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Tag Archives: Diamondbacks
Giants Start Second Half On the Road in the Division – Against the Nemesis in the Ravine and Wrangling Snakes in the Desert; But Then Play 20 Games in California
It is twelve days until the trade deadline. The second half of the season starts with the Giants in L.A. for four and Arizona for three. Unlike last year and the first half of this season, we know the starting … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, NLWest, SCRBRDWatch, SFG Off Day Posts
Tagged baseball, bums, Carlos, chicago, clayton, corner, cubs, Diamondbacks, diego, dodgers, Farhan, francisco, Giants, Kapler, kershaw, league, Logan, major, mlb, national, nemesis, padres, Pirates, pitcher, pitchers, pittsburgh, Rodon, rotation, san, SF, starters, starting, Webb, west, Wood, Zaidi
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Giants Take Home Series Against Snakes (2 – 1); Bats Awaken Tuesday, Bullpen Game With Bench Bats Get Walkoff Wednesday; Can Still End Gauntlet of 17 Games Over .500
The Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks two games to one at Oracle Park this week, losing a cliffhanger on Monday night Giants 3, Diamondbacks 4; exploding for a massive score in a shutout on Tuesday Giants 13, D-backs 0; and … Continue reading
Posted in GauntletII, NLWest, pitchers, SCRBRDWatch, Series Recaps, walkoffs
Tagged Arizona, Austin, baseball, belt, Brandon, Brebbia, Buddy, bullpen, corner, Crawford, d-backs, Darin, Daunton, David, Diamondbacks, Estrada, Flores, francisco, Gabe, game, Giants, Gonzalez, Jake, Joc, John, Kapler, Kennedy, league, long, Luis, major, mark, Marte, McCarthy, Melancon, mike, mlb, national, Oracle, park, Pederson, Ruf, Sam, Sammy, san, SF, snakes, Thairo, Varsho, Wilmer, Winns, Yasztremski, Yaz
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Gauntlet II: Giants Hit the Road After Suffering Home Series Sweep by White Sox, Open in Arizona Against MadBum and Lose Big; Have Lost Five Straight and Eleven of Last Fourteen
It was just a terrible end to June, as the Giants finished it winning only two of the last eight games in the month. The Giants lost a three game series to the Reds at home and only split a … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, full games, GauntletII, NLWest, Post Game Blasts, Road Trips, SCRBRDWatch
Tagged Arizona, Austin, baseball, Buddy, bumgarner, Carlos, Carson, Casali, corner, Curt, d-backs, Daulton, David, Diamondbacks, Evan, francisco, Giants, Joe, josh, kelly, Kennedy, league, Llovera, Longotia, madison, major, Mantiply, Mauricio, Mercedes, mlb, national, Poppen, Rodon, rogers, Rojas, san, Sean, SF, tyler, Vashko, Villar, Wynns, Yermin
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The Gauntlet II: Giants Start Longest Consecutive Game Stretch of Season With Home Loss to Chicago White Sox
On Friday night, the Giants lost a heartbreaker. Their bats were silenced again by the opposing starter, in this case Lance Lynn of the Chicago White Sox, and though Giants starter Alex Cobb went five scoreless, the Giants once again … Continue reading
Giants Handle Gallen, Win Series 3-1, Achieve .500 and Sole Possession of Third in NL West
A tight, well-fought series win at home, 3-1, created still more distance between the Giants and the cellar-dwelling D-backs as San Francisco climbed to 0.500 and sole possession of third in the division. It has been a long, slow crawl … Continue reading
Cueto Shines, Bullpen Holds, Baraga the Vulture Goes to 5-1; Labor Day Game Pivotal
But the Bums rested Mookie Betts against the Rockies in the night game and lost, so our Giants remain in fourth place in the division by half a game. I am not going to recap yesterday’s day game against the … Continue reading
Series Recap: Snakes Swept! (3-0)
After opening on the road with a less than stellar performance in San Diego that resulted in a sweep of the Giants by the lowly Pads, Giants fans were eager for big wins in Phoenix to wrap up the road … Continue reading
Posted in Series Recaps
Tagged action, baseball, corner, Diamondbacks, diego, francisco, Giants, mlb, san, series, snakes, sweep, woo
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Clutch-Fu Panda, Giants Take First Two in the Desert
Great game. Bumgarner made it a taut chess match til the late innings, and Pablo Sandoval took advantage of J.J. Putz. Here’s the game winning, two-run homer by Clutch-Fu Panda
Giants Come Back on the Snakes in the 8th
The Giants five game losing streak ended with Matt Cain on the mound in Arizona, but sadly, The Big Horse got tagged for three home runs and gave up four runs and so has yet to earn his first win … Continue reading
Posted in Post Game Blasts
Tagged Arizona, baseball, Cain, Diamondbacks, Giants, Matt, SF, win
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GBC 13 – The Giants Go On The Road, Stay in Division
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Arizona, baseball, Diamondbacks, diego, division, Giants, gorner, mlb, padres, road, san, San Francisco, SF, trip, western
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D’Backs Series Recap(1-2), Snakes Outlast Giant Gameplan
With pitching, crisp defense, just enough runs and by taking advantage of their opponents mistakes to win in the late innings … the Diamondbacks beat the Giants at their game. The Arizona Diamondbacks won two of three in extra innings … Continue reading
PreGame GBC – Rubber Match with Snakes feat. Kraig Debro
Local TV personality Kraig Debro dropped in this morning with his supercool new camera mount. We shot today’s pregame GBC using iVideoStick, check it out: nice to see Kraig – he’s my kind of Giant fan. Check out his cool … Continue reading
Beltdemption! Posey Homers, Brandon Belt Drives in Winning Run
Tonight Ryan Vogelsong got touched for two home runs that put the Giants behind twice and twice the Giants responded with just enough runs. The second time, the Giants tied the game on a two-run homer by Posey in the … Continue reading
Posted in Post Game Blasts, walkoffs
Tagged 9th, Arizona, base, belt, bottom, Brandon, Diamondbacks, hit, inning, of, walkoff, win
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GBC Recap – The Opening Series v. LA (2-1)
It took a perfect outing from one of the best lefties in baseball – including the first home run he ever hit in his life – to mar what was otherwise an excellent opening series for the San Francisco Giants. … Continue reading
Posted in Series Recaps
Tagged 16, 2013, angeles, Arias, Arizona, baseball, bumgarner, Cain, Cardinals, Casilla, champion, chavez, classic, corner, Diamondbacks, dodgers, francisco, George, Giants, gold, hunter, inning, Joaquin, kershaw, Kontos, Lincecum, los, Louis, madison, Matt, mlb, opening, Pablo, pence, platinum, ravine, recap, reliever, Romo, san, Sandoval, santiago, Sergio, series, solid, St., stellar, Tim, world
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Giants Baseball Corner 
26 Guys One Common Goal: Now That We Know Who They Are, the San Francisco Giants are a Viable Wildcard Contender, After Sweep of Pirates Brings Them Back to .500 with Snakes Coming to Town
Wow. Tonight’s game, that ended on the Thairo Estrada walkoff home run, definitely had the feel of 2010. Bam. Said it. The Giants could get hot at just the right time. The team we will be fielding from here out … Continue reading →