Eric Surkamp

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Giants manager Bruce Bochy isn't giving up on righty Ryan Vogelsong. Despite an 8.06 ERA, the highest in the National League among qualified pitchers, Vogelsong will stay in the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Coors Field is a great place to get well. The Giants played their two worst games of the season in Toronto, then flew to Denver and fell behind 6-0 in the series opener against...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Second baseman Marco Scutaro was the designated hitter Tuesday in the opener of the Giants' two-game series in Toronto, and catcher Buster Posey was the DH in Wednesday's finale....

MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Barry Zito hasn't reacted well to teammates' errors. Two and a half weeks ago in San Diego, left fielder Andres Torres missed a liner right at him, and the error was the beginning of the end for...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The Giants open a two-game series in Toronto Tuesday, and Bruce Bochy will see Melky Cabrera for the first time since Cabrera was suspended late last season. Bochy will present...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Tim Lincecum as a starting pitcher hangs out with other pitchers. They talk in the clubhouse, during batting practice. Share ideas. Share frustrations. On Tuesday, Lincecum lost...

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 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 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 - 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 MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Angel Pagan is lost -- at least temporarily. The Giants' center fielder missed Sunday night's game with a strained right hamstring, and his return date is unknown. In his place,...