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Brian Wilson records Gershwin CD

Wed, 06/30/2010 - 09:28 by Rakhi

Burbank, Calif. -- Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson has recorded an album providing his take on the American standards of George Gershwin, Walt Disney Records said Tuesday.

Set for release Aug. 17, "Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin" features classics such as "Rhapsody in Blue," "I've Got Rhythm," "I Loves You Porgy," "I Got Plenty of Nothin,'" "It Ain't Necessarily So," "S'Wonderful," "I've Got a Crush on You," "They Can't Take That Away From Me" and "Summertime."

The album also includes "The Like in I Love You" and "Nothing But Love," two new songs Wilson crafted from never-before-published music by Gershwin.

MLB: San Francisco 5, Chicago Cubs 1

Mon, 09/28/2009 - 11:54 by shalini.bahadur

San Francisco, Sept. 27: Matt Cain gave up three hits in eight scoreless innings Sunday, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs.

Cain (14-7) walked two batters and struck eight on the way to ending a three-start losing streak.

Reliever Sergio Romo yielded a run and two hits before closer Brian Wilson fanned Reed Johnson for the final out to earn his 37th save.

Eli Whiteside led San Francisco with two RBI doubles. Eugenio Velez, Pablo Sandoval and Juan Uribe all had two hits and one RBI for the Giants, who maintained their slim playoff hopes, having won just three of nine.

The Giants trail the Colorado Rockies by five games in the NL wild-card chase.

MLB: San Francisco 2, Colorado 0

Sat, 08/29/2009 - 11:00 by preet_20

San Francisco, Aug. 29: Tim Lincecum shut down Colorado on four hits over eight innings Friday and San Francisco opened a crucial series with a 2-0 win over the Rockies.

The Giants handed Colorado its third straight loss and moved within two games of the Rockies for the lead in the National League wild-card race.

Lincecum, the ace of the San Francisco staff and last year's winner of the National League Cy Young Award, improved to 13-4. He struck out eight and allowed only two Colorado runners to reach second base.

Brian Wilson completed the shutout, giving up a single while striking out two in the ninth for his 31st save.

MLB: San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 0

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 11:37 by preet_20

Cincinnati, Aug. 19: Barry Zito and three relievers combined to throw a two-hit shutout Wednesday, bringing the San Francisco Giants a 1-0 victory over Cincinnati.

The Giants remained a game behind Colorado in the National League wild-card race. Cincinnati, fighting to stay out of last place in the NL Central, lost its fifth straight.

Zito gave up two hits and walked one over six innings, but did not figure in the decision.

San Francisco's run did not come until the eighth, when Edgar Renteria delivered a one-out single off Cincinnati starter Bronson Arroyo (11-12) and scored on a double to center by Nate Schierholtz.

Relievers Sergio Romo, Jeremy Affeldt and Brian Wilson teamed to retire all nine men they faced.

MLB: Cincinnati 10, San Francisco 5

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.

MLB: Milwaukee 7, San Francisco 6

Sun, 06/28/2009 - 13:07 by preet_20

Milwaukee, June 28: Prince Fielder drove in the winning run with a ninth-inning RBI double Saturday in the Milwaukee Brewers' 7-6 win over San Francisco.

The Brewers scored three times in the home half of the ninth after the Giants had scored twice in the top of the ninth to break a 4-4 tie.

Aaron Rowand, Randy Winn and Pablo Sandoval opened the inning with consecutive singles. Rowand scored on a sacrifice fly by Bengie Molina and Winn came in on a sacrifice fly by Edgar Renteria to put the Giants ahead 6-4.