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Following a closely-contested victory on Tuesday evening, the San Francisco Giants entered Miller Park on Wednesday afternoon with hopes of completing a rare road sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers. Taking the hill for the Giants in their third contest of the young season would be another newly acquired pitcher, nine-year-veteran Jeff Samardzija. On the opposite side of the field, 26-year-old Tyler Jungmann prepared to take the mound for the Brewers. With lead-off hitter Denard Span suffering from the flu, San Francisco would have to put their faith in fifth-year Giant Angel Pagan, who refused to disappoint in his role as the table-setter. Pagan led off the game with a resounding double, and later scored on a botched play at home plate. For the first time this season, the Giants had found themselves first on the scoring sheet.  However, after Jeff Samardzija allowed a walk and two singles to open up the bottom half of the inning, the momentum quickly shifted from Sa...

Following a monumental Opening Day victory, the San Francisco Giants entered Miller Park on Tuesday evening in hopes of extending their winning streak by flexing their offensive muscles once more. However, this evening's contest proved to be unlike yesterday afternoon's high-scoring affair in that it quickly turned into a pitching duel between San Francisco's Johnny Cueto and Milwaukee's Jimmy Nelson. The first six batters for the black and orange were unable to reach base this evening, as the Giants began to realize that their offensive prowess would not become the focal point of the game. Backed by their newly-acquired pitcher, San Francisco would enter the third inning trailing (for the second consecutive day) by the score of 1-0. Nevertheless, this one tally, notched on a rather disappointing double-play ball, would be the first and last score for the Milwaukee Brewers on this particular evening. In the top of the third, Giants' shortstop Brandon Crawf...

Over the course of the past off-season, the San Francisco Giants' front office made a number of aggressive free-agency moves in an effort to help propel their franchise to yet another World Series Championship in 2016. Among their key winter acquisitions were names such as starting pitchers Johnny Cueto (formerly a member of the World Series Champion Kansas City Royals) and Jeff Samardzija, as well as veteran outfielder Denard Span. While neither starting pitcher was called upon to toe the rubber for the black and orange on Opening Day, center fielder Denard Span was quick to make his impact, cashing in with 5 RBIs in perhaps the most impressive performance of the afternoon. 11:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time. Set to toe the rubber in this head-to-head Opening Day match-up were starting pitchers Wily Peralta and Madison Bumgarner, for Milwaukee and San Francisco squads respectively (a bit of a mismatch, indeed). In the first inning, it seemed as though the Giants' confi...