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SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2014 GAME NOTES 24 Willie Mays Plaza •San Francisco, CA 94107 •Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com •sfgigantes.com •sfgiantspressbox.com •@SFGiants •@los_gigantes• @SFG_Stats SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (77-64) AT DETROIT TIGERS (77-64) LHP Madison Bumgarner (16-9, 2.97) vs. LHP David Price (13-10, 3.25) Game #142/Road Game 71 • Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 • Comerica Park • 10:08 a.m. (PT) • FOX UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE: • Sunday, Sept. 7 at Detroit (5:07): RHP Tim Hudson (9-9, 3.08) vs. LHP Kyle Lobstein (0-0, 3.18) - ESPN • Monday, Sept. 8: OFF DAY AT HOME • Tuesday, Sept. 9 vs. Arizona (7:15): LHP Wade Miley (7-10, 4.18) vs. RHP Yusmeiro Petit (4-3, 3.89) - CSN Bay Area • Wednesday, Sept. 10 vs. Arizona (7:15): RHP Josh Collmenter (10-7, 3.81) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (8-10, 4.06) - CSN Bay Area • Thursday, Sept. 11 vs. Arizona (12:45): TBA vs. LHP Kyle Lobstein (0-0, 3.18) vs. RHP Jake Peavy (4-4, 2.36)- CSN Bay Area Please note all games broadcast on KNBR 680 AM (English radio). All home games and road games in LA, SD and OAK broadcast on 860 AM ESPN Deportes (Spanish radio). TODAY'S GAME GIANTS ON THIS ROAD TRIP AT GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS • The Giants continue this six-game, two-city road trip today COLORADO AND DETROIT with the ! fth game of this trip (1-2 at COL) and the second Games . 4 NOTE 2014 game of this series against Detroit...the Giants have won Record . 2-2 Current Standing in NL West: . .2nd eight of their last 10 games and 11 of 16...SF has gone 14-7 Average . .353 (55x156) Series Record: . 24-17-3 Avg. w/RISP. ..380 (19x50) (.667) over the last three-plus weeks (beginning Aug. 13) for Runs Per Game . 7.8 (31) Series Record, home: . 13-8-3 the second-best winning pct. in the NL (WSH, .682, 15-7). Home Runs . 4 Series Record, road: . 11-9-0 Stolen Bases . 1 Series Openers: . 22-23 LONG DAYS AND NIGHTS Series Finales: . .27-17 ERA . .6.49 (25er, 34.2ip) Sweeps by Giants: . 5 • Last night was the 11th weather-related delay that the Gi- Starters W-L . 1-1 ants have endured this season, totaling roughly 19 hours Starters ERA . .8.55 (19er, 20.0ip) Sweeps by Opponent: . 6 and 22 minutes (thanks to Bill Arnold/Sports Features Relievers W-L . 1-1 Most Games Over .500 . 21, June 8 Group for help with this note). Relievers ERA . 3.68 (6er, 14.2ip) Most Games Under .500 . 0 Saves/Chances . 0/1 Current Streak: . W1 Longest Win Streak .6 (2x), last: Aug. 26-31 IN THE STANDINGS Longest Losing Stk . 6 (2x), last: July 24-29 • The Giants enter today's contest just 2.0 games behind the ! rst-place Dodgers in the NL Last Road Trip: . .3-3 (@CHC, WSH) West, the club's smallest de! cit since Aug. 6...SF hasn't been 1.0 game back since Aug. 4... Last Homestand: . 6-1 (COL, MIL) the Giants are 3.0 games ahead of the Brewers for the top NL Wild Card spot. Last Five Games: . 3-2 Last 10 Games: . 8-2 GIANT OFFENSE - BEST SINCE BREAK Home Record:. 38-33 • The Giants' o" ense has been the best in baseball since GIANTS OFFENSE - PRE/POST ALL- Road Record: . 39-31 the All-Star break, ranking ! rst in runs per game, team STAR BREAK (MLB RANK) Day Record: . .33-22 batting average, team OPS and team batting average Pre Post Night Record: . 44-42 Runs/Game 3.91 (22) 4.78 (1) vs. NL West: . 30-27 with runners in scoring position. Team BA .243 (25) .281 (1) Team OPS .688 (24) .748 (1) vs. NL Central: . .16-16 100 HITS IN A WEEK Team BA w/RISP .236 (25) .320 (1) vs. NL East: . .22-12 chart courtesy of STATS, Inc. vs. American League: . 9-9 • The Giants' o" ense has recorded double-digit hit totals vs. RH starters: . 53-38 in 16 of their last 20 games, including each of their last vs. LH starters: . 24-26 seven contests, totaling exactly 100 hits...SF is batting .370 (100-for-270) in this seven- Giants Score First: . 55-16 game stretch...the last time the Giants had 100 hits in a seven-game span was June 23-29, Opp. Score First: . .22-48 2000 (exactly 100 hits as well) (STATS, Inc .). Leading After 6: . 56-6 Trailing After 6: . .13-50 SF AGAINST THE AL Tied After 6: . 8-8 • The Giants have gone 9-9 against American League opponents this season, beginning Leading After 7: . 