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Matt Cain seemed locked in from the first inning, and pitched a complete game 1-0 shutout to get the Giants a sweep. Cain allowed the Nationals just four hits in the game, and worked his way out of a tense situation in the ninth inning to end any threat of a Washington comeback.
Cain did an [...]

After being swept to start the second half of the season, the Giants are now in position to sweep themselves. An eighth inning rally led San Francisco to a 6-4 win over the Nationals in the second game of the series.
Kevin Correia got knocked around a bit, but worked his way out of trouble through [...]

Bengie Molina’s bat and Barry Zito’s quality start helped the Giants put an end to their losing streak. A 6-3 win over the Nationals gave San Francisco their first win of the second half.
Zito came up big for the Giants, getting them their first win of the second half. He got off on the right [...]

Needing to start the second half of the season with some wins to remain in the running for the division title, the Giants instead came home to be swept by Milwaukee. The All-Star break looked like it could be a turning point for the Giants, but their struggles in July continued with Sunday afternoon’s 7-4 [...]

The American League All-Stars defeated the National League for the eleventh consecutive year (excluding the 2002 tie). The 2008 game found its way into the history books as it became the longest All-Star game since the midsummer classic was first introduced. The game lasted fifteen innings and ended 4-3 on a sacrifice fly by Texas’ [...]

After crushing twenty-eight homeruns in the first round of the Homerun Derby, Texas’ Josh Hamilton was beat out by Minnesota’s Justin Morneau 5-3 in the final round. The All-Star game will be played tonight at Yankee Stadium, first pitch is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee’s Ben Sheets will start the game for the National League, [...]

San Francisco finally broke a six-game slide with a 4-2 victory over the Cubs in the final game of the first half. Tim Lincecum pitched a great game, and even contributed with his bat in his final tune-up before the All-Star game. Chicago looked to comeback in the ninth inning, but All-Star teammate Brian Wilson [...]

Despite overcoming a seven-run deficit in the eighth and ninth innings, the Giants still fell in the eleventh inning 8-7. A stunning five-run ninth inning extended the game, but ultimately gave San Francisco its sixth consecutive loss.
Kevin Correia did not last long for the Giants, getting knocked out less than four innings into Saturday’s game. [...]

After not scoring any runs for over twenty innings, the Giants finally got on the board. San Francisco scored three runs against the Mets, but fell short 7-3. After getting swept the Giants will travel to Chicago for the weekend to wrap up the first half of the season against a tough Cubs team.
New York [...]

Either the Giants bats are all simultaneously slumping or the Mets pitching has been doing something right the past two nights. For the second game in a row, the Mets shutout the Giants, this time 5-0. San Francisco is now six games out of first place, but might be near the lead once the trade [...]

Tim Lincecum hoped to get the Giants heading in the right direction in the first game of a tough roadtrip, but the Mets hitters got to him. San Francisco got shutout in the first game of the series at New York 7-0 as the offense failed to give Lincecum any run support and he struggled [...]

Matt Cain was unable to reproduce the performance he put up in his last start, and instead helped the Dodgers defeat San Francisco 5-3 in the series finale. Despite several late threats, the Giants could not score enough runs against the L.A. bullpen.
Over six innings of work, Cain allowed five runs to score on eight [...]

Zito took another step toward re-establishing himself as a force in the Giants rotation. He defeated the Dodgers 5-2 for his first win at home this season.
In his longest outing of the season, lasting seven innings, Zito struck out ten batters while walking just one. It looked as if he would have another rough start [...]

Sloppy defense by both teams produced many runs, but San Francisco’s lone error could not have come at a worse time, giving the Dodgers a five-run inning. Los Angeles won by a final score of 10-7 to take the first game of the series.
Jonathan Sanchez looked to have things under control until he allowed two [...]

With the help of Tim Lincecum’s pitching, and two big innings, the Giants defeated the Cubs 8-3 earning them a series split. A four-run second inning, and three-run seventh reassured that their lead was safe. The NL East is easily the weakest division this season, with the Giants record now at 38-48, they find themselves [...]

