Cactus League Game #14 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES March 8, 2013 Home Game #7 Los Angeles Dodgers (5-6-3) at (San Francisco Giants (4-6-3) Scottsdale Stadium
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RECORD 2/23 Angels W, 4-1 10,779* 1-0 YESTERDAY'S RECAP...The Giants lost to the Cleveland Indians by a score of 6-4... 2/24 at Cubs L, 3-4 7,784 1-1 RHP Chad Gaudin made his first start of the spring for the Giants and tossed 2/25 White Sox T, 9-9 6,275 1-1-1 3.0-scoreless innings...the Indians scored four runs in the 5th inning on back-to-back 2/26 at Dodgers T, 8-8 5,019 1-1-2 home runs by 1B Nick Swisher and DH Jason Giambi...SS Brandon Crawford had 2/27 at Angels T, 8-8 4,042 1-1-3 another big day for SF going 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored...RF Hunter 2/28 Mariners L, 3-4 7,213 1-2-3 3/1 at A's W, 13-9 7,243 2-2-3 Pence also went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored. 3/2 Cubs (ss) W, 9-7 12,077* 3-2-3 at Royals (ss) L, 5-9 5,362 3-3-3 ROSTER MOVES...Prior to today's game the Giants reassigned RHP Fabio Castillo, 3/3 D-Backs W, 5-3 12,047* 4-3-3 RHP Edward Concepcion, RHP Justin Fitzgerald, LHP Josh Osich, IF Joe Panik, 3/4 at White Sox L, 2-6 5,486 4-4-3 C Andrew Susac and RHP Jose Valdez to minor league camp. SF also optioned IF 3/5 Indians L, 3-4 7,918 4-5-3 Angel Villalona to the San Jose roster. 3/6 OFF DAY 3/7 at Indians L, 4-6 4,832 4-6-3 WBC UPDATES...Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens' Netherlands squad defeated 3/8 Dodgers 1:05 p.m. Cuba by a score of 6-2 last night...they will play the winner of the Japan and Chinese 3/9 Royals 1:05 p.m. Taipai game on Sunday for the right to advance to the finals of Round 2 in Tokyo. 3/10 at Brewers 1:05 p.m. 3/11 at Rangers 1:05 p.m. 3/12 Padres 7:05 p.m. WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC...The Giants have eight players playing in this year's 3/13 at Reds 1:05 p.m. World Baseball Classic...LHP Jeremy Affeldt and RHP Ryan Vogelsong (USA), 3/14 WBC Team 1:05 p.m. IF Pablo Sandoval, and IF Marco Scutaro (Venezuela), OF Angel Pagan (Puerto 3/15 Rangers 1:05 p.m. Rico), RHP Santiago Casilla (Domican Republic), RHP Sergio Romo (Mexio) and 3/16 Reds (ss) 1:05 p.m. minor league catcher Tyler LaTorre (Italy). at Indians (ss) 7:05 p.m. 3/17 Rockies 3:15 p.m. IN THE TRAINERS ROOM...OF Andres Torres has an oblique strain and has been 3/18 OFF DAY replaced on the WBC roster…LHP Jose Mijares has a left elbow posterior impinge- 3/19 at Mariners 7:05 p.m. ment and was also replaced. 3/20 Brewers (ss) 1:05 p.m. at Padres 1:05 p.m. 3/21 Rockies 7:05 p.m. ON THE COVER...C Buster Posey will be featured alongside the Angels' Mike Trout 3/22 at Rockies 1:10 p.m. and Nationals' Bryce Harper in the April issue of Men's Health..all three players 3/23 A's 1:05 p.m. open up about getting started in Major League Baseball and their personal and 3/24 at Angels 1:05 p.m. professional tips to live and play by. 3/25 at Cubs 1:05 p.m. 3/26 Padres 1:05 p.m. THE ROSTER...The Giants now have 59 players on the Cactus League roster (39 roster 3/27 at D-Backs 1:10 p.m. players, 20 non-roster invitees)...here's a breakdown of the roster: 30 pitchers (20 + 10 3/28 A's 7:15 p.m. NR), six catchers (2 + 4 NR), 14 infielders (10 + 4 NR) and nine outfielders (7 + 2 NR). 