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Giants salvage Cardinals series with rubber game win Field Level Media 08 Jul 2021, 15:19 GMT+10 Mike Yastrzemski and Donovan Solano had RBI doubles, Tyler Rogers pitched out of an eighth-inning jam and the San Francisco Giants avoided a sweep from visiting St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-2 victory on Wednesday night. Left-hander Alex Wood (8-3) won his third consecutive decision with seven innings of one-run ball and Darin Ruf provided late insurance with a two-run homer as the Giants scratched o...

PHOENIX (AP) — San Francisco manager Gabe Kapler opted to have Austin Slater to pinch hit for Alex Dickerson to lead off the fifth inning. Slater ended up grounding out, but he made up for it with a big blast at a crucial moment. Slater hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, Mike Yastrzemski also had a two-run shot and the Giants rallied to beat the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 on Saturday night. “We depend on Slater and I thought that was an important enough at-bat to get him int...

Late HR gives Giants 6-5 win over Diamondbacks Field Level Media 04 Jul 2021, 16:55 GMT+10 Austin Slaters two-run home run to center field in the top of the eighth inning was the difference in the San Francisco Giants 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night in Phoenix. Slaters first extra-base hit since May 30 traveled 463 feet. Brandon Crawford and Donovan Solano each went 3-for-4 for the Giants. Slaters home run occurred with two outs in the eighth against Ryan Buchter (0-2) a...

share-square-498700 Entering the 2021 season, the general expectation was there would be two competitive teams in the NL West, in the Dodgers and Padres. But halfway into the season, there’s a third team in that division that made an early statement and is still the best team in baseball. The Giants are 52-30, with a .634 winning percentage that is just ahead of the Dodgers for best in the Majors. They’re tied for the MLB lead in home runs and sport the league’s second-lowest overall ERA,...

MLB roundup: As rally in 12th to knock off Red Sox Field Level Media 04 Jul 2021, 17:19 GMT+10 Tony Kemp hit a walk-off sacrifice fly as the host Oakland Athletics erased a two-run deficit in the 12th inning to snap the Boston Red Soxs eight-game winning streak with a 7-6 victory on Saturday night. Seth Brown (3-for-5) singled off Red Sox reliever Matt Andriese (2-3) for his third RBI ofthe night with no outs in the home 12th to make it 6-5. Jed Lowrie doubled to plate the tying run before Sean...

Twins Taylor Rogers hopes for All-Star trip, in one way or another If the lefthander isnt selected to go to Colorado, he is at least hoping his brother makes it.  July 2, 2021 — 10:20pm Text size Copy shortlink: KANSAS CITY, MO. – Taylor Rogers finds out on Sunday if he is going to the All-Star Game. Hes pretty excited about the prospect. "If my brother makes it, Ill be down front, watching," said the Twins lefthander, the opposi...

SAN FRANCISCO — El fabuloso sustituto Curt Casali volvió a deslumbrar con su bate para pegar un doble en el 10mo que sentenció el juego, y los Gigantes de San Francisco ganaron el sábado 6-5 a los Atléticos de Oakland. Matt Chapman pegó un elevado de sacrificio en la parte alta del inning tras salvar una carrera con un gran lanzamiento al plato unos minutos antes, pero Steven Duggar, igualó con rapidez en un sencillo en la parte baja ante Burch Smith (1-1). Duggar anotó desde primera ...

Curt Casali put a happy ending on his nightmarish game when he doubled home Steven Duggar from first base with one out in the last of the 10th inning, capping a

Eduardo Escobar went 4-for-5 with a homer and five RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the host San Diego Padres 10-1 on Saturday night to halt the longest

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are the majors’ first team to 50 wins, and backup catcher Curt Casali’s steady contributions have been a huge part of that success. The fabulous fill-in did it again with his bat, hitting a game-ending double in the 10th inning as the Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Saturday night. Casali started behind the plate for a second straight day for ailing star Buster Posey. “He takes a lot of pride in kind of serving his team, serving ...