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.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Pitchers who have survived recent demotions will go head-to-head Friday night when the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants continue a four-game series.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Houston Astros enter a house of horrors when they open a two-game interleague road series against the San Francisco Giants on Monday night.

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

The San Francisco Giants hope to get a boost from Hunter Pence in a new role when they host the Philadelphia Phillies on the middle day of a three-game series.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants are expecting reinforcements Friday night when they seek revenge on the Philadelphia Phillies in the opener of a three-game series.

San Francisco Bay Area native and San Diego Padres pitcher Tyson Ross hopes to beat the San Francisco Giants for the second time this season Tuesday night.

The San Francisco Giants will take a bit of a worn-down bullpen into a rare double-header Saturday when they duel the Los Angeles Dodgers.

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt set a Major League Baseball record with a 21-pitch at-bat against the Los Angeles Angels.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will trot out their staff ace Clayton Kershaw for Sunday's series finale.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants were rained out Friday night, but it didn't postpone the inevitable.

Felix Hernandez and Johnny Cueto will go head-to-head for the first time in their illustrious careers Wednesday afternoon.

PHOENIX -- Los Angeles Dodgers shut-down closer Kenley Jansen has looked entirely mortal in his first two appearances this season.

Rich Hill was the No. 2 starter to Clayton Kershaw's No. 1 as recently as last postseason, and now he finds himself in a new role with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

LOS ANGELES -- Johnny Cueto got an up-close-and-personal look at how to hold down an explosive Los Angeles Dodgers' offense.