If the San Francisco Giants win the World Series this year, their fans can say they made an impact.
A pair of Giants wearing fluorescent orange spikes delivered big blows -- Pablo Sandoval with a bases-loaded triple and Melky Cabrera with a two-run home run -- to lead the National League to an 8-0 rout of the American League on Tuesday night in the All-Star Game at Kauffman Stadium.
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The Texas Rangers are the only team in baseball sending more All-Stars to Kansas City than the Giants. So why does it feel like Bruce Bochy’s club got snubbed?
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06/26/12 10:44 PM
Melky Cabrera homered and Ryan Vogelsong tossed seven shutout innings as the host Giants blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 on Tuesday night. The Giants, who shut out the Dodgers 8-0 in the series opener Monday, have won 12 of their last 17 games against Los Angeles at AT&T Park.
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Barry Zito’s impressive start to the season is quickly fading in the Giants’ rear-view mirror.
The 34-year-old left-hander had his worst start of the season on Tuesday, allowing a season-high eight earned runs in just 3¹⁄³ innings of the Giants’ 12-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on the road.
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Paul Goldschmidt homered and Ian Kennedy won for the first time since April 22 as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the Giants with a 4-1 victory Wednesday.
Kennedy (4-5) won his fifth straight start against the Giants while allowing one run over 7²⁄³ innings on a career-high 122 pitches. David Hernandez worked around a leadoff single in the ninth for his first save.
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The season is far from ideal. There’s that Timmy thing, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are still in front of the division.
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Buster Posey’s sacrifice fly scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Giants won their fourth straight against Arizona and third overall with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday at AT&T Park.
Melky Cabrera continued his historic month with three hits and Ryan Vogelsong tossed seven strong innings for the Giants, who have won 12 of their last 18 games to pull within 5½ games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The Giants once again rallied late against the Colorado Rockies, but this time fell short in a 5-4 loss at AT&T Park on Tuesday.
San Francisco erased a 4-1 deficit to tie the game in the seventh inning, but pinch-hitter Marco Scutaro homered off Giants reliever Santiago Casilla to lead off the ninth to put Colorado ahead for good.
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Issue: Offensive on defenseAnalysis: Much has been made after the first month of the season of the sloppy glove work seen in San Francisco, mainly because it wasn’t expected to be a problem.When the season started, you figured, in order:Catcher: Buster Posey. Above average with the leather, right?First base: Brandon Belt. Way above average by all accounts.
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Matt Cain continued to show why he’s the highest-paid right-handed pitcher in history on Wednesday. Unfortunately for Cain, nine shutout innings were not enough for the righty to earn a win. But thanks to the heroics of Melky Cabrera, the Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 in 11 innings at AT&T Park.Cabrera’s single in the 11th drove in Brandon Belt, who didn’t start but came in on a double switch in the 10th.
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