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Game #52 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES June 1, 2012 Home Game #26 (14-11) Chicago Cubs (18-32) at San Francisco Giants (27-24) AT&T Park TONIGHT’S GAME ...! e San Francisco Giants host the Chicago Cubs in the 1st game of this 4-game series...Giants’ le" -hander Madison Bumgarner (5-4, 3.14) will face Cubs’ le" -hander Paul Maholm (4-3, 4.62) . PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR REMAINDER OF THIS SERIES VS. CHICAGO (ALL TIMES PDT): • Saturday, June 2 vs. Chicago (4:15): RHP Matt Garza (2-3, 4.22) vs. RHP Matt Cain (5-2, 2.79) - FOX • Sunday, June 3 vs. Chicago (1:05): LHP Travis Wood (0-1, 5.94) vs. LHP Barry Zito (4-2, 3.41) - CSNBA • Monday, June 4 vs. Chicago (12:45): RHP Je! Samardzija (5-3, 3.09) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (3-2, 2.36) - CSNBA note: all games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/68 home games and 2 road contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes (Spanish) THE GIANTS ...dropped a 4-1 contest Wednesday night to the Diamondbacks and are now THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY 2-1 on this 7-game homestand against Arizona (2-1) and Chicago. June 1, 1941 - Mel Ott hits a 2-run HR, • Have still won 9 of their last 14 games and 12 of their last 19. the 400th of his Major League career and • Enter tonight’s game in 2nd place in the NL West, 5.0 games behind 1st-place LA. 1,499th and 1,500th RBI, helping the New York Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2. DON’T FORGET ...Tomorrow’s Giants-Cubs game is schedueld for a 4:15 p.m. (PT) start...the game will be televised on FOX. HIGHEST ON-BASE PCT. IN NL, BATTING 1ST Rk Player, Team OBP MELKY’S HITS ...OF Melky Cabrera’s single o! Arizona’s David Hernandez in the 8th in- 1 Gregor Blanco, SF .398 ning on Wednesday night marked his 51st hit in the month of May, tying Randy Winn 2 Rafael Furcal, STL .393 (51 hits in Sept. 2005) for the most hits in a calendar 3 Gerardo Parra, ARI .382 month in SF-era history (since 1958)...it was also tied for CABRERA’S NL RANKS IN MAY the 9th-most in franchise history, dating back to 1918. Category Stat NL Rank LONGEST HOME HIT STREAK IN Batting Avg. .429 1st GIANTS FRANCISHE HISTORY (SINCE 1918) VOTE MELKY FOR MAY ...Cabrera " nished the month Hits 51 1st Triples 5 1st Rk Player Gms Start-End of May by hitting safely in 25 of 29 games, batting .429 Multi-Hit Gms 25 1st Runs 38 2nd 1t Don Mueller 24 9/13/54-5/8/55 (51-for-119) with 38 runs scored, 7 doubles, 5 triples, 3 On-base pct. .457 3rd 1t Angel Pagan 24 4/14/12-present home runs and 17 RBI...Cabrera will be a top candidate Extra Base Hits 15 T6th 3 Matt Williams 23 7/6/94-5/13/95 to win NL Player of the Month for May. Slugging pct. .647 10th 4 Pedro Feliz 21 9/25/04-5/10/05 5 Je! Kent 20 5/31/02-7/16/02 HITTING AT HOME ...OF Angel Pagan enters tonight’s game with a 24-game home hit streak, tied with Don Mueller for the longest home hit streak in Giants franchise history GIANTS ON THIS HOMESTAND (since 1918)...Pagan went hitless in 4 at-bats during the Giants’ home opener on April VS. ARIZONA AND CHICAGO 13, but since then has had at least 1 hit in his last 24 home games...his .360 home avg. Games: 3 (36-for-100) ranks as the 6th-best in the NL. Record: 2-1 MAY IN THE BOOKS ...# e Giants completed the month of May with a 15-14 record (.517), Avg.: .253 (23-for-91) which was the 8th-best win pct. in the NL...SF posted the 3rd-lowest ERA with a 3.39 Avg. w/RISP: .211 (4-for-19) " gure (99er, 263.0ip)...the o! ense hit .258 (256-for-992), 7th-best in the NL. Runs Per Game: 2.67 (8 total) Home Runs: 0 ON THE MOUND ... LHP Madison Bumgarner has posted an 11-2 record with a 2.02 ERA Stolen Bases: 4 (22er, 98.0ip) in his last 14 starts here at AT&T Park, dating back to June 26, 2011...the ERA: 2.00 (6er, 27.0ip) Giants have won 12 of his last 14 starts here. Starters W-L: 1-1 Starters ERA: 1.71 (4er, 21.0ip) NOT MANY HOMERS ...