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AT&T Park workers approve strike as negotiations continue

By: Bay City News 05/12/13 7:20 PM
AT&T Park workers to strike
When contract talks continue this week between AT&T Park workers and the company that manages the concessions at the ballpark, it will be under the cloud of a threatened strike approved over the weekend. Read More

McCann drives in 3 as Braves beat Giants 6-3

By: Associated Press 05/09/13 10:33 PM
Giants Braves
Brian McCann hit a two-run homer and an RBI single in his third game this season after coming off the disabled list, and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Thursday night to begin a four-game series between NL division leaders. Read More

Torres’ game-winner in 10th keeps Giants from being swept

By: Associated Press 05/08/13 8:46 PM
Matt Cain
Buster Posey and Andres Torres waited three hours before making their contributions to yet another walk-off win for the Giants. Make it five such victories for the reigning World Series champions by early May. Torres lined a game-ending single to right field with two outs in the 10th inning to score Posey with the winning run, lifting the Giants to a 4-3 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday to avoid a sweep. Read More

Giants dominated by Phillies Cliff Lee once again

By: Associated Press 05/07/13 9:58 PM
Phillies
Cliff Lee has established quite a comfort zone in the energized confines of pitcher-friendly AT&T Park. He found the strike zone again Monday, outpitching a fellow southpaw who has been rather solid himself on this mound: Madison Bumgarner. Read More

Phillies Cliff Lee dominates Giants once again

By: Associated Press 05/06/13 10:21 PM
Philadelphia Phillies
Cliff Lee shut down the Giants once again with eight strong innings, Michael Young hit a two-run double among his three hits, and the Philadelphia Phillies stopped San Francisco’s season-best six-game winning streak with a 6-2 victory Monday night. Domonic Brown hit a solo home run and Delmon Young and Jimmy Rollins each added sacrifice flies as the Phillies began a seven-game trip. Read More

Giants complete sweep of Dodgers

By: Associated Press 05/05/13 8:29 PM
Matt Cain
Hunter Pence doubled twice and drove in four runs, Matt Cain pitched into the eighth inning for his first victory of the season and the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Sunday night to complete a series sweep. Leadoff hitter Andres Torres had three hits for San Francisco while Marco Scutaro had two hits and scored twice. The Giants extended their season-high winning streak to six games and defeated Dodgers rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu for the second time this year. Read More

Giants’ offense overcoming pitching staff’s shortcomings

By: Glenn Dickey 05/02/13 5:36 PM
Tim Lincecum’s seeming return to form had been good news for the Giants’ rotation, but then Lincecum regressed, giving up five runs in five innings to Arizona on Wednesday night, though the Giants rallied to win the game. So as the Giants head into an important series against the Dodgers at AT&T Park this weekend, their only reliable starter is Madison Bumgarner. Read More

Belt delivers clutch hit to break tie in eighth inning of Giants win

By: John Marshall 04/29/13 11:05 PM
Brandon Belt hit a two-run single in the eighth inning, helping the Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 Monday night to end a five-game losing streak. Belt also had a solo homer in the second inning against Ian Kennedy. The first baseman broke a 4-all tie in the eighth after Brad Ziegler (1-1) gave up a leadoff double to Nick Noonan and walked two. Read More

Matt Cain looks to stop losing streak for Giants

By: Staff and wire report 04/28/13 7:06 PM
Matt Cain
The Giants are in desperate need of a strong outing from a starting pitcher to put an end to their current five-game skid and normally Matt Cain would be just the man for the job. But Cain hasn’t been his normally reliable self in 2013. The right-hander is off to an 0-2 start and is sporting a 6.59 ERA. To make matters even more troubling, Cain will be tasked with stopping the losing streak in hitter friendly Chase Field in Phoenix. Read More

Padres sweep Giants in three-game series

By: The Associated Press 04/28/13 6:31 PM
Chase Headley
The San Diego Padres are having a mercurial season. Swept by the Giants in San Francisco last weekend, the Padres returned the favor by taking three games from the defending World Series champions at Petco Park. Chase Headley, Nick Hundley and Alexi Amarista homered off Ryan Vogelsong to lead the Padres to a 6-4 victory Sunday. It was San Diego's first three-game sweep of the Giants since May 2010. Read More
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