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• East Coast “town of champions" is waiting for SF Giants to promote Bryce Eldridge, a native son
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  Bryce Eldridge's friends eagerly await his major league arrival to the Giants. That could come Sept. 1 when rosters expand, or early next season.
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• SF Giants score season-high 15 runs, extend winning streak to six games
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  Dominic Smith hit the 107th Splash Hit in Oracle Park history
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• SF Giants' Rodríguez recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery
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  Rodríguez will decide this weekend whether to undergo the procedure
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• Randy Moffitt, former SF Giants reliever and brother of Billie Jean King, dies at 76
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  Moffitt, the brother of Billie Jean King, ranks ninth all-time in franchise history in saves
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• Willy Adames homers twice as SF Giants walk off Cubs for series sweep
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  The Giants earned their first series sweep since taking three games from the Braves from June 6-8.
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• Kurtenbach: Where was this when the SF Giants needed it?
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  A four-game win streak and series wins over the National League's best poses a new question for the Giants season's final days.
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• SF Giants win fourth consecutive game behind four-homer evening
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  Rafael Devers homered twice while Matt Chapman, Heliot Ramos hit one apiece
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• How SF Giants' grounds crew transformed Oracle Park for Bay FC's record-setting match
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  Bay FC hosted the Washington Spirit on Saturday in front of an NWSL record 40,091 fans
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• Verlander notches second win of season as SF Giants beat Cubs
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  Verlander passed Walter Johnson for ninth on the all-time strikeouts list
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• SF Giants' Rodríguez lands on injured list due to right elbow sprain
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  Rodríguez, a first-time All-Star, has a 1.78 ERA over 50 2/3 innings this season
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• SF Giants' 2026 schedule: Devers returns to Boston, Yankees come to town
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  Devers will make his return to Fenway Park in August
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• How Matt Gage's winding journeyman career through minors, Mexico led him back to SF Giants
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  Gage was originally drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 2014
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• Heliot Ramos comes up clutch in ninth inning as SF Giants rally against Brewers
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  Heliot Ramos drove in two with bases loaded in the ninth inning to give San Francisco the win.
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• Casey Schmitt's big day in Milwaukee helps SF Giants snap four-game losing streak
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  Schmitt has four RBI, Logan Webb throws a gem as Giants take down Brewers.
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• Adames shines in 'emotional' homecoming, but his ex-teammate hands SF Giants heartbreaking loss
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  Willy Adames homers twice for the San Francisco Giants in his return to Milwaukee to face the Brewers
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• SF Giants' right-handed starter appears to have avoided serious injury
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  San Francisco Giants, as expected, place Landen Roupp on 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation
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• ‘It's going to be special': SF Giants' Adames prepares for return to Milwaukee
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  Adames played 548 games with the Milwaukee Brewers over four seasons
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• SF Giants continue to slide, drop three of four to Padres
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  The Giants have lost 10 of their last 12 and are a season-low six games under .500
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• SF Giants' Peguero earns first call-up, Whisenhunt to start on Friday
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  Landen Roupp will likely be placed on the injured list on Friday with a left knee sprain
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• SF Giants' Roupp diagnosed with left knee sprain, carted off field in loss to Padres
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  Roupp sustained a left knee sprain after being hit by a line drive, then awkwardly bending left knee
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• SF Giants prospect Blade Tidwell to undergo MRI due to shoulder discomfort
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  Tidwell was part of the return from the New York Mets for Tyler Rogers
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• Teng's command issues persist as SF Giants fall to Padres
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  Kai-Wei Teng has totaled three hit batters and nine walks over 13 1/3 innings this season
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• SF Giants' Adames out of Tuesday's lineup due to right side soreness
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  Willy Adames enters Tuesday leading the Giants in games played
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• Following fan firestorm, Ramos' homer sets tone for SF Giants win over Padres
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  Heliot Ramos had a full day on Monday, including a leadoff homer that sparked the Giants past the Padres
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• SF Giants snap losing streak behind Webb's strong start, Gilbert's first homer
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  Drew Gilbert recorded his first multi-hit and multi-RBI game along with his first home run
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• Vintage Verlander not enough for SF Giants vs. Rays in seventh straight loss
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  The Giants' losing streak reached seven games — and 15 of 16 at home — despite seven shutout innings from Justin Verlander.
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• SF Giants expect Casey Schmitt to avoid injured list after HBP
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  X-rays came back negative after a hit-by-pitch forced Casey Schmitt to leave Friday's loss to the Rays.
