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| Giants shoot for fifth straight win and sweep of Friars |
MLB Baseball |
08/24/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The San Francisco Giants can record a season high for consecutive victories when the club shoots for a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres this afternoon at AT&T Park. After taking the first two tests of this set, including Saturday's 4-3 decision, the Giants have now won four games in a row. That matches the team's best win streak of the year, set between June 6-9. Rich Aurilia snapped a 3-3 deadlock with a run-scoring triple in the bottom of the eighth inning to keep up San Franci |
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| Giants edge Padres |
MLB Baseball |
08/24/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (Sportsbooks) - Rich Aurilia drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning with a two-out triple, leading the Giants to a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres in the second of three games. Barry Zito (8-15) got his third win of August -- the most for any month this season, allowing three runs on four hits and three walks while fanning five in the victory. Brian Wilson pitched a perfect ninth for his NL-leading 34th save of the season. "The first few innings I was definitely in a good tem |
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| Padres call up Hayhurst to make major league debut |
MLB Baseball |
08/23/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (Sportsbooks) - The San Diego Padres called up Dirk Hayhurst from Triple-A Portland to start against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. In his major league debut, he went four innings and gave up three runs on five hits while striking out two and walking two. He did not factor into the decision as the Padres lost their sixth straight, 4-3. Hayhurst, 27, had a 2-3 record with a 3.75 earned run average for Portland in 46 appearances, including two starts. He posted 98 strikeouts in only 8 |
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| Giants hope Zito can keep them in win column against Friars |
MLB Baseball |
08/23/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Barry Zito hopes to keep up the San Francisco Giants' recent winning ways when the former American League Cy Young Award winner takes the mound in this afternoon's clash with the San Diego Padres. San Francisco recorded its third straight victory and fifth win in the last six games with Friday's 5-0 triumph over San Diego in the opener of this three-game series. As usual, Giants phenom Tim Lincecum was stellar on the mound. Lincecum (14-3) yielded just four hits and struck out eight over eig |
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| Playoff hopefuls resume set in Philly |
MLB Baseball |
08/23/2008 |
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| 0-game road trip by losing for the third time in its last four matchups. The Dodgers remained two games behind Arizona for the top spot in the NL West after the Diamondbacks fell to Florida on Friday. Greg Maddux (6-10), acquired on Tuesday from the San Diego Padres, was tagged for seven runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings to start off his second tour of duty with the Dodgers. Maddux joined Los Angeles in 2006 in a midseason trade with the Chicago Cubs and went 6-3 in 12 starts for the Dodgers that year. After f |
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| Lincecum dazzles Padres |
MLB Baseball |
08/23/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (Sportsbooks) - Tim Lincecum pitched eight shutout innings to lift the Giants over the San Diego Padres, 5-0, in the first game of a weekend set in San Francisco. Lincecum (14-3) was stellar, throwing his fifth quality start in six outings -- with the one blemish coming when he was removed after 4 1/3 innings due to a knee injury. The Giants ace gave up four hits while striking out eight and walking three. "I felt like I was in a good rhythm. Everything was going well. I'd love to get a co |
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| Phils break out bats in thrashing of Maddux, LA |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| "It's nice to come back and get a win." Andre Ethier homered and James Loney collected three hits for Los Angeles, which opened a 10-game road trip by losing for the third time in its last four games. Greg Maddux (6-10), acquired on Tuesday from the San Diego Padres, took the loss after he was victimized for seven runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. This is the right-hander's second tour of duty with the Dodgers. Maddux joined Los Angeles in 2006 in a trade from the Chicago Cubs and started 12 games, going 6-3 |
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| Padres reinstate Bard, option Carlin |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (Sportsbooks) - The San Diego Padres reinstated catcher Josh Bard from the 15-day disabled list Friday. He had been sidelined since August 7 with a strained right tricep. Bard, 30, has appeared in 44 games this season, batting .209 with a homer and 12 runs batted in. In a related move, the team optioned catcher Luke Carlin to Triple-A Portland. Carlin batted .154 with a home run and six RBI in 33 games this season for the Padres. |
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| Dodgers head east for key series with Phillies |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| ick off his second stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight, when they open a lengthy 10-game road trip with the first of four meetings against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Dodgers acquired Maddux earlier this week from the San Diego Padres after the right-hander cleared waivers. Maddux made 12 starts with Los Angeles late in the 2006 campaign and went 6-3 with a 3.30 earned run average, which helped the Dodgers tie the San Francisco Giants for that year's NL West title. Maddux, a four |
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| Padres set to face another ace in Giants' Lincecum |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The struggling San Diego Padres won't be getting any favors from the division-rival San Francisco Giants when these two National League West teams start a three-game series tonight at AT&T Park. San Diego will have the daunting task of facing Giants phenom Tim Lincecum in this evening's opener. The second-year pitcher enters the contest leading all NL hurlers with a 2.60 earned run average and 192 strikeouts to go along with an impressive 13-3 record in 26 games (25 starts). Lincecum fla |
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