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May 29, 2017; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Hunter Strickland (60) and Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper (34) in a fight after Harper was hit by the pitch of Strickland during the eighth inning at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY SportsHunter Strickland suspension appeal denied
It took nearly a week for Major League Baseball to reach a verdict on Giants’ reliever Hunter Strickland’s suspension appeal, but on Monday, Strickland learned his appeal was denied. Strickland was suspended for six games on May 30 after hitting Nationals’ outfielder Bryce Harper with a 98-mile per hour fastball in the Giants’ 3-0 loss…
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Murph and Mac: Giants administration about to be tested like never before
We join Murph and Mac in the studio to talk the San Francisco Giants and their recent struggles. The Giants are stuck at the bottom of the NL West with a record of 26-45, trailing only the Philadelphia Phillies for the worst record in baseball.
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Krukow on Giants: ‘How are we finding new ways to lose?’
“Everybody is looking around going, ‘Hey we’re supposed to be better than this, how are we finding new ways to lose?’ Yesterday’s loss, I gotta be honest with you, I didn’t see it coming. I thought it was going to be a very spirited comeback, which it was. It was a remarkable comeback. Then lo…
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Ty Blach stepped up, deserved better in Colorado homecoming
It’s the middle of June, and already, the Giants don’t have much to play for. Less than halfway through the season, rare is the day when Giants players can wake up in the morning and head to the park with a sense of urgency, as the chance to play “must-win” ballgames will elude them in…
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Arenado’s walkoff blast spoils Giants’ Father’s Day comeback
Hunter Pence and the Giants were in the final stages of authoring a dramatic Father’s Day story. But for a team that hasn’t written many fairytales or happy endings, Sunday wasn’t exactly a start.
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Gap between Rockies, Giants greater than just 18.5 games
The Colorado Rockies are in first place in the National League West, and after the weekend, there should be a large pile of thank you notes mailed back to 24 Willie Mays Plaza in San Francisco. The upstart Rockies lead the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks by 1.0 game in the division, and they…
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Two out hitting fails Giants again in fifth straight loss
The Giants have a case of the blues, and it sure is showing. A team that began the day 17.5 games out of first place in the National League West looked so downtrodden, it was only fitting the orange and black took the field with blue caps in a 5-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies,…
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Posey to start, Nunez still out as Giants try to snap losing streak
Giants’ catcher Buster Posey wasn’t healthy enough to run the bases on Friday night. But the team’s best hitter still managed to put a scare in Rockies’ closer Greg Holland. A night after exiting Thursday’s game with a sore ankle, Posey pinch-hit for Kelby Tomlinson in the top half of the ninth inning with the…
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Samardzija helps, then hurts his own cause in Giants loss
In the top half of the fifth inning at Coors Field on Friday evening, pitcher Jeff Samardzija played the starring role in a comedy, as his two-run home run gave his Giants’ teammates a good laugh and gave San Francisco a 4-1 lead. Fifteen minutes later, Samardzija was the protagonist in a tragedy, as he…
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Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija slams third career home run
The San Francisco Giants entered Friday evening’s contest at Coors Field with a Major League-worst 52 home runs. Enter pitcher Jeff Samardzija. In the top half of the fifth inning, Samardzija smoked a fastball from Rockies’ right-hander Antonio Senzatela over the right center field fence at Coors Field to give the Giants a 4-1 lead.