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• SF Giants' losing streak hits six games with loss to Rays
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  The Giants have lost 14 of their last 15 games at Oracle Park
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• SF Giants' Chapman lands on injured list, Roupp returns to rotation
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  Chapman was diagnosed with right hand inflammation, the same hand he injured earlier this year
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• SF Giants fans react to team's nosedive: ‘It wasn't a bad season, but I'm looking forward to next year'
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  San Francisco Giants enter home series against Tampa Bay on Friday having lost 13 of their past 14 games at Oracle Park.
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• SF Giants fans react to team's nosedive: ‘It wasn't a bad season, but I'm looking forward to next year already'
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  San Francisco Giants enter home series against Tampa Bay on Friday having lost 13 of their past 14 games at Oracle Park.
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• Without Yastrzemski, SF Giants try to find what future holds in right field
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  Drew Gilbert? Grant McCray? Luis Matos? Jerar Encarnacion? The Giants' search for their next right fielder has begun.
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• Kurtenbach: The SF Giants season is (unofficially) over. Thank goodness
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  As the Giants' season spiraled, we saw no fire, no grit, no fight. Is that acceptable to Buster Posey?
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• SF Giants can't avoid sweep to Padres, endure latest blowout loss
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  The Giants have lost 13 of their last 15 games at Oracle Park
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• SF Giants' bats come up small vs. Padres as losing skid hits four games: ‘It's just not happening, and its frustrating'
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  SF Giants fail to take advantage of runners in scoring position late as Padres secure series win
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• SF Giants send Whisenhunt to Sacramento, ask Tyler Fitzgerald to play new position
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  SF Giants call up former infielder to play right field, and send down top pitching prospect back to Sacramento
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• How is the SF Giants' bullpen shaping up without Doval, Rogers?
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  Randy Rodríguez has served as the Giants' new closer after Camilo Doval was traded at the deadline.
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• SF Giants' recent woes at Oracle Park continue with loss to Padres
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  The Giants have lost 12 of their last 14 games at Oracle Park
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• SF Giants' matchup with Padres features teams trending in opposite directions
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  Seven of the Giants' next 10 games come vs. the Padres, who went all-in at the trade deadline and hold a 7-game advantage.
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• SF Giants blown out by Nationals as Verlander joins 3,500-strikeout club
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  Verlander's milestone was just about all the home fans had to celebrate Sunday.
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• Whisenhunt allows three solo homers as SF Giants fall to Nationals
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  Whisenhunt took his first loss as a major-leaguer
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• On Taiwanese Father's Day, SF Giants' Kai-Wei Teng dedicates first win to dad
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  The 26-year-old from Taiwan throws five scoreless innings of relief as Giants begin nine-game homestand.
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• What can SF Giants expect from newly promoted prospect Drew Gilbert?
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  Jerar Encarnacion hit home runs in each of his last two games, but now the Giants will ask prospect acquired in Tyler Rogers trade to replace him.
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• SF Giants' Buster Posey discusses possible call-up for top prospect Bryce Eldridge
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  Top SF Giants prospect Bryce Eldridge has hit four home runs in his last four games for Triple-A Sacramento.
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• How mountain meditation helped SF Giants' Adames find his form
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  Adames is tied for third among all players in WAR since June 10
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• SF Giants take series from Pirates as Encarnacion homers, leaves with injury
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  Jerar Encarnacion exited the game after sustaining an apparent lower leg injury
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• Jen Pawol to become first woman to umpire MLB game this weekend
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  MLB's move comes 28 years after the gender barrier for game officials was broken in the NBA, 10 years after it ended the NFL and three years after the men's soccer...
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• SF Giants blow out Pirates behind Webb's gem, three homers
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  Logan Webb has totaled 21 strikeouts over his last two starts
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• Verlander gets no decision as SF Giants' Rodríguez blows save to Pirates
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  Randy Rodríguez became the team's closer after Camilo Doval was traded
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• SF Giants recall Encarnacion from injured list, option Matos to Sacramento
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  Encarnacion hit .295 over his last 12 games with the River Cats
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• SF Giants take series from Mets as Devers puts on offensive showcase
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  Rafael Devers' three-run homer in the third landed in Citi Field's upper deck
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• SF Giants fall back below .500 with blowout loss to New York Mets
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  Kai-Wei Teng allowed five runs over 3 1/3 innings during his first major-league start
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• SF Giants snap six-game losing streak with win over Mets in 10 innings
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  Randy Rodríguez recorded his first save since becoming the Giants' new closer
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• Despite selling at deadline, SF Giants maintain goal of making playoffs
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  The Giants traded Camilo Doval, Tyler Rogers and Mike Yastrzemski at the trade deadline
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• Bay Area radio legend Greg Papa announces cancer diagnosis
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  Papa has been a signature voice on Bay Area sports radio since the 1980s.
