Huff said Friday he is encouraged by his progress dealing with anxiety disorder, and believes he will be ready to return to the field for the San Francisco Giants on Monday when eligible to come off the disabled list.
David Price struck out 12 over eight strong innings and Jose Molina hit his first homer of the season to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to their sixth straight win, 7-2 over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.
Putting their money where their rooting interest is, some major East Bay companies say they'll support building a new stadium to keep the A's from leaving Oakland. In fact, they're even willing to buy the team to keep its current owners from moving it to San Jose.
The Giants dropped below .500 with Thursday's loss against the Marlins, with a record of 12-13. And it's not a pretty 12-13.
Barry Bonds asked a federal appeals court Thursday to toss out his felony obstruction conviction.
Melky Cabrera had two hits and the Giants scored their only run on his double-play grounder in the sixth.
Giancarlo Stanton homered off Santiago Casilla in the 10th inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Wednesday night after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth.
Brandon McCarthy beat an AL East opponent once again, holding Boston to one run over 6 2-/3 innings as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Red Sox 4-2 Wednesday night.
Ricky Nolasco (3-0) outdueled Matt Cain (1-2) in the Marlins' sixth victory against the Giants in their last eight meetings—a stretch that includes Nolasco's 2-1 win over Cain last Aug. 12 in South Florida.
Jarrod Parker scattered four hits over 6 2-3 innings and picked up his first major league win as the Oakland Athletics stopped a three-game losing streak by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt has landed on the disabled list for a non-baseball injury for the second time in less than eight months.
The Boston Red Sox knocked around A's starter Tommy Milone (3-2) for eight runs—seven earned—in 4 2/3 innings en route to an 11-1 lead after five innings.
Once they put him on the 40-man roster, the A's only must pay Inge a prorated portion of the $480,000 minimum—or about $412,000 -- of the $5,308,743 he was owed when released by Detroit on Thursday.
The early season dust is beginning to settle, as we're now roughly one-eighth of the way through the season. Roles are stabilizing, teams are separating themselves. Still, 20 games can hold plenty of statistical anomalies, so we must remain discerning as the calendar flips to May. Here are five players heading into the season's second month like lions.
The unlikely comeback began rather innocently, with a pair of hits that didn't make it out of the infield.
Pablo Sandoval homered to back Madison Bumgarner's fourth straight victory, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Padres 4-1 on Sunday to deny San Diego its first series win of the season.
Buster Posey hit a home run and drove in two runs for the Giants, who have lost three of their last four. Angel Pagan also homered and Pablo Sandoval extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a third-inning single.
Brandon McCarthy won for the first time this season, pitching seven solid innings, and Eric Sogard hit a two-run home run in a three-run second as the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Friday.
Giants first baseman Aubrey Huff returned to San Francisco on Friday and issued a statement through the team's media relations department concerning his struggle with anxiety disorder.
Angel Pagan hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 6-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.
Pablo Sandoval singled in the third inning, giving him a hit in each of the first 18 games. That matches Johnny Rucker's mark with the 1945 New York Giants for best season-opening streak in franchise history.
Kila Ka'aihue blooped a winning single in the 14th inning soon after Yoenis Cespedes' tying two-run homer, and the Oakland Athletics rallied past the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Wednesday.
The San Francisco Giants put Aubrey Huff on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday while he received treatment for an anxiety attack.
Pinch-hitter Kurt Suzuki doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, Tommy Milone outdueled Gavin Floyd and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Tuesday night.
Pablo Sandoval extended his hitting streak to one game from the Giants record. Other than that, very little went right for San Francisco.
