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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jose Valverde hopes to speed his way back into the closer role for the Detroit Tigers during the World Series. After reviewing video of his meltdown against the New York Yankees in the AL championship series opener, Valverde...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Giants 2, Dodgers 1 Giants 2, Dodgers 1: Buster Posey hit a walk-off homer off Ronald Belisario to lead off the ninth inning and host San Francisco extended their winning streak to four games. After Los Angeles squandered...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Giants 2, Dodgers 1 SAN FRANCISCO -- Buster Posey led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a home run to left field, breaking a tie and lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 2-1 victory...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange SF's Posey hits walk-off homer; LA's Ramirez injured SAN FRANCISCO -- Buster Posey has done pretty much everything in his brief major-league career for the San Francisco Giants. Now he's done...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The plan was for Tim Lincecum to ride his postseason momentum to great heights in 2013. So far, no dice. Except for a couple of nice starts against the Padres -- two runs, 17 K'...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Pablo Sandoval had 35 hits in the season's first month, most in history by a Giants hitter in April. The only other National League hitter with as many as 35 hits in the month was...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Jeremy Affeldt, who was eligible to come off the disabled list Tuesday, is expected to return Friday. His absence left the bullpen with just one lefty, Javier Lopez. The Giants...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Pablo Sandoval was the last guy expected to win a game with a ninth-inning home run. At least Tuesday night. Sandoval left Monday's game in the sixth inning with discomfort in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Two bright spots during the Giants' recent woes: their Nos. 3-4 hitters, Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey. Both contributed Monday in a 6-4 win at Arizona that ended San Francisco'...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The Giants have lost five in a row, and nothing's clicking. Pitching, hitting, defense. "It's hard to play 162 games with everything going your way. It's never going to happen,"...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The Giants were instrumental in last year's All-Star Game. Matt Cain, Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera were in the National League lineup. Sandoval hit a three-run...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Giants at Padres Tim Lincecum and Andrew Cashner square off Friday for the second time in less than a week when the visiting San Francisco Giants open a three-game series against the San Diego Padres. Lincecum came out ahead...