Ty Blach

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.

There are great diving plays, and then there’s the type of diving play that Giants’ second baseman Joe Panik made on Wednesday night.

Though San Francisco’s pitching staff kept the Diamondbacks from scoring over the game’s final six innings, the Giants’ offense didn’t muster enough runs to overcome a Paul Goldschmidt home run in a 4-3 series-opening loss.

Chris Stratton wants to pitch every five days. And with the way he’s thrown in his last two starts, the Giants’ rookie may one day have the opportunity to do so.

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

Since July 5, Giancarlo Stanton has belted 22 home runs. So too have the San Francisco Giants.

In a 2017 season that has had its share of struggles, Ty Blach has emerged as one of the stabilizing forces within the Giants organization. It continued Tuesday night in a 5-3 win over the Chicago Cubs.

Everyone knows the role Buster Posey played on three Giants’ World Series teams, but even before he reached the Major League level, Posey was typically on the side of the diamond that went home happy.

The 26-year-old Giants’ rookie who began the season in the team’s bullpen has become the silver lining of a lost season for San Francisco, as his post All-Star break emergence continues to defy expectations.

Giants’ pitchers are not strangers to launching tape-measure home runs, and on Sunday afternoon, right-hander Jeff Samardzija thought he had his second round-tripper of the season.