San Francisco Chronicle Giants win game but lose Vogelsong The Giants' right-hander was in the midst of his best start of 2013 when he was struck in the right hand by a pitch while swinging the bat, and he came off the field grimacing. Vogelsong, who entered the game with the worst ERA (8.06) in the league among qualifying pitchers, worked five scoreless innings to help the Giants beat the Nationals 8-0 on Monday night at AT&T; Park, ending their three-game skid. "Tonight was the Vogey we know; that's the way he threw all of last year," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Long reliever Chad Gaudin, who has a 2.10 E...
15 hours agoSan Jose Mercury News San Francisco Giants Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong, in the middle of his best outing of the season, suffered a fractured right hand while swinging at a pitch Monday night, bringing his best start of the season to a premature and ominous close.
17 hours agoGiants Extra | San Jose Mercury News A day after their first long-term injury of the season, the Giants made a couple of moves to get through the days ahead. Right-handers Ryan Vogelsong and Santiago Casilla were placed on the disabled list and right-hander Sandy Rosario and first baseman Brett Pill were recalled from Triple-A Fresno. Vogelsong is scheduled to undergo surgery [...]
7 hours agoGiants Extra | San Jose Mercury News It’s Dan Brown filling in for Alex Pavlovic. You can reach me at dbrown@mercurynews.com or on Twitter at @mercbrownie Happy to be home after wretched week, Manager Bruce Bochy called the Giants’ journey through Toronto and Colorado “as tough a trip as I’ve seen a starting rotation have.” But for inspiration, he noted another awful [...]
18 hours agoGiants Extra | San Jose Mercury News It’s Dan Brown filling in for Alex Pavlovic. Here’s the early version of the Vogelsong-themed game story that will appear in tomorrow’s paper. Below the recap are a few more post-game notes. # # # By the time Bruce Bochy raced out to check on him, Ryan Vogelsong already knew. “I think it’s broken,’’ he [...]
18 hours agoGiants Extra | San Jose Mercury News Hey, everyone. It’s Dan Brown filling in for Alex Pavlovic, aka Randy Kutcher pinch hitting for Jeffrey Leonard. You can always reach me at dbrown@mercurynews.com or on Twitter at @mercbrownie. Tonight is the night the Giants hope their starting pitching gets back on track. Oh, and also their defense. And their offense, too. Ryan Vogelsong [...]
May 20, 2013San Francisco Chronicle Giants end terrible trip with 5-0 loss What a perfect metaphor for arguably the ugliest road trip in the Bruce Bochy era, a stinkpot of bad pitching and worse defense that concluded with the Giants scoring once over the final 16 innings at Coors Field, including their fourth shutout defeat in 152 games at the park since it opened in 1995. Barry Zito allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings Sunday, and the rotation's ERA for the trip actually dipped, to 9.82. The Giants' biggest need heading into a three-game series against the Nationals at AT&T; Park on Monday night is righting the one unit most...
May 19, 2013Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News It was hot and muggy in Washington last July, and it was hot and muggy in Pittsburgh. And the Giants were awful, just awful. They went 1-5 on that trip, but ultimately it was just one trip. Ultimately, they ended up being the champs again. If you want to say that the problems on this [...]
May 19, 2013Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News The Giants are 1-4 on the road trip and it’s a very ugly 1-4. The starting staff has given up 27 earned runs, the team has giving up 47 total. The starting staff has a 4.81 ERA for the season. Guys are kicking the ball around like a little league team at times. Is manager [...]
May 19, 2013Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News The Giants starting pitchers, as mentioned in last night’s game story, have a 4.81 ERA. Anyone remember the last time a Giants staff had a mark like that at this point of the season? Anyone remember the Lowry, Tomko, Schmidt, Hennessey Rueter group of 2005? That’s the last time the Giants staff had an ERA [...]
May 19, 2013San Jose Mercury News Barry Zito has another poor road start as the San Francisco Giants lose to the Colorado Rockies 5-0.
May 19, 2013San Jose Mercury News GIANTS VS. WASHINGTONMonday: Giants' Ryan Vogelsong (1-4, 8.06) vs. Zach Duke (0-0, 8.40), 7:15 p.m. CSNBATuesday: Matt Cain (3-2, 5.
May 19, 2013San Francisco Chronicle Giants' lose 10-2 to Rockies When the Giants completed a 7-3 homestand by outscoring the Braves 23-4 over the final three games, folks could daydream about more October baseball. The pitching has been dreadful, with the starters allowing eight, eight, six, nine and six runs in this turn through the rotation, the final six charged to Tim Lincecum in five innings Saturday. Ten of those 37 runs were unearned, thanks to some of the 12 errors this supposed pitching-and-defense team has committed, including three more Saturday after Bochy closed the clubhouse doors and told the team to focus on ...
May 18, 2013San Francisco Chronicle Giants lose wild one under Coors big top If you said Jordan Pacheco, whose fifth-inning grand slam off Madison Bumgarner broke a 5-5 tie, thanks for playing and better luck next time. Fowler's play stood in complete contrast to the Giants' defense, the real culprit in a loss that ended their 10-game win streak against Colorado - and for that matter, their 1-3 trip. The Bumgarner, Sandoval and Pagan throwing errors helped the Rockies overcome a 4-0 Giants lead and made two of Bumgarner's career-worst nine runs unearned. Errors aside, it was a 5-5 game when Bumgarner walked D.J. LeMaheiu wi...
May 17, 2013Giants Extra | San Jose Mercury News Bruce Bochy rarely holds team meetings, but he felt the need for one before batting practice on Saturday. Bochy wouldn’t reveal what was said, but it’s pretty clear that some guys needed to be told to up the concentration out there on defense. “At times you check in with your club, and that’s all that [...]
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