Matt Cain News

Miami -- - "Wow," manager Bruce Bochy said. "That's a joke. Seriously," Gregor Blanco concurred.

Brandon Phillips hit a three-run homer to help the Cincinnati Reds outslug the Colorado Rockies 7-5 Sunday in a game that set a record for Great American Ball Park with nine home runs.

Nolasco looks to win his fifth straight start over the San Francisco Giants and lead the Marlins to their 19th victory in May in Sunday's series finale in Miami.

Miami -- - There is an art to executing that one big pitch in a tight spot that prevents the other team from scoring.

While many articles have been written about Tim Lincecum's start-of-season struggles, there should be even more about the problem at second base.

Since joining the San Francisco Giants , he leads the league in hits and also in triples .

Sometimes I hate wading into the whole first-base thing. It's like running your lawnmower over a nest of wasps.

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Now, if the Los Angeles Dodgers would just cool off a bit; I've felt all season that the Dodgers were playing over their heads, while the Giants were not playing up to their potential.

The San Francisco Giants already have two former Cy Young Award winners on their pitching staff in Barry Zito and Tim Lincecum, a two-time winner.

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MILWAUKEE - Buster Posey homered off the Miller Park scoreboard and had three RBIs as the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Tuesday night.

Despite it being the lowest point of Tim Lincecum 's career, there is still reason to believe that the San Francisco Giants ace will overcome his recent struggles and reemerge as the pitcher he once was in 2011.

Shaun Marcum tweaked a muscle in his rib cage during his last outing, but he is healthy enough to make his start Tuesday.

We are a quarter of the way through the 2012 MLB season, and still, no progress has been made as far as an extension for Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels is concerned.

San Francisco Giants right-handers Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum have a combined five wins this season.

That isn't to say that it isn't going to be fun ever again. Right now, though, the Giants have five starting pitchers.

Could Scioscia be on the hot seat? Tough to imagine when he's signed through 2018, a contract done before Dipito became GM.

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Gotta be honest here: I'm really disappointed in myself that I didn't post this video of Dan Majerle making a one-handed grab of a ground-rule double sooner.