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Clayton Kershaw Caught Giants Batter Looking With Ridiculous, Loopy Curveball

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw caught a San Francisco Giants batter looking on a wicked curveball in his return from injury Thursday.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 26, 2024

One bad inning snaps SF Giants’ win streak at 7 with loss to Reds

Despite getting the longest outing of the season from Ross Stripling, the Giants weren’t able to capitalize in key spots, dealing them their first loss since the All-Star break and spelling the end of their seven-game winning streak.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023

Never dead: Mike Yastrzemski’s walk-off splash hits gives Giants another improbable win

SAN FRANCISCO — By now, you should know not to count out these San Francisco Giants until the 27th and final out.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023

Evan Webeck: Five pressing questions SF Giants did or didn’t answer in spring training

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The cardboard boxes that appeared in front of players’ lockers this week slowly began to fill with their belongings and on Saturday morning were loaded into equipment trucks, their last stop on their way to San Francisco. There is no surer sign of the end of spring…

Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2023

How the SF Giants are telling the Rogers twins apart (and how to really do it)

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Tyler Rogers’ wife, Jennifer, remembers meeting his parents for the first time. She was nervous. Not about impressing her then-boyfriend’s family. She didn’t know if she’d be able to tell him apart from his twin brother, who rode along in the truck to pick her up.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

SF Giants: It’s David Villar’s time, and he knows it

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A brand-new BMW 5 series is a big-league car. In other words, the 2022 graphite gray sedan was an appropriate offseason splurge for the 26-year-old who enters his first big-league camp as the Giants’ incumbent third baseman.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023

SF Giants beat Padres to clinch first-ever .500 finish

Absent a pennant race, a division sprint or wild card wackiness, the Giants wrapped their slog to the finish line of a disappointing season on a bright note Wednesday, in an 8-1 win over the San Diego Padres.

Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

Joc bops, bullpen rocks as SF Giants keep rolling against Rockies

SAN FRANCISCO — It has been more than a month since the Giants’ wins last equaled their losses, but continuing their hot stretch to end the season Thursday, they moved one step closer to finishing the season at .500.

Tribune News Service · Sep 29, 2022

One inning vs. Diamondbacks sinks Alex Cobb, snaps Giants’ winning streak at five

One tough-luck inning sunk the Giants Saturday against the Diamondbacks and snapped their five-game winning streak.

Tribune News Service · Sep 24, 2022

Villar, Hjelle lead way as SF Giants clean up play to beat Rockies

No need for a “minor miracle” Tuesday night.

Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022