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Dueling aces to deal for hot Cardinals, slumping Giants
After struggling for much of the season, the St. Louis Cardinals hope to gain ground in the National League playoff race during their season-long 10-game homestand.,That effort will continue Sunday when try to complete a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants. The Cardinals defeated the Giants...
Cardinals 3B Nolan Arenado (forearm) exits vs. Giants
Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado departed St. Louis' 9-4 victory Saturday over the visiting San Francisco Giants in the top of the eighth inning due to left forearm discomfort.,Arenado went 0-for-3 with a walk before exiting. Jose Fermin finished the game at third base.,The contest was Arenado'...
Alec Burleson blasts two homers as Cardinals beat Giants
Alec Burleson hit two homers and drove in five runs to propel the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting San Francisco Giants 9-4 Saturday.,Paul Goldschmidt hit his 350th career homer, a two-run shot, and Brendan Donovan hit a solo homer as the Cardinals won for the seventh time in 10 games.,Cardinal...
Cardinals face familiar foe in Giants RHP Jordan Hicks
Jordan Hicks spent parts of five productive seasons pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals, primarily in relief.,Hicks converted back to a starter after signing with the San Francisco Giants as a free agent during the offseason. He will be back in St. Louis to face the Cardinals on Saturday afternoon ...
Cardinals edge Giants in Negro Leagues tribute game
Brendan Donovan hit a two-run homer and an RBI single to propel the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday in Birmingham, Ala., as Major League Baseball paid tribute to the Negro Leagues.,The contest, played at historic Rickwood Field, wound up serving as memo...
Birmingham game turns into tribute to Willie Mays
The death of baseball legend Willie Mays heightens the emotions for the special game between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday.,Major League Baseball is staging the game as tribute to Negro Leagues stars such as Mays, who played for t...
Kyle Hendricks strikes out season-high 8 as Cubs edge Giants
Kyle Hendricks struck out a season-high eight batters in his first start in over a month as the Chicago Cubs held on to beat the visiting San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series.,Hendricks (1-4) limited the Giants to one run on two hits and a walk o...
Mourning death of Willie Mays, Giants set to close series with Cubs
An emotional three-game series will conclude for the visiting San Francisco Giants when they face the Chicago Cubs in a rubber match on Wednesday afternoon.,Most of the players and coaches for San Francisco learned of the death of Giants legend Willie Mays shortly before the start of Tuesday's game....
Cubs peak in eighth inning to knock off Giants
Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs scored three more runs in the eighth for a 5-2 win against the visiting San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.,Ian Happ had two hits and two runs for the Cubs, while Michael Busch and Cody Bellinger each had two hits and one run in the middle g...
Hall of Fame CF Willie Mays dies at 93
Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays, a two-time MVP and 12-time Gold Glove Award winner, died on Tuesday. He was 93.,No cause of death was announced.,"It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at...
Cubs' Justin Steele, facing Giants, shoots to stop winless streak
It would be difficult to find a major league pitcher more deserving of a victory this season than Chicago Cubs left-hander Justin Steele.,Steele is scheduled to make his 10th start of the year for the Cubs on Tuesday night against the visiting San Francisco Giants, and the 28-year-old still is looki...
Thairo Estrada's HR in 9th lifts Giants over Cubs
Thairo Estrada hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to lift the visiting San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 win against the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their three-game series on Monday night.,Giants closer Hector Neris (6-2) started the ninth with a 6-4 lead and retired the leadoff bat...
Javier Assad, Cubs look to reverse trend against Giants
Right-hander Javier Assad will look to snap his five-game winless streak on Monday when the Chicago Cubs host the San Francisco Giants in the opener of their three-game series.,Assad (4-2, 2.81 ERA) is 0-2 and has surrendered six homers during that stretch. He's also been plagued by walks and high p...
Jorge Soler helps Giants steamroll Angels
Jorge Soler contributed a three-run home run to a nine-run fourth inning, Spencer Bivens recorded a win in his major-league debut and the San Francisco Giants overcame another injury to their starting staff to beat the Los Angeles Angels 13-6 on Sunday afternoon.,The victory came after the Giants ha...
Giants place LHP Kyle Harrison (ankle) on 15-day IL
San Francisco Giants left-hander Kyle Harrison was scratched from his start on Sunday and placed on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle sprain, retroactive to Thursday.,With Harrison out, the Giants selected right-hander Spencer Bivens from Triple-A Sacramento and released right-hander Nick A...
Young OFs playing impressively for Angels, Giants
Two young outfielders demonstrating the form that made them first-round draft picks will attempt to cap a productive series when the Los Angeles Angels and host San Francisco Giants wrap up a three-game set on Sunday afternoon.,The Angels have taken the first two games, 8-6 and 4-3, in large part du...
Angels get solid work from bullpen, beat Giants
Logan O'Hoppe tied the game in the sixth with a two-run home run, Luis Rengifo delivered an RBI single an inning later and the visiting Los Angeles Angels held on to defeat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.,The Los Angeles bullpen picked up starter Patrick Sandoval with four inning...
Giants face Angels in matchup of struggling pitchers
Two pitchers in need of a win will take the mound when Patrick Sandoval and the visiting Los Angeles Angels duel Keaton Winn and the San Francisco Giants on Saturday afternoon.,The Angels took the first game of the series when Tyler Anderson pitched into the sixth inning and Zach Neto hit a home run...
Angels build early cushion, hang on to beat Giants
Mickey Moniak collected two doubles and a triple, Zach Neto added a home run and the Los Angeles Angels scored early and often en route to an 8-6 victory over the host San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.,Left-hander Tyler Anderson (6-6) limited his old team to one ru...
Giants reinstate SS Nick Ahmed from injured list
The San Francisco Giants reinstated shortstop Nick Ahmed from the 10-day injured list on Friday.,He has been sidelined since being struck on the left wrist by a 108-mph line drive on May 9 at Colorado.,Ahmed, 34, is batting .236 with four doubles and 11 RBIs in 36 games in his first season with the ...