3/29 A's 7:15 p.m. 3/30 at A's 1:05 p.m. *denotes a sellout FOR THE FIRST TIME...The following players are making their first appearance on a big league spring roster: RHP Brett Bochy, LHP Edwin Escobar, RHP Chris Heston, LHP Michael Kickham, IF Brock Bond, IF Adam Duvall, IF Ricky Oropesa and GIANTS TV HIGHLIGHTS IF Kensuke Tanaka. AND INTERVIEWS SFG Productions, the in-house production team of WOLRD SERIES CHAMPS...The Giants franchise won their seventh World Champi- the San Francisco Giants, will provide Spring Training onship in 2012, and second since they moved from New York to San Francisco in highlight packages this year, available only on the Gi- 1958...it was the club's second World Series win in the last three years. ants FTP site for 12 Cactus League games listed below. SFG Productions will provide game highlights by 5pm GIANTS INFORMATION SITE PST for download. TWO TITLES IN THREE YEARS... Tech Specs: The videos will be encoded with a high- The Giants became the first NL team * sfgiantspressbox.com, a private, media-only quality H.264 codec as 480i and 720p. The FTP site is website that helps streamline and expedite distri- to win two World Series titles in a bution of information to outlets covering the team web-based and does not require any FTP software. three-year span since the 1975 and in a more environmentally friendly manner by re- To view or receive footage, go to the Giants media 1976 Reds accomplished the feat. ducing the use of paper. information website at sfgiantspressbox.com (user- name: media; password: giants2013). * Content including game notes, stat packs, me- 2012 GIANTS...The Giants finished dia clips, lineups, rosters and audio is updated prior to every Giants spring/regular season game Date Opponent Date Opponent the 2012 regular season with a 94- and will remain archived for the remainder of the Feb. 25 CWS March 9 KC 68 record and in first place in the season. The 2013 Giants media guide can also be Feb. 28 SEA March 15 TEX NL West, 8.0 games ahead of the found on the site. March 2 CHC March 16 CIN March 3 ARI March 20 MIL second-place Dodgers...their 94 * To access the site (username: media; password: victories were the most in a season giants2013) March 5 CLE March 21 COL March 8 LAD March 26 SD since 2003 (100). PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS: • Saturday, March 9 vs. Kansas City (1:05): RHP Yusmeiro Petit vs. RHP Wade Davis--KNBR • Sunday, March 10 at Milwaukee (1:05): RHP Matt Cain vs. LHP Chris Narveson--KNBR • Monday, March 11 at Texas (1:05): LHP Madison Bumgarner vs. RHP Yu Darvish--sfgiants.com GIANTS MEDIA NOTES -- PAGE 2 -- TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER SPRING PLAYER APPEARANCES BY POSITION LHP BARRY ZITO (#75) • Pitcher - Proctor (5), Kontos (5), Affeldt (4), Gaudin (4), Hem- bree (4), Machi (4), Romo (4), Rosario (4), Runzler (4), Bochy • Made his second start of the spring on Sunday vs. the Diamond- (3), Bumgarner (3), Cain (3), Casilla (3), Castillo (3), Dunning backs and tossed 3.0-shutout innings allowing two hits with two (3), Edlefsen (3), Lively (3), Otero (3), Ramirez (3), Vogelsong strikeouts...overall, has thrown 3.2 innings and allowed two runs (3), Fitzgerald (2), Heston (2), Kickham (2), Loux (2), Mijares on four hits. (2), Osich (2), Petit (2), Zito (2), Valdez (1), Bonser (1), Con- • In 2012, posted a 15-8 record with a 4.15 ERA (85er, 184.1ip) and cepcion (1), Lincecum (1) one complete game in 32 starts, his best campaign in a Giants • Catcher - Quiroz (7), Williams (6), Posey (5), LaTorre (3), Monell uniform. (3), Susac (3), Sanchez (2) • The Giants won his last 11 outings of the season...the last time • First Base - Oropesa (8), Belt (7), Pill (6), Villalona (3), Posey SF won 11-consecutive starts by one of their pitchers was when (1) they won 11-straight when Bill Swift started from April 6-June • Second Base - Tanaka (8), Bond (5), Scutaro (5), Panik (4), 27, 1992 (STATS, LLC). Noonan (3), Valdez (1) • Had an outstanding 2012 postseason, going 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA • Third Base - Sandoval (6), Duvall (5), Noonan (7), Arias (4), (3er, 16.0ip) in three starts...had his best start in a Giants uniform Valdez (4) in Game 5 of the LCS at St. Louis, tossing 7.2-scoreless innings • Shortstop - Crawford (7), Adrianza (5), Noonan (4), Valdez (4), with one BB and six Ks in the Giants’ 5-0 possible elimination Arias (3), Tanaka (2) game victory.