San Francisco Giants

Madison Bumgarner pitched 7 2/3 dominant innings and doubled in a run in the fifth to lift the San Francisco Giants over the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Sunday night. The Giants won for the 10th time in 11 games and took two of three from a Cubs team with the best record in baseball. Bumgarner (6-2) struck out six and allowed three hits and two walks while winning his fifth straight decision. The...

The Los Angeles Angels are closing in on a deal to sign two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, a free agent trying to come back from hip surgery, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Monday on condition of anonymity because no deal had been announced.

Bruce Bochy challenged the umpire's call on the final play of the game. Like everything else the San Francisco Giants did on this trip to Arizona, he won. The ruling overturned a safe call at first base for a game-ending double play and the Giants beat the Diamondbacks 2-1 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep.

PHOENIX (AP) — Buster Posey hit a two-run double in the ninth inning and Hunter Pence had his 200th career home run to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 5-3 win over Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night. San Francisco led 3-1 after Jake Peavy's six strong innings, but the bullpen couldn't hold the lead.

Buster Posey might have just been a little weary after catching his second 13-inning game in five days. After struggling the past few games, he took the walk. "It's a win," he said. "You get to the point about 4 1/2 hours in, does it really matter?" His walk on four straight balls with the bases loaded in the 13th inning let the San Francisco Giants salvage one win in...

Nolan Arenado powered the Colorado Rockies to a strong finish for their successful road trip. Arenado had three hits, Eddie Butler pitched six innings for his first win since being promoted from the minors, and the Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 2-0 on Sunday. Colorado went 6-4 on its first winning road trip of 10 games or longer since 2009. It was the Rockies' longest road trip of...

Matt Duffy hit a game-ending RBI double with two out in the 13th inning, sending the San Francisco Giants to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. Pinch hitter Conor Gillaspie set up the winning hit with a one-out walk against Justin Miller (1-1). After Denard Span walked and Joe Panik struck out swinging, Duffy lined a 1-0 pitch from Miller past Gerardo Parra in left for his...

Brandon Phillips, Eugenio Suarez and Zack Cozart homered in a five-run second inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat Jake Peavy for the first time in a 7-4 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. Adam Duvall added a solo shot for the Reds, and Dan Straily (1-1) overcame solo homers by Brandon Belt and Conor Gillaspie for his first major league win since April 10, 2014, with Oakland....

 When Madison Bumgarner pitches at Citi Field, he gets World Series-type results. Bumgarner pitched through rain to extend his scoreless streak at the Mets to 18 innings, Hunter Pence homered and drove in three runs, and the San Francisco Giants ran at will against Noah Syndergaard in a 6-1 victory Sunday that stopped New York's eight-game winning streak.

— Michael Conforto and the bats are booming. Jacob deGrom and the pitchers are peaking. And the defense is making the key plays. A year after the New York Mets stamped themselves as serious contenders with a big winning streak in April, they're rolling again. "There's not much that we're not doing," manager Terry Collins said.

Brandon Belt was a homer short of the cycle and drove in five runs, Hunter Pence drove in a pair on three hits and the San Francisco Giants completed a three-game sweep by beating the San Diego Padres 13-9 on Wednesday. Jeff Samardzija (3-1) went 5 2/3 innings and snapped a tie with a two-run single for the Giants, who won their fifth in six games.

J.T. Realmuto matched his career high with four hits, including a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Giancarlo Stanton also homered and reached base four times, Christian Yelich drove in two runs, and Dee Gordon and Marcell Ozuna had two hits apiece for Miami, which won for just the third time...

Yasmani Tomas hit a go-ahead home run in the fourth, Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Thursday for a four-game sweep. Tyler Wagner (1-0) allowed two hits in five relief innings of Shelby Miller as Arizona wrapped up a 7-3 road trip with a fifth straight win and first four-game sweep ever in the Giants' 17th-year ballpark...

Matt Cain's night went bad quickly in the fifth inning, a recurring theme for the Giants' pitcher so far this season.

Joc Pederson got off to an extremely hot start last season, hitting 20 home runs with 40 RBIs in his first 77 games and making the All-Star team in his first full big league campaign. Then everything turned sour for the Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder, hitting just six homers and driving in just 14 runs over his final 62 games. So a change in approach was necessary — and Pederson feels...

The San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics are back in the Bay Area, for their final tune-up ahead of the start of the season.

Myspace co-founder Tom Anderson sent a tweet to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday suggesting he would pay the Giants to keep pitcher Tim Lincecum.

Pitcher Johnny Cueto and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a six-year contract, pending a physical. The Giants said Monday the deal contains a team option for 2022. Under the agreement, Cueto can opt out after the 2017 season and become a free agent again.