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The extra-base knock scored Brett Pill, who reached base by drawing a walk from Sounds reliever Travis Webb .

When the ball left Charlie Culberson's bat and soared out to left field, the Fresno Grizzlies held their collective breath.

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox scored five runs in the fourth off right-hander Boof Bonser and rode that momentum to an 8-3 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park before 10,975. RH Jeff Manship blanked Fresno over five innings despite entering the game with an 8.27 ERA.

Steve Kroner subbing for Henry Schulman on a beautiful, busy Friday before the opener of a three-game series with the Dodgers - and it's Metallica Night at Third and King: First, the transactions, as Henry reported in a previous blog: The Giants have recalled outfielder Francisco Peguero from Triple-A Fresno and sent catcher Hector Sanchez to the ... (more)

Affeldt, who has been out since mid-April with a right oblique strain, has appeared in six games this season and tossed 4 2/3 innings for a 5.79 earned run average.

As expected at some point, the Giants optioned catcher Hector Sanchez to Triple-A Fresno and recalled outfielder Francisco Peguero.

There are, as of this morning, two teams that have three players listed under the "Catchers" section of their roster page.

Powering up: Jackson Williams hit two home runs -- solo shots in the third and eighth innings -- and tripled and scored a run in the sixth to lead the Fresno Grizzlies over the Sacramento River Cats 11-5 Thursday in a Pacific Coast League game at Chukchansi Park.

Manager Bruce Bochy indicated Sunday that right-hander Jean Machi could remain with the Giants even after left-hander Jeremy Affeldt makes his anticipated return from the disabled list this week.

June 5, 2012; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey talks to starting pitcher Tim Lincecum and catcher Hector Sanchez before a game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park.

The franchise record-holder is back in the house this week. Cole Gillespie played parts of four seasons with the Aces before he signed with the Giants organization during the recent winter and is back at Aces Ballpark this weekend with Fresno.

Whether he's dealing with the lineup, bullpen roles or starting assignments, Bruce Bochy often states that he won't mess with something that's working.

The Giants right-hander is set to face the Padres for the second straight time, and that first outing could not have gone much better.

Welcome to the 20th issue of Dbacks 2013. Will Matt Cain go berserk and ruin our lives or will Goldschmidt emerge from the sea and hit 3 HRs? Find out in the latest issue of Dbacks 2013 The game starts out pretty well for the Dbacks as Brandon Crawford makes a throwing error and Gerardo Parra arrives at first safely.

Fans might have a hard time believing this, but managers do second-guess themselves.

Brandon Belt isn't in the Giants' lineup for the second consecutive day -- Joaquin Arias starts at first base against a left-hander -- but that didn't make it a day off for Belt.

APRIL 19: Hector Sanchez #29, Angel Pagan #16 and Pablo Sandoval #48 of the San Francisco Giants celebrates after Pagan hit an RBI walk-off single against the San Diego ... more   SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 19: Hector Sanchez #29, Angel Pagan #16 and Pablo Sandoval #48 of the San Francisco Giants celebrates after Pagan hit an RBI walk-off single ... (more)