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• Kurtenbach: Will Steph Curry be the Bay Area's last first-ballot Hall of Famer?
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  Curry's Warriors co-stars probably won't outlast him. 49ers All-Pros Fred Warner and George Kittle are building cases, but they're not Hall-worthy...
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• SF Giants sell at trade deadline, trading Doval, Yastrzemski
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  Camilo Doval had a 3.29 ERA with 107 saves over five seasons with San Francisco
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• McDonald: SF Giants are free falling, and it only ends with a crash landing
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  The Giants are in free fall and with a third of the season left to play, a hard landing is inevitable.
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• SF Giants swept by Pirates, go winless over six-game homestand for first time since 1896
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  The San Francisco Giants closed out a six-game homestand with yet another disappointing loss to the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates as their losing streak...
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• SF Giants trade longtime reliever Tyler Rogers to New York Mets
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  Rogers leads all relievers in appearances since 2020
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• SF Giants drop fifth straight game as mistakes continue piling up
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  The Giants have lost 11 of their last 13 games and continue to slide in the NL wild card race
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• SF Giants' Miller, Roupp continue progressing from elbow injuries
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  Erik Miller threw his second bullpen since being placed on the injured list in early July
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• Buy? Sell? The SF Giants' case for both scenarios at the MLB trade deadline
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  The Giants are positioned to be buyers ahead of the July 31 trade deadline
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• Whisenhunt's debut spoiled as SF Giants' losing streak hits four
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  The Giants have lost 10 of their last 12 games dating back to the first half
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• SF Giants officially promote top pitching prospect Whisenhunt
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  The 24-year-old had a 4.42 ERA over 18 starts with Triple-A Sacramento
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• MLB trade deadline history: Most consequential midseason deals of the last 40 years
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  History is full of MLB trade deadline acquisitions who put a team over the top. There is similarly no shortage of in-season swings that backfired...
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• SF Giants' top pitching prospect Whisenhunt to make debut on Monday
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  Whisenhunt is the Giants' No. 1 pitching prospect per MLB Pipeline
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• SF Giants swept by Mets in bullpen game as trade deadline looms
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  With Hayden Birdsong in Triple-A and Landen Roupp injured, the Giants had to use their first planned bullpen game of the season
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• Devers' defensive growing pains on display as SF Giants drop series to Mets
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  Rafael Devers committed an error along with several misplays in his third career game at first base
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• SF Giants reflect on Ichiro's career ahead of Hall of Fame induction
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  Bob Melvin managed Suzuki on the Seattle Mariners in 2003 and 2004
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• Webb's recent struggles continue as SF Giants thumped by Mets
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  Logan Webb has allowed 16 earned runs over his last three starts
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• SF Giants' Roupp placed on injured list as starting rotation takes another hit
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  Landen Roupp had a 3.11 ERA with 95 strikeouts over 101 1/3 innings
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• How Birdsong's demotion could impact SF Giants' trade deadline plans
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  Hayden Birdsong was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento after a disastrous outing on Monday
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• Verlander finally wins first game with SF Giants as Devers blasts two homers
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  Justin Verlander went winless in his first 16 starts of the season, the longest streak of his career
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• SF Giants snap losing streak as Devers makes debut at first base
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  Rafael Devers four putouts in four chances at first base along with two hits, two runs and an RBI
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• Rafael Devers to play first base against Braves as SF Giants seek answers
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  Devers has never played the position during a game in the majors or minors
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• SF Giants option Birdsong to Triple-A Sacramento following disastrous outing
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  Tristan Beck was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento as well, while Carson Seymour and Sean Hjelle were recalled
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• Beloved ballpark therapy bunny, Alex The Great, has died after complications from cancer
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  A beloved therapy bunny named Alex The Great, who provided snuggles and comfort from ballparks to NBA arenas, airports, farmers markets and even Easter...
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• SF Giants' losing streak hits six games as Birdsong fails to record an out
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  Hayden Birdsong faced just six batters before being pulled without recording an out
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• SF Giants climb back into series finale, but are swept away in Toronto
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  Trailing 7-2, the Giants (52-48) climbed within a run with a four-run sixth inning but ultimately fell 8-6 in losing their fifth straight...
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