Brett Pill

1B Brandon Belt suffered from Stephen Strasburg-itis on Tuesday night, claiming a stiff back contributed to his 0-for-4, two-strikeout performance that included a whiff with the bases loaded in the first inning. Apparently manager Bruce Bochy was...

MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Left-hander Madison Bumgarner has seven quality starts this season and just four wins. That's a ratio that is bound to improve, especially because he's supported by one of the National League's best...

SAN FRANCISCO Before this three-game series between National League powers, Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper took to Twitter to express his excitement about facing the Giants in a ballpark he called one of his favorite places to play. For two days,...

This time, Bryce Harper made the catch. And yeah, it was a relief. Harper made a game-saving grab in right field and had a couple of big hits at the plate to help the Washington Nationals beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in 10 innings on Wednesday. San...

(Updated: "answered" to "scored" in 5th graph) Giants 4, Nationals 2 (10): Pablo Sandoval blasted a two-run homer off Yunesky Maya in the 10th inning and host San Francisco rallied for its second straight win over Washington after Gregor Blanco tied the...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Harper's flinch helps Giants beat Nats SAN FRANCISCO -- Nobody has ever seen a ghost at AT&T Park, but one sure scared Bryce Harper on Tuesday night. The Washington Nationals' sensational young...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH What awful timing for Ryan Vogelsong. Just as the Giants right-hander was putting together his best outing of the year, he was struck in the right hand while swinging at a pitch...

Giants place Vogelsong, Casilla on DL Pitchers Ryan Vogelsong and Santiago Casilla were placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with pitcher Sandy Rosario and first baseman Brett Pill replacing them. Vogelsong suffered two breaks in his right...

The Sports Xchange MLB Roundup: Rangers' Pierzynski comes off DL Catcher A.J. Pierzynski will return from his second career stint on the disabled list Tuesday, the Texas Rangers announced. Pierzynski was activated after missing time with an oblique...

Head out to Chukchansi Park for a Fresno Grizzlies game, and you never know what you might see. You might see Juan Perez playing shortstop, for the first time in his professional career. You might see Brett Pill making a rare appearance at third base,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The Giants are back home, and they've got to be happy about that. The road didn't suit them last week. A 1-5 trip through Toronto and Denver ended with another clunker, Sunday'...

Manager Bruce Bochy called a team meeting before the Giants' game against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday and afterward was tight-lipped when asked what his message was. But you didn't need a camera in the clubhouse to get an idea of what problems...