The Cincinnati Reds were 4 games out of playoff position with nine series left as they faced the Cardinals Aug. 29 to open a 9-game homestand.

Randy Moffitt, a longtime Giants reliever and an inaugural member of the team's Wall of Fame in 2008, has died, the team announced on Friday afternoon. Moffitt, the brother of tennis icon Billie Jean King, spent the first 10 years of his major-league career with the Giants after being selected by the franchise in the first round of the 1970 MLB draft.

After busting out of a two-month slump, Jung Hoo Lee is poised to make some team history.

Despite strong development, San Francisco’s top prospect, Bryce Eldridge, isn’t expected to join the Giants in September.

Randy Moffitt, a reliever who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball and was the younger brother of tennis great and equality advocate Billie Jean King, has died after an extended illness. Moffitt died on Thursday in Long Beach, California, according to a representative of the family. Moffitt was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the first round in 1970 and made his major league debut with the team in 1972.

Are the Giants getting hot at a great time?

The San Francisco Giants likely won't have All-Star reliever Randy Rodriguez for the entire 2025 MLB season.

All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct WCGB Boston 75 60 .556 +2½ New York 74 60 .552 +2 Seattle 72 62 .537 — Kansas City 69 65 .515 3 Texas 68 67 .504 4½ Cleveland 66 66 .500 5 ___ Thursday's Games Boston 3, Baltimore 2 N.Y. Yankees 10, Chicago White Sox 4 Friday's Games Pittsburgh at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 7:40 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. San Diego at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Athletics, 10:05 p.m. Baltimore at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Saturday's Games Pittsburgh (Oviedo 1-0) at Boston (May 7-10), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Schlittler 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Smith 4-7), 7:10 p.m. San Diego (Pivetta 13-4) at Minnesota

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 77 57 .575 — New York 72 62 .537 5 Miami 63 71 .470 14 Atlanta 61 73 .455 16 Washington 53 80 .398 23½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 83 52 .615 — Chicago 76 58 .567 6½ Cincinnati 68 66 .507 14½ St. Louis 66 69 .489 17 Pittsburgh 59 76 .437 24 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 77 57 .575 — San Diego 75 59 .560 2 San Francisco 66 68 .493 11 Arizona 66 69 .489 11½ Colorado 38 96 .284 39 Thursday's Games Houston 4, Colorado 3 St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1 Arizona 6, Milwaukee 4 San Francisco 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Philadelphia 19, Atlanta 4 Miami 7, N.Y. Mets 4 Friday's Games St. Louis at Cincinnati, 6:40 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:45 p.m.

Former American Leaguers Rafael Devers, Willy Adames and Matt Chapman will take aim at an AL opponent when their team, the San Francisco Giants, takes on the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Friday night to open a three-game interleague series. The Orioles and Giants have met just six times since 2019, with the unfamiliar visiting team walking away with a 2-1 series win on both occasions. All told, the franchises have met just 24 times, which is 97 fewer than Devers has dueled the Orioles, 22 fewer than Adames, and 31 fewer than Chapman.

Baltimore Orioles (60-74, fifth in the AL East) vs. San Francisco Giants (66-68, third in the NL West) San Francisco; Friday, 10:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Dean Kremer (9-9, 4.19 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 127 strikeouts); Giants: Robbie Ray (10-6, 2.93 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 158 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants host the Baltimore Orioles to begin a three-game series. San Francisco has a 66-68 record overall and a 33-33 record at home. The Giants have gone 30-46 in games when they have allowed a home run. Baltimore has a 29-37 record in road games and a 60-74 record overall. The Orioles have the eighth-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .402. The teams meet Friday for the

Willy Adames homered twice as SF continued their domination of the NL Central. Could the Padres please move to Iowa?

By The Associated Press 9 hours ago | SAN FRANCISCO By The Associated Press Aug. 29, 2025 | 01:08 AM | SAN FRANCISCO Willy Adames homered twice, Jung Hoo Lee singled in the winning run in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep. It was the Giants 10th walk-off win this season and extended their winning streak to five games. Shota Imanaga allowed three runs and five hits in six innings for the Cubs. Reliever Daniel Palencia (1-4) gave up three straight singles in the 9th to take the loss. Michael Busch hit his 25th home run for the Cubs. Dansby Swanson also went deep for Chicago. Cubs RHP Cade Horton (8-4, 2.88) pitches

By The Associated Press 8 hours ago | SAN FRANCISCO By The Associated Press Aug. 29, 2025 | 01:08 AM | SAN FRANCISCO Willy Adames homered twice, Jung Hoo Lee singled in the winning run in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep. It was the Giants 10th walk-off win this season and extended their winning streak to five games. Shota Imanaga allowed three runs and five hits in six innings for the Cubs. Reliever Daniel Palencia (1-4) gave up three straight singles in the 9th to take the loss. Michael Busch hit his 25th home run for the Cubs. Dansby Swanson also went deep for Chicago. Cubs RHP Cade Horton (8-4, 2.88) pitches

Neither the San Francisco Giants (66-68) nor their fans are comfortable enough to say it, and rightly so. Sub-.500 ballclubs do not have the luxury of making October plans, but don't look now, Bob Melvin's squad is nearly back to neutral after winning two of three on the road versus the MLB-leading Milwaukee Brewers and sweeping the playoff-bound Chicago Cubs. Regardless of how the final month of the season unfolds, The Giants need to end 2025 in respectable fashion. San Francisco is just taking the schedule one game at a time, and in the past five, it is rising to the level of its opponent.

Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb speaks on the Giants' big series sweep of Cubs, as they continue to show life in late August

The Cubs lost the series finale to the Giants on a ninth-inning walk-off single as Chicago's offense stalled out in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO — Riding a three-game sweep into the second leg of a three-city trip, the Chicago Cubs positioned themselves to put pressure on the Milwaukee Brewers heading into the final four weeks of the regular season. They couldn’t build off their success in Anaheim, Calif., however, during their series against the San Francisco Giants, who handed them a 4-3 walk-off loss Thursday at Oracle ...

The Brewers may not have won Aug. 28, but old friend Willy Adames picked them up with a big game against the Cubs.

Jung Hoo Lee capped a string of three straight one-out hits in the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off single, allowing the San Francisco Giants to complete a three-game home sweep over the Chicago Cubs with a 4-3 victory Thursday afternoon. The game had been tied at 3-3 since the sixth before Casey Schmitt blooped a single to center field off Chicago's third pitcher, Daniel Palencia (1-4), to ignite the game-winning uprising. Wilmer Flores followed with a liner to left-center, sending Schmitt to second.