Bruce Bochy

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH One problem with the Giants' inadequate rotation is that it is taxing the bullpen. "Yeah, I'm conscious of it," manager Bruce Bochy said. "You have to be careful you don't wear...

The Sports Xchange By Art Spander, The Sports Xchange Giants 8, Braves 2 SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Giants looked like the World Series champions they are, blending beautiful pitching by Matt Cain and their biggest offensive inning of the year...

The Sports Xchange By Art Spander, The Sports Xchange Cain, six-run fourth carry Giants SAN FRANCISCO -- Matt Cain pitched as expected. Tim Hudson did not. And so the San Francisco Giants, who have haven't had an easy victory in a while, got one Friday...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The Atlanta Braves have hit the most homers in the National League, and the Giants' rotation entered Thursday night's game against the Braves tied for second in the league in...

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 The Giants have their bullpen back intact now that lefty Jose Mijares returned from the restricted list, to where he was transferred after spending time on the bereavement list....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The Giants' rotation is average. As in nothing special, a huge step down from recent years when the starting pitchers carried the team to baseball's promised land. Twice. Tim...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH As Tom Petty once sang, the waiting is the hardest part. Two days after Roy Halladay admitted to shoulder soreness after his second straight disastrous start -- one that fattened...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The Giants swept the Dodgers over the weekend, and that's par for the course. The sweep came on the heels of another sweep, that one in Arizona, also three games. On April 19-21,...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Giants 4, Dodgers 3 SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants completed an early-season whitewashing of the National League West, sweeping a series from their fourth different opponent Sunday...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Giants lead division after sweeping Dodgers SAN FRANCISCO -- In hopes of winning his first game of the season on national television, San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain wanted to...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Phillies at Giants The San Francisco Giants look for their seventh straight win on Monday when they host the Philadelphia Phillies, who are coming off a 14-2 loss to the lowly Miami Marlins. The Phillies dropped five games...