Topic: San Francisco Giants

Schierholtz stands tall to lift Giants over Cardinals

ST LOUIS (Reuters) - Nate Schierholtz delivered a pair of key run-scoring blasts to rally the San Francisco Giants to a comeback 7-5 victory over the St Louis Cardinals in 11 innings on Wednesday.With the Giants trailing 5-4 and down to their ...

Sidelined Posey undergoes ankle surgery

Buster Posey, the catcher who helped spark the San Francisco Giants to last year's World Series crown, will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing left ankle surgery on Sunday.The Major League Baseball club announced what had been a foregone conclusion ...

Posey to miss remainder of season

San Francisco catcher Buster Posey, a hero of the Giants' World Series championship run last year, will miss the rest of the Major League Baseball season after suffering a broken left ankle.Posey suffered the injury when he was struck at home plate ...

Marlins add to Giants day of misery

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Florida beat San Francisco 1-0 on Thursday to complete a rare three-game sweep over the Giants and add insult to injury for the reigning World Series championship.On the same day that Giants catcher Buster Posey was ruled out ...

Giants catcher Posey likely out for rest of season

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Talismanic San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is likely to miss the rest of the season because of a leg fracture, the World Series champions said on Thursday.Posey, who has been one of San Francisco's leading players this ...

Stow family sues Dodgers over stadium attack

The family of Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who remains in a coma after he was attacked in the car park of Dodger Stadium, sued the Major League Baseball club on Tuesday.Stow, a 42-year-old paramedic and father of two, was ...

Dodger Stadium beating suspect remains in custody

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 31-year-old ex-convict arrested in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium on Opening Day remained in custody on Monday on a parole hold, prosecutors said.Giovanni Ramirez was taken into custody early on Sunday ...

Police serve warrants in Giants fan attack

Los Angeles police detained several people for questioning and served search warrants on Sunday as part of an investigation into the severe beating of a San Francisco Giants supporter at Dodger Stadium.The beating took place March 31 after the Major League Baseball ...

L.A. police arrest suspect in beating of Giants fan

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in Los Angeles arrested one suspect and detained several other people for questioning on Sunday in connection with the brutal beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium.A police spokesman said the suspect and others ...

S.F. Giants join drive against bullying of gays

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants have become the first professional sports team to join the "It Gets Better" campaign against bullying of gay youths, the online activist group Change.org said on Tuesday.The Giants, who play in a city with ...