Nate Schierholtz News

MIAMI - Mark Buehrle pitched into the eighth inning and the Miami Marlins moved within a victory of tying the team record for the most in a month with a 5-3 win over the Giants on Saturday.

Gregor Blanco is getting the day off. He's been hitting a lot of balls in the air lately and is hitless in the two games here.

The Giants don't have a Sam Crawford or a Chief Wilson, but then again, who does? At least they have triples hitters Miguel Cabrera , Angel Pagan and Nate Schierholtz .

Their pair of Bay Bridge Series encounters against the Oakland A's always stirs up fans.

"I've done this once before. The way it's set up I did put Madison in the eighth spot.

OK, since everyone has been accusing me of being so negative, I'll start with the positive about tonight's game.

San Francisco, CA - Marco Scutaro hit a go-ahead leadoff homer in the top of the ninth inning on Tuesday and the Rockies defeated the Giants, 5-4, in the finale of two-game series.

Before baseball began this year, I called the Giants worst move of the off season the decision not to re-sign Carlos Beltran.

For more than a decade the Minnesota Vikings have been pushing to break out of the Metrodome and into a shiny new home.

LeBron James was still on the court, enjoying the moment after ousting the New York Knicks, when the first questions came about what's next for the Miami Heat.

Pinch-hitter Tony Gwynn Jr. hit a go-ahead three-run triple off Tim Lincecum, one inning after San Francisco's Nate Schierholtz ran into a critical out that helped kill a Giants' rally and the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers went on to a 6-2 victory Wednesday night.

Pinch-hitter Tony Gwynn Jr. hit a go-ahead three-run triple off Tim Lincecum, one inning after San Francisco's Nate Schierholtz ran into a critical out that helped kill a Giants' rally and the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers went on to a 6-2 victory Wednesday night.

All I wanted from the offseason was an average offense. I knew that the middle infield was going to struggle offensively, but with Posey back, and Cabrera and Pagan possibly helping out, I had secret, shameful hopes of a completely ordinary lineup.

Twenty-nine games, thirty-three errors - that's the running tally the San Francisco Giants have currently amassed.

The only thing I hate more in this world than the San Francisco Giants losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers is the Giants being blown out and embarrassed by the Dodgers.

The San Francisco Giants still need sluggers...big surprise. For a couple of minutes it looked like there was going to be a real offense this year, but then, you know, reality set in.

Tim Lincecum was headed for the worst outing of his career, until he figured it out.

I don't like to overuse my favorite Giants-related adjective, so I save it for special occasions like this: For the first eight innings of the game, the Giants' offense was feckless.

Before I start talking Giants, I wanted to express my sympathies to those who know and loved Junior Seau.

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