

How Mike Yastrzemski fulfilled promise to young daughter in Giants' walk-off win over Mariners
Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski channeled his "dad strength" to make good on a promise to his young daughter, Quinley, in Sunday's win over the Seattle Mariners . Yastrzemski hit his first home run of the 2025 MLB season Sunday, giving the Giants a 4-2 lead with a three-run opposite-field shot in the bottom of the fourth. Following San Francisco's eventual 5-4 walk-off victory , which pushed their record to an MLB-best 8-1 , Yastrzemski joined "Giants Postgame Live," where he credited Quinley for the long ball. Stay in the game with the latest updates on your beloved Bay Area and California sports teams! Sign up here for our All Access Daily newsletter. "Today I got to give a shout-out to
How Mike Yastrzemski fulfilled promise to young daughter in Giants' walk-off win over Mariners
Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski channeled his "dad strength" to make good on a promise to his young daughter, Quinley, in Sunday's win over the Seattle Mariners . Yastrzemski hit his first home run of the 2025 MLB season Sunday, giving the Giants a 4-2 lead with a three-run opposite-field shot in the bottom of the fourth. Following San Francisco's eventual 5-4 walk-off victory , which pushed their record to an MLB-best 8-1 , Yastrzemski joined "Giants Postgame Live," where he credited Quinley for the long ball. Stay in the game with the latest updates on your beloved Bay Area and California sports teams! Sign up here for our All Access Daily newsletter. "Today I got to give a shout-out to
San Francisco Giants Veteran Outfielder Putting On Performance of a Lifetime
The San Francisco Giants are on an absolute tear to start off the 2025 season, going 8-1 and leading the NL West. This success is heavily reliant on the players who are exceeding expectations to start the year, including Heliot Ramos, Luis Matos, Jung Hoo Lee and Mike Yastrsemski. The latter of the group is the longest-tenured active player on the Giants, and he's been having an exceptional season.
Seattle Mariners Lead the League in Incredible Category After Latest Series
The Seattle Mariners will begin an all-American League West homestead with the first of a three-game set against the Houston Astros at 6:40 p.m. PT on Monday. The Mariners were most recently swept by the San Francisco Giants. Seattle had opportunities in all three games but were walked off in two of them. The Mariners have played in four-one run games this season, which has continued to place them at the top of the league in a mind-blowing category.
Shockingly, the Red-Hot SF Giants Suddenly Have the Best Record In Major League Baseball
Your San Francisco Giants suddenly have the best record in baseball, ahead of the superstar-studded, mega-salaried LA Dodgers and New York Yankees. Thirteen days ago in our San Francisco Giants season preview that ran the day before the Major League Baseball season started, we noted that oddsmakers were predicting the San Francisco Giants would end up dead last in the NL West. Now 12 days into the 2025 MLB season, the standings do not look like what the oddsmakers had predicted. Sunday's 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners marked the Giants' seventh consecutive win, and leaves them not only with the best record in the NL West division, but the best record of any team in Major League Baseball.
Wilmer Flores Hits a Walk-Off Single and Giants Sweep Mariners
Wilmer Flores hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Seattle Mariners 5-4 on Sunday to sweep the three-game series. Mike Yastrzemski hit a three-run homer for the Giants, who are 8-1 and off to their best start since 2003. Randy Arozarena tied it at 4 for the Mariners in the ninth with an RBI double after Seattle was down to its last strike against Giants closer Camilo Doval (1-0).
Giants take 7-game win streak into Opening Day rematch vs. Reds
Two teams will get a chance to revisit Opening Day when the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants kick off a three-game series Monday night, this time in California. The Giants took two of three in their season-opening visit to Cincinnati, sandwiching 6-4 and 6-3 victories around their only loss of the season. Right-handers Hunter Greene (0-1, 2.25 ERA) of the Reds and Logan Webb (1-0, 3.00) of the Giants, who dueled for the first five innings on Opening Day, will get the ball again in the rematch.
Giants take 7-game win streak into Opening Day rematch vs. Reds
Two teams will get a chance to revisit Opening Day when the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants kick off a three-game series Monday night, this time in California. The Giants took two of three in their season-opening visit to Cincinnati, sandwiching 6-4 and 6-3 victories around their only loss of the season. Right-handers Hunter Greene (0-1, 2.25 ERA) of the Reds and Logan Webb (1-0, 3.00) of the Giants, who dueled for the first five innings on Opening Day, will get the ball again in the rematch.
MLB power rankings: New-look Giants join prosperity party in NL West
MLB MLB power rankings: New-look Giants join prosperity party in NL West Gabe Lacques USA TODAY Perhaps the San Francisco Giants ' back to the future approach really is paying off. A new regime led by franchise legend Buster Posey intent on returning the club to its strong pitching, solid defense, timely hitting and esprit de corps of their three-championship run one decade ago is seeing immediate results this season. The Giants have won their first three series, capped by a sweep of the Seattle Mariners in their first set at Oracle Park this season, and leaped 11 spots in USA TODAY Sports' power rankings. At 8-1, the Giants are in a virtual tie with the - gulp - Los Angeles Dodgers atop the
Giants begin 3-game series at home against the Reds
Cincinnati Reds (3-7) vs. San Francisco Giants (8-1) San Francisco; Monday, 9:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Hunter Greene (0-1, 2.25 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, 16 strikeouts); Giants: Logan Webb (1-0, 3.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 11 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -145, Reds +122; over/under is 7 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants host the Cincinnati Reds to open a three-game series. San Francisco went 80-82 overall and 42-39 at home last season. The Giants scored 4.3 runs per game while allowing 4.3 last season. Cincinnati had a 77-85 record overall and a 38-43 record on the road last season. The Reds slugged .388 with a .693 OPS as a team in the 2024 season. INJURIES: Giants: Tom Murphy:
Giants' bullpen shows its worth in three-game series sweep of Mariners
Most of the talk surrounding the Giants this season has been about the addition of ace pitcher Justin Verlander and an offense that has shown a certain panache for coming through in the clutch. It's certainly fair to say the bullpen has been equally responsible, if not more so, for San Francisco's best start to a season in more than two decades. Take the three-game weekend series against the Seattle Mariners for example. Giants relievers had to shoulder a heavy load against the Mariners, especially considering Verlander left Friday's game after recording just seven outs.