Matt Carpenter homered and Adam Wainwright turned in his second successive strong outing to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the San Francisco Giants 8-3.
Brandon Belt homered for the fourth time in six games and scored the tiebreaking run on Brandon Crawford's single in the sixth, lifting the San Francisco Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 for their fifth straight win.
Brandon Belt and Justin Ruggiano each homered and Matt Moore pitched 7 1/3 solid innings as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Saturday.
Giants ace left-hander Madison Bumgarner has been put on the disabled list for the first time in his big league career after a dirt bike accident that sent him to a hospital with bruised ribs and a sprained joint in his pitching shoulder.
The San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals awoke Wednesday to find themselves in a three-way for the two National League wild-card berths.
Denard Span saved the day for the Giants in Philadelphia on Thursday, delivering a leadoff home run in the top of the 10th inning, breaking a 2-2 tie. San Francisco held on to beat the Phillies 3-2 and salvage one game in the three-game series. Check out the homer:
San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy put himself in select company with Sunday’s victory. He is one of only four managers with 800 wins as a Giant. Here is the list:
Conor Gillaspie hit a game-ending RBI double with one out in the ninth inning to lift San Francisco past the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 on Sunday and give manager Bruce Bochy his 800th win with the Giants.
Giants right-hander Johnny Cueto beat Milwaukee on Wednesday to run his record to 10-1 with a 2.10 ERA. He lost to the Diamondbacks on April 21. Since, he has won seven straight decisions in 10 starts, with the Giants winning nine of those games. Here is a look at his numbers:
