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Cain joins elite company with win No. 100
SAN FRANCISCO — The last three years for Matt Cain have snaked wildly, and far from the direction he ever hoped or intended. He’s battled bone chips in his elbows, a faulty hamstring and a never-ending conversation about his status in the starting rotation. So it was only fitting after Cain’s very imperfect ride, one…
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Giants beat Nats 3-1 on Cain’s five hitless innings
SAN FRANCISCO — Over this season and the past few years, Matt Cain’s been a shadow of his former self. The right-hander who helped usher in a new era of Giants baseball from 2009-10 is no long around. Be’s still one-fifth of the Giants rotation just as he was in his prime, and he helped the Giants…
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Bobby Evans sizes up Giants’ trade market
SAN FRANCISCO — As the hours bleed away from Monday’s 1 p.m. (PT) trade deadline, Bobby Evans knows his options are diminishing. Target players are being dealt elsewhere, injuries have occurred, and teams are still straddling the barrier of buying or selling. All three factors add up to a complicated trade market, one that’s much different…
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Pence; Nunez inject life back into Giants’ lineup
SAN FRANCISCO — Eduardo Nunez arrived to AT&T Park around 6 p.m. on Friday night. Fresh out of a last-place situation with the Twins, Nunez landed comfortably atop the National League West standings. But he was unaware of his new team’s struggles, particularly the biggest one: hitting with runners in scoring position. The newest Giant…
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Giants lean on timely hits in 5-3 win over Nationals
SAN FRANCISCO — On a day that began with a life-sized lego statue of Madison Bumgarner on the field, the Giants ended it by celebrating their third win of the second half. They beat the Nationals, 5-3, behind timely at-bats with runners in scoring position. That’s really the most simple way to describe it. Eduardo Nunez knocked…
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Pregame notes: Hunter Pence returns to lineup
SAN FRANCISCO — A little more than 12 hours after the fact, it’s still hard to fathom what transpired in the eighth inning last night. Part of that stems from history. It was the first-ever triple play of it’s kind (3-3-5), but players like Trevor Brown and Joe Panik said they’ve never been a part…
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Giants searching for answers after triple play
SAN FRANCISCO — With all the misery that’s accompanied 11 losses in two weeks, Bruce Bochy managed a smile in one fleeting moment. A reporter asked him that after Friday night, Bochy has to hope, if nothing else, that the Giants’ fortunes can’t turn any worse than a bases-loaded triple play, right? The manager agreed.…
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