Pirates Top Giants 3-1
James McDonald scattered four hits over seven innings, Mike McKenry homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Saturday.
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James McDonald scattered four hits over seven innings, Mike McKenry homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Saturday.
Melky Cabrera hit his eighth homer of the season, Ryan Theriot drove in two runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Friday night.
It was throwback night in the nation's capital, and the "Senators" topped the "New York Giants" with a two-run rally off Santiago Casilla (2-4). The NL East leaders recovered from a four-run deficit and have won four straight and seven of nine.
Freddy Sanchez won't play this season—and he might be done for good with the San Francisco Giants—after the team announced Thursday that he will back surgery.
Ryan Zimmerman and the Washington Nationals are surging, while the weary San Francisco Giants are in desperate need of a strong pitching performance.
The Nationals took advantage of a morning start against a weary West Coast team and pounded Madison Bumgarner and the Giants in a 9-4 victory Wednesday.
Tim Lincecum (3-9) allowed eight runs and nine hits in 3 1-3 innings. Seven runs were earned, making it the worst start ERA-wise in his major league career.
Tim Lincecum is showing signs that the worst stretch of his career might be over. A better performance against the NL East-leading Washington Nationals could offer further confirmation.
Buster Posey, Melky Cabrera and Pablo Sandoval were voted in by the fans as starters.Matt Cain was named as one of the pitchers by National League manager Tony La Russa.
Angel Pagan hit a game-ending double that Jay Bruce misplayed in right field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a four-game series split with a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
Mat Latos always seems to find a groove at AT&T Park, dating to his days as a Giants nemesis with the San Diego Padres the past three seasons.
Zack Cozart hit the first pitch of the game from Matt Cain over the wall in left-center and, just like that, San Francisco's franchise-record streak of four straight shutouts had ended.
The Giants purchased the contract of the right-hander Friday to give manager Bruce Bochy a versatile reliever in the bullpen. He is stretched out to pitch two innings - or perhaps more.
Madison Bumgarner took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and finished with a one-hitter and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 Thursday night.
Tim Lincecum threw seven scoreless innings for his first win since April 28 as the Giants swept the Dodgers at AT&T Park Wednesday to move into a tie for first place.
Yesterday's 3-0 whitewashing of the Los Angeles Dodgers finally put the San Francisco Giants where they feel they belong, in first place in the National League West, now tied with L.A.
Tim Lincecum won for the first time in nearly two months to end the worst drought of his career, throwing four-hit ball over seven innings, and the San Francisco Giants held the Dodgers scoreless for the third straight game in a 3-0 win Wednesday.
A victory by the Giants in Wednesday's series finale at AT&T Park would move them into a first-place tie, giving the struggling Dodgers company atop the division for the first time since they took over the lead April 11.
Ryan Vogelsong pitched seven innings to outduel San Francisco nemesis Clayton Kershaw for the second time this season to help the Giants move within a game of Los Angeles for first place in the NL West.
Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run double and sacrifice fly to help Barry Zito end a three-start losing streak, and the San Francisco Giants beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 8-0 on Monday night.
San Francisco police are sending officers disguised as Los Angeles Dodger fans to AT&T Park for this week's series between the Dodgers and Giants in an attempt to minimize potential problems
In recent series in San Diego and Seattle, there appeared to be as many Giants fans as Padres or Mariners fans in the local ballparks.
Monday night, the San Francisco Giants come home to host their arch rivals, the hated Los Angeles Dodgers, at AT&T Park.
Derek Norris hit a three-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning for his first major league home run, and the Oakland Athletics walked off with a stunning 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.
The San Francisco Giants backed Madison Bumgarner's fourth straight win with just enough offense, holding on for a 9-8 victory over the Oakland A's on Saturday.
