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.
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Tue, 08/18/2009 - 10:34 by Jaspreet Virk
New York, Aug. 17: Aaron Rowand was 4-for-5 with a solo home run, two RBI and two runs scored Monday to pace the San Francisco to a 10-1 win over the New York Mets.
Randy Winn had three hits and scored twice and Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run double for the Giants.
Winning pitcher Joe Martinez (3-1) allowed just one run on five hits with two walks over five innings.
Gary Sheffield drove in the lone run and Cory Sullivan had two hits and scored for the Mets.
Livan Hernandez (7-8) took the loss after giving up six runs on 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Mon, 07/20/2009 - 02:10 by surajdogra
Pittsburgh -- Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run double in the fourth inning Sunday and San Francisco held on to beat Pittsburgh 4-3, averting a three-game sweep.
His one-out hit was the fourth double hit by San Francisco in a four-run sixth.
Pablo Sandoval and John Bowker had one RBI apiece and Bengie Molina had three of the nine hits for the Giants, who have split their last four games.
Winner Matt Cain (11-2) yielded a run and five hits in seven innings with two walks and eight strikeouts. Closer Brian Wilson finally squelched a two-run Pittsburgh rally in the eighth to record his 24th save.
Pittsburgh's Ryan Doumit had two RBI. Brandon Moss added a solo homer for the Pirates, who also have split their last four outings.
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Sun, 07/05/2009 - 11:40 by preet_20
San Francisco, July 4: Tim Lincecum and two relievers combined on a three-hit shutout Saturday, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 9-0 rout of the Houston Astros.
Lincecum (9-2), a likely NL Cy Young candidate, gave up the three hits in seven scoreless innings with two walks and nine strikeouts in 107 pitches. He cruised after San Francisco scored six times in the bottom of the sixth.
Relievers Brandon Medders and Merkin Valdez threw one scoreless inning apiece.
Aaron Rowand had two hits and two RBI, Randy Winn hit a two-run double in the sixth, Nate Schierholtz had one RBI and Juan Uribe had a run and two hits for the Giants, who have split their last four contests.
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Thu, 06/25/2009 - 15:42 by preet_20
Oakland, Calif. June 25: Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run homer Wednesday and Randy Johnson allowed a run over seven innings, carrying San Francisco to a 6-3 decision over Oakland.
Johnson (7-5) won for the 302nd time in his career. His seven strikeouts ran his all-time total to 4,864.
San Francisco finished its series with Oakland this year by winning five out of six. The Giants outscored the Athletics in those six games 26-12.
The homer by Schierholtz, his second this season, gave the Giants a 2-1 lead and San Francisco added a run later in the second on Aaron Rowand's double.
Andres Torres touched off a three-run fourth with a single that drove in Schierholtz.
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Thu, 06/25/2009 - 13:40 by preet_20
Oakland, Calif. June 25: Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run homer Wednesday and Randy Johnson allowed a run over seven innings, carrying San Francisco to a 6-3 decision over Oakland.
Johnson (7-5) won for the 302nd time in his career. His seven strikeouts ran his all-time total to 4,864.
San Francisco finished its series with Oakland this year by winning five out of six. The Giants outscored the Athletics in those six games 26-12.
The homer by Schierholtz, his second this season, gave the Giants a 2-1 lead and San Francisco added a run later in the second on Aaron Rowand's double.
Andres Torres touched off a three-run fourth with a single that drove in Schierholtz.
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Wed, 06/24/2009 - 13:05 by preet_20
Oakland, Calif. June 24: San Francisco's Tim Lincecum struck out a dozen Oakland batters and threw a complete-game in Tuesday's 4-1 inter-league victory over the Athletics.
Lincecum (7-2) gave up seven hits, including a home run by Jason Giambi, and walked two in his fourth career complete game. He pitched out of bases-loaded jams in the fifth and sixth innings.
Edgar Renteria and Bengie Molina each had two hits and an RBI for the Giants, who have won four of their last five games.
Vin Mazzaro (2-2) took the loss. He worked six innings, giving up all four runs on seven hits. He struck out six.
San Francisco scored all of their runs in the first two innings.
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Sun, 06/21/2009 - 11:13 by preet_20
San Francisco, June 21: Nate Schierholtz scored the winning run on a wild pitch Saturday, giving the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 11-inning inter-league win over the Texas Rangers.
The bases were loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 11th when losing pitcher Jason Jennings (2-3) threw the wild pitch past catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Aaron Rowand's lone hit was a third-inning solo homer and Pablo Sandoval had two of the six hits for the Giants, who had snapped their three-game losing streak Friday with a 6-4 win.
The winner was Sergio Romo (2-0).
Starter Matt Cain gave up a run and three hits in eight innings with three walks and eight strikeouts.
Ian Kinsler's 18th home run this season produced the lone Texas run leading off the top of the sixth.
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Mon, 06/15/2009 - 13:30 by preet_20
San Francisco, June 14: An inside-the-park home run by Nate Schierholtz drove in three runs for the San Francisco Giants Sunday in their 7-1 win over cross-bay rivals Oakland.
Schierholtz lit up the hometown crowd in the third inning when his shot to right with two men on hit the wall and eluded outfielder Jack Cust, who was then late getting the ball in to the relay man.
Pablo Sandoval had a two-run homer while Matt Cain (9-1) turned in his third complete game of the season, holding Oakland to four hits and striking out nine.
Brett Anderson (3-7) gave up six runs in eight hits in four innings to take the loss.
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