The Giants Baseball Blog

After finally getting it going here in late April and winning five of their last six ballgames heading into the weekend, the Giants had a largely forgettable 2-game set with the Padres in Mexico City. They were out-slugged by San Diego in an offensive juggernaut on Saturday, then lost a game they'll tell you they probably should have held on to on Sunday. They had the late-inning lead but their two best relievers to date couldn't shut the door in the eighth. Not only did they lose the series, but they may have lost their starting center fielder for a little while. Just when it looks like the full lineup is back and healthy, Mike Yastrzemski came up limping after making a diving attempt on a shallow fly ball in the eighth inning. It didn't look good either as Yaz limped off the field and it looks like an IL stint is almost certain. You see something like that and you immediately think hamstring but I don't want to speculate. For the Giants' sake, let's hope it wa

 After an overall tough weekend in New York with the Yankees, the Giants really got their offense kick-started in game one against the White Sox on Monday. It's taken a few games to get there, but we saw much of what Farhan Zaidi and Gabe Kapler envisioned with this offense. Things got off a bit of a slow start, as Michael Kopech struck out three of the first four batters he saw. After that, however, it was all San Francisco. Joc Pederson got the party started with the a solo shot in the second, then Roberto Perez laced an RBI single to left later on in the inning. The Giants never looked back after that. Most of this team was pressing coming into this series, but a few key guys who really needed to get going did just that. Michael Conforto, who had a forgettable return to the big apple over the weekend, connected for his first long ball and first multi-hit game with his new club. David Villar, who has Casey Schmitt breathing down his neck, launched two balls deep into the left fie