http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com Updated with the latest Major League Baseball News! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:49:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The summers used to be a great time for baseball for me, but in the last few years tickets to AT&T Park have just gotten too expensive. I had given up on Giants tickets this summer when my brother told me about the Ticket Specialists . The ticket ... http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/06/03/ticket-specialists-review/ Bengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning and the San Francisco Giants avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. After Molina's one-out homer off Livan Hernandez tied the game at 1, Sandoval connected for his first ... http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/28/giants-beat-rockies-to-avoid-sweep-ap/ The San Francisco Giants optioned pitcher Matt Palmer to Class AAA Fresno of the Pacific Coast League following Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/27/giants-option-rhp-palmer-to-minors-pa-sportsticker/ Jorge De La Rosa was in trouble from the start, so much so that Colorado Rockies manager Clint Hurdle had to turn away. "I just stopped watching," Hurdle said. "I was talking to one of my guys ... and he said let him paint his own picture. You have to ... http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/27/rockies-pull-within-6-games-of-diamondbacks-ap/ Chris Iannetta and Garrett Atkins drove in two runs apiece, Jorge De La Rosa pitched six strong innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Tuesday night. Colorado, which made an impressive late-season charge to win the NL West last season, pulled within six games of ... http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/27/rockies-beat-giants-pull-within-6-of-diamondbacks-ap/ Jeff Francis got his first victory in more than two months, Yorvit Torrealba homered and the Colorado Rockies won for the eighth time in 10 games, beating the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Monday night. Francis was winless in his last five starts but maintained his recent domination of the ... http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/26/jeff-francis-rockies-beat-giants-4-2-ap/ Kevin Correia pitched six innings to win for only the second time since April, Bengie Molina homered and drove in five runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 7-4 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Correia (3-7) gave up a homer to Brian Giles on ... http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/24/correia-molina-lead-giants-past-padres-ap/ The Los Angeles Dodgers might be more likely to sign CC Sabathia than Casey Blake this winter. http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/24/dodgers-have-targeted-sabathia-as-winter-prize-yahoo-sports/ Rich Aurilia tripled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants matched their season-best four-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday. Barry Zito (8-15) allowed four hits in eight innings for his ... http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/23/aurilia-drives-in-go-ahead-run-in-giants-win-ap/ Tim Lincecum pitched eight innings to earn his 14th victory of the year and Travis Ishikawa hit a three-run homer as the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 5-0 on Friday night. Bengie Molina had two hits and two RBIs for the Giants, who won their third straight ... http://giants.mlbnewsblog.com/2008/08/23/lincecum-leads-giants-past-padres-ap/