SFGate 15 hours ago
Giants lose to Cardinals late, hurting Rockies’ cause
ST. LOUIS - The Giants have always played good baseball at the third iteration of Busch Stadium since it opened in 2006. They had met the Cardinals here 44 times, playoffs included, through last season. They won 22 and lost 22. Friday night's series opener mirrored that parity, even though one team holds a National League wild card and the other is playing out the schedule. The Cardinals settled their 5-3 victory with two outs in the in the eighth inning. Pinch-hitter Matt Adams squirted a ball between Evan Longoria and third base - St. Louis' hit of choice on this night - for a tiebreaking...
www.bostonherald.com 14 hours ago
Adams lifts Cardinals past Giants 5-3
ST. LOUIS — Cardinals manager Mike Shildt likes going to Matt Adams in big spots.He showed why Friday night.Adams sliced a broken-bat, two-run double down the third-base line, lifting St. Louis to a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants.Harrison Bader sparked the winning rally with a two-out walk...
14 hours ago
Wainwright impresses Giants' Bochy
Count San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy as among the many intrigued to see how Adam Wainwright’s start goes Saturday in the wake of the brilliant six-inning, nine-strikeout, two-hit, no-run performance turned in by the 37-year-old Cardinals righthander Sunday against Los…
15 hours ago
Adams beats odds with big hit off lefty as Cardinals beat Giants
Big City fisted a two-run double past third baseman Evan Longoria to drive in both Harrison Bader and Munoz as the Cardinals remained on the right path to the wild card with a 5-3 win over the Giants.
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The Mercury News 2 hours ago
What’s it like hitting a 102-mile per hour fastball?
The Giants started a two-run rally Friday against a pitcher who averages 101.7 miles per hour with his fastball.
The Mercury News 15 hours ago
Giants clinch second straight losing season with defeat in St. Louis
Madison Bumgarner started at Busch Stadium for the first time since throwing 7 2/3 shutout innings in Game 1 of the 2014 NLCS.
SFGate 20 hours ago
Giants’ Belt undergoes second operation on right knee
ST. LOUIS — Giants first baseman Brandon Belt underwent surgery in San Francisco on Friday to clean up the articular cartilage and meniscus in his right knee, a procedure that he expected and should have him ready for spring training. Team orthopedist Dr. Ken Akizuki performed the surgery. Belt had had a similar operation on the same knee after 2015. Belt has said he needed four weeks to recover from that operation, but the medical staff plans to slow the rehabilitation now after a second operation on the same knee. The injury ended another incomplete season for Belt, who hit .253 with 14...
The Mercury News Sep 21, 2018
Giants hitting coach Alonzo Powell discusses offense’s struggles, adjusting to AT&T Park
Hitting coach Alonzo Powell inherited one of baseball's least productive offenses and met several unexpected challenges in his first year with the Giants.
49ers Blog | Sacramento Bee Sep 20, 2018
As Giants prepare to send off one outfielder, another ponders his future in baseball
With little left to serve this season, nostalgia will be the dish of choice at AT&T Park next week. When Hunter Pence strolls to the plate, sprints to the outfield …
The Mercury News Sep 20, 2018
As Giants prepare to send off one outfielder, another ponders his future in baseball
Hunter Pence and Gregor Blanco took different paths to the Giants, but both are taking the same approach to the end of the road in San Francisco.
The Mercury News Sep 20, 2018
Stratton strikes first, Padres strike back as Giants fail to complete sweep
Chris Stratton made an impact at the plate, but the Giants starter struggled to contain a lowly Padres offense in one of his worst outings of the year.
SFGate Sep 19, 2018
Giants’ Bumgarner wants to stay, but knows decision rests with team
SAN DIEGO — As the Giants end another disappointing season and dive into what promises to be a turbulent winter, they finally need to address one of their most critical questions in perhaps decades, which has no easy answer. What are they going to do with pitcher Madison Bumgarner, one of the greatest players to wear the uniform and one of the greatest postseason pitchers in the game’s history? In an interview before the Giants’ game against the Padres on Wednesday night, Bumgarner made his intentions clear. “I’d like to be here,” he said. “I guess it’s a little early to talk...
The Mercury News Sep 19, 2018
Brandon Belt’s season ‘most likely’ over, surgery probable
Brandon Belt's season has likely come to a close as the Giants first baseman may soon have knee surgery.
Golden Gate Sports Sep 19, 2018
San Francisco Giants: Chris Shaw Showing Quick and Marked Improvement
After a miserable start to his big league career, San Francisco Giants’ outfielder Chris Shaw has drastically improved recently. Chris Shaw’s first few games in the big leagues with the San Francisco Giants were a case study in being overmatched. Pitchers established a formula to get him out, and he rarely deviated. They fed the […] San Francisco Giants: Chris Shaw Showing Quick and Marked Improvement - Golden Gate Sports - Golden Gate Sports - A Bay Area Sports Site
SFGate Sep 19, 2018
Giants win on big night for Hunter Pence
SAN DIEGO - Hunter Pence, his days a Giant down to a precious few, is not ambling slowly with a walking stick in hand. He holds a bat that he is determined to wield with the youthful zeal and pop that once made him a feared hitter. The 35-year-old whirling Dervish made that perfectly clear in Tuesday night's 5-4 victory at Petco Park, which ensured the Giants will win the season series against the last-place Padres. In two at-bats against East Bay native Joey Lucchesi, Pence homered, doubled, drove in three runs and stole a base. Only two other Giants, Ray Durham and Andrew McCutchen, had...
The Mercury News Sep 19, 2018
Chris Shaw’s bat leads Giants to win after his glove is pushed aside
Rookie outfielder Chris Shaw had a ball taken away from him Tuesday, but a bat was all he needed to help the Giants secure a series win.
SFGate Sep 18, 2018
Giants’ Crawford details extent of knee injury, plus lineups
SAN DIEGO -Brandon Crawford believes his range at short has declined a tick because a knee injury that has dogged him for much of the season has stolen his quick first step. He could have fooled us. Crawford's defense has been exceptional again. He could be destined to his four consecutive Gold Glove. His hitting is a different matter. After a May performance worthy of National League Player of the Month, which he lost to the Reds' Scooter Gennett, Crawford raised his batting average and OPS to .338 and .921, respectively, by June 10. But those numbers have plummeted since to .255 and .715....
The Mercury News Sep 18, 2018
Brandon Crawford explains tale of two halves, from hot streak to prolonged slump
Brandon Crawford details the change a knee injury forced him to make at the plate and why he's optimistic about the Giants' 2019 chances.
