BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER LaMonte Wade Jr. and Mike Yastrzemski both homered and the Giants got solid pitching from spot starter Jakob Junis and four relievers to post a 4-3 win against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday afternoon, earning a split of their four game weekend series. Yastrzemski’s sixth inning splash …
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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 …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Giants won a franchise record 107 games in 2021, baffling pundits all season long as they outplayed their bitter rivals to the south to the National League West division title. Though they unseated Los Angeles atop the division for the first time since 2013, the Dodgers …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ Following yesterday’s American League preview, we now turn our focus to the National League, with the 106 win Los Angeles Dodgers hosting the St. Louis Cardinals, winners of 19 of their last 22 games (including a franchise record 17 in a row), Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Jake Cronenworth’s tenth inning RBI double gave the Padres a 3-2 win over the Giants Saturday afternoon at Oracle Park, putting San Francisco’s division clinching celebration on hold for at least another day. With a franchise record 106 wins already under their belt and a magic number …
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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 …
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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 …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER LaMonte Wade Jr’s dramatic game winning ninth inning pinch hit home run helped lead the Giants to a come-from-behind 6-5 win over the A’s Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum. Oakland had capitalized on a rocky start by Giants ace Kevin Gausman to jump out to a 3-0 …
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The Giants announced Friday they’ve resigned shortstop Brandon Crawford to a two-year contract extension that will keep Crawford in a Giants uniform through the 2023 season. The two-year extension is worth $32 million with a base salary of $16 million in 2022 and 2023. Crawford, 34, is in the midst …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Shutout losers to the Dodgers Wednesday night, the Giants didn’t wait long to return the favor as Johnny Cueto and four relievers combined to limit Los Angeles to four hits in a 5-0 win Thursday afternoon before a lively crowd of 35,136 at Oracle Park. Brandon Crawford …
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