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Santana dazzles, Giants shut out for seventh time this season
It was 1970 when Bay Area musical legend Carlos Santana released his timeless hit, “Black Magic Woman.” Nearly 50 years later, a different Santana arrived in San Francisco to record a hit of his own, and it featured every bit of black magic as the lyricist’s Latin groove.
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![Panik held out with sprained thumb [report]](https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/82/2017/06/09210349/Panik.png)
Panik held out with sprained thumb [report]
The only Giants’ player with an extra base hit on Friday night is second baseman Aaron Hill, and Hill is only in the lineup because the team’s starter can’t go.
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Giants call on Slater to take ownership in left
If the Giants’ four-game series against Milwaukee this week was an audition, rookie left fielder Austin Slater earned a call back. After launching a towering 461-foot home run in the fourth inning of Thursday’s series finale, Slater finds himself in the Giants’ lineup for the second straight evening as the team returns home to take…
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Giants hope Dyson becomes next reliever to find himself in San Francisco
Sam Dyson was one of the most productive closers in baseball in 2016. On Friday, Dyson joined the Giants as their latest bullpen reclamation project.
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Mike Krukow recounts hilarious story of Candlestick Park streaker
The Giants won an exciting extra inning game over the Brewers on Thursday, but the most amusing moment of the afternoon didn’t involve either of the teams. That came via a pants-less streaker, who joyfully ran towards second base, before being tackled from behind by security. Your browser does not support iframes. Giants broadcaster Mike…
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Giants activate former Rangers closer Dyson, option Calixte to AAA [report]
A day after the Giants’ premier offseason acquisition, Mark Melancon, blew his third save of the season, San Francisco activated former Rangers’ reliever Sam Dyson.
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Giants may turn to prospects, just not right now
After a four and a half hour flight back to the west coast on Thursday evening, the San Francisco Giants return home at a crossroads. At 25-37 and 13.5 games back of the Colorado Rockies in the National League West, the Giants have underperformed relative to nearly every possible expectation this season.
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Pinch-hit heroics save Giants after Melancon blows late lead
The Giants have seemingly invented new ways to lose ballgames in 2017, but in the bottom half of the ninth inning in Milwaukee, it appeared as though they wouldn’t need to get creative.
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Security guard levels streaker on infield dirt during Giants-Brewers game
The funniest moment of Thursday’s Giants-Brewers game was not televised. That’s because it involved a fan running onto the infield – naked from the waist down – during the second inning, who didn’t make it too far before being tackled by security guards from behind.
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Slater obliterates first career home run
On Wednesday, San Francisco Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy said the left field position has been a “black hole” for his ball club. Perhaps rookie Austin Slater took those words to heart, as the Giants’ rookie left fielder launched his first career home run in the top half of the fourth inning of Thursday’s ballgame.
