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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The A’s wrapped up their last regularly scheduled home stand of the season with a 13-4 shellacking at the hands of the New York Mets Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum. Three time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (11-4, 2.13) got the win, the 201st of his …

BY RICK PORCARO Joc Pederson continued his recent hot streak with a pair of hits and three RBI’s and seven San Francisco pitchers combined to shut down the Phillies when it mattered most as the Giants scored a 5-4 win over Philadelphia in a back and forth game that saw …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER San Diego rode an 11 strikeout performance from Joe Musgrove and a three RBI day from Manny Machado to jump out to a five run lead against Alex Wood and Zach Littell before holding on to score a 5-4 win over the Giants Wednesday afternoon. The loss …

BY RICK PORCARO The A’s slowed the Mariners push for their first postseason appearance since 2001 with a 5-3 win at the Coliseum Sunday afternoon, taking the rubber match of the three game weekend series against a Seattle team that had beaten them ten straight times at the Coliseum prior …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ In his first season as manager of the Padres, Bob Melvin recently had the very delicate task of navigating a major league locker room full of players fraught with anxiety as the trade deadline approached. General Manager A. J. Preller, who is among the most driven and …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Austin Slater and Mike Yastrzemski jumped on Dodgers starter Julio Urias for first inning home runs to give the Giants all the offense they needed in a 2-0 win over Los Angeles Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park. The game quickly developed into a pitchers duel, with Carlos …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER There would be no wild comebacks Wednesday afternoon at Oracle Park. Just over 12 hours after New York erased a six run deficit with seven runs in the eighth inning before falling to San Francisco 13-12 in an early game of the year candidate, the Giants jumped …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The National League West was home to the two best teams in the majors last year during the regular season. The San Francisco Giants set a franchise record with 107 wins, and won the division by a single game over the Dodgers. The Giants finally wrested the …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Adam Duvall‘s two-run seventh-inning home run broke open a pitchers duel between Max Fried and Anthony DeSclafani as the Atlanta Braves salvaged the final game of their weekend series with a 3-0 win over the Giants Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park. Atlanta got a stellar pitching performance …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Darren Ruf and Thario Estrada provided the offensive punch in the eighth inning to back a strong pitching performance by Logan Webb as the reeling Giants snapped their four-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Milwaukee Thursday afternoon. The win enabled San Francisco to move back …