| Giants try to stay unbeaten against Braves |
Sat Apr 10 11:00:29 2010 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Baseball's lone remaining unbeaten team takes a shot at another win when the surging San Francisco Giants play the middle test of a three-game series with the Atlanta Braves tonight at AT&T Park. San Francisco is off to a flying 4-0 start, the organization's best since it won its first seven tilts of the 2003 season. The Giants wound up with 100 victories that year, which was also the last time the team reached the playoffs. The Giants seemed to be on their way to their f |
| Giants shoot for 4-0 start in home opener against Braves |
Fri Apr 9 10:54:39 2010 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The San Francisco Giants were the National League's best team at home last season. On Friday, the team will play its first game at AT&T Park in 2010 owning the top record in the majors. The Giants will be vying for their first 4-0 start in seven years when they take the field against the Atlanta Braves in the opener of a three-game weekend set. San Francisco amassed a stellar 52-29 record at AT&T Park in 2009, but a lackluster 36-45 mark on the road left Bruce Bochy's |
| Renteria, Giants crush Astros to complete series sweep |
Wed Apr 7 17:49:50 2010 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Edgar Renteria went 5-for-5 with a walk and two runs batted in, as the San Francisco Giants completed a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 10-4 win at Minute Maid Park. Aaron Rowand added four hits, including a triple, two RBI and a run scored, while John Bowker hammered a two-run homer for the Giants, who recorded their first three-game sweep in Houston since May 15-17, 2006. Travis Ishikawa belted a pinch-hit solo shot in the ninth for San Francisco. |
| Giants go for series sweep in Houston |
Wed Apr 7 10:55:58 2010 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The San Francisco Giants will try to open a season with three straight wins for the first time since 2003 as they close out a three- game set with the Houston Astros this afternoon at Minute Maid Park. The Giants began their season with a 5-2 victory over the Astros on Monday behind seven shutout innings from reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, then followed up with last night's 3-0 victory. Barry Zito (1-0) got the win after allowing just three hits |
| Zito hopes for a new beginning against Houston |
Tue Apr 6 11:02:34 2010 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Barry Zito hopes for a fresh start this evening when the San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros play the middle test of their three- game series at Minute Maid Park. Zito has been a bust for the Giants since signing his seven-year, $126 million deal with them prior to the start of the 2007 campaign. Last year he was just 10-13 with a 4.03 earned run average in 33 starts, but showed flashes of the pitcher who won an American League Cy Young Award with Oakland in 2002, pitchin |
| Lincecum strong in season-opening win against Astros |
Mon Apr 5 22:10:31 2010 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Tim Lincecum, the two-time defending National League Cy Young Award winner, threw seven shutout innings to pace the San Francisco Giants over the Houston Astros, 5-2, on Opening Day, at Minute Maid Park. Mark DeRosa homered and scored two runs. His solo blast in the eighth inning came off Tim Byrdak, as the Giants entered 2010 trying to improve on last season's 88-win total and make the playoffs for the first time since 2003. Catcher Bengie Molina and Juan Uribe e |
| Giants, Lincecum open season against Oswalt in Houston |
Mon Apr 5 10:56:02 2010 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Tim Lincecum capped his 2009 campaign by earning his second consecutive National League Cy Young Award, but things haven't gone so smoothly for the San Francisco Giants ace since. The standout hurler will try to get both his and his team's new seasons off to a good beginning when he takes the mound against the Houston Astros this evening at Minute Maid Park. Lincecum edged St. Louis' Chris Carpenter for top pitcher honors in the NL after producing a 15-7 record and a 2.48 ear |
| Giants place Lewis and Sanchez on DL |
Sun Apr 4 15:17:56 2010 EST |
| San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - The San Francisco Giants placed infielder Freddy Sanchez and outfielder Fred Lewis on the 15-day disabled list Sunday. Sanchez is recovering from left shoulder surgery, while Lewis has a left intercostal strain. Sanchez's stint is retroactive to March 26, while Lewis' began on March 27. The second baseman and three-time All-Star Sanchez was traded to the Giants from the Pirates during last season and ended the 2009 campaign with a .293 batting average, seven |
| San Francisco Giants 2010 Preview |
Mon Mar 29 12:36:33 2010 EST |
| Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Numerous experts say that defense wins championships in football and pitching is the key to success in baseball. So why haven't the San Francisco Giants been able to take advantage of their decorated rotation? There's no clear-cut answer to that loaded question, but an anemic offense is an easy scapegoat for San Francisco's absence from the postseason. The club has finished no better than third place in the NL West in each of the last five years, and there ha |
| Giants give Affeldt, Cain and Wilson contract extensions |
Sun Mar 28 16:02:58 2010 EST |
| San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - The San Francisco Giants on Sunday signed pitchers Jeremy Affeldt, Matt Cain and Brian Wilson to contract extensions. Terms of the deals were not disclosed, but Affeldt gets a one-year extension for the 2011 season, with a club option for 2012, Cain receives a new three- year contract for 2010-12 and Wilson inherits a two-year extension for 2011 and 2012. "Pitching is our hallmark," senior vice president and general manager Brian Sabean said. "By signing the |
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