Archive for May, 2008
Banks dazzles in first start for Padres (AP)
Josh Banks pitched a six-hitter for his first career complete game and sent the San Diego Padres to their fifth win in six games, beating the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Saturday to take the series. Banks had a shutout going into the ninth, but allowed Aaron Rowand’s RBI single. Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2008.
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Padres beat Giants in 13 innings (AP)
The San Francisco Giants turned a triple play in a key late-game situation, and then it was all for naught. Keiichi Yabu got San Diego’s Kevin Kouzmanoff to ground into a triple play on his only pitch in the eighth inning but Khalil Greene drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run in [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2008.
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Giants place OF Ortmeier on DL (PA SportsTicker)
San Francisco Giants outfielder Dan Ortmeier was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a broken left middle finger.
Posted: May 31st, 2008.
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Giants pull off triple play (PA SportsTicker)
The San Francisco Giants recorded a triple play in the top of the eighth inning of Friday’s game against the San Diego Padres.
Posted: May 30th, 2008.
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Giants turn triple play (AP)
The San Francisco Giants turned a triple play in the eighth inning of their game against the San Diego Padres on Friday night, the second in the majors this year. Pitcher Keiichi Yabu had just entered with runners on first and second and got Kevin Kouzmanoff to ground into the Giants’ first triple play since [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2008.
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Ortmeier goes on DL with broken finger (AP)
Giants outfielder Dan Ortmeier was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a broken left middle finger. Manager Bruce Bochy said Ortmeier wasn’t sure how he got injured, but the finger became swollen before Thursday’s game at Arizona and he tried to play through it. X-rays on Friday revealed the fracture.
Posted: May 30th, 2008.
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Giants honor Omar Vizquel for most games at shortstop (AP)
Omar Vizquel prides himself most in making the routine play, more so than pulling off the spectacular leaping catch of a sharp line drive or a difficult diving stop. He long strived to play defense like Luis Aparicio, his Venezuelan countryman and fellow shortstop. On Friday, Vizquel sat alongside the Hall of Famer as they [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2008.
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Minor leaguer traded for 10 bats seeks redemption (AP)
An umpire teasingly calls him “Bat Man.” His teammates consider it an embarrassment and a “slap in the face.” His former ballclub sees it as a bit of harmless fun. Sure, it sounds like the punchline of a cruel joke, or maybe an episode from baseball’s more colorful past. But minor league pitcher John Odom [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2008.
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Johnson moves up strikeout chart, Giants win 4-3 (AP)
Randy Johnson fanned nine to tie Roger Clemens for second in career strikeouts Thursday night, but Arizona’s bullpen blew a lead and Randy Winn’s ninth-inning home run gave the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory. Winn’s second solo home run of the night allowed the Giants to complete a three-game sweep and hand the Diamondbacks [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2008.
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Johnson ties Clemens for second on career strikeout list (AP)
Randy Johnson tied Roger Clemens on Thursday night for second place on baseball’s career strikeout list. The 44-year-old left-hander fanned nine batters in seven innings against the San Francisco Giants to give him 4,672 in 20 major league seasons. The tying strikeout came when Johnson fanned Dan Ortmeier for the third time of the night [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2008.
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