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Cardinals rock Giants to spoil World Series celebration

matt cain, bruce bochy
A day that began with the Giants celebrating last year’s World Series championship quickly turned sour, as starter Matt Cain gave up nine earned runs in the fourth inning on the way to a 14-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at AT&T Park on Sunday. Read More

Giants, Affeldt reportedly agree to three-year deal

Left-hander Jeremy Affeldt, a key member of the bullpen that helped lead the Giants to their second World Series championship in three years, reportedly will remain with the team. According to CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman, the free agent agreed to a three-year deal that likely would pay him more than $18 million. Heyman wrote that the deal wasn’t finalized pending a physical. The report indicated that the St. Louis Cardinals also made a play for the 33-year-old veteran. Read More

National League Championship Series Recap: Comeback Kids strike again

A look back at the National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. Game 1Cardinals 6, Giants 4 Read More

Giants of past and present lend support to 2012 team

The Giants have no shortage of postseason veterans on the active roster, though several players who haven’t taken the field have been hanging around the team during this postseason run as well. Read More

Giants on to World Series with 9-0 win over Cardinals

In a postseason full of twists and turns, the San Francisco Giants are headed back to the World Series after a big comeback against the defending champs. Hunter Pence got the Giants going with a weird double, Matt Cain pitched his second clincher of October and San Francisco closed out Game 7 of the NL championship series in a driving rainstorm, routing the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 Monday night. Read More

Vogelsong pitching like an ace

Ryan Vogelsong must have wolfed down an extra plate of chicken enchiladas Saturday night, because the Giants right-hander pitched the game of his life in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series on Sunday. Two days after Barry Zito extended the Giants’ season by throwing 7²⁄³ innings of shutout baseball in St. Louis, Vogelsong took the hill at AT&T Park and forced a deciding Game 7 by tossing a gem of his own in a 6-1 win over the 
Cardinals. Read More

Giants beat Cardinals 6-1, one game away from World Series

Once again, the Giants played with their backs against the wall. Once again, they lived to play another day. San Francisco rallied behind seven solid innings from Ryan Vogelsong and another offensive show from Marco Scutaro to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 on Sunday at AT&T Park and push the NL Championship Series to a decisive Game 7 today. Read More

There is no back down now for Giants

Ryan Vogelsong
The Giants are 4-0 in elimination games. Their goal is 6-0, which would get them to the World Series. To have a chance at 6-0 though, they’ll first have to get through Game 6 of the NL Championship Series today. Down two games to none in the best-of-five NL Division Series, they beat the Reds three straight times in Cincinnati. Read More

Zito's performance earns him never-ending respect

Barry Zito and Buster Posey
From the moment he signed the big contract, there was resentment. From the moment he first exited a game early, there was ridicule. From this moment on, there will be respect. Sure, some of that respect will be of the begrudging variety. But it will be there. Always and forever. And for Barry Zito, that will always and forever be quite enough. Read More

Cardinals beat Giants 8-3 to take 3-1 lead in NLCS

One more win and another bunch of wild-card Cardinals get their chance to repeat. Adam Wainwright threw seven innings of four-hit ball and St. Louis roughed up Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants in an 8-3 rout Thursday night that gave the Cardinals a 3-1 lead in the NL championship series. Read More
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