Sanchez, Oswalt To Square Off In NLCS Game 6
Jonathan Sanchez, who lost Game 2, takes the mound for San Francisco in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.
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Jonathan Sanchez, who lost Game 2, takes the mound for San Francisco in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.
Facing elimination, Roy Halladay and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies look to prevent Tim Lincecum and the Giants from reaching the World Series in Game 5 on Thursday.
The Oakland Athletics have hired Joel Skinner as bench coach and Gerald Perry as hitting coach as part of an overhaul of their coaching staff.
Up a game in the NL championship series, the San Francisco Giants will not have to face Philadelphia ace Roy Halladay in Game 4.
Cody Ross and Aubrey Huff hit RBI singles in the fourth inning against Cole Hamels and Matt Cain shut down Philadelphia to help San Francisco Giants take a 2-1 lead in the NLCS with a 3-0 win over the Phillies in Game 3 Tuesday.
The former San Francisco slugger - looking fit and trim while wearing his old No. 25 jersey - was introduced before Tuesday's Game 3 against Philadelphia.
Come Tuesday, the Giants and Phillies will see a third such marquee encounter in as many games of their NL championship series: Cole Hamels vs. Matt Cain.
The Bay Area's largest mass transit agency is hoping to benefit from the throngs of baseball fans with tickets to playoff games at AT&T Park.
The Phillies may have beat the Giants Sunday night to even out the National League Championship Series, but San Francisco faithful are determined to best their Philadelphia counterparts when fan music is at stake.
Roy Oswalt pitched eight dominant innings, Jimmy Rollins drove in four runs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 Sunday night.
Tim Lincecum outdueled Roy Halladay, Cody Ross hit a pair of solo homers and the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 in Game 1 of the NL championship series Saturday night.
San Jose officials maintained an upbeat attitude despite word of a potential roadblock in their efforts to build a new stadium for the Oakland Athletics in Silicon Valley.
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay and San Francisco Giants counterpart Tim Lincecum have little in common except performance on the mound.
It's World Series or bust in Philadelphia. Nothing less is acceptable in a city that's become spoiled by its baseball team's success.
For a good chunk of his childhood, Cody Ross wanted to be a rodeo clown.
When the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants meet in the NL championship series, runs could be awfully scarce.
In four games with the Atlanta Braves, the San Francisco Giants hit .212 as a team. They scored 11 runs. They struck out 43 times.
The Giants will enter the National League Championship Series this weekend as a clear underdog, and the orange and black will have to muster more offense if they hope to keep pace with the powerful Phillies.
San Francisco won another thriller, again with help from some shaky Atlanta defense, and the Giants are off to the NL championship series for the first time since 2002.
The San Francisco Giants are one win away from advancing to the NLCS for the first time since 2002.
Rick Ankiel splashed a tiebreaking home run into McCovey Cove in the 11th inning for his first career postseason clout, and the comeback Atlanta Braves rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Friday night.
Tim Lincecum pitched a two-hitter and struck out 14 in a dominating postseason debut, and the San Francisco Giants scored their only run after a questionable umpiring call to beat the wild-card Atlanta Braves 1-0 in Game 1 of their NL division series Thursday night.
Black and orange fever has hit the Bay Area. As Game 1 of the National League Division Series got underway Thursday night, San Francisco Giants fans throughout the region brimmed with excitement since it's been seven years since the team has made it this far.
The San Francisco Giants are sending $126 million to the sidelines. Struggling left-hander Barry Zito has been left off the team's playoff roster for its best-of-five NL division series against the wild-card Atlanta Braves.
Barry Zito pitched himself out of the San Francisco Giants' rotation for the playoffs. As far as making the roster as a reliever, he said he doesn't know where he stands.
