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World Championships NL Pennants NL West Titles 1905, 1921, 1922, 1933 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1971, 1987, 1989, 1997 1954, 2010, 2012 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1989, 2002, 2010, 2012 2000, 2003, 2010, 2012 Game #110 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES August 4, 2013 Road Game #55 (21-33) San Francisco Giants (49-60) at Tampa Bay Rays (65-45) Tropicana Field TODAY’S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants’ six-game road trip concludes today with the THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY nal game of this three game series against the Tampa Bay Rays... RHP Roberto Her- nandez (6-11, 4.71) is scheduled to face RHP Guillermo Moscoso (0-0, 6.75) in the nale. August 4, 2002 - J.T. Snow hit a three- run homer o$ Kris Benson in the 6th, THE GIANTS ...Had their three game winning streak snapped last night a! er a 2-1 loss in followed by solo shots by Reggie Sanders and David Bell , as the Giants hit back-to-back- 10.0 innings to the Rays...SF has lost nine of their last 13 games and 14 of their last 23... to-back HRs in a 10-5 victory over the Pirates. the Giants are 11 games under .500 and are currently in ! h place in the NL West, 11.0 games behind the rst place Dodgers. GIANTS AT A GLANCE TURNING IT AROUND ...! e Giants have struggled on the road this season, going 21-33 Biggest Lead: 2.5 (5/13) (.389) for the " # h-lowest road winning pct. in the NL...however, they have won six of Farthest Behind: 11.0 (8/3) Most Games over .500: 8 (5/13) their last nine road games and with a win today can earn their third-consecutive road Most Games under .500: 13 (7/30) series victory, something they haven’t accomplished at all this season. Longest Winning Streak: 6 (4/29-5/5) Longest Losing Streak: 6 (6/23-29) Comeback Wins: 24 GOING FOR THE WIN ... e Giants haven’t had a winning road trip of six-or-more games Largest Comeback: 6 (5/16) the entire season...their last such winning trip came last season when they went 4-2 at Blown Leads: 28 Largest Blown Lead: 5 (2x) (5/4, 5-0) Colorado and Arizona from Sept. 10-16. 1st Game of Series: 14-21 Last Game of Series: 15-18 THE LAST ONE ...SF is 15-18 (.455) in the nal game of a series...they’ve dropped seven Rubber Game: 5-4 of their last eight such games and are 2-9 in their past 11 contests. Get-Away Day: 11-13 GIANTS RECORD WHEN THEY STARTING STRONG ...Giants starting pitchers have tossed quality starts in each of their last four games, matching their season-high...during this stretch they have yielded just Score 1st: 31-19 four earned runs in 29.0 innings (1.24 ERA)...the last time Giants starters strung together Opponent Scores 1st: 18-41 Score 4 or more: 38-11 ve straight quality assignments was nearly one year ago from Aug. 7-11 ( ve). Score less than 4: 11-49 Out-hit opponent: 39-12 TODAY’S STARTER ... RHP Guillermo Moscoso will make his rst start in a Giants uniform Out-hit by opponent: 7-42 Commit No Errors: 31-24 today...in 24 career big league starts, he’s gone 8-10 with a 4.10 ERA...he’ll be seeking Commit Error: 18-36 his rst win as a starter since Sept. 7, 2011 vs. Kansas City while pitching for the A’s. One-run games: 16-17 Lead a! er 6.0 innings: 32-3 Tied a! er 6.0 innings: 12-12 IN INTERLEAGUE... e Giants are just 3-7 in Interleague games this season...they lost Trail a! er 6.0 innings: 5-45 their rst ve such games, but have won three of their last ve contests...they can win Lead a! er 7.0 innings: 36-5 their rst Interleague series all season with a victory today. Tied a! er 7.0 innings: 9-13 