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The Giants added two more runs in the second inning on a long home run from Madison Bumgarner.

Beginning pitcher Mike Leake stated his left hamstring is feeling a lot better after a couple of further days of relaxation, and he is on track to pitch one of many weekend video games in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Pirates leftfielder Starling Marte helped keep Saturday’s game against the San Francisco Giants scoreless by robbing Brandon Crawford of a home run in the second inning.

Bumgarner continued to retire the next 12 batters, too, into the seventh inning. Bumgarner wasn’t quite as dominant this time around, getting touched for runs in the first two innings alone. Michael Taylor’s two-run homer in the top of the 7th had tied it for the...

Giants acquire veteran outfielder Marlon Byrd from Reds.

The Red Sox are 5-2 under bench coach Torey Lovullo, who took over last week when manager John Farrell announced that he is being treated for cancer. He’s the first Giant to hit five home runs since Hal Schumaker hit six in 1934 for the New York Giants. It was his fifth...

Bumgarner is 1 for 5 as a pinch-hitter in his career after cashing in on his first chance this year. He wasn’t “looking for home runs”.

But there’s little any skipper can do if he has to run a pitcher out there to hit with the game on the line.

The Bumgarner’s all-around day is detailed in the game story, along with his matching a feat no San Francisco Giants pitcher had since Juan Marichal, who was in the stands Sunday. The Nationals received a scare Tuesday when star right fielder Bryce Harper sat out with a...

Yes, that was Bumgarner striking out the Washington star on three consecutive fastballs in the ninth inning of the Giants’ 5-0 win Sunday.

For the second time in a week, our bullpen got a day pass courtesy of our number one starter. Picking up the first hit of the ball game was Blanco with a hard ground ball to the right of the second baseman.

With Jason Pierre-Paul’s return to camp still up in the air, the defensive line has no proven defensive ends.

San Francisco’s bullpen has allowed three hits over 8 1/3 scoreless innings in the first two games of the series and might have an emerging star in rookie Josh Osich, who has yielded one earned run in his first 12 appearances.

Vogelsong hadn t started a game since July 11 and was coming off a blown save in his last relief appearance, but he has flashed such bat-breaking stuff that the coaching staff retained its high confidence in him. Reliever Justin Grimm recorded the final out in the eighth. Then,...

It s not a laughing matter now.