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Giants avoid Brewers’ sweep with 8-5 victory

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — With a chance to complete their first ever four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants, things were looking bright for the Milwaukee Brewers, that is until the bottom of the third inning.

After taking a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, Brewers starter Junior Guerra simply fell apart in the bottom of the third inning, as he gave up four runs in the frame that included a bases clearing double off the bat of Buster Posey and the Giants salvaged the finale of the four-game series with an 8-5 victory over the Brewers before a sellout crowd of 41,312 at AT&T Park Sunday afternoon.

 

The double by Posey was the first of four hits on the afternoon for Posey, and it was the first four-hit game for Posey since September 15, 2016 versus the St. Louis Cardinals. Posey also ended the game with three runs batted in, his first since September 29, 2017 versus the San Diego Padres.

The comeback victory for the Giants made a winner out of Andrew Suarez, who went six strong innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, walking just one and striking out four.

Ryan Braun gave the Brewers a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, as he took a Suarez offering to the opposite field for his 11th home run of the season.

Christian Yelich extended his hitting streak up to 13 games, as he singled just two batters prior to the Braun home run.

Following Posey’s bases clearing double that gave the Giants the lead in the bottom of the third inning, Evan Longoria hit a sacrifice fly that scored Posey.

Guerra got the third inning started by getting Alen Hanson to ground out, but Guerra walked the next three batters, including Suarez to load the bases for Posey, who smoked a double to left-center field. Crawford then singled to send Posey to third, and then Longoria hit a sacrifice fly to give the Giants their fourth run of the inning.

Gorkys Hernandez got in on the act in the bottom of the fourth inning, as he took a Guerra pitch and planted it over the center field fence for his 12th home run of the season.

That fourth inning would be it for Guerra, as he allowed five runs on five hits, walking three and striking out and his record on the season fell to 6-7.

Lorenzo Cain got the Brewers within two runs in the top of the fifth inning, as grounded out to second base to score Orlando Arcia, who walked to lead off the inning, but then the Giants would break the game open in the bottom of the fifth.

Posey and Longoria each walked against Matt Albers, and then Pablo Sandoval tripled down the right field line and that was the end of the line for Albers. Dan Jennings came on and Steven Duggar greeted him by lofting a sacrifice fly to centerfield to score Sandoval from third base.

Hernan Perez cut the lead in half in the top of the sixth inning, as he hit eighth home run of the season off of Suarez.

The Brewers kept grinding, as Travis Shaw hit a pinch-hit home run to lead off the top of the seventh inning off of Sam Dyson. Shaw was the first batter that Dyson, and it was the 20th home run of the season for Shaw and his first career pinch-hit home run for Shaw.

The defensive play of the game came in the inning, when Austin Slater, who came on to replace Sandoval leaned into the Brewers dugout to snare a foul ball, then threw to first to Dyson. Originally, first base umpire D.J. Reyburn called Yelich safe; however, after a 1:35 review, the call was reversed and Yelich was called out to end the threat and the inning.

“First, I thought it was in the stands, I knew it was going to be bang-bang, surprised he was over there, dragged the foot and made the play,” said Slater.

Sandoval was forced to leave the game with a strained right hamstring, and will have it looked at by the doctors. Andrew McCutchen was also forced to leave the game with a left foot contusion.

With a chance to get even more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Giants loaded the bases against Brewers reliever Taylor Williams, as Longoria and Slater each singled and Duggar walked to load the bases with nobody out; however, Williams was able to regroup to get Hanson to strikeout, then Hernandez grounded into a force out and then pinch hitter Chase d’Arnaud grounded out to end the inning.

NOTES: Despite the fact that bench coach Hensley Meulens was managing today, the win will add to Bruce Bochy’s grand total and it was win number 1,906 and Bochy passed Hall of Famer Casey Stengel for sole possession of 11th place on the all-time wins’ list.

