Wed, 08/25/2010 - 11:20 by Prince damin
San Francisco -- Pablo Sandoval had two of San Francisco's seven home runs Tuesday in the Giants' 16-5 rout of Cincinnati.
Sandoval and Andres Torres each had four RBI for the Giants, who outhit the Reds 18-11.
Freddy Sanchez had four hits, including a solo home run. Buster Posey and Jose Uribe also knocked the ball out of the park.
Santiago Casilla (5-2) got the win with two scoreless innings of relief for the Giants, who moved into a tie with Philadelphia in the National League wild-card race. Cincinnati maintained its 2 1/2-game lead over the second-place St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central.
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Sat, 08/21/2010 - 09:20 by Prince damin
St. Louis -- Pablo Sandoval and Aubrey Huff both hit homers as part of a 13-hit attack Friday that lifted the San Francisco Giants to a 6-3 victory over St. Louis.
The Cardinals also had 13 hits, but stranded nine runners and had one erased in a double play. St. Louis lost its fifth straight, having begun the day 3 1/2 games behind division-leading Cincinnati in the National League Central.
Sandoval hit a solo homer in the third to give the Giants a 3-1 lead and Huff provided insurance with a two-run shot in the seventh.
San Francisco stayed a game behind Philadelphia in the NL wild-card race and inched within five games of first-place San Diego in the NL West.
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Mon, 10/05/2009 - 10:46 by harsheeb
San Diego, Oct. 4 -- Pablo Sandoval's 10th-inning homer Sunday gave the San Francisco Giants a season-ending 4-3 victory against the San Diego Padres.
The homer, Sandoval's 25th of the season and his second hit of the game, broke a 3-3 tie leading off the top of the 10th.
Juan Uribe hit an RBI double, two runs scored on double play groundouts, Eugenio Velez had three hits and Andres Torres had two hits for the Giants (88-74), who finished third in the National League West.
The winner was Jeremy Affeldt (2-2).
Closer Brian Wilson earned his 38th save.
San Diego's David Eckstein hit a two-run sixth-inning homer and a run scored on Eckstein's foul pop in the seventh for the Padres (75-87), who finished fourth in the NL West.
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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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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.
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Thu, 09/24/2009 - 11:11 by shalini.bahadur
Phoenix, Sept. 24 (UPI): Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer Wednesday, San Francisco benefited from two unearned runs and the Giants defeated Arizona 5-2.
San Francisco remained tied with Atlanta for second place in the chase for the National League wild-card berth, four games behind Colorado.
The Giants had allowed 32 runs in their previous four games, but got a well-pitched contest Wednesday from starter Jonathan Sanchez and four relievers. Sanchez (7-12) allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings to get the win and Brian Wilson struck out the side in the ninth for his 36th save.
Uribe doubled home San Francisco's first run in the second and hit his homer in the sixth to give the Giants a 3-0 advantage.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 11:25 by shalini.bahadur
Phoenix, Sept. 23: Miguel Montero and Brandon Allen each had two RBI Tuesday in the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-8 win over San Francisco.
The loss dropped the Giants five games behind Colorado in the National League wild-card race.
Rusty Ryal went 3-for-3, hit a solo home run, and scored three runs for the Diamondbacks, scored nine runs in the first three innings.
Doug Davis (8-13) won for the first time since Aug. 10 despite giving up five runs on 10 hits over 7 1/3 innings.
Matt Cain (13-7) took the loss after lasting only 2 1/3 innings. Cain surrendered seven runs on eight hits.
Randy Johnson pitched an inning in relief and coughed up Ryal's home run.
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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 11:02 by Jaspreet Virk
Cincinnati, Aug. 19: Ryan Garko's two-run double in the 10th inning Tuesday drove in the winning run in San Francisco's 8-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Garko, who had tied the game with a two-run single in the sixth, brought Pablo Sandoval and Randy Winn in from second and third and then scored on Aaron Rowand's single.
The damage came against Francisco Cordero (1-3), who took the loss after giving up three runs on three hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning.
Bob Howry (1-5) picked up the win in relief of Giants ace Tim Lincecum, who gave up five runs on four hits and three walks in six innings. Brian Wilson earned his 29th save.
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Fri, 07/31/2009 - 12:14 by preet_20
San Francisco, July 31: Eugenio Velez and Pablo Sandoval both drove in two runs in the fourth Thursday and San Francisco took advantage of three errors to whip Philadelphia 7-2.
Only three of the San Francisco runs were earned. The Giants, who are out front in the National League wild-card chase, won their fourth straight.
Jonathan Sanchez (4-9) got the win, allowing two runs on three hits in 5 2/3. He left the game with a 7-1 lead.
San Francisco broke the game open with a four-run fourth, all of the runs being unearned.
Edgar Renteria reached on a one-out single and Juan Uribe reached on a throwing error by third baseman Pedro Feliz.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:41 by preet_20
San Francisco, July 12: Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run homer and six Giants' pitchers scattered six hits Friday in San Francisco's 2-1 win over San Diego.
Sandoval drove in Randy Winn with a fourth-inning homer off Padres' starter Tim Stauffer (0-1), who went seven innings, allowing the two runs on four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts.
Everth Cabrera scored from second on a throwing error in the eighth to account for the only run for the Padres, who have lost 10 of their last 11 games.
Giants' starter Matt Cain left the game with two out in the second after sustaining a right arm injury when he was hit by a line drive. X-rays were negative and the injury was diagnosed as a bruise.
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Tue, 07/07/2009 - 10:57 by preet_20
San Francisco, July 7: Pablo Sandoval hit his first career grand slam in the fifth inning Monday and the San Francisco Giants held on to beat Florida 5-4.
Marlins starter Sean West (3-3) allowed a leadoff double in the fifth to Juan Uribe and then walked Matt Cain and Aaron Rowand. After inducing Andres Torres to fly out, West served up the grand slam to Sandoval.
San Francisco starter Matt Cain (10-2) got the win, going 6 2/3 innings and allowing just two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks.
Jeremy Affeldt pitched 1 1/3 shutout innings and Brian Wilson got his 22nd save despite giving up two runs on three hits in the ninth.
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Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:18 by preet_20
San Francisco, July 4: Pablo Sandoval and Travis Ishikawa both had three RBI Friday and the San Francisco Giants produced 15 hits in rolling over Houston 13-0.
Ryan Sadowski (2-0), in only the second game of his major league career, allowed three hits over seven innings. He has thrown 13 innings in his brief stay with the Giants and has yet to give up a run.
Sandoval started the San Francisco attack with a two-run homer in the first inning and added an RBI triple as part of a four-run third. Ishikawa hit a three-run homer during a six-run second.
Felipe Paulino (2-4) was blasted for eight runs on nine hits in just two innings.
His poor outing came one start after he had limited Detroit to a run on three hits in seven frames.
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