Matt Cain

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...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Giants 8, Braves 2 Giants 8, Braves 2: Angel Pagan belted a two-run homer and Matt Cain allowed three hits over eight innings as San Francisco routed visiting Atlanta. The Giants sent 11 batters to the plate and scored six runs...

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 - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH His average at .163 after another hitless game on May 1, Dan Uggla had almost nowhere to go except up. Seven games later, the Braves' second baseman is finally on the high side of the...

Tigers and Astros Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune There's no hitter better than Miguel Cabrera. He absolutely kills the ball when a pitcher makes a bad pitch and he adjusts to get the barrel on good pitches. He's the most talented hitter and maybe also...

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 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,...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Giants 4, Dodgers 3 Giants 4, Dodgers 3: Hunter Pence drove in four runs and Matt Cain worked into the eighth inning as San Francisco completed a three-game sweep of visiting Los Angeles and extended its winning streak to six...