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Emmet Sheehan had a no-hitter in his MLB debut but the Los Angeles Dodgers bullpen again imploded, which eventually resulted in a 7-5 loss to the San Francisco Giants in 11 innings.Sheehan was called up from Double-A Tulsa for a start Friday night in lieu of the Dodgers moving ahead with their previously-planned bullpen game.

When the Giants backed out of the Carlos Correa deal over concerns about an injury from nearly a decade ago, there were rumblings that it might make it hard for San Francisco to work with superagent Scott Boras in the future.Well, apparently feelings heal pretty quickly in Boras Land.Michael Conforto is a Boras client, which means not only are the Giants still able to work with Boras, they were the first team to strike a deal with him after the Correa debacle.

The San Francisco Giants completed their first away series sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals since 1998 with another late-inning come from behind win built on the labor of an airtight bullpen and some last minute thunder.Down to his final strike in the 9th, Mike Yastrzemski roped a 2-run no-doubter off Giovanny Gallegos that tied the game at 5 runs a piece and sent the bleacher boo-birds singing.

The San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-3 on Tuesday night in a very weird game.A very, very, very weird game.It wasn't weird in the sense of an unexpected performance, or a wild comeback, or an improbable outcome, or a roller-coaster narrative.It was weird in the way your fleeting dreams are weird ... you know the ones I'm talking about.

Through two games at Coors Field, the the San Francisco Giants had beaten the Colorado Rockies in two very different ways.And neither way felt like a fitting tribute to the Banquet Beer's park.During Tuesday's 10-4 win, the Giants tied a SF-era franchise record with eight doubles, and threw a triple in there for good measure.

The table was set for the San Francisco Giants as they headed to Coors Field to face the Colorado Rockies for the first time this year.Joc Pederson, their fourth-best hitter by wRC+, was returning from the Injured List.Thairo Estrada, their fifth-best hitter by wRC+, was also returning from the Injured List.

The San Francisco Giants are hitting well enough to be side characters in a minor controversy, so let's examine it.This morning, Baseball Twitter got into a bit of a tizzy because of this tweet from former major leaguer Will Middlebrooks:

Brian Kenny: "Luis Arraez is still hitting .400.Do we care?"What kind of question is that?

After winning four consecutive series, the San Francisco Giants dropped their last two, at home.Now it's time for them to rebound against a division rival, the Colorado Rockies.The bad news is that the Giants are back on the road, and at Coors Field no less.The good news is that the Rockies are not a good baseball team, and rank dead last in the National League in run differential ... by a huge margin.

By the end of this weekend's series with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the San Francisco Giants will have a quarter of the season in the books.Quickly as the 40-game mark approaches, it provides a large enough sample for trends to emerge and to sort through the noise.The Giants have gotten the breakout performances and solid starting pitching they knew they would need to contend Thairo Estrada, J.D. Davis and LaMonte Wade Jr. have been revelations, while Alex Cobb owns the best ERA in the National League, with Anthony DeSclafani not far behind him but underperforming offseason additions and an unreliable bullpen have them stuck under .500.

It has been said that Saint Patrick taught the concept of Christianity to the pagans of San Francisco by using a shamrock to explain the holy trinity.Back in those days, the trinity was Barry Bonds, Jeff Kent, and Jason Schmidt.But it's 2023 now, and the San Francisco Giants have an entirely different roster.