Wed, 01/20/2010 - 09:50 by shalini.bahadur
San Francisco -- The San Francisco Giants and free agent catcher Bengie Molina have agreed to a one-year, $4.5 million deal, the player's family says.
Molina had been widely expected to leave the Giants and sign with the New York Mets. His wife confirmed Tuesday the 35-year-old catcher is staying in San Francisco, CBS 5 reported.
"We're excited to be returning to San Francisco," Molina's wife, Jamie, told the broadcaster.
Giants General Manager Brian Sabean had said Molina likely wouldn't return and was reportedly hoping to land a three-year deal with the Mets. ESPN reported Tuesday Molina turned down New York's offer and the Mets were instead attempting to sign free agent pitcher Joel Pineiro.
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Wed, 09/30/2009 - 11:53 by shalini.bahadur
San Francisco, Sept. 30: Bengie Molina had four RBI and Pablo Sandoval drove in two runs Tuesday in the San Francisco Giants' 8-4 romp over Arizona.
Sandoval and Molina hit back-to-back homers in the seventh inning to extend San Francisco's lead to 8-3.
The win kept a faint pulse going in Giants' hopes of winning the National League wild card, although they trail National League West rival Colorado by five games.
San Francisco outhit the Diamondbacks 16-7.
Jonathan Sanchez (8-12) gave up three runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings for the win.
The loss went to Doug Davis (8-14), who lasted four innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and five walks.
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Tue, 09/22/2009 - 11:43 by shalini.bahadur
Phoenix, Sept. 22: Travis Ishikawa scored on a bases-loaded fielder's choice in the eighth inning Monday and the San Francisco Giants held on for a 5-4 win over Arizona.
Bengie Molina had an RBI and a run scored, Eugenio Velez and Aaron Rowand each drove in a run, and Fred Lewis drove in the game winner for the Giants -- who won for just the second time in their last five games but pulled to within four games of the Colorado Rockies in the NL wild-card chase.
San Francisco starter Barry Zito went 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
Sergio Romo (5-2) got the win in relief and Brian Wilson earned his 35th save.
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Wed, 09/16/2009 - 11:57 by shalini.bahadur
San Francisco, Sept. 16: Barry Zito turned in a solid seven innings while four Giants chipped in two RBI apiece in San Francisco's 10-2 drubbing of Colorado Tuesday.
Zito (10-12) gave up two runs on five hits and struck out nine to pull the Giants to within two games of Colorado in the National League wild-card chase.
Juan Uribe, Travis Ishikawa, Bengie Molina and Aaron Rowand each had two RBI as the Giants outhit the Rockies 10-5.
Ubaldo Jimenez (13-11) took the loss for only the second time in his past dozen starts. He lasted 2 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs -- six earned -- on six hits.
Troy Tulowitzki homered for the Rockies, who have lost four consecutive games.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:10 by preet_20
Milwaukee, Sept. 5: Bengie Molina hit an eighth-inning solo homer to give San Francisco the lead Friday and the Giants held on to edge Milwaukee 3-2.
San Francisco, which began the night trailing Colorado by a game in the National League wild-card race, managed only four hits and faced an early 2-0 deficit, but came back to pick up the crucial victory.
The Giants got a big break in the sixth with runners on first and second and two away when Mike Cameron botched a fly ball to center. That allowed Edgar Renteria to score, and Aaron Rowand then delivered a single that brought in Juan Uribe from third.
Molina's game-winning homer came on the first pitch of the eighth inning from Todd Coffey (4-4).
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Thu, 08/27/2009 - 11:24 by preet_20
San Francisco, Aug. 27: Bengie Molina hit a three-run homer with two out in the eighth inning Wednesday that rallied the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 triumph over Arizona.
The Diamondbacks took a 3-0 lead into the seventh, but that advantage disappeared thanks to a solo homer by Juan Uribe and Molina's 16th blast of the season.
San Francisco's comeback allowed the Giants to close within three games of Colorado for the lead in the National League wild-card race. Arizona has won only once in 10 games.
Arizona starter Doug Davis was still on the mound to start the eighth and he retired the first two men in the inning. Edgar Renteria then drew a walk and Randy Winn singled Renteria to second, driving Davis from the game in place of Chad Qualls (2-2).
