Preview the May 18 matchup between the San Francisco Giants and Athletics with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

With exceptional pitching, he Giants swept the Athletics over the weekend. Also, the entire A's team drove in only three runs in the series.

It’s Friday, May 16, and the Athletics (22-22) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (25-19). JP Sears is slated to take the mound for Oakland against Logan Webb for San Francisco. The Athletics are on a two-game losing streak where they allowed 28 runs to the Dodgers whereas the Giants are 1-5 over the last six games.

Heliot Ramos homered and later drove in the tie-breaking run with a single in the eighth to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 3-2 win against the visiting Athletics on Sunday afternoon and complete a sweep of the three-game series.

Preview the May 17 matchup between the San Francisco Giants and Athletics with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

One visible addition to the “rivalry” was a banner that hung from the right-center stands, with the area codes of 415 (in orange, for San Francisco) and 510 (in yellow, for Oakland) connected by a heart. Unmentioned: Sacramento’s 916 area code.

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The San Francisco Giants (27-19) will host the Athletics (22-24), Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET, with the Athletics on a four-game losing skid. The Giants are favored (-163 on the moneyline to win) when they host the Athletics (+138). The Giants will start Justin Verlander (0-3) versus the Athletics and Jeffrey Springs (5-3).

The New York Giants have made running back Devin Singletary expendable, but that doesn't mean they'll be moving on from him.

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