Bochy was in Cooperstown, N.Y., to show support for Trevor Hoffman, who Bochy managed for 12 years while with the Padres. Another member of the Class of 2018 and Bochy are linked, as former Detroit Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell was on Bochy’s staff in San Diego from 2000-2002.

UP NEXT: Derek Holland will start the road trip on Monday night, as the Giants head out on the road for a two-city, six-game road trip that begins in San Diego against the Padres, who will send Eric Lauer to the mound against the Giants on Monday night at 7:10 pm PDT.

MLB The Show with Daniel Dullum: Trade deadline is here, they’ll be some surprises; A’s still hottest team in MLB, despite losing series in Colorado; plus more

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@Jed_Lowrie photo: Oakland A’s infielder Jed Lowrie takes a leap while playing the hot corner would be a valuable asset to any Major League club for his ability to play many positions on the infield diamond so much so that many clubs have inquired about Lowrie. Will the A’s deal him or hold onto him and contend? Only team vice president Billy Beane and manager Bob Melvin knows.

On the MLB The Show podcast with Daniel Dullum:

1 Wheeling and dealing as non-waiver trade deadline approaches on Tuesday.

2 A’s still baseball’s hottest team, hanging tough in AL Wild Card race. They lost outfielder Chad Pinder on the 10-day DL when he got stitches in his arm after getting into a car accident in downtown Denver on Saturday before the game with the Rockies.

3 Matt Cain, Ryan Vogelsong, and Brian Wilson newest additions to Giants’ Wall of Fame.

4 Andre Ethier retires; Matt Holliday returns to Rox with minor league deal.

5 RIP Tony Cloninger – good hitting pitcher for Braves, Reds, and Cardinals.

Daniel does the MLB The Show podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Chacin dominates Giants in Brewers’ 7-1 win

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — Johnny Cueto does not look right on the mound, and his latest outing proved that theory.

Cueto lasted just four innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, not walking a batter or striking out a batter and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-1 before a crowd of 40,735 at AT&T Park Saturday night.

“It is hard to get to get loose,” said Cueto. “I am going to meet with the doctors tomorrow,” Cueto added.

On the night, Cueto threw 61 pitches, his fewest in a game since June 28, 2013, while pitching for the Cincinnati Reds against the Texas Rangers at The Ballpark in Arlington.

It was just the fourth time in Cueto’s career that he failed to strikeout a batter, the last time was on July 4, 2011 for the Reds against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

This was the fourth straight loss for the Giants, who have also lost eight out of their last 10 and are 2-6 since the All-Star Break.

Jhoulys Chacin was absolutely fantastic for the Brewers, as he went seven innings, allowing just one run on three hits, walking one and striking out six on his way to improving his record up to 10-3 on the season.

After allowing a single to Lorenzo Cain in the top of the first inning, Cueto was able to get of the jam, but the second inning was a totally different story.

Cueto allowed a one-out double to Eric Thames, and then he scored with the next batter, as Eric Kratz singled for what would be the only run that the Brewers would need on the evening.

Christian Yelich drove in two runs on a single that scored Kratz and Orlando Arcia, who entered the game with a .193 average, but 2-for-2 in his two at-bats versus Cueto.

Arcia picked up his second hit of the night in the top of the fourth inning, as he drove in Thames, who singled with one out in the inning,

The Brewers broke the game wide open in the top of the fifth inning, as reliever Ty Blach gave up four straight hits, including a solo home run by Yelich, and then Jesus Aguilar got in on the act, as he drove in newly-acquired Mike Moustakas, who picked up the third of four hits in the inning.

In his Brewers debut, Moustakas went 1-for-5 with a single in the top of the fifth inning off of Blach.

Yelich extended his hitting streak up to 12 games, as he went 2-for-5 on the night, including his 15th home run of the season in the top of the fifth inning.

Nick Hundley broke up Chacin’s no-hit bid and shutout with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, as he hit his ninth home run of the season.