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Sat, 08/22/2009 - 10:27 by preet_20
Denver, Aug. 22: Aaron Rowand hit a three-run shot Friday, and Jonathan Sanchez fanned eight batters in five innings as San Francisco downed Colorado 6-3.
The Giants moved within a game of the Rockies for the lead in the National League wild-card race. Colorado had a four-game winning streak halted.
San Francisco got to Colorado starter Aaron Cook (10-6) for three runs in the first, two of them on a ground-rule double by Bengie Molina. Travis Ishikawa later drove in Molina with a single.
The Giants had a 3-1 lead in the fourth when Rowand came through with his key blast, his 11th of the season.
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Tue, 08/11/2009 - 13:09 by preet_20
San Francisco, Aug. 11: Matt Kemp's fourth-inning three-run double and a strong performance by Hiroki Kuroda helped the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Francisco 4-2.
Kuroda (5-5) went 6 1/3 innings, giving up one run on six hits with one walk and two strikeouts to get the win.
Mark Loretta had two hits and an RBI for the Dodgers, who won for the first time in four games.
Travis Ishikawa and Bengie Molina accounted for the Giants' scoring with solo home runs.
Jonathan Sanchez (5-10) allowed four runs on five hits with three walks and six strikeouts to take the loss for San Francisco, which has lost two straight and trails LA by 6 1/2 games in the NL West.
Colorado, which beat the Chicago Cubs 11-5 Monday, is in second place, 5 1/2 games out.
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Sun, 08/09/2009 - 04:53 by Salinder Kumar
San Francisco -- Bengie Molina's sixth-inning RBI single Saturday lifted San Francisco to a 4-2 win over Cincinnati.
Molina had three hits, and the single broke a 2-2 tie with one out in the bottom of the sixth.
He added a solo homer in the eighth.
One of two hits for Eugenio Velez was a solo homer, his third this season.
Fred Lewis also had two hits for the Giants, who have won three of four.
Winner Barry Zito (8-10) yielded two runs and just three hits in six innings, while closer Brian Wilson earned his 28th save.
Cincinnati got RBI hits from Wladimir Balentien and Jonny Gomes.
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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 12:12 by preet_20
San Francisco, Aug. 8: A bases-loaded walk to Brandon Phillips ignited a five-run ninth inning Friday that broke a tie and lifted Cincinnati to a 10-5 victory over San Francisco.
Cincinnati got only one ball, a sacrifice fly, out of the infield in the inning, and only one of the five runs was earned.
Drew Sutton reached on a bunt single to start the inning against Brian Wilson (3-5), then Alex Gonzalez and Joey Votto walked to load the bases.
Phillips walked on five pitches to bring in Sutton with the go-ahead run.
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Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:56 by preet_20
Houston, Aug. 5: Freddy Sanchez homered, Aaron Rowand had three RBI and Jonathan Sanchez went seven-plus innings Tuesday in the San Francisco Giants' 8-1 win over Houston.
Sanchez (5-9) held the Astros scoreless on four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts for the Giants, who won for the seventh time in their last eight games.
Eugenio Velez had three hits, one RBI and one run scored, Pablo Sandoval hit a solo homer and scored twice and Bengie Molina had three of the Giants' 16 hits while driving in two runs. Randy Winn had two hits and scored twice for San Francisco.
Felipe Paulino (2-6) allowed five runs on nine hits with two walks and two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings to take the loss for Houston, which had a two-game winning streak snapped.
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Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:41 by surajdogra
San Francisco, July 28: Tim Lincecum struck out 15 and went the distance Monday in the San Francisco Giants' 4-2 win over Pittsburgh.
Lincecum (11-3) allowed two runs on four hits with three walks in his fourth complete game this season.
Andres Torres hit a two-run triple, Randy Winn had two hits and one RBI and Bengie Molina drove in a run for the Giants, who have split their last eight games.
Garrett Jones and Ryan Doumit each had an RBI for the Pirates, who lost their third straight game.
Pittsburgh starter Paul Maholm (6-5) took the loss, allowing four runs on eight hits over six innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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