In the last Giants game of 2011, Madison Bumgarner and the relief staff (including Barry Zito) kept the Rockies scoreless while Conor Gillaspie rounded the bases on in an inside-the-park home run and

For the last homestand of the season, Bruce Bochy made sure the boys know to keep the energy up despite those extinguished postseason hopes. And Ryan Vogelsong did just that, pitching for seven

The Giants went in to Phoenix needing a sweep, but got swept instead. And with that, the 2010 World Series Champions saw their postseason hopes dried up like a mirage in the Arizona

Pablo and Beltran both homered last night in LA, but Bumgarner let the Dodgers (and Matt Kemp, mostly) get away from him. 8-2 Dodgers. The Giants are now 4 games back on the

Brian Wilson held off the Dodgers in Chavez Ravine last night to save Vogelsong's start - and the offense didn't do too bad in the 8-5 win either. Arizona won their game against

Tim Lincecum gets a tough loss against the Dodgers last night as the Giants offense reverted back to the one-run habits. Dodgers win 2-1 and the Giants are 4.5 games back on

The Giants had the day off yesterday, lets hope that didn't stifle their newfound offensive momentum. Tim Lincecum is up against Clayton Kershaw in Dodger Stadium tonight. Highlights from last night's Richmond District

Your weekend Giants scores in brief: the Giants offense finally showed up to hammer away at the Rockies all weekend. Friday: 9-1. Saturday 6-5. And Sunday's 12-5 win saw Pablo, Belt and even

Pablo Sandoval tripled in the sixth inning against the Rockies last night, putting the Giants on top 8-5. Belt homered, Vogelsong pitched for six and change, and the team's postseason hopes are slim

If you missed the scores yesterday, the Giants completed their sweep of the Padres on the back of Carlos Beltran's 299th and 300th career home runs. [MLB] Why does San Francisco have a

A cliffhanger in AT&T Park last night as the Padres tied up a two-run game in the seventh. It'd be four more scoreless frames before Mark DeRosa pulled a walk-off two-run

Keeping Sunday's momentum going, Cody Ross, Carlos Beltran and Pablo Sandoval all knocked long balls against the Padres for the Giants' first three-homer game at AT&T Park this season. Final score

Coach Harbaugh has just been messing around in those preseason games, you guys. Tomorrow's game against the Seahawks is going to be the real deal, says a sports columnist. [SFEx] A massive power

Everyone's new favorite Giant Brent Pill made a run for it on a 7th inning sacrifice fly. Unfortunately, San Diego managed to turn it in to a double play, keeping the Giants to

The Giants beat the Padres 6-4 last night, with a big homer coming off the bat of rookie Brent Pill on his first at-bat in the majors. [MLB] A medical emergency has Caltrain

Your Giants weekend scores in brief: Matt Cain led a 6-2 win against the NL West leading Diamondbacks on Friday. Arizona bounced back and beat up Tim Lincecum 7-2 on Saturday. On Sunday,

Your San Francisco 49ers ended their preseason schedule last night with a 20-17 win over the Chargers. Continue counting down to the 2012 apocalypse, doomsayers: our brethren to the south in LA got

We mentioned yesterday that the Giants locked out the Cubs for a 4-0 game behind Madison Bumgarner yesterday afternoon. What we didn't mention was that Pablo's homer was a splash hit. Which means

Your (very brief) Giants score: Cubs win 5-2, Giants drop back 6 games in the NL West. But today's another day, right? [MLB] [McCoveyChron] Speaking of dead things at the ballpark, Ken Bastida

Chicago hit 3 home runs off of Tim Lincecum on their way to a 7-0 shutout in AT&T Park last night. After the Houston Astros, the Cubs are currently the 2nd

Your weekend Giants scores in brief: On Friday, the Giants actually got a win against the worst team in baseball, but just barely. Score was 2-1 Giants with Bumgarner taking the win. Similar

The Giants lost (again!) to the worst team in baseball last night. To make things more embarrassing, the Astros had Henry Sosa, a former Giant, on the mound. Vogelsong put in a good

Tim Lincecum's soul patch is not bad luck, it turns out. The two-time Cy Young winner stayed on the mound for 8 innings and held the Padres to a single run. He even

It looked like the flailing Giants were going to rally against the Padres back home in AT&T Park last night, but a 3-run 8th inning that tied the game at 5