Giants hammer Phillies behind Zito
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The San Francisco Giants, trying to battle their way out of the National League West basement, scored an 8-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday to close the second leg of a three-city road trip.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Pedro Feliz hit two home runs and Noah Lowry struck out a career-high 10 as the Giants beat the Mets on Friday at SBC Park, 7-3.
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Barry Bonds hit his 697th homer and drove in three runs, and Edgardo Alfonzo had five hits as the Giants pummeled the Arizona Diamondbacks, 18-7, last night in San Francisco.
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Edgardo Alfonzo hit a two-run homer off Randy Johnson in the sixth inning, and the Giants tied the Chicago Cubs atop the National League wild-card standings with a 4-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday in San Francisco.
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Phillies manager Charlie Manuel dropped Jimmy Rollins from the leadoff spot, let Brett Myers throw 119 pitches and called for Tom Gordon in the eighth inning. Even though it&#039;s May, Manuel knew he needed a win Thursday. Philadelphia avoided a costly three-game sweep, beating the New York Mets 5-3 behind Myers, Gordon and new leadoff hitter Shane Victorino.
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The Florida Marlins started a big series against the San Francisco Giants with a big inning. Alex Gonzalez hit a three-run homer to cap a seven-run first inning, and Mike Lowell drove
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Deivi Cruz capped a four-run eighth-inning rally with a two-run single Saturday to give the San Francisco Giants a 9-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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San Francisco Giants left-hander Barry Zito showed the Mets what they were missing on Wednesday, using a tantalizing curveball to stymie New York in a 3-0 victory over the National League's top team.
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Ryan Howard hit two towering home runs off David Wells, drove in five runs and scored three times to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 12-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.
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The Philadelphia Phillies' 48th come-from-behind victory was much easier on the nerves than many of the other 47. Home runs from Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell had the NL East title chasers back in front before the third inning was done.
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The Giants batted around to score six runs in the fourth and held on for a 7-5 win over the Padres on Tuesday in front of 35,529 to open the three-game series.
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For the San Francisco Giants, it was better luck this time in Miami. Brett Tomko pitched a four-hitter for his first career shutout, and San Francisco beat the Florida Marlins 5-0 Thursday night.
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Pedro Feliz had three hits and drove in two runs, reliever Brad Hennessey worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 on Thursday night.
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Dan Haren is making it so the Athletics hardly miss Barry Zito. Oakland beat up on its old ace again. Bobby Crosby homered off Zito, Mark Ellis also connected and Haren won his seventh straight decision, leading the A's past the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Saturday.
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Prince Fielder hit his NL-leading 26th home run, Yovani Gallardo dazzled in his major league debut and the Milwaukee Brewers held off the struggling San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Monday night.
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Jonathan Sanchez won his first major league start and Ray Durham homered twice as the San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati 3-2 Wednesday and moved past the Reds in the NL wild-card race.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Pedro Feliz hit a tiebreaking grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning for his fourth hit of the day, and the Giants helped their playoff chances with a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.    The first-place Dodgers had their NL West lead trimmed to 1 1/2 games over the Giants, who also pulled within a half-game of Chicago in the wild-card race after the Cubs lost 4-3 to the New York Mets in 11 innings...