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The Giants have some serious catching up to do against the San Diego Padres, who invade AT&T Park for a four-game series beginning Thursday.

Having passed several speed bumps along the way, Giants rookie right-hander Ryan Sadowski knew he had finally arrived when future Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson sidled over to him in the dugout during his second big-league start Friday.

According to San Francisco Chronicle writer Henry Schulman, the San Francisco Giants have just demoted Matt Downs to Fresno, and have reactivated Rich Aurilia from bereavement leave following the Giants' 9-0 win on Saturday over the Houston Astros... by Kevin O'Brien 48 reads Opinion According to San Francisco Chronicle writer Henry Schulman, the ...

Ryan Sadowski got plenty of run support while throwing seven scoreless innings, as the Giants erupted offensively in a 13-0 whipping of the Astros.

Sadowski kept his first major league pitch, first strikeout and first hit after pitching six scoreless innings in his debut, helping the San Francisco Giants avoid a three-game sweep with a 7-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

Louis -- Edgar Renteria 's two-year, $18.5 million contract was criticized by those who believe the Giants grossly overpaid a declining player who would not have received nearly as much money from anyone else in a buyers' market.

Quietly, Edgar Renteria keeps climbing a very impressive list. When he singled in the first inning Tuesday for his 2,135th career hit, the Giants' veteran shortstop passed Moises Alou and moved into 24th place among Latinos in major league history.

Edgar Renteria went 3-for-4 with two RBI and Randy Johnson won the battle of former Cy Young Award winners, as the Giants pulled out a 6-3 victory over Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals in the second test of a four-game set.

He needed only 95 pitches to match his career low complete game and finished off the Cardinals in a snappy 2 hours, 6 minutes.

The word "Brewers" does not make strong men weep. Why so much anguish - predictable anguish - every time? The Giants had a 4-0 lead in the sixth inning Saturday night.

The Giants are hoping that a brief rest will stimulate Edgar Renteria's bat, as the shortstop is expected to return from essentially a two-day break in Saturday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Hold your Azerbaijani speed horses there...Willy Taveras got three hits last night! The first is shortstop Edgar Renteria.

Nate Schierholtz scored on a wild pitch with two out in the 11th inning to give the Giants a 2-1 victory over the Rangers at AT&T Park on Saturday night.

Former Giant Omar Vizquel remembers playing behind a younger, less successful Matt Cain, the Cain who lost 16 games in 2007 and 14 more last season despite posting an ERA below four.

The Rangers, managing just three hits on the afternoon, were swept out of AT&T Park on Sunday with a 3-2 loss to the Giants.

It turns out that Omar Vizquel's return to AT&T Park will be more than a ceremonial visit - and it might be a historic one.

Has he faltered? Has he succumbed to the cowboy allure and the texture of snake skin? "Hell no," Vizquel said Thursday.

This picture saved me from typing 1,000 additional words in this post. Browse more photos>> It was an ugly, ugly game, and the Giants didn't deserve to win.

Will Inman's mortal enemy faces 300-GAME WINNER Randy Johnson. 0 recs 17 comments Comments Johnson will get his ERA back in the 4's after tonight.

San Francisco closed in the ninth on a run-scoring wild pitch by Chad Qualls , who got his 13th save in 16 chances when he struck out pinch-hitter Edgar Renteria with a runner at third.