Denard Span

Thanks to spectacular defense and a gem from Madison Bumgarner, the Giants evened their series with the Dodgers and postponed their date with a 100-win season.

This edition of the Giants-Dodgers rivalry featured everything you could possibly imagine. And then it finally featured some baseball.

The Giants have lost 89 games this season, but manager Bruce Bochy thinks the two contests San Francisco dropped in Chicago this weekend may outdo the rest.

If and when San Diego is able to make a future playoff push, the Padres won’t have to worry about figuring out how to beat the Giants. Their young players are already experts at that.

Matt Moore had instilled the Giants with hope. After a brutal season in which he ranked among the least effective pitchers in Major League Baseball, the San Francisco Giants began to put pressure on Moore.

Though a Giants pitching staff that ranks 17th in the Major Leagues in earned run average hasn’t aided the franchise’s cause this season, San Francisco’s lineup was unable to keep the club afloat during the first half of the season.

Johnny Rucker was the last Giant to lead off a game with an inside-the-parker, all the way back on June 20, 1945, when the organization was still in New York

Denard Span hit the 11th inside-the-park home run in AT&T history Saturday night.

A ninth inning rally fell just short for the Giants Saturday night.

On Thursday evening, Aaron Nola ran into the San Francisco Giants, a team that has endured no shortage of offensive struggles this season. It was a match made in heaven for the Phillies’ ace, but baseball is a funny game.