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Mengden dazzles as A’s beat up on Samardzija
SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants probably won’t have another month where they win 70 percent of their games. They won’t look like the major league’s best team every night, even this month, but they probably didn’t anticipate a 23-year-old rookie being the cause of that. Daniel Mengden (1-3, 2.81 ERA) was masterful over his first…
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Pregame notes: No leadoff change in sight
SAN FRANCISCO — There were no secrets how the Giants lineup would change when Denard Span signed his three-year, $31 million deal. He’s spent 94 percent of 1022 career games in the leadoff spot, and that’s where he’d remain. Span faired well through the end of May, but has done little from the leadoff spot…
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Posey trails Molina by 5k in last voting update
Giants catcher Buster Posey is currently out of a starting spot on the National League All-Star team by just over 5,000 votes in the last update released by MLB before the rosters are announced. Several close races remain with just four days left to vote for 2016 All-Star starters. Here are the latest totals: pic.twitter.com/0AGzE2j6MR…
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Apr 1, 2016; San Francisco, CA, USA; Oakland Athletics second baseman Chad Pinder (67) and San Francisco Giants first baseman Grant Green (17) await a pitch in the eighth inning at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Kenny Karst-USA TODAY Sports
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Giants win Bochy’s 800th in familiar style
SAN FRANCISCO — There’s not much Bruce Bochy hasn’t seen in his 10 years managing the Giants. He has the perspective of three championship runs, and Sunday gave him 800 wins’ worth of perspective. That’s plenty for Bochy to reflect upon, and realize how emblematic the Giants’ walk-off win was. Both of his entire tenure…
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Giants walk-off Phillies to take series
SAN FRANCISCO — Jake Peavy had something to say after his start on Friday night. After reporters were done asking he questions, he spoke unprovoked about how impressed he was with this Phillies team. They nearly clawed back into Friday’s game, and almost did again on Sunday. The Giants (49-28) walked-off on the Phillies (32-45), 8-7,…
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Pregame notes: Cain inching toward rehab start
SAN FRANCISCO — Johnny Cueto enters Sunday’s start in an unusual position. He hasn’t started after a Giants loss since April. That’s a product of Madison Bumgarner’s dominance this season, but it’s interesting to think of Cueto in the “stopper” position, even in the smallest sense of the role. Only once this season have…
