San Francisco Giants Rumors & News

Giants 5, Padres 4

Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News — SAN FRANCISCO – Manager Bruce Bochy isn’t afraid to admit that the Giants are “fortunate” to be in as good of shape as they are in the NL West despite a prolonged rough stretch. On Tuesday, the Giants were fortunate to escape with a victory over the San Diego Padres after twice blowing leads and [...]

Giants lineup for today’s game vs. Padres

Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News — It appears as if second baseman Marco Scutaro’s sore left pinkie held up well after his first game back, certainly well enough for manager Bruce Bochy to trot him out for another game a little more than 12 hours after the previous one ended. The other takeaways from the lineup are: Juan Perez has earned [...]

Giants’ rookie makes difference in 5-4 win over Padres

San Francisco Chronicle — By Steve Kroner One middle infielder with a finger injury returned to the Giants’ lineup and another middle infielder had to leave the game with injured fingers. Matt Cain struck out a season-high 10 and retired 15 San Diego hitters in a row from the first through the fifth innings. And above all, Juan Perez. The Giants’ rookie outfielder, in his seventh big-league game, broke a 4-4 tie with a two-out single in the eighth inning. He also picked up another assist as the Giants outlasted the Padres 5-4 at AT&T; Park on Tuesday night. San Diego’s winning streak ends at seven games. The Giants’ sk...

Streaks and such following Giants’ 5-4 win over Padres

San Francisco Chronicle — Steve Kroner as the seagulls take over most of the AT&T; Park field around midnight: Some streaks of note, ended and extended: 1. San Diego’s winning streak was halted at seven games. 2. The Giants’ losing streak ended at three games. 3. Joaquin Arias’ hitting streak reached a career-high-tying nine games. 4. Buster Posey’s hitting streak reached six games; that’s not particularly noteworthy — but the fact that he’s 13-for-26 in that streak is. 5. Brandon Belt had three hits Tuesday. It’s his third straight multi-hit game. As for the Giants’ reaction to Jesus Guzman’s animated celebration of h...

Giants' Pablo Sandoval, Angel Pagan to begin rehab assignments

San Jose Mercury News — San Francisco Giants' Angel Pagan will test hamstring Thursday; Sandoval slated to play this weekend for San Jose

San Francisco Giants rally past San Diego Padres

San Jose Mercury News — Giants score two runs in eighth, beat Padres 5-4

Crawford leaves game with sprained fingers

Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News — Starting shortstop Brandon Crawford was replaced in the fourth inning after spraining the middle and index fingers on his right hand. It appeared as if Crawford hurt his fingers while attempting to steal second in the second inning. Nick Noonan entered the game at third base, with Joaquin Arias sliding over to shortstop.

Giants unveil social media cafe at AT&T Park

San Jose Mercury News — SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Giants, one of the most active sports teams on social media, today unveiled a new cafe at their ballpark dedicated to all of those tweets, Facebook posts and Instagram pictures.

SF Giants on verge of signing first-round pick Arroyo

San Francisco Chronicle — Christian Arroyo, the Florida high school infielder whom the Giants selected with their first pick in the June 6 draft, is in Arizona to get his physical, which means he is on the verge of signing. If all goes well with the physical, Arroyo is expected to visit AT&T; Park on Thursday, before starting his professional career in the Arizona Summer League. His signing bonus was not immediately available. The slot recommendation for Arroyo, the 25th pick in the draft, is about $1.86 million, although the Giants might have had to exceed that to prevent Arroyo from accepting his full ride at the Uni...

Angel Villalona, Giants' one-time phenom, thankful for second chance

San Jose Mercury News — Accused of murder in his native Dominican Republic four years ago, slugger is now back with San Jose Giants attempting to make his major league dreams a reality.

Giants sign top draft pick

Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News — The Giants signed their No. 1 draft pick, Florida high school shortstop Christian Arroyo. It’s being reported by Baseball America that the 25th overall pick received $1,866,500. A tweet from Arroyo said, “Proud to officially be a San Francisco Giant. Time to get to AT&T; park ASAP and win a ring! Thanks for the support [...]

Pagan, Sandoval testing their injuries

Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News — It’s conceivable that the Giants will be near full strength Monday night, when they kick off a nine-game road trip with a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The first piece of the puzzle fell into place Tuesday, with the return of second baseman Marco Scutaro after a six-game absence. He injured his left pinkie [...]

Padres-Giants starting lineups

Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News — Here are the starting lineups for the San Diego Padres and Giants for the second game of the teams’ three-game series at AT&T; Park on Tuesday night:   PADRES 2B Forsythe CF Venable 3B Headley 1B Blanks RF Kotsay LF Denorfia SS Amarista C Hundley RHP Cashner   GIANTS   LF Blanco 2B Scutaro C [...]

Sergio Romo to be the face of a new ice cream

San Francisco Chronicle — Sergio Romo made national headlines last year when he wore a T-shirt proclaiming “I just look illegal” at the Giants’ World Series parade. Now, he’s taking his signature tagline to the confectionary world. Bay Area creamery Three Twins Ice Cream announced last week that they’ve signed a contract with the Giants reliever to sell his own branded ice cream. Romo’s flavor will be called “Sergio Romo’s Mexican Chocolate.” As noted by Inside Scoop, Romo and Three Twins are hopeful the product will help raise money for immigration reform. The product will be sold at the Three Twins’ scoop shops, corn...

Final game story, with quotes

Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News — SAN FRANCISCO – “The Boys Are Back In Town” blared over the sound system at AT&TPark; on Monday night as the Giants returned from a nine-game road trip. Everyone was back in town, sure, but all the key players weren’t on the field. And it showed. The Giants managed only 10 hits in 13 innings, [...]

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