Bay Area Sports News

THROWBACK TUESDAY: Legendary Giants slugger Willie McCovey salutes the home crowd with his arm around his mother Esther, on a day in which the future Hall of Famer was honored at The Stick (Photo courtesy SF Chronicle)

#SFGIANTS COMPLETE THE SWEEP OF THE D-BACKS WITH A 2 - 1 VICTORY BEHIND BUMGARNER. Justin Maxwell was the hero of the day with a solo home run and a great diving catch (see video). Notes: The G-Men have now won 6 straight. #JoePanik reached base nine times in this series, raising his OBP to .381, which ranks 8th in NL. Buster Posey ranks 6th and Nori Aoki is 7th.

FINAL IN ARIZONA: #SFGiants 6 Diamondbacks 5 (in 12 innings). The G-Men set a new franchise record (25 man roster) by using 10 pitchers. #HunterPence was the hero on offense and newly appointed reliever Ryan Vogelsong pitched a scoreless 11th and 12th inning to close out a epic game to start the 2nd half of the season. #TORTURE

2ND HALF BEGINS TONIGHT --- LINEUP: #SFGiants @ Arizona, 6:40 PDT. We'll drink to that!