San Francisco Giants News

Steve Holm entered the game as a defensive replacement at catcher, then delivered the biggest hit of the day. Holm hit a go-ahead, two-run drive in the seventh inning for his first major league home run, and the San Francisco Giants held on for a 4-3 victory in the rubber game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

Tim Lincecum threw strikes all day, and San Francisco’s entire offense clicked in Omar Vizquel’s season debut. Randy Winn hit his first home run of the year, Aaron Rowand connected against his former club for the second time in just more than a week and the Giants ended a season-worst five-game skid with an 8-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.

San Francisco Giants shortstop Omar Vizquel began his 20th major league season Saturday when he was in the starting lineup against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Shortstop Omar Vizquel is expected to begin his 20th major league season Saturday when the San Francisco Giants host the Philadelphia Phillies.

Freddy Sanchez lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to another dramatic win with a ninth-inning RBI single. Rickie Weeks stopped Milwaukee’s six-game losing with a big hit of his own in the Brewers’ last at-bat. And Jimmy Rollins stole the spotlight from both of them with a triumphant return from the disabled list.

Jimmy Rollins led the Philadelphia Phillies to victory in his long-awaited return. The reigning NL MVP came off the disabled list and hit a two-run homer, an RBI double and also singled, sending the Phillies past the struggling San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Friday night. Carlos Ruiz drove in two runs for the Phillies, including the go-ahead score in the eighth, and Cole Hamels (4-3) struck out seven…

San Francisco shortstop Omar Vizquel is pain-free and ready to finally get back to playing the sparkling defense that has made him an 11-time Gold Glover. The 41-year-old Vizquel is set to make his season debut for the Giants on Saturday in the middle game against the Philadelphia Phillies, kicking off his 20th major league season.

Oakland seems to have a knack for letting its superstar pitchers go at exactly the right time … or maybe it’s by design.

Adam LaRoche hit a go-ahead single in a three-run seventh inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 Thursday for a three-game sweep. Pittsburgh has won 13 of its last 15 games against San Francisco and swept three-game series from the Giants in three straight seasons, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

San Francisco Giants shortstop Omar Vizquel may make his 2008 debut this weekend, manager Bruce Bochy said Thursday.