Barry Zito News

With Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner pitching more consistently, and Chad Gaudin clearly a rotation pillar, there's less of a mad scramble to get a starting pitcher.

RHP Jose Fernandez vs. RHP Trevor Cahill : Facing the Diamondbacks for the first time, Fernandez over his last three starts is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA, six walks, 25 strikeouts and 12 hits allowed in 20 innings.

Hunter Pence didn't have a lot to say about Padres center fielder Will Venable's game-saving catch in the 12th inning Monday night, but what he did say summed it up pretty well.

For Army veteran Jonathan Popovich, the "Tribute for Heroes" campaign brings together two things that are very important to him - his military service and baseball.

With the struggles that the San Francisco Giants ' starting pitchers have endured, particularly through the first two months of the season, the common belief is that a reliable starter is atop general manager Brian Sabean 's wish list as he begins pondering trade options.

Edinson Volquez bounced back from the worst start of his career with one of his best outings of the season to keep the San Diego Padres ' win streak intact his last time out.

MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH In the box score, Tim Lincecum 's pitching line looked just fine Sunday.

The Giants finish off another losing road trip, but this time in a place where winning only seems to happen when it's the playoffs.

We're in the thick of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, and the competition is picking up in Fantasy Baseball leagues everywhere.

As the Pirates face one more Cy Young Award winner in an impressive parade of them for one six-game homestand, they'll counter with a talented newbie to the Major Leagues on Sunday.

Since the Barry Bonds era came to a close, the San Francisco Giants have been winning games because of top-notch starting pitching.

After Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito were hit hard in the first two games at PNC Park, Matt Cain picked up his game in response to all the hardships being thrown at this roster in recent days.

Despite ) - an ERA estimator based on walk, strikeout and home run rates - would currently rank second among qualified starters in the San Francisco rotation.

Santana could be one of the top three starting pitchers on the free-agent market after the season.

The Giants struggles away from AT&T Park continued Wednesday night, as the Pirates battered Barry Zito and the Giants bullpen to the tune of 12 runs and 18 hits.

As a fan of a team that has achieved prolonged success, it can be sad when you realize that a player who brought that success is no longer capable of doing so.

Starling Marte had a career-high four hits and scored four times, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 12-8 on Wednesday night.

Charlie Morton doesn't feel better or worse than he did the last time he pitched in a Major League game.

LHP George Kontos was ejected in the eighth inning by home plate umpire Wally Bell for hitting Pittsburgh CF Andrew McCutchen in the rear end with a pitch.

But people get mad when they have to stand in line and wait 20 minutes to vote. What a country."