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San Francisco Giants SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2014 GAME INFORMATION 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com sfgigantes.com sfgiantspressbox.com @SFGiants @los_gigantes• @SFG_Stats NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD GAME SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (88-74) AT PITTSBURGH PIRATES (88-74) LHP Madison Bumgarner (18-10, 2.98) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (13-7, 3.04) Wednesday, October 1, 2014 • PNC Park • 5:07 p.m. (PT) • ESPN • ESPN Radio • KNBR 680 TONIGHT'S GAME GIANTS ALL-TIME • The Giants and Pirates are meeting tonight in the one-game Wild Card playo , which POSTSEASON RECORD was added to the Major League Baseball postseason in 2012...the Cardinals defeated the Braves in the WC playo in 2012 and then the Pirates beat the Reds last season. Overall (since 1900) . 84-82-2 SF-era (since 1958) . .45-41 ONE GAME, ONE WIN AND In Home Games . .25-17 • The Giants would travel to Washington for the start of the National League Division Series In Road Games. .20-24 on Friday...Games Three and Four (if necessary) would be scheduled to be played in San At AT&T Park . .17-10 Francisco on Monday, October 6 and Tuesday, October 7. GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS THE GIANTS - POSTSEASON THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY NOTE 2014 • San Francisco has advanced to the postsea- THAT THE GIANTS HAVE MADE THE POSTSEA- Overall . 88-74 son for the third time in the last ! ve seasons SON THREE OR MORE TIMES IN A FIVE YEAR SPAN Series Record: . 29-20-3 and for the 25th time in franchise history Giants, Playo! s Apps 3+ Times in a 5-Year Span Series Record, home: . 14-9-3 (since 1900), the ! fth-most appearances San Francisco 2010, 2012, 2014 Series Record, road: . 15-11-0 all-time behind the Yankees (51), Dodgers San Francisco 2000, 2002, 2003 Series Openers: . 27-25 New York 1933, 1936, 1937 Series Finales: . .31-21 (28), Cardinals (27) and Athletics (26)...it's New York 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 Sweeps by Giants: . 6 the 11th postseason appearance in SF-era New York 1911, 1912, 1913 Sweeps by Opponent: . 6 history (since 1958). chart courtesy of Stats, Inc. Most Games Over .500 . 22, June 8 Most Games Under .500 . 0 POSTSEASON WIN STREAK Home Record:. 45-36 • The Giants have won each of their last seven postseason games, the club's longest post- Road Record: . 43-38 season win streak in franchise history. Day Record: . .38-24 Night Record: . 50-50 vs. NL West: . 40-36 GIANTS IN ELIMINATION GAMES - KEEP THE WIN STREAK GOING vs. NL Central: . .16-16 • The Giants are 17-17 all-time in elimination postseason games...SF has won each of their vs. NL East: . .22-12 last six elimination games, all of which came in 2012...the Giants became just the second vs. American League: . .10-10 team to win six straight elimination games in a single postseason in 2012, joining the vs. RH starters: . 58-44 1985 Royals. vs. LH starters: . 30-30 Giants Score First: . 65-18 THE GIANTS - REGULAR SEASON Opp. Score First: . .23-56 • Finished the 2014 regular season (57th in San Francisco and 132nd overall) with an 88-74 Leading After 6: . 62-6 Trailing After 6: . .13-60 (.543) record, the ! rst time in the modern era that they made the postseason with fewer Tied After 6: . 13-8 than 90 wins...SF ! nished in second place in the National League West, 6.0 games behind Leading After 7: . 70-6 ! rst-place Los Angeles...the Giants held possession of ! rst place in the NL West for 96 days, Trailing After 7: . 7-65 but last held ! rst on July 26...SF was a season-high 22 games over .500 on June 8. Tied After 7: . 11-3 Leading After 8: . 74-3 WILD CARD NOTES Trailing After 8: . 5-66 • Since the Wild Card format was ! rst used in 1995, the Giants have been a Wild Card team Tied After 8: . 9-5 just once, in 2002, when they lost to the Angels (another Wild Card team) in the World Extra-Inning Games: . 9-4 One-run Games: . 18-22 Series...the following teams have won the World Series as a Wild-Card team: Marlins (1997, Two-run Games: . 22-15 2003), Angels (2002), Red Sox (2004) and Cardinals (2011). Giants Score 5 or more: . 59-6 Giants Score 4 or more: . .73-13 GIANTS VS. PIRATES Giants Score 3 or less: . 15-61 • The Giants went 2-4 against the Pirates during the regular season, going 1-2 at AT&T Park Giants Score 2 or less: . 5-54 and 1-2 at PNC Park...! ve of the six games were decided by two runs or fewer...the Giants Giants No Errors: . 52-39 are 20-22 (.476) all-time here at PNC Park, losing six of the last eight games. Giants Make Error(s): . 36-35 Giants Outhit Opp.: . 65-16 Opp. Outhits Giants: . .18-51 PAST POSTSEASON HISTORY BETWEEN GIANTS-PIRATES Come-From-Behind Wins: . 35 • SF and PIT are meeting in the postseason for just the second time...they also met in the C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 9 1971 NLCS, with the Pirates winning the best-of-seven series, 3-games-to-1. C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 5 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 2 HOW THE GIANTS GOT HERE Blown Leads . 