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San Francisco Giants right-handed starter Landen Roupp appears to have avoided the worst as he was diagnosed with a bone bruise on his left knee after he was struck in the leg by a line drive earlier this week.
Gavin Sheets hit two of San Diego's four home runs and drove in four runs, and Fernando Tatis Jr. robbed San Francisco's Rafael Devers of a homer as the Padres beat the Giants 8-1 on Wednesday night.
Giants' hitters have performed as expected or worse than expected. The lack of breakout seasons has really hurt their playoff hopes.
The San Francisco Giants will likely use the MLB Draft to continue building their farm system. Next year, the draft will be as important as ever.
San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames returned to Milwaukee on Friday and said he isn't particularly surprised by his former team's summertime surge.
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NBC Sports Bay Area on MSNWhat we learned as disastrous fifth inning dooms Giants in brutal loss to Padres
A disastrous fifth inning doomed the Giants in San Francisco's 8-4 loss to the San Diego Padres on Thursday afternoon at Petco Park.
Through three innings, the Giants owned a 2-0 lead and positioned themselves to at least salvage a series split. Justin Verlander retired the first nine batters he faced, and the offense scored a pair of runs in the third thanks to rare shoddy defense from Platinum Glover Fernando Tatis Jr.