Giants Shut Out In Loss To Mariners
The defending World Series champion Giants finished with four hits and were shut out for only the second time in 13 spring games.
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The defending World Series champion Giants finished with four hits and were shut out for only the second time in 13 spring games.
Oakland manager Bob Geren is looking for an opening-day starter, and Trevor Cahill is making quite the case for the job.
Pat Burrell hit a two-run home run and Cody Ross drove in two runs with a two-out single in the fifth inning, rallying the San Francisco Giants past the Texas Rangers.
Gio Gonzalez struck out five in three hitless innings and the Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 Sunday in a split-squad game for both teams.
Barry Zito took a step toward proving he can pitch, striking out two in three innings as a split squad of San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 5-3 victory.
Jeff Suppan pitched three scoreless innings against his former Brewers teammates for the second time this spring training, and rookie Brandon Belt hit a two-run homer Friday to lead a San Francisco Giants' split squad over Milwaukee 7-2.
The fight that broke out in the Chicago Cubs spring training dugout started with a pitcher frustrated by poor defense. The Cubs manager plans a team meeting, but John Madden says that's the wrong approach.
For the last couple of weeks, ballplayers have been working out. In recent days, they've been playing a few innings at a time, easing their way back into the grind of another long season.
Jonathan Sanchez threw three solid innings, Freddy Sanchez collected his first two hits of the spring and the San Francisco Giants beat an Arizona Diamondbacks' split-squad 4-2 Wednesday night.
San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy vehemently denied there was any truth to a report that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday morning suggesting left-hander Barry Zito is not assured a spot on the Giants' roster this season.
Jai Miller stole three bases, scored a key run and made a big catch with the sun in his eyes to help the Oakland Athletics to a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.
Oakland Athletics outfielder Coco Crisp was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, the third major league player to be charged with DUI during spring training.
John Madden isn't hopeful that the labor dispute between the NFL and players will be settled anytime soon, and that a lockout is a real possibility.
After Tim Lincecum pitched three hitless innings for San Francisco in his second spring training outing, Aramis Ramirez hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in a three-run sixth that led the Chicago Cubs over the Giants 3-2 Tuesday.
The Reds did not have a batter reach base in the first three innings, striking out five times in the first two innings against A's lefty Gio Gonzalez.
Oakland ace Dallas Braden gave up two runs, two hits and two walks in an inning in his spring debut, and Hideki Matsui was 0 for 2 with an RBI in his first game with the Athletics.
Mark DeRosa hit a tiebreaking homer to help the San Francisco Giants beat a Milwaukee Brewers split squad 10-9 Monday.
An interview with San Francisco Giants President and COO Larry Baer, who looks at all things baseball, including the outlook for the defending World Series champions.
Brett Anderson fulfilled everything the A's coaching staff could want Saturday when he retired all six batters in faced, five on grounders, and threw just 20 pitches in an intrasquad game.
Right fielder Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run triple and the San Francisco Giants beat a Los Angeles Dodgers split squad 8-3 on Saturday.
Fittingly, the World Series champion Giants won a familiar one-run decision with a 7-6 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks in their first spring training game.
Rich Harden is pain-free and ready to resume his spring training regimen. As soon as Oakland's training staff gives him the OK, that is.
Cody Ross scurries through the clubhouse with a purpose, even in the early hours of the morning when many of his teammates are still arriving or grabbing breakfast.
