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NLDS Game 1 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS POSTSEASON MEDIA NOTES October 6, 2012 Home Game 1 Cincinnati Reds (97-64) at San Francisco Giants (94-67) AT&T Park TONIGHT’S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants host the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st game of this best-of-5 Division Series...Giants’ right- hander Matt Cain (16-5, 2.79) will face Reds’ right-hander Johnny Cueto (19-9, 2.78) . PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SERIES (ALL TIMES PDT): • Sunday, Oct. 7 vs. Cincinnati (6:37): RHP Bronson Arroyo (12-10, 3.74) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (16-11, 3.37) - TBS • Monday, Oct. 8: Workout at Great American Ball Park - Times TBA • Tuesday, Oct. 9 at Cincinnati (2:37): RHP Mat Latos (14-4, 3.48) vs. TBA -TBS • *Wednesday, Oct. 10 at Cincinnati (Time - TBA): RHP Homer Bailey (13-10, 3.68) vs. TBA - TBS • *! ursday, Oct. 11 at Cincinnati (Time - TBA): TBA vs. TBA - TBS *if necessary note: all postseason games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/home games and World Series contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes THE GIANTS...have advanced to the postseason for the 5th time in the last 16 seasons and GIANTS AT A GLANCE for the 10th time in San Francisco Giants history (since 1958). GIANTS IN THE POSTSEASON NL WEST CHAMPS ...! e Giants won the 2012 NL West division for the 8th time since All-Time the advent of divisional play began in 1969 (1971, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2010, Overall (since 1900) 73-77-2 2012)...it’s the 2nd time in the last 3 seasons that they’ve won the NL West. SF-era (since 1958) 34-36 at Home 41-34 CLINCHED...! e Giants clinched the NL West on Sept. 22 against the San Diego Pa- at San Francisco 20-14 dres...they did so in game number 152, tied for the 2nd-fewest games played to do at AT&T Park 12-7 on Road 32-43-2 so in SF-era history. on Road (since 1958) 14-22 POSTSEASON HISTORY ...! e Giants franchise owns 6 World Championships (1905, GIANTS IN THE NLDS 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954, 2010), 21 Pennants and this is the 24 playo" appearance in the teams history...overall, the Giants have gone 73-77-2 (win-loss-tied) in the postseason Year Opponent W-L Series 1997 Florida L 0-3 since 1900 (8-12 in League Division Series, 16-11 in League Championship Series and 2000 New York L 1-3 49-54-2 in World Series). 2002 Atlanta W 3-2 2003 Florida L 1-3 POSTSEASON - SF-ERA ...! is is the 10th playo" appearance for the Giants since moving 2010 Atlanta W 3-1 to San Francisco in 1958 (1962, 1971, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2012)... SF owns one World Championship (2010) and 4 Pennants (1962, 1989, 2002, 2010)... GIANTS IN 2012 NLDS the Giants are 34-36 all-time in the postseason since 1958. Games: 0 Record: 0-0 PLAYOFF OPENERS ...! e Giants have posted a 19-9 record in playo" series openers (4-1 in League Division Series, 4-1 in League Championship Series and 11-7 in World Series)... Avg.: .--- (0-for-0) the Giants won each of their 3 series openers in 2010 and have won each of their last 4 Avg. w/RISP: .--- (0-for-0) Runs Per Game: 0.0 (0 total) Division Series openers, outscoring opponents by a 16-6 margin. Home Runs: 0 Stolen Bases: 0 AT HOME ... e Giants will open the postseason at home for the 3rd-consecutive time...the Giants are 41-34 all-time at home in the playo! s...they’ve gone 20-14 in San Francisco ERA: -.-- (0er, 0.0ip) and 12-7 here at AT&T Park... SF has won 8 of their last 11 postseason home games . Starters W-L: 0-0 Starters ERA: -.-- (0er, 0.0ip) Relievers W-L: 0-0 AT THE HELM ... Bruce Bochy , in his 6th season as the Giants skipper, has led San Francisco Relievers ERA: 0.00 (0er, 0.0ip) to its 2nd NL West crown during his tenure...this is the 4th time in the last 8 seasons Saves/Opportunities: 0/0 that he’s guided his team to the playo! s (2005, 2006 with SD and 2010, 2012 with SF). DIVISION SERIES ROSTER BOCHY IN POSTSEASON ...! is marks the 6th time in Bochy’s career he will manage in PITCHERS (12) the postseason, having done so with San Diego in 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006 and with San 41 A" eldt, Jeremy LHP Francisco in 2010 and now in 2012...overall, he has posted a 19-20 (.487) record in the 40 Bumgarner, Madison LHP postseason...he has advanced past the NLDS twice in his career, leading the 1998 Padres 18 Cain, Matt RHP and 2010 Giants to the World Series. 