Sergio Romo News

The Giants clearly have rediscovered the benefits of building from within. Key figures in the Giants' resurgence last season were "homegrown" products who rose through their farm system.

While early October means the start of the baseball playoffs, it also means the start of the Liga Mexicana del Pacifico season.

Matt Cain gave up three hits in eight scoreless innings Sunday, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs finished with a 37-44 road record in 2009 after a 5-1 loss to San Francisco on Sunday at AT&T Park .

Nobody in the usually stout rotation, including Sanchez, could do that in the first five games of a trip that ended with some true 2009 Giants baseball - good pitching and just enough offense to win.

Travis Ishikawa scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, as the Giants picked up a much-needed 5-4 decision over the Diamondbacks.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, To be honest, I have never been that big of a Brian Wilson fan prior to this year.

It is safe to say that Bob Howry's tenure in San Francisco this season has gone without much fan fare.

This might have finally been the night when Barry Zito stopped having to carry his contract around like an anvil.

Juan Uribe belted a two-run home run and Barry Zito tossed 8 1/3 scoreless innings to lead the San Francisco Giants past the Florida Marlins, 3-0, in the middle installment of a three-game set at AT&T Park.

Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain delivers a pitch in the first inning of their game with the Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug.25, 2009.

Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain delivers a pitch in the first inning of their game with the Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug.25, 2009.

Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain delivers a pitch in the first inning of their game with the Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug.25, 2009.

Barry Zito threw six shutout innings and three San Francisco relievers finished the two-hitter, as the Giants edged the struggling Reds, 1-0, at Great American Ball Park.

The Reds scored seven times in the final two innings Friday night at AT&T Park to return from a deficit and top the hosting San Francisco Giants, 10-5. Down 5-3 in the eighth, the Reds loaded the bases against Giants relievers Jeremy Affeldt and Sergio Romo before closer Brian Wilson entered the game looking for a five-out save.

The Reds scored seven times in the final two innings Friday night at AT&T Park to return from a deficit and top the hosting San Francisco Giants, 10-5. Down 5-3 in the eighth, the Reds loaded the bases against Giants relievers Jeremy Affeldt and Sergio Romo before closer Brian Wilson entered the game looking for a five-out save.

Considering that the Giants won last night, with a good collective effort from the pitching staff, there was an unusual amount of consternation in the dugout.

Eugenio Velez homered in the second inning and had a tie-breaking RBI double in the sixth and the San Francisco Giants stayed hot at home with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.Pablo Sandoval, Bengie Molina and Juan Uribe had two hits each for the Giants, while Sergio Romo pitched 1-3 of an inning for the win, the Giants' ...

Aurilia's average fell to .202 when he went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts Friday night.

The Giants catcher, now a proud papa, watched all 27 outs on a small television.