Torture Be Gone! Giants Fans Exult as Team Clinches on Last Day of Winningest Season
Giants fans waited 162 games for this. Friends hugged and strangers high-fived to celebrate 107 wins this season and a ticket to the post-season.
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Giants fans waited 162 games for this. Friends hugged and strangers high-fived to celebrate 107 wins this season and a ticket to the post-season.
Giants reliever Dominic Leone struck out San Diego's Eric Hosmer Sunday, igniting a wild celebration as San Francisco clinched its first National League West title since 2012 with an 11-4 victory over San Diego in the season finale for the club's record 107th win.
The AL West champion Houston Astros headed to the postseason with a 7-6 win over the Oakland A's on Sunday.
The Giants missed a chance to clinch the NL West on their own field, falling to the Padres 3-2 when Jake Cronenworth hit an RBI double in the 10th inning Saturday.
Moments after the San Francisco Giants won their historic 106th game Friday night, the massive screen of Oracle Park's centerfield scoreboard was switched to the final moments of the Los Angeles Dodgers-Milwaukee Brewers game.
San Francisco clinched at least a tie pursuing its first West title since 2012 by matching the franchise record with its 106th win, beating the San Diego Padres 3-0 Friday night
Matt Olson and Chad Pinder each homered and the Oakland A's beat Houston 8-6 Friday night, cutting the Astros' edge for home-field advantage in the AL playoffs.
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LaMonte Wade Jr. singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning and the Giants held their two-game lead in the NL West, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Thursday night.
Alex Wood and three relievers combined for a four-hitter for San Francisco, Kris Bryant hit a sacrifice fly and the Giants reached 104 wins for the first time since 1905.
Seattle won its 12th straight game over Oakland, the longest win streak over a single team in franchise history, and in the process eliminated the A's from postseason contention.
Wilmer Flores hit a go-ahead, bases-loaded single in San Francisco's four-run sixth inning, Brandon Crawford added an RBI hit two batters later and the Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Tuesday night.
The San Francisco Giants will be without home run leader and first baseman Brandon Belt for the crucial final week of the 2021 regular season.
Mark Canha hit an RBI single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the A's again beat Houston with their final swing, edging the AL West-leading Astros 4-3 Sunday.
Brandon Crawford homered to cap a four-run ninth inning and the Giants held their lead in the NL West, beating the Rockies 6-2 on Sunday.
A's shortstop Elvis Andrus was put on the 10-day injured list Sunday, a day after breaking his left leg while scoring the winning run against the Astros.
Brandon Belt wasn't thinking too deep about his team's looming home run record. Instead, he just went deep — twice.
Starling Marte hit a game-ending double with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the A's past the Houston Astros 2-1 on Saturday.
Frankie Montas pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and became the first A's pitcher in 20 years to reach 200 strikeouts in a season, helping Oakland pound the Houston Astros 14-2 on Friday night to support its slim playoff hopes.
The NL West-leading Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 Friday night to become the season's first 100-win team.
Another Giants-Padres battle game came down to the late innings Thursday with San Diego pulling out a 7-6 win in the 10th after dropping the first two of a three-game series to NL West-leading San Francisco.
The Seattle Mariners rallied against Oakland's bullpen for a 6-5 victory Thursday and a four-game sweep that damaged the Athletics' wild-card hopes.
Kris Bryant hit a bases-clearing double, Buster Posey had four hits and scored three times, and reliever Camilo Doval got San Francisco out of a big jam as the Giants beat the free-falling San Diego Padres 8-6 Wednesday night to take a two-game lead in the NL West.
Seattle topped the A's for the third day in row to pull within 2 1/2 games of the Yankees for the second AL wild card. Oakland fell 3 1/2 back of New York.
The Oakland A's rebounded from a bullpen meltdown to beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 in 10 innings.
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One person was arrested after a deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 680 late Friday night in Concord, authorities said.
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Dozens of Mountain View homes remain under a boil water advisory on Sunday, which is anticipated to remain in effect through the week.
Three people were killed and one person was arrested after a head-on crash on Highway 1 near Moss Landing late Saturday night, authorities said.
Police in Vallejo have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a woman who was dropped off at a hospital with a gunshot wound last week.
A whale washed ashore on the Mendocino County coast, as researchers say the numbers of reported whale deaths appear to be rising on the West Coast.
Authorities in Sonoma County are seeking help from the public after a series of copper wire thefts have led to phone and internet service disruptions in the western part of the county.
A rock climber at a remote coastal area in Sonoma County who needed medical assistance after a fall was rescued by a helicopter crew over the weekend, authorities said.
Police in Santa Rosa have arrested a man on multiple felony charges after he allegedly slashed the tires of dozens of vehicles in a neighborhood.
Jonathan Aranda hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning to cap a 4-for-5 afternoon, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 to complete a three-game sweep.
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Cherie DeVaux became the first woman to train the winner of the opening leg of the Triple Crown.
Yandy Diaz and Junior Caminero homered to back six strong innings from Shane McClanahan and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 on Friday night.
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An ice cream company based in the San Francisco Bay Area is recalling dozens of products after they were sold without labels disclosing potentially dangerous allergens.
Health officials in San Francisco announced Wednesday that an infant who recently traveled outside the United States has tested positive for measles.
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An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
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Hundreds of workers and labor advocates gathered in East Oakland on Friday to mark May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, using the annual event to call for a range of political and economic changes.
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Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
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