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Blach, bats lead Giants to 10-0 win over Phillies
Ty Blach was excellent for the Giants and received plenty of run support on Friday night in Philadelphia in a 9-0 win over the Phillies. Denard Span collected five hits and Austin Slater had an RBI hit in his MLB debut.
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Giants DFA Ruggiano to make room for Slater
Justin Ruggiano was designated for assignment by the Giants on Friday to make room for the recently promoted Austin Slater. Ruggiano played 19 games and hit .217 for the Giants this season. Slater will make his MLB debut Friday as he is in the starting lineup in Philadelphia.
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Giants close to ‘sell’ mode as second season approaches
So the Giants are very close to “sell” mode even if they aren’t saying so right now. The draft is coming up June 12th, Hunter Pence is about to return to the lineup and I think the front office wants to see what happens in the next couple of weeks before pulling the plug.
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Giants to call up former Stanford outfielder [report]
With their consistent struggles at the plate, the Giants have seemingly decided to try injecting some life into the batting order with a few Triple-A call-ups. After promoting the versatile OF/INF Orlando Calixte on Tuesday, the Giants are bringing up another outfielder in Austin Slater according to Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News.
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Lund: Beanbrawls are stupid
The premise is dumb. The message supposedly sent doesn’t resonate, the execution of the “fight” after the pitch is the equivalent of diamond stud collared chihuahua’s barking at each other from 10 feet away, and the retaliation beaning after is less exciting than a drunk fan on the field being chased by calorically challenged mall…
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Bryce Harper’s suspension reduced by MLB [report]
MLB handed down a six game suspension to Hunter Strickland, and a four game suspension to Bryce Harper on Tuesday, following Harper’s charging of the mound that led to a benches clearing brawl on Monday.
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Scherzer throws complete game, Nats win 3-1 to sweep Giants
Max Scherzer threw a complete game on Wednesday night as the Nationals completed their sweep of the Giants. San Francisco got just five hits in the game. Matt Cain allowed two earned runs in five innings.
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Giants place Morse on 7-Day DL after failing concussion test
SAN FRANCISCO – While neither Bryce Harper nor Hunter Strickland were injured in their skirmish Monday, there was a casualty on a field in Giants’ first-baseman Michael Morse.
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Orlando Calixte says he’s giving ball from his first MLB hit to his mom
SAN FRANCISCO – On a night with not much to cheer for if you’re a Giants fan, recent call-up OF Orlando Calixte was a bright spot on the evening. Calixte was brought-up to replace outfielder Mac Williamson and was impressive in his debut with the Giants. He went two for five, with an RBI double…
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Giants trail wire-to-wire in 6-3 loss to Nationals
The Giants lost in their third-straight game, as they fell to the visiting Nationals 6-3. While San Francisco avoided getting out for the second game in a row, Jeff Samardzija had one of his poorest starts of the season, and the bullpen didn’t provide much help.
