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The Marlins pitching staff couldn't control the Giants hitters on Thursday night.

When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, May 21, 2012 Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Temperature : 65 Umpires : Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Eric Cooper Attendance : 31644 Giants 4, Brewers 3 : Hector Sanchez homered with one out in the top of the 14th inning, lifting visiting San Francisco in the series opener.

In a game that had a little bit of everything except home runs and errors what most stood out was how completely forgettable it nearly was.

Ryan Vogelsong didn't know what hit him Saturday. All he knows for sure is that the A's didn't. Vogelsong was at the center of a seventh-inning hit-batter controversy that led to all the runs the Giants scored in a 4-0 blanking of Oakland, their 11th straight victory against their East Bay counterparts at AT&T Park.

Thus, Beltran had to shrug when he learned last fall that the Giants were not going to pursue him as aggressively as other teams even after trading pitching prospect Zack Wheeler to get him in July.

A night after a foul ball by teammate Dexter Fowler struck near his left knee, Tulowitzki returned to Colorado's starting lineup Tuesday against the San Francisco Giants despite some soreness in his leg.

Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has injured his left leg after teammate Dexter Fowler fouled a ball that hit him in the dugout during the eighth inning of Monday night's game with the San Francisco Giants.

One play late in the game can spell the difference between winning and losing. The Giants won one-run games Sunday at home and Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.

Look, I'm not saying I would be a better manager than Don Mattingly. I know I wouldn't be.

Brett Pill hit a two-run homer and Ryan Vogelsong gave up one run in 71/3 innings as the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Tuesday.

When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, May 6, 2012 Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California Temperature : 71 Umpires : Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Ed Rapuano Attendance : 41796 Giants 4, Brewers 3: Hector Sanchez sliced a single into left field with one out in the bottom of the 11th as San Francisco beat Milwaukee for the ... (more)

Matt Cain struck out 10 men. Angel Pagan extended his hitting streak to 20 games.

It's easy to fall into the trap of more whining after a defense-fueled blown save cost Matt Cain a win, but the Giants took two of three from the Brewers, who aren't a bad team at all.

Madison Bumgarner tossed seven innings of one-run ball and the San Francisco Giants topped the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-2, in the middle test of a three-game set at AT&T Park.

When Sergio Romo recently went for a bite to eat, a fan approached him. Romo has become a mainstay of the Giants ' bullpen over the past four seasons.