The Giants and Cubs traded homeruns in last night’s game, but Chicago produced more runs. After falling behind 3-0 late in the game, San Francisco was able to respond and eventually tie things up at five, but ultimately lost 6-5.
Kevin Correia pitched into the seventh inning, allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks. [...]

Matt Cain had one of his better starts of the season tonight against a tough opponent. The Giants managed to hold the Cubs off and go on to win the second game of the four-game series 2-1. Despite allowing Chicago to score in the ninth inning, the Giants prevailed due to Cain’s quality start and [...]

Barry Zito took a step back from his gradual return to success as the Chicago Cubs went on a 9-2 rout of the Giants. Two runs scored in the bottom of the ninth inning broke up the shutout, but still did not help San Francisco much.
Zito was tagged for five runs (four earned) on six [...]

After Tim Lincecum pitched a 1-0 masterpiece on Saturday, the Giants followed up to win the finally of the Bay Bridge series on Sunday. The bats came alive and Jonathan Sanchez was impressive yet again in the 11-1 series clincher.
Sanchez’ success this season might be overlooked by the career year Lincecum is having, but he [...]

After dropping a 4-1 loss at Cleveland, the Giants lost last night 4-1 at Oakland. A bad three run inning, all three runs being scored off Giants reliever Keiichi Yabu in the sixth inning.
Kevin Correia pitched a solid five innings, allowing just one run in the fourth inning on four hits. He deserved a chance [...]

Attempting a sweep at Cleveland, the Giants were shutdown by Indians ace Cliff Lee. Giants hitters were prone to the strikeout eleven times in the game, and only managed one run in the 4-1 loss.
Matt Cain started the game for San Francisco and lasted just five innings after the Indians got to him for four [...]

Either Cleveland was not hitting yesterday or Barry Zito is returning to his old Cy Young caliber form. The former ace reminded his critics yesterday that he can still pitch after defeating the Indians 4-1 and putting them on the edge of a sweep.
Zito received some unusual run support early in the game when the [...]

Cleveland fans were excited to see Omar Vizquel back in Cleveland, but disappointed when he brought in an important run with a sacrifice bunt to help the Giants defeat their team 3-2. Jonathan Sanchez was also a key factor in the game’s outcome, with a quality start to help the Giants to a rare win [...]

After jumping out to a quick 6-0 lead in the with Tim Lincecum on the mound, the game looked to be decided, but the Royals got to the young phenom forcing Bruce Bochy to turn to the bullpen for help. The bullpen was unable to stop the Kansas City bats, losing the series finale 11-10.
The [...]

Playing away in an American League ballpark, the Giants should generate some more offense with an extra bat in the lineup. This weekend series against a weak Kansas City Royals team would have been a good opportunity for a sweep, but San Francisco allowed the Royals to win game two 5-3.
Giants starter Kevin Correia did [...]

The Giants will get a much needed day off tomorrow after a rough stretch of interleague games. The bullpen had to work a ton in today’s 7-2 loss to Detroit as Barry Zito was knocked around again. Tomorrow’s day off should give them some time to recover for several away interleague series’.
Zito had another short [...]

Jonathan Sanchez pitched well through seven innings, taking a no-hitter into the sixth, but got into trouble the bullpen could not bail him out of in the eighth. The offenses ineffectiveness to drive in any runs is what did them in, dropping the game 5-1.
Sanchez was lights out through the first five innings before Curtis [...]

The Giants finally picked up their first interleague win after their seventh try. Trailing late in the game, San Francisco put together a five-run eighth inning to comeback against the Tigers. The Giants put an end to Detroit’s six-game win streak, and an end to their own three-game losing streak with the 8-6 win.
Tim Lincecum [...]

After being swept by Oakland, the Giants are now 0-6 in games against the American League. One bad inning in the series finale yesterday allowed the A’s to complete the sweep with a 5-3 win in Giants starter Kevin Correia’s first start since coming off the disabled list.
Correia appeared to have fully recovered from his [...]

The offense continued to struggle in Barry Zito starts, only scoring one run off the Oakland A’s pitching staff. The Giants are now 30-38 after losing 5-1 last night and will attempt to get to .500 before the All-Star Game.
Zito lasted almost six innings, giving up four runs on six hits to his former team. [...]