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The San Francisco Giants roughed up Merrill Kelly today and have narrowed the Arizona Diamondbacks NL West lead to just 1.5 games.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luis Matos hit his first career home run, a go-ahead two-run drive in the sixth inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 on Saturday for their 12th win in 13 games. Joc Pederson and Blake Sabol added two hits each as San Francisco won its second […]

Mike Trout, Brandon Drury and Matt Thaiss homered on consecutive pitches to lead off a 13-run third inning, Mickey Moniak also went deep in the inning...

Mike Trout, Brandon Drury and Matt Thaiss homered on consecutive pitches to lead off a 13-run third inning, Mickey Moniak also went deep in the inning...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Luis Matos has impressed with his poise since debuting with the Giants on June 14, but the 21-year-old outfielder made a couple of rookie mistakes on Saturday afternoon. Matos was picked off at first base by D-backs right-hander Merrill Kelly after reaching on a one-out single in

Luis Matos took a few slow steps toward first base, followed by a pair of quick hops. The Giants' rookie wasn’t admiring his first career home run down the left field line so much as he was trying to will it to stay fair. Matos’ go-ahead, two-run drive in the sixth inning provided the Giants with their biggest moment as they beat the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 on Saturday for their 12th win in 13 games.

MILWAUKEE -- Out in center field, Joey Wiemer bobbled the baseball. When he tried to recover, he bobbled again. A chance to score a series victory over Zac Gallen and the D-backs was about to slip away as well. With Gallen on the mound for Arizona and the Brewers still

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jake Fraley hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds extended their majors-best winning streak to 11 games, rallying past the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Wednesday for a three-game sweep.

TL;DR: Zac Gallen was brilliant, the bats found their legs late, and the D-Backs ran circles around (figuratively and literally) the Brewers for a series win.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jake Fraley hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds extended their majors-best winning streak to 11 games, rallying past the Colorado