MLB - San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong suffered a fractured right hand while swinging at a pitch Monday night, bringing his best start of the season to a premature and ominous close.

Ryan Vogelsong felt the best he had in months, then it all ended on one painful swing.

Just when it looked as though San Francisco starter Ryan Vogelsong had righted the ship after a shaky start to the season, the veteran right-hander was hit with his toughest break of the year.

Giants right-hander Ryan Vogelsong has broken his pitching hand while batting against the Washington Nationals.

San Francisco Giants right-hander Ryan Vogelsong was in the midst of his best start of the season Monday, but was forced to leave in the bottom of the fifth inning after taking a pitch off his throwing hand while at the plate.

A couple of struggling teams meet up at AT&T Park on Monday, as the San Francisco Giants host the Washington Nationals for the opener of a three-game set.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy leaned back in his chair and tried to explain a week's worth of terrible starting pitching.

DENVER-Giants manager Bruce Bochy leaned back in his chair and tried to explain a week's worth of terrible starting pitching. Are the Giants starters tired from the long 2012 season? Are some of them pitching hurt? Is there a crisis of confidence?

The San Francisco Giants' prized pitching rotation took one more pounding.

Juan Nicasio scattered three hits over six innings, Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki each drove in two runs and the Colorado Rockies won their first series over San Francisco in two years, beating the Giants 5-0 on Sunday.

Barry Zito tries for his first win in five starts on Sunday when the San Francisco Giants close out a four-game set with the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

Bruce Bochy called a team meeting before the Giants' game against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, and afterward he was tight-lipped when asked what his message was.

DENVER-Manager Bruce Bochy called a team meeting before the San Francisco Giants' game against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday and afterward was tight-lipped when asked what his message was.

Wilin Rosario hit a two-run home run and drove in three runs to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 10-2 rout over the San Francisco Giants in the third game of a four-game series from Coors Field.

Bruce Bochy called a team meeting before the San Francisco Giants' game against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, and afterward he was tight-lipped when asked what his message was.

The Milwaukee Brewers, in their present form, are still far from a well-oiled machine.

DENVER - Coors Field is a tough place to play even when you're doing everything right. The San Francisco Giants did a lot of things wrong on Friday night, and they paid the price.

Coors Field is a tough place to play any night, and the Giants only made the task more difficult Friday with a series of errors, both physical and mental.

Madison Bumgarner, the steadiest pitcher in the San Francisco Giants' rotation so far this season, finally had an off night and it was a doozy.

DENVER - Coors Field is a tough place to play any night, and the Giants only made the task more difficult Friday night with a series of errors, both physical and mental.

Tyler Chatwood threw into the sixth inning and Wilin Rosario hit a two-run homer off Tim Lincecum in the Colorado Rockies' 10-2 rout of the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.

Jordan Pacheco's first homer of the year resulted in his first career grand slam, and it helped the Rockies snap a 10- game skid against the San Francisco Giants.

It took a rally, but the San Francisco Giants were able to stretch their series winning streak over the Colorado Rockies to 10 straight games.

After struggling for so long to push across runs, the Milwaukee Brewers scored 10 on Tuesday night, including eight in one inning.

The Colorado Rockies got to Matt Cain early.

DENVER - The San Francisco Giants looked lost during two games on the tricky turf in Toronto, but on Thursday, they finally embraced their environment.

Sometimes bad things happen to good folks.

Angel Pagan hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the sixth inning, Matt Cain settled down after a shaky start and the San Francisco Giants won their 10th straight over Colorado, rallying from a six-run deficit to beat the Rockies 8-6 on Thursday night.

Brandon Crawford went 2-for-4 with a three-run double and two runs scored as the San Francisco Giants edged the Colorado Rockies, 8-6, in the opener of a four-game set at Coors Field.

Matt Cain tries to keep heading in the right direction on Thursday night when he starts the opener of the San Francisco Giants' four- game series with the Colorado Rockies.