Blach Pitches, Powers Giants To 11-2 Win Over A's
The win gave the Giants a split of the four-game home-and-home Bay Bridge Series.
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The win gave the Giants a split of the four-game home-and-home Bay Bridge Series.
Ryon Healy hit his 20th home run to end a monthlong power drought, rookie Daniel Gossett pitched seven impressive innings and the Oakland Athletics beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 on Wednesday night.
This is the team the Giants thought they should be all along. In a season all but lost, home runs sailed over the fence, the lead held up and they added on with key hits to support Jeff Samardzija.
Police in Oakland on Tuesday afternoon announced that a fight between a security guard and a fan during Monday's A's-Giants game stemmed from the guard's stolen backpack being found with the fan.
Marcus Semien's big swing ended a hectic and roster-changing day for the Athletics and sent the San Francisco Giants tumbling deeper into their season-long abyss.
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Giants 2-1 on Saturday for their seventh straight victory.
Jaime Garcia struck out seven to win his Minnesota debut and the Twins beat the Oakland A's 6-3 on Friday night.
The Dodgers rallied to defeat the Giants 6-4 on Friday night.
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Watching from the on deck circle as a wild Santiago Casilla issued a leadoff walk in the ninth inning, Justin Smoak figured he might get a fastball from the Oakland closer.
Brandon Belt doubled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh inning in support of starter Jeff Samardzija, who threw seven strong innings in the San Francisco Giants' 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
Eduardo Nunez drove in two runs in his final game with San Francisco as he was traded to Boston for two minor leaguers.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will have the advantage of recent form and revenge motivation when they open a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants on Monday night at AT&T Park.
Ryon Healy followed with an RBI single, but Liriano set down the next 12 straight before Matt Chapman's solo homer in the fifth.
Matt Chapman hit a tie-breaking home run in the 7th inning that sent the A's over the Mets.
Maybe the Mets still have a chance to make that playoff charge. They certainly think so, and it's showing on the field.
With All-Star catcher Buster Posey getting a break after logging nearly five hours behind the plate a day earlier, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy knew he would have to lean heavily on Nick Hundley.
It was a scene few people thought possible after Sandoval left on bitter terms following the 2014 season.
The San Diego Padres outlasted the San Francisco Giants 12-9 on Friday night.
Michael Conforto hit a pair of two-run homers and Jerry Blevins rescued the Mets' bullpen with a five-out save as New York held off the Oakland A's 7-5 on Friday night
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Jhoulys Chacin outpitched Madison Bumgarner, Cory Spangenberg hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning that chased MadBum from his first home start in more than three months and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Thursday night.
A perfect game? Four homers in a game? What's the best individual single-game achievement in baseball?
Their worst season in years has afforded the San Francisco Giants few light-hearted moments.
Gray struck out six pitching into the seventh in what might have been his final home start in Oakland if the club tries to deal him before the trade deadline, and the Athletics rallied in the fifth inning to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 on Wednesday.
