Yikes, the Giants let a 5th game slide out from under them as the Diamondbacks beat Lincecum and the boys 6-1. San Francisco and the D'Backs are now tied for first in the

Cody Ross and Aubrey Huff both put up runs for the Giants, but the Diamondbacks put up 5. Matt Cain takes the loss, and some Putz takes the save for the Diamondbacks. Giants

Your weekend Giants scores in brief: Swept by the Reds. Sadness. Despair. Zito-rage. [MLB.com] Some guy in Richmond, CA wants to collect one copy of every book ever written. We wish him

Tim Lincecum shook off whatever sickness had him sitting out earlier in the week to throw for six scoreless innings in Philadelphia last night. Carlos Beltran's bat didn't get ahold of anything in

Matt Cain fares better in Philly than Zito did the other night and we end up with a very Giants-like 2-1 win. Brian Wilson Savewatch 2011 hits 32 on the season. [MLB.com]

Last night, Barry Zito replaced Tim Lincecum to start the Giants' first meeting against the Phillies since last season. Zito let four runs get away from him in the first inning alone. Final

No Giants scores today because the boys were at the White House winning at everything. Tonight, Lincecum takes the mound in Philly. [SFist, previously] Phil Bronstein's column about insensitive, irate SFGate commenters has

Your weekend Giants scores in brief: On Friday, Matt Cain took the loss and the Brewers took the game 4-2. Brian Wilson picked up saves number 30 and 31 on Saturday and Sunday.

The sultry Carlos Club will re-open, just without the booze. [Previously] [MissionLocal] Local alt-weekly writer spots man masturbating on Muni. Writes about it. Uses puns. [TheSnitch] After fatal incident, UCSF installing seat belts

At the ballpark, Tim Lincecum only gave up one run to the Dodgers last night, but that was one run more than Giants managed to score. [MLB.com] Citizens for a Sustainable Treasure

The Giants toppled the bankrupt Dodgers again last night. Brandon Belt knocked brought in two on a 9th inning double (video) and Brian Wilson takes credit for save number 29. [MLB.com] Board

The Giants shut out the Dodgers in a clean showing from Ryan Vogelsong on the mound. Pablo homered and Cody Ross tossed up a two-run double. [CBS5] The San Francisco Hell's Angels Website

Your weekend Giants-Padres series scores in brief: Lincecum took the 6-1 win over the Padres in PetCo Park on Friday, Barry Zito didn't fare quite as well on the mound on Saturday, giving

The Giants were down in San Diego last night, where Aubrey Huff tied the game in the top of the Ninth. Final score: 6-2, San Francisco. [MLB.com] Staff at the Bay Citizen

Carmen Chu is hopeful for the City's Budget: she managed to save most of health and human services and Ross Mirkarimi gets his new Police Academy class. [Chron] Bryan Stow (or his family,

Sure, no one is watching the All-Star Game, but if you were you would have seen Brian Wilson step in for two crucial outs to get the save for the National League. Good

Community leaders and the SPUR geniuses are meeting up today to discuss further plans for turning Market Street into the Champs-Élysées. [SFAppeal] If Ed Lee isn't running for Mayor, then why was he

Your weekend Giants scores in brief: Friday: A little 5-2 slip-up as the Mets started the series off with a win. Saturday: The Giants bounce back with a 3-1 win for Timmy. Sunday:

Barry Zito is looking "crisp" coming off the disabled list. He only allowed one run and four hits in a 2-1 win over San Diego and now we would like someone to go

Schierholtz! The same guy who once swung at two balls that hit him in the same season homered twice last night. The second in a crucial 14th inning leadoff at-bat to lift the

The Giants managed to bring in three runs at AT&T Park last night against the Padres. Unfortunately the Padres brought in five. Looks like the days of 1-0 and 2-0 wins

Giants holiday weekend box scores in brief: Friday, July 1: 4-3 win against Detroit. Saturday, July 2nd: 15-3 mauling of the Tigers. Sunday, July 3rd: 6-3 loss to the Tigers. Monday, July 4th:

The Giants suffer "an excruciating 5-2 defeat" over 13 innings of futility. Ouch. [MLB.com] California Home + Design takes a tour of Square's slick downtown office (in the Chronicle building even). Look: there

The Cubbies snapped the Giants out of their 7-game win streak, but a 2-1 loss ain't all that bad. And anyway, the Diamondbacks lost too. [CBS5] [McCoveyChron] In-N-Out Burger is the best! Science

The Giants swept their doubleheader in Chicago yesterday: In the early game, Ryan Vogelsong allowed a season-high six runs but he was propped up by 13 runs from offense. Barry Zito gets more