23 • The Giants nearly blew a chance at even GIANTS RECORD BREAKDOWN Largest Blown Lead . .5, Aug. 24 Giants hit 0 HR: . 27-48 making the postseason with a two and Through June 8: 43-21 (.672) - Best in NL a half month stint in which they were 15 From June 9-Aug. 25: 26-41 (.388) - 2nd Worst in NL Giants hit at least 1 HR: . 61-26 games under .500...SF had the best record From Aug. 26-Sept. 28 19-12 (.613) - 4th Best in NL Giants hit 2+ HRs: . 27-5 in baseball through June 8, then had a two- 2014 DAY-BY-DAY STANDINGS INFO month swoon from June 9-Aug. 25 in which they had a season-high 10-game lead in the NL West, then lost that lead in just 25 days in June-July...then they ! nished the regular Days in 1st Place: . 96 season by winning 19 of their ! nal 31 games to clinch a wild-card berth. Last Day in 1st Place: . .July 26 Last Day out of 1st Place: . .Sept. 28 AT THE HELM Most Consecutive Days in 1st: . 70 Most Games Ahead/Date: . .10, June 8 • Bruce Bochy will make his seventh postseason stint as a big league manager, his third Most Games Behind/Date: . 6, Sept. 28 in eight seasons with SF...Bochy's seven trips to the postseason are tied with Angels skip- Days in 2nd Place: . 82 per Mike Scioscia for the most among the 10 managers in this years postseason...Bochy Days in 3rd Place: . 1 is 30-25 (.545) all-time in postseason play, including a 22-9 (.710) record with the Giants. Days in 4th Place: . 0 Days in 5th Place: . 0 IN THE TRAINERS ROOM • The Giants had six starters miss a signi! cant amount of time in 2014: THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY • IF Brandon Belt missed 96 games with a broken left thumb and a concussion. October 1, 1954 - Behind Ruben • RHP Matt Cain had three separate DL stints (cut right index ! nger, right hamstring strain Gomez, who tossed 7.1-innings, the and season ending surgery on his right elbow), missing a total of 97 games. New York Giants defeated the Cleveland Indians, 6-2, in Game 3 of the World • OF Michael Morse missed nearly all of Sept. (24 games) with a left oblique strain. Series...Willie Mays went 3-for-5 with • OF Angel Pagan missed 57 games with back in" ammation and underwent season-ending two RBI and Don Mueller went 2-for-5... surgery on Sept. 25 to repair a bulging disc in his back. Hoyt Wilhelm closed out the win with • C Hector Sanchez missed 58 games with a concussion. 1.2-scoreless innings for his ! rst save. • IF Marco Scutaro missed nearly the entire year with a lower back strain (missed 152 games). World Champions (7): 1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954, 2010, 2012 NL Pennants (20): 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1989, 2002, 2010, 2012 NL West Titles (8): 1971, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2012 GIANTS POSTSEASON NOTES TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER - LHP MADISON BUMGARNER PAGE 2 40 • MADISON BUMGARNER • LHP BUMGARNER'S 2014 STARTS 6!5/235 • R/L • 25 (August 1, 1989) Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Service Time: 4 years, 127 days 3/31 @ARI -- W, 9-8 4.0 6 4 0 2 3 0 78 Contract Status: Signed through 2017 4/5 @LAD W W, 7-2 6.1 8 2 2 1 10 0 114 Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO 4/11 COL W W, 6-5 6.0 9 4 4 2 7 1 112 2014 San Francisco 18-10 2.98 33 217.1 194 81 72 43 219 4/17 LA L L, 1-2 4.1 6 2 2 3 6 0 99 Career (6th season) 67-49 3.06 151 952.2 852 360 324 229 896 4/22 @COL L L, 1-2 8.0 9 2 2 1 6 2 97 2014 at AT&T Park 7-6 4.03 15 91.2 90 43 41 24 101 4/28 SD L L, 4-6 5.0 7 5 4 4 5 1 93 Career at AT&T Park 30-22 3.12 69 441.0 394 162 153 114 437 April (5 starts) 2-3 4.25 29.2 39 15 14 11 34 4 515 2014 on Road 11-4 2.22 18 125.2 104 38 31 19 118 5/4 @ATL W W, 4-1 6.0 3 1 0 1 9 0 95 Career on Road 37-27 3.01 82 511.2 458 198 171 115 459 5/9 @LAD W W, 3-1 8.0 4 1 1 1 8 1 112 5/14 ATL W W, 10-4 5.0 7 4 4 1 5 0 96 5/20 @COL -- L, 4-5 6.0 8 3 3 1 6 1 100 2014 SEASON 5/25 MIN W W, 8-1 7.0 3 1 1 0 10 0 107 MOST WINS BY A GIANTS 5/30 @STL W W, 9-4 7.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 103 • Bumgarner's steady emergence as LEFT-HANDED PITCHER IN A May (6 starts) 5-0 2.08 39.0 28 10 9 5 48 2 613 one of baseball's best pitchers makes SINGLE SEASON SINCE 1958 6/5 @CIN W W, 6-1 8.0 3 1 1 0 5 1 106 him a Cy Young Award contender in Player Season Wins 6/10 WAS L L, 1-2 7.0 8 2 2 1 5 0 102 2014 after having the best season of Ron Bryant 1973 24 6/15 COL -- L, 7-8 7.0 6 4 4 4 9 1 118 Mike McCormick 1967 22 6/22 @ARI W W, 4-1 8.0 2 1 0 2 7 0 112 his career, going 18-10 with a 2.98 ERA Johnny Antonelli 1959 19 6/27 CIN L L, 2-6 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 0 97 and 219 strikeouts, a record for a San Shawn Estes 1997 19 June (5 starts) 2-2 3.00 36.0 28 13 12 8 29 2 535 Francisco left-handed pitcher.
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