Ray Black replaced Blach with one out in the top of the eighth inning, after Blach allowed a base hit to Kratz that came after Thames reached on a fielding error by Pablo Sandoval at first base.

Black uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Thames to score from third base after he stole third base.

Not only was Chacin great on the mound, but Cain was fantastic at the plate, as he went 4-for-5 on the evening. This was the second four-hit game for Cain this week, as he also picked up four hits in a game on Tuesday night against the Washington Nationals and it is the 14th four-hit game of Cain’s career.

NOTES: The Brewers last swept the Giants from April 16-18, 2013 in a three-game series at Miller Park in Milwaukee.

This is the Brewers first series win against the Giants at AT&T Park since September 17-19, 2010, when they took out two out of three from the Giants.

Giants Manager Bruce Bochy will miss Sunday’s game, as he will be in Cooperstown, New York, as he shows support for his former closer with the San Diego Padres, Trevor Hoffman.

Bochy also is connected to another inductee, as former Detroit Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell coached on Bochy’s staff with the Padres from 2000-2002.

Bench Coach Hensley Meulens will manage the team in Bochy’s absence. Bochy is expected to rejoin the team when they begin their brief two-game series against the Padres on Monday night at Petco Park.

UP NEXT: The Giants hope to avoid a sweep by the Brewers Sunday afternoon at 1:05 pm PDT.

Andrew Suarez will take the mound in the series and homestand finale on Sunday, while the Brewers will send Junior Guerra to the hill, as they look for their first ever four-game series sweep over the Giants.

MLB The Show podcast with Matt Harrington: Would Giants really deal Bumgarner?; Will A’s start to cool off after loss in Colorado?; plus more news

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On the MLB The Show podcast with Matt:

#1 The San Francisco Giants have dropped three straight games. There’s been talk about dealing their ace pitcher Madison Bumgarne. Would any kind of move of Bumgarner be surprising?

#2 It was going to happen sooner or later. The Oakland A’s, who had won 27 out 34 games prior to Friday night, snapped their six-game winning streak. Could they start to cool off?

#3 The Los Angeles Dodgers continued to roll on Friday. Starter Clayton Kershaw allowed one run and struckout eight in seven-plus innings, Kershaw also helped his own cause with a single and an RBI.

#4 The St. Louis Cardinals handed the Chicago Cubs a 5-2 loss at Busch Memorial Stadium on Friday. The Cards’ Paul DeJong had three hits and three RBIs.

#5 The Cleveland Indians continues to roll with a 8-3 win over the Detroit Tigers. Cleveland’s Francisco Lindor hit two home runs out of the four homers Cleveland would get on Friday night.

Matt does the MLB The Show podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Brewers hand Giants third straight loss in 3-1 road win

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — It was a pitchers’ duel between Chase Anderson and Madison Bumgarner in the second game of the four-game series between the San Francisco Giants and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Orlando Arcia broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the seventh inning, when he grounded out to Evan Longoria that enabled Hernan Perez to score from third base and the Brewers would go on to defeat the Giants 3-1 before a crowd of 40,414 at AT&T Park on Friday night.

Perez led off the inning with a walk-off of Madison Bumgarner, was then sacrificed to second by Manny Pina, then with Arcia at the plate, Perez stole third, and then scored on the Arcia groundball.

Since returning from the All-Star Break, the Giants have lost five of their first seven games, while the Brewers have won five out of their first eight games out of the gate after the All-Star Break.

With the loss, the Giants are under. 500 for the first time since June 22, when they lost to the San Diego Padres 6-2 and were 38-39.

This was the seventh loss in the last eight losses for the Giants, where they have been leading or tied at the end of the sixth inning or later.

“Gotta find a way to win a ballgame,” said manager Bruce Bochy. “Still believe we are going to get this thing going.”

Brandon Crawford got the Giants on the board in the bottom of the second inning, as he doubled off the right field wall to score Buster Posey, who doubled to lead off the inning against Anderson.

