San Francisco Giants News

UPDATE (Tues. at 12:30 pm): The corresponding roster move has been announced. #SFGiants recall Mac Williamson from triple-A. Matt Duffy placed on 15-day DL. — San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) June 21, 2016   Giants manager Bruce Bochy told reporters in Pittsburgh that third baseman Matt Duffy is headed for the disabled list and will miss […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) The San Francisco Giants’ eight-game winning streak ended in improbable fashion. Jeff Locke followed consecutive horrible starts with 6 2/3 scoreless innings, Erik Kratz hit his first home run since 2014 and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Madison Bumgarner and the Giants 1-0 on Monday night. Locke (6-5) allowed five hits, no walks and […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) The way the San Francisco Giants are playing lately, even a sloppy defensive performance couldn’t cool off the NL West leaders. Brandon Belt homered and Joe Panik snapped an eighth-inning tie with an RBI single, helping the Giants extend their winning streak to a season-best eight games with Sunday’s 5-1 victory […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Tim Lincecum made a winning return to the majors, restarting his career after nearly a year away with six sharp innings and several ovations to lead the Los Angeles Angels over the Oakland Athletics 7-1 Saturday. Sporting a bright red hat and Angels jersey that was in stark contrast to the black […]

ST. PETERBURG, Fla. (AP) Joe Panik had four RBIs, including a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the ninth inning that sent the San Francisco Giants to their seventh straight win, 6-4 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Panik’s two-out drive off Alex Colome (1-2) helped lift the NL West leaders to a season-high 17 games […]

Jeff Samardzija threw a four-hitter and the San Francisco Giants won their sixth consecutive game Friday by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 on Pride Night, before the biggest regular-season crowd at Tropicana Field in a decade. The announced attendance of 40,135 was the first regular-season turnout over 40,000 at the Rays’ ballpark since opening […]

The Giants will be without closer Santiago Casilla for the foreseeable future as the 35-year-old prepares for the birth of his daughter. To fill Casilla’s roster spot, the Giants have called up left-hander Steven Okert from Triple-A Sacramento. Casilla has been on the hot seat for a recent string of blown saves, but is actually having […]

Trade for Ryan Braun! Dump Santiago Casilla as closer! The back end of the rotation is an inferno waiting to happen! There. Had to throw some red meat to the more voracious and angst-ridden Giants fans out there. Because there are other storylines, you know: The Giants open a road trip Friday with a nifty […]

Duane Kuiper joined Murph & Mac to preview San Francisco’s upcoming seven-game road trip and talk about how the team has dealt with the injuries to Matt Cain, Hunter Pence, and Angel Pagan.