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They are veteran street artists who call themselves the "Ex-Vandals" - a name that suggests they once vandalized private property with tags and unsightly graffiti.

Julio Teheran spun six solid innings and the Braves bullpen kept the shutout in tact by closing a 3-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants in the rubber match of a three-game set at Turner Field.

Nationally televised games don't count any more in the standings than your regular local-TV games, but when the Giants or A's are on Fox or ESPN, there are some broader implications.

If there's one word that can be used to describe the San Francisco Giants season thus far, it's frustration.

The San Diego Padres try to win their seventh straight game on Monday when they open three-game series with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park.

With the struggles that the San Francisco Giants ' starting pitchers have endured, particularly through the first two months of the season, the common belief is that a reliable starter is atop general manager Brian Sabean 's wish list as he begins pondering trade options.

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH When the Braves need a run, there's no one they'd rather see at the plate than Freddie Freeman .

The Giants finish off another losing road trip, but this time in a place where winning only seems to happen when it's the playoffs.

Tim Lincecum was wild Sunday night, but he kept the Giants in the game. The right-hander didn't get much help, though.

That might have been the longest week in baseball history. I feel like it's been 10 games over the past few days.

As the Pirates face one more Cy Young Award winner in an impressive parade of them for one six-game homestand, they'll counter with a talented newbie to the Major Leagues on Sunday.

He may pitch OK on Monday night at home against the Padres. He does pretty well at home, but teams routinely beat his brains out on the road.

With the Sunday night lights shining down on a big National League interdivisional matchup, the Giants will be trying to make a little bit of history while the Braves will try to keep things at Turner Field going just the way they have been in the present.

After Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito were hit hard in the first two games at PNC Park, Matt Cain picked up his game in response to all the hardships being thrown at this roster in recent days.

If the Royals were a player on NBA Jam, their shoes would be lit up. Alicia Keys is singing songs about the Royals now.

Despite ) - an ERA estimator based on walk, strikeout and home run rates - would currently rank second among qualified starters in the San Francisco rotation.

When you start to look at some of the outrageous contracts handed out to superstar players, you can see that the owners have a bunch of dough kicking around, and ample will to spend it.

Santana could be one of the top three starting pitchers on the free-agent market after the season.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer .

Matt Cain has a 5.09 ERA and has allowed six earned runs or more in four of starts.