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Giants, Braves looking to get out of recent struggles
The San Francisco Giants will send right-hander Hayden Birdsong to the mound to try to end their season-worst five-game losing streak and continue their mastery over the Atlanta Braves when they open a three-game road series on Monday.,The Giants are coming off getting swept by the American League E...
Blue Jays sweep Giants, tie home winning streak mark
Addison Barger hit a two-run home run, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer also homered Sunday afternoon and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 8-6.,The Blue Jays swept the three-game series and extended their home winning streak to 10 games, matching the mark set...
Jays go for record-tying 10th straight home win vs. Giants
The Toronto Blue Jays will be out to extend their nine-game home winning streak Sunday afternoon and complete a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants.,The Blue Jays clinched the series win with a 6-3 victory on Saturday and have won seven of their past eight series at home.,The last time Toro...
Blue Jays parlay 4-run sixth inning into second straight win over Giants
Eric Lauer pitched six strong innings, Tyler Heineman had a homer and three RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Saturday afternoon.,Lauer (5-2) allowed two runs, two hits and no walks with seven strikeouts.,Addison Barger was 4-for-4 for the Blue Jays, wh...
Blue Jays parlay fourth inning into second straight win over Giants
Eric Lauer pitched six strong innings, Tyler Heineman had a homer and three RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Saturday afternoon.,Lauer (5-2) allowed two runs, two hits and no walks with seven strikeouts.,Addison Barger was 4-for-4 for the Blue Jays, wh...
After historic shutout, Giants look to cash in vs. Blue Jays
The San Francisco Giants will try to convert more hits into runs on Saturday afternoon when they continue their series with the host Toronto Blue Jays.,San Francisco outhit Toronto 11-10 on Friday night but lost the opener of the three-game set 4-0 as the teams returned to action after the All-Star ...
Blue Jays blank Giants to pad AL East lead
Chris Bassitt pitched a solid 6 1/3 innings, Will Wagner had a two-run double and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Friday night.,Bassitt (10-4) allowed no runs, 10 hits and no walks while striking out five.,George Springer had three hits and a stolen base and J...
Dodgers' two-out rally puts away rival Giants in extras
The Los Angeles Dodgers strung together two-out bloop singles by Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages around an infield hit by Teoscar Hernandez, all producing a run, in a relatively quiet 11-inning uprising that produced a 5-2 road victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon.,Baseball's tra...
Bevy of All-Stars to take field as Giants, Dodgers close series
Pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Robbie Ray will put their All-Star arms on display when the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants close the season's first half Sunday afternoon.,The weekend duel in San Francisco between the National League West's longtime rivals has produced a pair of nail-bi...
Shohei Ohtani guides Dodgers past Giants to end seven-game skid
Shohei Ohtani pitched three scoreless innings, Alex Vesia emerged from a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday afternoon.,Michael Conforto had three hits and scored both Dodg...
Giants DH Rafael Devers has MRI, to play through back issue
San Francisco Giants star Rafael Devers is being treated for inflammation due to a disk injury in his lower back following an MRI exam.,Manager Bob Melvin is optimistic that the slugger can avoid a trip to the injured list and can recover during the upcoming All-Star break.,"He went on some medicati...
Shohei Ohtani's San Francisco mound debut adds to Dodgers-Giants lore
San Francisco Giants fans will get an opportunity to see Shohei Ohtani pitch at Oracle Park for the first time, albeit for the Los Angeles Dodgers, when the National League West rivals continue a three-game series Saturday afternoon.,Pitching took a back seat to some powerful hitting, including an O...
Willy Adames, Giants hand Dodgers 7th straight setback
Willy Adames drove in three runs with a triple and a home run, Dominic Smith added a solo homer and the host San Francisco Giants continued the Los Angeles Dodgers' misery with an 8-7 victory in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.,Jung Hoo Lee also had three RBIs and Matt Chapman scored ...
Mets LHP David Peterson subs for Giants LHP Robbie Ray on NL All-Stars
New York Mets pitcher David Peterson replaced fellow left-hander Robbie Ray of the San Francisco Giants on the National League roster on Thursday for next Tuesday's All-Star Game in Atlanta.,Ray, 33, is scheduled to pitch on Sunday against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers. He is 9-3 this season with...
Dodgers take six-game skid into showdown with rival Giants
The Los Angeles Dodgers will attempt to stabilize their dwindling National League West lead when they visit their hottest pursuer, the San Francisco Giants, for a three-game series that starts Friday night.,The series features scheduled pitching starts by the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani on Saturday, whic...
Bryce Harper helps Phillies steamroll Giants, 13-0
Bryce Harper collected three doubles and a home run, Kyle Schwarber belted his 29th homer of the season, left-hander Jesus Luzardo threw seven shutout innings and the Philadelphia Phillies salvaged one win in their three-game road series against the San Francisco Giants with a 13-0 shellacking Wedne...
Giants' ownership stake too rich for Eli Manning
He may have a famous name and a built-in fan base, but two-time Super Bowl winner Eli Manning says an ownership stake in his former team, the New York Giants, is "too expensive for me.",The current owners, the Mara and Tisch families, hired a banker in February to reportedly explore finding two or t...
Giants seek to ride momentum of wild walk-off win vs. Phillies
The San Francisco Giants will continue an improbable quest to nearly catch the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers before the All-Star break when the Giants go for a three-game sweep of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday afternoon.,The Giants were two outs away from having to settle for a t...
Giants walk off Phillies on Patrick Bailey's 3-run, inside-the-park homer
Patrick Bailey bounced a three-run, inside-the-park home run high off the right-field wall with one out in the last of the ninth inning Tuesday night, delivering the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 walk-off victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies.,A two-run home run by Kyle Schwarber had given th...
Former NFL exec Tim Rooney, nephew of Steelers founder, dies at 84
Longtime NFL executive Tim Rooney, the nephew of Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr., died on Tuesday morning after battling cancer. He was 84.,A former coach at Villanova, Tim Rooney joined the Steelers as a scout in 1972 before becoming their director of pro scouting. As reported by the Pit...