SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants get an opportunity to play spoiler against the team they'd most enjoy spoiling -- the Los Angeles Dodgers -- when the longtime rivals close out the regular season with a three-game series that begins Friday night.

The St. Louis Cardinals used a five-run sixth inning to sweep the San Francisco Giants and get a little closer to making the postseason.

One of baseball's best collections of young hitters goes head-to-head with one of the National League's best young starting pitchers.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Arizona Diamondbacks will put their first-place status in the National League West on the line Wednesday night when they wrap up a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants.

NEW YORK -- The San Francisco Giants hope a fluky victory Monday night will jumpstart a stagnant offense and fuel an unlikely run back into the playoff race. The New York Mets hope the agonizing hard-luck defeat won't send them back into a familiar funk.

The New York Mets have come out on the other side of an epic offensive slump, albeit far too late to save their season.

Two left-handers getting introduced to new opponents are scheduled to duel Tuesday night when the San Francisco Giants face the Seattle Mariners.

An alligator spotted swimming in an Indiana neighborhood's retention pond was captured by a local resident early Wednesday morning.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Johnny Cueto is scheduled to make his second start since returning from a two-month absence but could find himself throwing to a substitute batterymate when the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs continue their three-game series on Tuesday night.

National League and American League starting lineups were announced on the 2018 MLB All-Star Selection Show on ESPN.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Right-hander Jack Flaherty returns to the scene of his major league debut last September when he closes out a four-game series for the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon.

The surging San Francisco Giants open a three-game series Monday against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, where they have fared poorly.

WASHINGTON -- Their winning streak against the Baltimore Orioles ended, the Washington Nationals will turn to Max Scherzer on Thursday night as they look to win the three-game series against the team with the worst record in baseball.

The San Francisco Giants will be out to avenge a series defeat last week when they get a rematch with the Miami Marlins.

Brian Anderson continued his hot rookie season by leading the Miami Marlins over the San Francisco Giants for the third consecutive night.