Sandoval Hits Game-Ending HR, Giants Beat Royals
Pablo Sandoval gave the San Francisco Giants something to smile about with a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to defeat Kansas City 4-2 on Monday.
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Pablo Sandoval gave the San Francisco Giants something to smile about with a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to defeat Kansas City 4-2 on Monday.
Philip Humber allowed an unearned run and one hit in seven innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 Sunday.
The Texas Rangers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Friday night at Scottsdale Stadium.
Oakland was playing its last game in Arizona before leaving for Tokyo, where the A's meet Seattle in an opening two-game series next Wednesday and Thursday.
Brett Pill hit a three-run homer in the fourth off Kevin Slowey. The shot far over the left-field fence sent a group of fans scrambling in the sunbaked sand outside Goodyear Ballpark for a Cactus League souvenir.
Zito threw 83 pitches in five innings, his longest outing of the spring. He allowed three runs and seven hits while walking four and striking out three.
Brandon McCarthy allowed four runs—two earned—and five hits and three walks in four innings in the Oakland Athletics' 5-5, 10-inning tie against a Chicago Cubs split squad on Tuesday.
San Francisco sure hopes Posey's presence in the middle of the lineup and behind the plate will go a long way toward bringing the franchise back to the magic it felt during an improbable World Series championship run in 2010.
For all that this club went through this winter watching two starting pitchers traded away along with the All-Star closer, landing Ramirez and outbidding some big spenders for Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes means an awful lot to the Athletics.
The 39-year-old slugger hit a mammoth homer and the A's beat Arizona 6-5 on Monday even though Jarrod Parker walked seven Diamondbacks batters.
Edinson Volquez endured three innings of hail, rain and wind as a San Diego Padres' split squad rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 Sunday.
The Oakland Athletics beat an Arizona Diamondbacks' split squad 11-2 Sunday for their ninth win in 10 games.
Brandon Belt lofted a two-run homer and the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers quit after nine innings tied at 3-3 Saturday night.
Tim Lincecum pitched six effective innings, Pablo Sandoval homered and the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 in a split-squad game on Saturday.
The Oakland Athletics scored three unearned runs off Paul Maholm in the first inning and beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in a game between split squads Saturday.
Josh Reddick hit a two-run double to key a four-run first and the Oakland Athletics beat a Seattle Mariners split-squad 6-1 on Friday night.
Buster Posey had his first hit of the spring, a home run, in the Giants' 2-2, 10-inning tie with Cleveland on Wednesday.
Manny Ramirez showed he has plenty of pop left in his bat, hitting his first home run in an Oakland Athletics uniform Tuesday.
Left-hander Madison Bumgarner started and was inconsistent, giving up three runs on seven hits in four innings. Setup man Sergio Romo gave up a two-run homer to Anthony Rizzo in the seventh.
Collin Cowgill went 3 for 3 with three RBIs for Oakland, which finished with 15 hits. Tyson Ross allowed three hits in three scoreless innings.
Tim Lincecum pitched four solid innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Monday.
Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes went hitless in his second game of the spring for the Oakland Athletics, who overcame Eric Hosmer's homer, double and four RBIs to beat the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
Brandon McCarthy allowed two earned runs on four hits in 4 2-3 innings for Oakland, and Jerry Blevins picked up the win by retiring the only batter he faced.
The return of Buster Posey was the story of the day for the Giants in Friday's 6-3 Cactus League victory over a Reds split-squad, with Freddy Sanchez's return a close second.
The starting lineup for a so-called "meaningless" Cactus League game involving the San Francisco Giants on Friday had two names that were sparking some buzz: Freddy Sanchez and Buster Posey.