62-6 the year with three-game sweeps over Cleveland and Minnesota...however, since then, Trailing After 7: . 7-55 SF has lost nine of their last 12 games to the AL, with last night's victory being their ! rst Tied After 7: . 8-3 in an American League park this season...the Giants haven't won a series in an AL park Leading After 8: . 65-3 since defeating the A's two-games-to-three, June 22-24, 2012. Trailing After 8: . 5-56 Tied After 8: . 7-5 Extra-Inning Games: . 8-4 INSIDE THE SERIES One-run Games: . 15-21 • Including the 2012 World Series, the Giants have won seven of the last eight games against Two-run Games: . 20-13 the Tigers, outscoring them by a 46-20 margin. Giants Score 5 or more: . 51-6 Giants Score 4 or more: . .64-13 BUMGARNER NAMED NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST Giants Score 3 or less: . 13-51 • Today's starting LHP Madison Bumgarner was named NL Pitcher of the Month for August, Giants Score 2 or less: . 4-44 winning the award now twice in four months (also won it in May)...Bumgarner went the Opp. Scores 5 or more: . 11-38 distance in three of his six August starts and ! nished the month 4-1 with a league-best Opp. Scores 4 or more: . 23-45 1.57 ERA (8er, 46.0ip), along with a league-high 56 strikeouts and just three walks. Opp. Scores 3 or less: . .54-19 Opp. Scores 2 or less: . .44-12 POSEY AT THE PLATE Giants No Errors: . 44-35 • C Buster Posey has gone 30-for-62 (.484) with 17 runs scored, six home runs and 20 RBI Giants Make Error(s): . 33-29 Giants Outhit Opp.: . 56-14 over his past 14 contests...13 of his 30 hits have gone for extra bases (6 doubles, triple)... Opp. Outhits Giants: . .16-45 beginning Aug. 21, Posey leads baseball in hits (30), runs (17), home runs (6 - T1st), extra Come-From-Behind Wins: . 33 base hits (13) and RBI (20). C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 9 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 5 HUNTER PENCE'S HIT STREAK REACHES 17 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 2 • OF Hunter Pence has hit safely in a season-high 17 consecutive games, the longest by a Blown Leads . 22 Giants player this year and the longest active streak in the Majors...Pence has hit .377(26- Largest Blown Lead . .5, Aug. 24 for-69) with 17 runs, three 2Bs, 3B, three HRs and 15 RBI during the streak. Giants hit 0 HR: . 22-40 Giants hit at least 1 HR: . 55-23 WHAT'S LEFT? Giants hit 2+ HRs: . 24-5 • The Giants have 21 games remaining on their regular season schedule, with 11 on the THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY road and 10 at home...the average winning percentage of the Giants' opponents is .499. Sept. 6, 2013 - Yusmeiro Petit loses a perfect game w/two outs in the 9th as he allows a single to ARI's Eric Chavez on a 3-2 FULL CLUBHOUSE pitch...he retires his next batter faced to • The Giants have 35 active players on their big league roster (18 pitchers, 3 catchers, 8 record his ! rst career complete game and in! elders and 6 out! elders)...11 of the 35 players are rookies. ! rst ever shutout in the Giants’ 3-0 win. 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 MEDIA NOTES TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER - LHP MADISON BUMGARNER PAGE 2 LHP MADISON BUMGARNER BUMGARNER'S 2014 STARTS Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO 3/31 @ARI -- W, 9-8 4.0 6 4 0 2 3 0 78 2014 San Francisco 16-9 2.97 29 191.0 168 72 63 39 199 4/5 @LAD W W, 7-2 6.1 8 2 2 1 10 0 114 Career (6th season) 65-48 3.06 147 926.1 826 351 315 225 876 4/11 COL W W, 6-5 6.0 9 4 4 2 7 1 112 2014 at AT&T Park 6-6 4.36 14 84.2 87 43 41 22 92 4/17 LA L L, 1-2 4.1 6 2 2 3 6 0 99 Career at AT&T Park 29-22 3.17 68 434.0 391 162 153 112 428 4/22 @COL L L, 1-2 8.0 9 2 2 1 6 2 97 2014 on Road 10-3 1.86 15 106.1 81 29 22 17 107 4/28 SD L L, 4-6 5.0 7 5 4 4 5 1 93 Career on Road 36-26 2.96 79 492.1 435 189 162 113 448 April (5 starts) 2-3 4.25 29.2 39 15 14 11 34 4 515 5/4 @ATL W W, 4-1 6.0 3 1 0 1 9 0 95 2014 SEASON 5/9 @LAD W W, 3-1 8.0 4 1 1 1 8 1 112 • 25-year-old left-hander will make his 30th start of the season...the two- 5/14 ATL W W, 10-4 5.0 7 4 4 1 5 0 96 time All-Star (2013, 2014) has gone 16-9 with a 2.97 ERA along with four 5/20 @COL -- L, 4-5 6.0 8 3 3 1 6 1 100 complete games (two shutouts) in 29 starts, with the Giants going 17-12 5/25 MIN W W, 8-1 7.0 3 1 1 0 10 0 107 in his outings (11-4 on the road and 6-8 at home).