SAN FRANCISCO — After some early commotion between the two, the Giants (55-33) coasted past the Diamondbacks (38-50), 6-2, to advance to a season-high 22 games over .500. Jeff Samardzija (9-5, 3.91 ERA) fired 6.1 innings along the way for a win his final start of the first half. Here’s how it all went down […]

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NEW YORK (AP) Mets stars Yoenis Cespedes and Noah Syndergaard left New York’s game against the Washington Nationals with injuries Friday night. Cespedes was pulled after three innings with a strained right quadriceps. The slugger made a sliding catch in shallow center field in the top of the third and was replaced by Juan Lagares […]

Tempers flared early in the first of three games between the Giants and Diamondbacks Friday night at AT&T Park. Arizona’s starter Patrick Corbin threw two purpose pitches at Buster Posey, leading to home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott issuing a warning before ejecting Bruce Bochy for arguing the warning should’ve come down after the first pitch.   […]