AM 1240 WJON » san francisco giants http://wjon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 2012 World Series: Giants Sweep Tigers With 4-3 Extra-Inning Win http://wjon.com/2012-world-series-giants-sweep-tigers-with-4-3-extra-inning-win/ http://wjon.com/2012-world-series-giants-sweep-tigers-with-4-3-extra-inning-win/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:25:04 +0000 Joe Student http://tsminteractive.com/?p=148140 Marco Scutaro's line drive single scored Ryan Theriot with the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, on Sunday night in Detroit to complete a four-game sweep of the 2012 World Series.

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]]> http://wjon.com/2012-world-series-giants-sweep-tigers-with-4-3-extra-inning-win/feed/ 0 Leon Halip, Getty Images Giants Down Tigers to Lead Series 2-0 http://wjon.com/giants-down-tigers-to-lead-series-2-0/ http://wjon.com/giants-down-tigers-to-lead-series-2-0/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:29:31 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=93585 The San Francisco Giants took a 2 games to none series lead with a 2-0 win over Detroit in Game 2 of the World Series Thursday night. Brandon Crawford grounded into a double play to score the first round in the 7th inning and Hunter Pence drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning for the Giants. Madison Bumgarner threw 7 shutout innings with 2 hits allowed to get the win. Doug Fister allowed 1 earned run in 6 innings to take the loss.

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]]> http://wjon.com/giants-down-tigers-to-lead-series-2-0/feed/ 0 Getty Images Giants Top Tigers To Win Game 1 of World Series http://wjon.com/giants-top-tigers-to-win-game-1-of-world-series/ http://wjon.com/giants-top-tigers-to-win-game-1-of-world-series/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:37:09 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=93206 The San Francisco Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the World Series 8-3 Wednesday night. Pablo Sandoval was 4-4 with homeruns in his first 3 at bats and he finished with 4 RBIs and Marco Scutaro had 2 hits and 2 RBIs for the Giants. Barry Zito threw 5 2/3 innings with 1 earned run allowed to get the win and Justin Verlander allowed 6 hits and 5 earned runs in 4 innings to take the loss.

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]]> http://wjon.com/giants-top-tigers-to-win-game-1-of-world-series/feed/ 0 Getty Images Cardinals Top Giants to Take 2-1 Series lead; ALCS Rained Out http://wjon.com/cardinals-top-giants-to-take-2-1-series-lead-alcs-rained-out/ http://wjon.com/cardinals-top-giants-to-take-2-1-series-lead-alcs-rained-out/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:29:57 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=91520 NLCS Game 3

The St. Louis Cardinals defeated San Francisco 3-1 Wednesday night to take a 2 games to 1 series lead. Kyle Lohse threw 5 2/3 innings with 7 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win. Matt Carpenter hit a 2-run homerun for the Cardinals. Game 4 is tonight in St. Louis at 7pm tonight. Tim Linecum will start on the mound for the Giants and righthander Adam Wainwright for the Cardinals.

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]]> http://wjon.com/cardinals-top-giants-to-take-2-1-series-lead-alcs-rained-out/feed/ 0 Getty Images Giants Top Cards to Even NLCS; ALCS Resumes Tonight http://wjon.com/giants-top-cards-to-even-nlcs-alcs-resumes-tonight/ http://wjon.com/giants-top-cards-to-even-nlcs-alcs-resumes-tonight/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:26:26 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=90924 NLCS Game 2

San Francisco defeated St. Louis 7-1 Monday night in game 2 of the NLCS. Ryan Vogelsong threw 7 innings with 4 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win. Ryan Theriot and Marco Scutaro each had 2 RBIs for the Giants. Scutaro left the game with a hip injury after he was taken out on a slide to 2nd base. The series is even at 1 game apiece with game 3 in St. Louis at 3pm on Wednesday.

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]]> http://wjon.com/giants-top-cards-to-even-nlcs-alcs-resumes-tonight/feed/ 0 Cardinals Take Game1 of NLCS; Tigers Take 2-0 Series Lead http://wjon.com/cardinals-take-game1-of-nlcs-tigers-take-2-0-series-lead/ http://wjon.com/cardinals-take-game1-of-nlcs-tigers-take-2-0-series-lead/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:38:00 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=90658 NLCS Game 1

The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-4 in game 1 of the National League Championship series Sunday night. David Freese and Carlos Beltran each hit 2-run homeruns for the Cardinals. The Giants made a comeback with 4 runs in the 4th inning. Game 2 of the NLCS will take place tonight in San Francisco at 7pm (CT). Ryan Vogelsong will start on the mound for the Giants and Chris Carpenter gets the ball for the Cardinals.

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]]> http://wjon.com/cardinals-take-game1-of-nlcs-tigers-take-2-0-series-lead/feed/ 0 Getty Images 2012 MLB Playoffs: Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants Advance to LCS http://wjon.com/2012-mlb-playoffs-detroit-tigers-and-san-francisco-giants-advance-to-lcs/ http://wjon.com/2012-mlb-playoffs-detroit-tigers-and-san-francisco-giants-advance-to-lcs/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:52:49 +0000 Joe Student http://tsminteractive.com/?p=145916 ALDS Game 5: Detroit 6 — Oakland 0

Justin Verlander struck out 11 while pitching a complete-game shutout, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland A's, 6-0, to win their American League Division Series, 3 games to 2. The Tigers were just three outs away from winning the series in Game 4 on Wednesday, but the A's rallied to force Game 5.

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]]> http://wjon.com/2012-mlb-playoffs-detroit-tigers-and-san-francisco-giants-advance-to-lcs/feed/ 0 Thearon W. Henderson, Andy Lyons / Getty Images ML Baseball Results; A's, Giants Stay Alive http://wjon.com/ml-baseball-results-as-giants-stay-alive/ http://wjon.com/ml-baseball-results-as-giants-stay-alive/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:31:41 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=89733 The Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants stayed alive in the Major League Baseball playoffs Tuesday. Oakland downed Detroit 2-0 Tuesday led by starting pitcher Brett Anderson's 6 shutout innings. Seth Smith hit a solo homerun and Yoenis Cespedes had a RBI single for the A's. Detroit leads the series 2 games to 1 and Oakland hosts the Tigers at 8:37 tonight in game 4.

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]]> http://wjon.com/ml-baseball-results-as-giants-stay-alive/feed/ 0 Getty Images Under Blue Skies, the Twins Take on San Francisco http://wjon.com/under-blue-skies-the-twins-take-on-san-francisco/ http://wjon.com/under-blue-skies-the-twins-take-on-san-francisco/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:18:39 +0000 Tim Lyon http://wjon.com/?p=19492 The Minnesota Twins are playing in San Francisco this afternoon.  You can hear all the action live on AM 1240 WJON.

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