Now the Oilers tackle the first-place Giants, a franchise it has never beaten in five previous meetings, the last in 1994.

Houston fell six games behind the first-place Giants in the National League West.

Last weekend, 155,573 paid to see the A's win two of three games from the first-place Giants in Oakland.

They remained five games behind in the West as the first-place Giants lost to the Mets.

Accorsi meant the end of the first-place Giants' expected run in the playoffs, which Fassel guaranteed.

"When it's needed, critical situations, he takes his game to a heightened level," Tiki Barber said after the first-place Giants defeated the 49ers, 24-6.

The first-place Giants have seven straight wins.

They're the youngest team in the league, they're the first-place Giants.

Now he is the head coach of the first-place Giants and a coach of the year candidate.

The second-place Braves, the sources said, claimed him not because they wanted him but to prevent the first-place Giants from getting him.