The Oakland A’s salvaged the series finale against San Francisco on Sunday by scoring four times in the fourth inning to beat the Giants 6-2.
Collin Cowgill hit a two-run single, Josh Reddick homered and Bartolo Colon pitched five innings, giving up six hits and striking out seven for the win, as the Athletics ended an 11-game losing streak at AT&T Park dating back to June 2003.
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Giants legend Willie Mays was at AT&T Park on Sunday to celebrate his 81st birthday.
The crowd sang “Happy Birthday” to the Say Hey Kid in the middle of the second inning as broadcaster Jon Miller presented him with a cake in the broadcast booth.
Mays spends plenty of time around the team, including a trip to Arizona for spring training every year, something manager Bruce Bochy said has tremendous benefits.
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Hector Sanchez knew when the Giants went to extra innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday that he would probably get a chance to come off the bench. When he finally did, as a pinch-hitter in the 11th inning, he delivered the game-winning single with one out and the bases loaded to give the Giants a 4-3 win.
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On a scorecard, Balboa High School senior Alex Arnold’s groundout to second base in the second inning of the San Francisco Section-Academic Athletic Association baseball semifinals looks routine, but it’s the kind of groundout that makes coaches gush.
It was also the difference in Balboa’s 1-0 upset win over Lowell on Thursday at Big Rec.
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In what is becoming a familiar story for the Giants this season, a few rough innings fueled by mistakes in the field proved fatal as the Giants were swept by the Miami Marlins with a 3-2 loss Thursday at AT&T Park.
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When I was younger, I spent many nights and afternoons at Shea Stadium with my grandfather, eating peanuts and pretzels and discussing the nuances of the game.
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Barry Zito lost some of the mojo that led him to a near flawless to start the season, and despite a furious late rally by the Giants, the Miami Marlins pulled out a 3-2 victory in 10 innings on Wednesday.
Trailing 2-0 in the ninth inning against Marlins closer Heath Bell, Brandon Belt led off with a double and scored on a single by Joaquin Arias. Buster Posey, who did not start the game, kept the rally moving with a single, chasing Bell from the game.
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San Francisco’s 11th bowl game, the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, will take place Dec. 29 at AT&T Park. The game will match a team from the Pac-12 Conference against the Navy, as long as both teams are bowl-eligible.
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl executive director and game co-founder Gary Cavalli said the Saturday date is the optimum platform.
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Ryan Vogelsong made a strong season debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, but one bad inning left him on the losing end of a 4-1 game.
Vogelsong retired the first three hitters he faced, but all four hits he surrendered came in the second inning — when the Pirates rallied for two runs before he settled down, finishing with seven strikeouts, three walks and one hit batter in 6¹⁄³ innings.
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The Giants returned to AT&T Park to renew their cross-Bay rivalry with the A’s on Monday and rallied in the late innings for a 4-2 exhibition victory.
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