That would be the score all the way to the top of the sixth inning, when Bumgarner allowed an infield single to Keon Broxton, then Christian Yelich walked and then both advanced an additional 90 feet on a groundout by Jesus Aguilar. Broxton scored the tying run when Ryan Braun hit a ground ball to Alen Hanson at second base, Bumgarner was able to get out of the jam without any more damage, when he got Tyler Saladino to fly out to Gorkys Hernandez to end the inning.

The Brewers extended their lead up to 3-1 in the top of the eighth inning, as Yelich doubled with one out, then two batters, Ryan Braun drove in Yelich with a single.

“Just trying to keep runs off the board,” said Bumgarner.

Yelich extended his hitting streak up to 11 games, and now has a hit in 16 of his last 17 games.

Anderson ended up going six innings, allowing just one run, while scattering four hits, walking no one and striking out three.

Despite being on the losing end of things, Bumgarner pitched a great game, as he went eight innings, allowing three runs, allowing seven hits, while walking just one and striking out five.

“Felt good, command was good,” said Bumgarner.

Bumgarner saw his four-game winning streak against the Brewers come to an end, as he is now 7-3 all-time versus them.

Newly acquired Joakim Soria replaced Anderson in the bottom of the seventh inning, and the former Chicago White Sox reliever got Crawford to ground out to lead off the inning. However, Longoria walked with one out. Soria was then able to get Pablo Sandoval to ground into an inning-ending double play to end the mini threat.

Jeremy Jeffress struck out the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the eighth inning, but then Jeffress gave up back-to-back singles to Steven Duggar and Hanson, before walking Andrew McCutchen on four consecutive to load the bases for Posey. Jeffress was able to get out of the jam, as he got Posey to ground out Saladino at third base to end the inning.

NOTES: Prior to the game, Matt Cain, Ryan Vogelsong and Brian Wilson will be inducted into the Giants’ Wall of Fame on 2nd St. The ceremonies will begin at 2:00 p.m. and conclude at approximately 2:45 p.m.

Joe Panik continues his rehab assignment with the Sacramento Rivercats, as he went 1-for-3 and played seven innings.

Mike Moustakas was acquired by the Brewers from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for outfield prospect Brett Phillips and reliever Jorge Perez.

The Royals were rained out against the New York Yankees on Friday night, and Moustakas should arrive prior to the start of the game.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Brewers will meet again for game three of the series Saturday night at 6:05 pm PDT.

Johnny Cueto looks to get the Giants back into the winning column on Saturday night, as he takes the mound against Jhoulys Chacin for the Brewers.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants are concerned about team DL; Should Giants fans have booed Hader for racist tweets?

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On the SF Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

The San Francisco Giants will be glad when July is over. They dropped two series with the Oakland A’s, and to close out the month, they opened up a series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday–only to lose 7-5. With the loss to the Brewers, the Giants drop their season record to .500. The Giants’ starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (3-3) tonight at AT&T Park for game two of the series. The Brewers are having a very good season just 2 1/2 games back in the NL Central behind the first-place Chicago Cubs.

Brewers pitcher Josh Hader, who made racist, homophobic, and misogynistic tweets, received boos Thursday night when he was announced to the crowd. Was Hader’s treatment by the San Francisco crowd deserving or should the fans just move on? Michael talks about the Hader question on this segment.

It’s been a rough month for San Francisco now at .500 and the Giants are concerned for pitchers Johnny Cueto (3-1), who has thrown well, but is he fully healthy? Jeff Samardjiza is trying to get back–how far off is he? And Brandon Belt is expected to miss about a week with a bruised bone.

Michael Duca does the Giants podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants’ bullpen gets pounded in 7-5 loss to Brewers

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By Jeremy Harness

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Giants’ bullpen will want to get rid of the memories of the last two days as quickly as they can.

After coughing up Wednesday’s game in Seattle, the Giants’ relievers had an even rougher outing on Thursday, completely overshadowing Dereck Rodriguez’s solid outing in a 7-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at AT&T Park on Thursday night.

