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Giants waste Bumgarner’s brilliance in 1-0 loss
Baseball is unforgiving in endless ways. Unforgiving that hard hits will be caught, great pitches will be crushed and the box score has no capacity for feelings. Madison Bumgarner and Jeff Samardzija each have two wins in their last 10 starts. Samardzija has a 5.85 ERA in that span while opponents are hitting .275 off…
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Giants deal Strasburg second loss in 7-1 win
WASHINGTON (AP) Eduardo Nunez got four hits, including two triples and a double off Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg, and the San Francisco Giants beat Washington 7-1 Saturday night. Brandon Belt homered, doubled and singled as the Giants ended Washington’s four-game winning streak in a matchup of NL division leaders. Matt Cain (4-6) won his third…
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Aug 5, 2016; Washington, DC, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija (29) throws to the Washington Nationals during the second inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY SportsSamardzija allows five runs as Giants lose again
It was an all-too-familiar sight. Jeff Samardzija (9-8, 4.40 ERA) labored through seven innings and the Giants could hardly muster any offense. It’s the same losing recipe that’s led them to a treacherous, 5-14, path since the All-Star Game was played in San Diego. Even the Giants who played struggled in that game. Here’s more on Friday’s…
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Inside China Basin: Shea discusses difficulty of transitioning to bullpen
Joe Castellano’s ‘Inside China Basin’ podcast via TheSportsVirus.com.
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▶︎ Five years ago today: Giants, Phillies brawl after Victorino HBP
Five years ago today, the Giants had one of their most memorable benches-clearing incidents in recent memory, as Ramon Ramirez hit the Phillies’ Shane Victornio with a pitch and set off this legendary brawl:
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Ex-Giants OF Schierholtz suspended 80 games for PED use
Nate Schierholtz, who played for the Giants from 2007-2012, has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for ibutamoren, a growth hormone that violates MLB’s performance-enhancing drugs policy. Schierholtz, 32, was part of the deal with the Philadelphia Phillies that brought Hunter Pence to San Francisco and has bounced around baseball ever since. He last played…
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Kruk on Span’s resurgence: ‘He discovered something’ during pinch-hit AB vs. Nats
Mike Krukow joined the KNBR Morning Show to talk about Denard Span’s hot hitting and what it will mean for the Giants if they have dependable production from the top of their lineup.
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Span saves Giants with extra-inning home run
It took another extra-inning affair, but the Giants just barely managed to salvage a game against the Phillies. Denard Span hit a leadoff home run in the 10th inning to give the Giants just their second road win in 11 tries.
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Kuiper: No lead is ever safe in Philadelphia
Duane Kuiper joined Murph & Mac on KNBR to talk about the Giants’ recent struggles and the steps the players will take to turn things around.
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Phillies walk-off on Giants in 12-inning win
The Giants took another lead into the late innings only to have it soil away. This time it wasn’t the bullpen’s undoing more than it was starting pitcher Johnny Cueto. The right-hander allowed a pair of runs in the seventh and eighth innings, and the Phillies polished off the win with a walk-off against the…