46 Casilla, Santiago RHP 70 Kontos, George RHP 55 Lincecum, Tim RHP BAY AREA TEAMS ...! e Giants and Athletics (AL West Division champs) are both in the 49 Lopez, Javier LHP postseason for the 1st time since 2003. 50 Mijares, Jose LHP 50 Mota, Guillermo RHP DID YOU KNOW? ...Beginning with the 1994 season when the divisions were realigned 54 Romo, Sergio RHP and expanded to 3 (Eastern, Central, Western), the Giants have won the NL West 5 32 Vogelsong, Ryan RHP 75 Zito, Barry LHP times, tied with the Dodgers and Diamondbacks for the most during that span (excludes 1994 strike season). CATCHERS (2) 28 Posey, Buster C REMEMBER 2010? ... Just 2 seasons ago the Giants won the 106th World Series vs. the Texas 29 Sanchez, Hector C Rangers, 4-games-to-1...it marked the Giants’ 1st World Series title since 1954 and 1st since moving to the city of San Francisco in 1958...the Giants went 11-4 throughout the INFIELDERS (7) 13 Arias, Joaquin IF 2010 postseason, also defeating Atlanta, 3-games-to-1 and Philadelphia, 4-games-to-2. 9 Belt, Brandon IF 35 Crawford, Brandon IF VETERAN ROSTER ...Of the 25 players on the Giants’ 2012 NLDS roster, just 7 players 17 Hu" , Aubrey IF have never appeared in postseason games (career regular season games in parenthesis): 48 Sandoval, Pablo IF IF Joaquin Arias (225), IF Brandon Belt (208), OF Gregor Blanco (394), IF Brandon 19 Scutaro, Marco IF 5 ! eriot, Ryan IF Crawford (209), RHP George Kontos (51), C Hector Sanchez (87), and RHP Ryan Vogelsong (181). OUTFIELDERS (4) 7 Blanco, Gregor OF GIANTS-REDS ...! e Giants and Reds are facing each other in the postseason for the 1st 68 Nady, Xavier OF time...the Reds are now the 17th di" erent opponent that the Giants will face in the 16 Pagan, Angel OF postseason...the opponent that the Giants have played the most in postseason play are 8 Pence, Hunter OF the New York Yankees (43 of 152 postseason games). GIANTS MEDIA NOTES SEASON IN REVIEW PAGE 2 THE GIANTS... nished the 2012 regular season with a HIGHEST WINNING PCT. GIANTS AT A GLANCE SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK 94-68 record and in 1st place in the NL West, 8.0 games 2012 FINAL NL WEST STANDINGS ahead of the 2nd-place Dodgers. Team Pct. (W-L) • 94 victories were the most in a season since 2002 (95). Oakland .671 (51-25) Cincinnati .649 (50-27) Team W-L GB Home Road • Finished the season 26 games over .500. San Francisco .632 (48-28) • Matched the Braves for the 3rd-best winning pct. in the San Francisco 94-68 -- 48-33 46-35 NL behind Washington (.605, 98-64) and Cincinnati (.599, 97-65). Los Angeles 86-76 8.0 45-36 41-40 Arizona 81-81 13.0 41-40 40-41 WITH THE BATS ...! e Giants averaged 4.43 runs per game (718 runs/162 games), the San Diego 76-86 18.0 42-39 34-47 6th-highest avg. in the NL and nearly a run more than they averaged last year (3.52, Colorado 64-98 30.0 35-46 29-52 last in the NL)...SF’s .269 avg. was the 3rd-highest in the league behind Colorado (.274) and St. Louis (.271). GIANTS TEAM BATTING/PITCHING ON THE MOUND ...A" er ranking 1st or 2nd in the NL in ERA the past 3 seasons, the Games: 162 Giants’ pitching sta# nished 5th in 2012, fashioning a 3.68 gure...the starting sta# Record: 94-68 posted a 3.73 ERA (5th in the NL) while the relief corps had a 3.56 mark (8th in NL)... SF converted 53 of 66 save chances (80.3%), the highest save pct. in the NL and the Avg.: .269 (1,495-for-5,558) 2nd-most rescues in the league behind Cincinnati (56). Avg. w/RISP: .259 (391-for-1,507) Runs Per Game: 4.4 (718 total) WITH THE GLOVES...! e Giants committed 115 errors, the 4th-most in the NL. Home Runs: 103 Stolen Bases: 118 AT AT&T PARK ...! e Giants went 48-33 (.593) at AT&T Park, tied for the 5th-best home record in the NL...the o# ense hit .267 (711-for-2,665) at home while averaging 3.8 runs per game (308 runs/81 games)... SF’s 31 HRs at home were the fewest they’d ever hit at ERA: 3.68 (593er, 1,451.0ip) AT&T Park and the 3rd-fewest home HRs in SF-era history (24 in 1980, 28 in 1981) . Starters W-L: 71-49 Starters ERA: 3.73 (414er, 998.1ip) ROAD WARRIORS ...! e Giants tied the Braves for the 3rd-best road winning pct.