Most notable during the season, however, was Bonds march towards Hank Aaron's career home run record of Bonds's proximity to the record brought heavy media attention to the San Francisco Giants.
Leading off in the top of the second inning of game two versus the Padres, before a sell-out crowd at PETCO Park , Barry Bonds hit a high fastball off the facing of the upper deck in left field for his th career home run.
The opposite-field shot tied the game at 1—1 and tied Hank Aaron for the all-time home run record. The Giants lost in extra innings, this time by a score of 2—3. In the bottom of the fifth inning at home against the Nationals on August 7, , Bonds hit his th home run which caused a melee in the crowd.
Hank Aaron appeared on the big screen and congratulated Bonds. The Giants went on to lose the game 8—6. The trade was the first between the Giants and the Dodgers since The discouraging theme of would continue as solid pitching was not backed up with offense.
Tim Lincecum held the Chicago Cubs to two hits through eight innings on August 21, but the team scored only one run, losing to the Cubs by a score of 5—1.
On September 22, , the Giants officially announced that the team would not re-sign Barry Bonds for the season. After much speculation and debate, owner Peter Magowan announced Bonds's departure at a press conference, stressing the fact that the Giants needed to get younger and start fielding a more efficient offense. He went 0 for 3, driving a ball that was caught at the warning track in left-center field in his final at bat.
The season marked the first year that Barry Bonds was not a member of the team since first signing with them in and the 50th season in San Francisco. Barry Zito once again got off to a poor start, losing his first eight decisions. However, the team found hope in pitcher Tim Lincecum. After going 7—5 in his first stint in with the Giants, he exploded onto the scene this year winning four straight before losing his 1st game of the year on April 29, , to the Colorado Rockies.
He was the first Giant to do so since Mike McCormick won it in During the off season, the Giants strengthened their pitching staff by acquiring veteran starting pitcher Randy Johnson and relievers Bobby Howry and Jeremy Affeldt. Despite questions lingering about the team's struggling offense, the team compiled a 49—39 record by the Major League Baseball All-Star Game , good enough for second place in the NL West. In addition to the team's overall performance, the first half of the season provided several memorable moments for the players themselves.
Lincecum became the only pitcher to capture the Cy Young Award in each of his first two full Major League seasons. He threw pitches to complete the game, with a final score of 8—0 for the Giants. The team faced a tragic note on July 19, when the club announced that Sue Burns , the team's senior general partner who was a virtual fixture in her seat adjacent to the Giants' dugout, died early Sunday morning of cancer. Burns was the widow of Harmon Burns, a financier in the San Francisco Bay Area who was a key member of the investor group that saved the team from moving to Tampa in The Giants honored Burns in a pre-game ceremony in which Barry Bonds was also in attendance.
Alderson was the first round pick in the draft and was ranked the number four prospect in the Giants organization by Baseball America , [11] but Sanchez provided a much needed jump for the Giants offense. Sanchez ended the season batting. Although the team only finished 14 games above.
With the emergence of star player Pablo Sandoval alongside a dominant pitching staff, the Giants looked forward to making the playoffs next year for the first time since In , in a season described with the slogan "Giants Baseball: Torture" by broadcaster Duane Kuiper , [13] the club won the National League Western Division title for the first time since after trailing the San Diego Padres most of the season. On July 4, after losing a four-game road series in Colorado, the Giants' record stood at 41—40 at the half-way point of the season.
August saw a losing record of 13—15, as the club lost four series against the Braves, Padres, Phillies, and Cardinals. On August 25, despite overcoming a 10—1 deficit in the 5th inning, the Giants lost to the Reds in extra innings at home to drop 6. Three days later, following an 11—3 debacle at home against the Diamondbacks, Brian Sabean , Bruce Bochy , and Drew Northfield held a private meeting with the starting pitchers, who had gone 5—13 with a 5.
In September, the slogan for the Giants became "Fear the Beard" as they made their push for the playoffs. The Padres suffered a game losing streak going into September and on the 5th, the Giants beat the Dodgers 3—0 to move to within a game of first place. Despite being shut out four times in ten games, the Giants recorded an 18—8 September to move into first by three games as the pitching staff achieved a team ERA of 1.
During their September run, the Giants' pitching staff allowed no more than 3 runs for 18 straight games, the longest single-season streak since The division title came down to the final three games of the year in October at home against San Diego, with the Giants clinching in the last regular season game, 3—0. Closer Brian Wilson finished the game for his franchise record-tying and major league-leading 48th save.
In the second half of the season the Giants went 51— After a 9—20 first half against division opponents, the Giants won 29 of their remaining 43 division games. Pat Burrell in the Giants' World Series victory parade. Tim Lincecum won Game 1 with a memorable and record-setting strikeout, 2-hit shutout performance. In the ensuing NLCS , the Giants took a 3—1 advantage over the Philadelphia Phillies , winning two games at home after splitting the first two at Philadelphia.
The Giants failed to beat Roy Halladay , losing 4—2, forcing a return trip to Philadelphia. The game also saw the Giants set the record for the most runs 6 scored in a single half-inning in a World Series since Game 4 belonged to the Giants, as rookie left-handed starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner shut out the Rangers over eight innings with home runs by Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey propelling the team to a victory.
Nelson Cruz homered in the bottom half, but Lincecum returned to his wicked self and preserved the lead. Brian Wilson was brought in to pitch the 9th and produced a scoreless inning, allowing San Francisco to bring out a series of firsts, not just for the Giants, but also for the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Giants started the season playing barely above. However, a June by the Giants, compiled with an June by the Dodgers which included a sweep by the Giants, brought the Giants ahead by one game to end June. The Giants and Dodgers would continue to trade places at the top until August 20th, at which point the Giants started a sweep of the Dodgers that would give them the lead for good. On August 15, Melky Cabrera was suspended by Major League Baseball for 50 games for the use of performance enhancing drugs.
The Giants clinched a spot in the NLCS and become the first to take a best-of-five by winning the last three on the road. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals won 3 out of the first 4 games, bringing the Giants to the brink of elimination. San Francisco defeated Detroit, winning four straight games, for its second championship in three years. Both franchises date back to the 19th century, and both moved to California in , where the rivalry found a befitting new home, the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco having long been rivals in economic, cultural, and political arenas.
Along with the feud between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees , it is one of the oldest and most storied in baseball. The Giants have won the World Series 8 times in their history three times since moving to San Francisco , while the Dodgers have won the World Series 6 times 5 since moving to Los Angeles.
Originating in New York and Philadelphia and in different leagues, the Giants and Oakland Athletics did not strike up a true rivalry until the Athletics moved to Oakland in However, prior to their moves the teams did face off in World Series in , , and The two teams' geographic rivalry was limited to fan discussions and exhibition games until the World Series , an earthquake-interrupted series won by Oakland, four games to none.
With the advent of interleague play , the Giants and A's now play two regular-season series per year against one another, adding a recurring on-field confrontation to the long-standing off-field rivalry. Note: as of the Giants currently have more players in the Baseball Hall of Fame than any other franchise.
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