Rodriguez did his part, going six strong innings and giving up only a pair of runs and giving the Giants a solid chance to win. However, things imploded upon his exit.

The Brewers put together a one-out rally in the eighth against Mark Melancon, when Travis Shaw singled against the shift to put runners on the corners, which brought Ryan Braun off the bench to pinch hit. Braun responded with a single into left field to bring in Christian Yelich, who had led off the inning with a single of his own, to give Milwaukee a 3-2 lead.

Erik Kratz immediately followed that with a single up the middle to bring in another run and send a great deal of Giants fans to the exits.

However, the Giants fought back almost immediately after that. They put together a rally of their own in the bottom of the eighth, scoring a run before Brandon Crawford’s single down the right-field line put runners on the corners with two out.

However, Hunter Pence struck out to end the inning, with the Giants still down a run. Milwaukee then pushed the lead back up to two in the ninth when Jesus Aguilar’s single brought in Yelich, before Travis Shaw’s two-run homer gave the Brewers a 7-3 lead and gave even more fans a solid reason to beat traffic.

The Giants found themselves down early, but their bats sprung to life in the second. The Giants loaded the bases with nobody out, and after Pence’s double-play ball brought home the tying run, Steven Duggar lined one into center to give the Giants the lead.

After giving up the first-inning run, Rodriguez settled down very nicely and was moving right along until the very first pitch of the sixth inning, when Yelich ripped one just beyond the center-field wall – just over the 399-foot sign – to tie the game right back up at 2-2.

NOTES: As to be expected, there was more than a handful of boos waiting for reliever Josh Hader when he entered the game with two out in the sixth in a 2-2 tie.

He then got the third out and then pitched a scoreless seventh before giving way to Jeremy Jeffress. Hader ended up getting the win on Thursday, running his season record to 3-0.

Hader has been quite the lightning rod for controversy lately, as racist and homophobic tweets that he had made as a 17-year-old – seven years ago – surfaced during last Tuesday’s All-Star Game, a game that saw him give up a three-run, game-losing home run.

Following Tuesday’s game, the Giants optioned both left-hander Ty Blach and infielder Kelby Tomlinson to Triple-A Sacramento, upon the return of both Evan Longoria, who returned to the starting lineup Wednesday after completing a rehab assignment, and righty Chris Stratton, who was recalled from Triple-A.

However, Brandon Belt was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a hyperextended right knee, which prompted the team to recall Blach.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Brewers will face off again Friday night at 7:15 pm PDT.

Giants’ Wall of Fame to get three more members

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — Even though this is just a four-game homestand for the San Francisco Giants, there is a special day for three former members of the Giants family on this homestand.

Former starting pitchers Matt Cain, Ryan Vogelsong and closer Brian Wilson will have their plaques unveiled on The Giants’ Wall of Fame on Saturday afternoon, prior to the Giants game versus the Milwaukee Brewers.

The trio will bring the number of former Giants on The Wall up to 52, and they are the largest group to be recognized since the inaugural class of 2008, when 43 of the 49 were recognized.

The Wall of Fame recognizes retired Giants players, who played for the organization for a minimum of at least nine seasons, or five seasons with at least All-Star selection as a Giants player since their move to California in 1958.

Here is a list of the players and managers on the Wall, and when they played and/or managed for the Giants.

