McCovey Chronicles

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Justin Verlander vs. Johan Oviedo The San Francisco Giants head to Pennsylvania today to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three-game series. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Justin Verlander, who enters today’s game with a 4.53 ERA, 4.29 FIP, with 77 strikeouts to 34 walks in 89.1 innings pitched. His … [Read more...] about 8/4 Gamethread: Giants @ Pirates

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Bummer dude. Well, San Francisco fans got what they wanted. Not that the Giants won Saturday’s game, or followed up Friday’s gritty bullpen performance with another well-pitched barn-burner — just that we got to see Tyler Rogers pitch again. Obviously not in the way we’d prefer to watch Rogers pitch — that is in a Giants uniform, protecting a … [Read more...] about Tyler Rogers pitches for winning team and winning team is not the Giants

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The Giants are wrapping up another week of baseball today, so it’s time to take a look at Giants’ fans favorite highlights of the week! Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants are wrapping up another week of baseball today, so it’s time to take a look back at the week that was and share our favorite highlights. For … [Read more...] about Sunday BP: What was your favorite highlight of the week?

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Carson Whisenhunt vs. Frankie Montas. The San Francisco Giants and New York Mets split the first two games of their series, with the Giants winning an extra-innings nail-biter on Friday, and the Mets a blowout on Saturday. Now it all comes down to some brunch baseball, with a series victory on the line for the two teams who … [Read more...] about 8/3 Gamethread: Giants @ Mets

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Quite the turnaround to take the series The San Francisco Giants liked what they saw yesterday… I mean, the Mets played some really good baseball against them. They were a nuisance, pills in the box, working long at-bats, rolling singles through gaps, capitalizing with runners on base. Walks and hits piled up to a dozen runs — the Giants … [Read more...] about Sunday Giants play like Saturday Mets in series finale