# e Giants have hit a total of 6 HRs here at AT&T Park in 25 Relievers W-L: 1-0 games...that’s the fewest HRs any team has hit in their home park this season...SF hasn’t hit Relievers ERA: 3.00 (2er, 6.0ip) a HR here at AT&T Park in their last 9 games and have hit just 1 in their past 15 contests. Saves/Opportunities: 2/2 POWER OUTAGE ...# e Giants hit a Major League low 11 home runs in May...that marked LONGEST ACTIVE REGULAR SEASON the fewest amount of homers the club has hit in a calendar month since July 2008 (8). SELLOUT STREAK IN MAJORS Team Streak Date it Started THE CLOSER ... RHP Santiago Casilla has gone 14-for-15 in save opportunities this season, Boston 739* May 15, 2003 with his 14 rescues tied with New York’s Frank Francisco and Philadelphia’s Jonathan Philadelphia 228 July 7, 2009 Papelbon for the 2nd-most in the NL (Atlanta’s Craig Kimbrel leads with 15)...Casilla’s San Francisco 109 Oct. 1, 2010 1.17 ERA (3er, 23.0ip) is the 4th-lowest among all NL relievers. *denotes ML record HOME SWEET HOME ... " e Giants have won 8 of their last 12 games here at AT&T Park MISCELLANEOUS RECORD and are 14-11 on the Shores of McCovey Cove this year, going 6-1-2 (win-loss-split) 1st Game of Series: 8-9 in their 1st 9 home series...they will play 10 of their next 13 games here at AT&T Park. Last Game of Series: 8-8 Rubber Game: 5-1 HE’S HOT ...OF Gregor Blanco is batting .429 (12-for-28) with 6 runs scored and 6 extra Get-Away Day: 8-4 base hits (4 2Bs, 2 3Bs) in his last 7 games. Orange Jerseys: 1-2 Interleague Play: 2-1 TOO MANY MISTAKES ...# e Giants lead the Majors with 51 errors on the season. At AT&T Park: 14-11 On Road: 13-13 GIANTS’ RECORD WHEN THEY... Comeback wins 10 Lineups Used 42 Score # rst 17-8 Lead a" er 7 22-0 Last at-bat 8-3 Score 4 or more 21-9 Tied a" er 7 4-1 Extra Innings 4-1 Score less than 4 6-15 Trail a" er 7 1-23 Series Sweeps 0-2 Out-hit opp. 21-7 Lead a" er 8 23-0 Series (W-L-S) 10-4-3 Out-hit by opp. 5-15 Tied a" er 8 3-1 1-game series 0-0 Commit No Errors 15-8 Trail a" er 8 1-23 2-game series 0-0-2 Commit Error 12-16 Hit at least 1 HR 13-10 3-game series 9-4-0 One-run games 10-9 Hit no HRs 14-14 4-game series 1-0-1 GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 #40 MADISON BUMGARNER LHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO BUMGARNER’S 2012 STARTS 2012 San Francisco 5-4 3.14 10 66.0 59 27 23 14 47 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Career (4th season) 25-23 3.10 65 391.2 388 151 135 89 334 4/7 at ARI L (0-1) L, 4-5 4.0 7 4 4 2 3 2 80 4/12 at COL W (1-1) W, 4-2 7.1 4 1 1 2 2 0 117 2011 vs. Chicago 1-1 1.93 2 14.0 7 3 3 4 17 4/17 vs. PHI W(2-1) W, 4-2 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 1 96 Career vs. Chicago 2-1 2.03 4 26.2 23 6 6 7 29 4/23 at NYM W(3-1) W, 7-2 7.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 107 4/29 vs. SD W(4-1) W, 4-1 7.2 6 1 1 1 6 0 117 BUMGARNER AT A GLANCE 5/5 vs. MIL W(5-1) W, 5-2 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 110 • 22-year-old will be making his 11th start of the 2012 season...will mark 5/11 at ARI L(5-2) L, 1-5 6.0 7 5 4 2 5 2 100 his 63rd start and 66th career appearance. 5/16 vs. STL L(5-3) L, 1-4 7.1 7 4 4 0 3 1 104 5/21 at MIL ND W, 4-3(14) 7.2 5 4 3 1 10 1 110 • SF has gone 6-4 in his starts this year, but have lost 3 of his last 4. 5/26 at MIA L(5-4) L, 3-5 6.0 7 5 4 2 7 0 96 • His 5 wins are tied for the 6th-most in the National League.