2008:
Felipe Alou: 1958-1963; Manager: 2003-2006

Gary Lavelle: 1974-1984

Jim Barr: 1971-1978, 1982-1983

Johnnie LeMaster: 1975-1985

Willie Mays: 1951-1952, 1954-1972

Rod Beck: 1991-1997

Jeffrey Leonard: 1981-1988

Vida Blue: 1978-1981, 1985-1986

Kirt Manwaring: 1987-1996

Willie McCovey: 1959-1973, 1977-1980

Bobby Bolin: 1961-1969

Juan Marichal: 1960-1973

Jeff Brantley: 1988-1993

Jack Clark: 1975-1984

Mike McCormick: 1956-1962, 1967-1970

Bob Brenly: 1981-1988, 1989

John Burkett: 1987, 1990-1994

Stu Miller: 1957-1962

Bobby Bonds: 1968-1974

Orlando Cepeda: 1958-1966

Randy Moffitt: 1972-1981

Greg Minton: 1975-1987

Kevin Mitchell: 1987-1991

Will Clark: 1986-1993

Mike Krukow: 1983-1989

Jim Davenport: 1958-1970; Manager: 1985

John Montefusco: 1974-1980

Chili Davis: 1981-1987

Matt Williams: 1987-1996

Robb Nen: 1998-2002

Dick Dietz: 1966-1971

Gaylord Perry: 1962-1971

Darryl Evans: 1976-1983

Jim Ray Hart: 1963-1973

Rick Reuschel: 1987-1991

J.T. Snow: 1997-2005, 2008

Tito Fuentes: 1965-1974

Kirk Rueter: 1996-2005

Scott Garrelts: 1982-1991

Robby Thompson: 1986-1996

Tom Haller: 1961-1967

Chris Speier: 1971-1977, 1987-1989

Atlee Hammaker: 1982-1985, 1987-1990

2009:
Jeff Kent: 1997-2002

2010:
Rich Aurilia: 1995-2003, 2007-2009

Shawn Estes: 1995-2001

2011:
Marvin Benard: 1995-2003

Jason Schmidt: 2001-2006

2017:
Barry Bonds: 1993-2007

Giants go down late in 3-2 loss to Mariners

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By Jeremy Harness

The night before, the San Francisco Giants’ bullpen showed its teeth in a huge win over the Seattle Mariners in Seattle, but it was the exact opposite Wednesday afternoon.

After they ties things up in the seventh inning with a dramatic rally, the Giants’ bullpen gave it right back to the Mariners in the eighth, and the Giants ended up with a two-game split after a 3-2 loss to the M’s inside Safeco Field.

Derek Holland pitched six innings and gave up only a pair of runs (one earned) on three hits and gave way to Ray Black, who pitched a perfect seventh inning. However, Tony Watson took over in the eighth and immediately fell into trouble.

The end result was an RBI single by Jean Segura, who brought in Guillermo Heredia to give Seattle a one-run lead. That took the wind out of the Giants’ sails, particularly after they scored two runs in their half of the seventh to erase an early two-run deficit.

In that inning, Brandon Crawford doubled in a run, and a resurgent Hunter Pence immediately followed that one up with a double of his own to bring Crawford in and tie the game.

For the Mariners, Mike Leake, who spent the 2015 season with the Giants, went 6.1 innings and gave up a pair of runs himself and only four hits, striking out two and not walking anyone. However, Seattle’s bullpen then took over for Leake and gave up only two hits the rest of the way.

The Giants will now head home for a four-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers, a series that starts Thursday night at 7:15 pm PDT. Giants’ Dereck Rodriguez will be taking the ball against the Brewers’ Wade Miley.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: After dropping two series to Oakland, Giants looking to take two from M’s

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On the SF Giants podcast with Marko:

The San Francisco Giants got a big break in the ninth inning on a Pablo Sandoval infield hit that Seattle Mariners second baseman Dee Gordon couldn’t handle the ball and threw it away past first baseman Ryon Healy to allow the Giants Steven Duggar to score from second base.

Sandoval came in as a pinch hitter for Chase d’Arnaud in the third inning earlier in the game and got an infield single that allowed Kelby Tomlinson to score. The Giants Hunter Pence hit his first home run of 2018 a 445 foot blast in thel leftfield upper deck.

The loss for the Mariners decreases the lead they had on the Oakland A’s down to just 1.1/2 games in the AL West and for a wild card spot. Giants pitcher Andrew Suarez pitched 5.2 innings, 3 runs, 8 hits, walked two batters and struck out one.

Marko does the Giants podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com