Trail a! er 7.0 innings: 4-42 Lead a! er 8.0 innings: 39-2 ON DECK ...Following this series with the Rays, the Giants will travel back home where they Tied a! er 8.0 innings: 6-11 will begin a seven-game homestand against the Brewers (Monday- ursday) and Orioles Trail a! er 8.0 innings: 4-47 (next weekend)...the Giants are just one game above .500 at home, going 28-27 (.509). Hit at least 1 home run: 31-20 Hit no home runs: 18-40 Lineups Used: 68 GO FIGURE ... e Giants have posted a better record against opponents .500 or better, going Extra Innings: 6-8 30-28 (.517), than when facing opponents below .500, where they’ve gone 19-32 (.373). Quality Start: 31-19 Non-Quality Start: 18-41 Day: 18-21 JUST SCORE FOUR ... e Giants are 38-11 (.776) this season when scoring at least four Night: 31-39 runs in a game. Vs. RHS: 34-38 Vs. LHS: 15-22 Series Sweeps: 4-6 PENCE SINCE THE BREAK ...OF Hunter Pence has posted the eighth-highest batting Series (W-L-S) 14-19-1 average among big league players since the All-Star break, batting .386 (22-for-57) in 1-game series: ---- his past 15 games. 2-game series: 0-1-1 3-game series: 11-13-0 4-game series: 3-5-0 IRON MAN ...Pence has started 118-consecutive games, which is the longest streak in the NL and the sixth longest in the Majors...Pence’s streak is the longest by a Giants player GIANTS ON THIS ROAD TRIP TO since Barry Bonds started 222 consecutive games from June 16, 1995 to Aug. 22, 1996 PHILADELPHIA AND TAMPA BAY (Stats LLC )...Pence has played all but 12.0 defensive innings this season. Games: 5 Record: 3-2 VOGELSONG ON REHAB ...RHP Ryan Vogelsong (recovering from a fractured right Avg.: .277 (49-for-177) hand) has made three rehab appearances, tossing 9.2 innings and allowing two runs... Avg. w/RISP: .316 (12-for-38) he’s scheduled to make his fourth rehab start today for double-A Richmond as they Runs Per Game: 3.8 (19 total) host New Hampshire. Home Runs: 4 Stolen Bases: 1 BYE BYE JULY... e Giants nished the month of July with a record of 8-17 (.320), which ERA: 2.66 (13er, 44.0ip) ranked as the third-lowest winning pct. in the Majors, ahead of Houston (6-18, .250) Starters W-L: 3-1 and Chicago-AL (8-18, .308)...it was the Giants’ lowest winning pct. in a calendar month Starters ERA: 2.23 (8er, 32.1ip) Relievers W-L: 0-1 since June of 1994, when that team went 8-19 (.296). Relievers ERA: 3.86 (5er, 11.2ip) Saves/Opportunities: 2/2 PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING SET VS. MILWAUKEE (ALL GAME TIMES PDT): • Monday, August 5 vs. Milwaukee (7:15): RHP Tyler " ornburg (1-0, 2.22) vs. RHP Chad Gaudin (5-2, 2.64) - CSN-BA • Tuesday, August 6 vs. Milwaukee (7:15): RHP Wily Peralta (7-11, 4.57) vs. RHP Matt Cain (7-6, 4.57) - CSN-BA • Wednesday, August 7 vs. Milwaukee (7:15): LHP Tom Gorzelanny (2-4, 2.78) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (11-6, 2.69) - CSN-BA • " ursday, August 8 vs. Milwaukee (12:45): RHP Donovan Hand (0-3, 3.60) vs. RHP Tim Lincecum (5-11, 4.43) - CSN-BA note: all games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/81 home games and two road contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes (Spanish) GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 #34 GUILLERMO MOSCOSO RHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO MOSCOSO’S 2013 STARTS AT IOWA (AAA) 2013 San Francisco 0-0 6.75 1 2.2 2 2 2 2 3 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P 4/30 RR W W, 7-2 5.0 3 1 1 1 6 1 81 2013 Iowa (AAA) 7-5 3.93 17 94.0 75 46 41 47 94 5/5 OKC -- W, 5-2 4.0 4 2 2 3 3 1 83 Career (5th season) 11-12 4.19 58 195.1 188 104 91 67 138 5/11 at REN W W, 4-1 7.0 6 1 0 1 7 0 106 2012 vs. Tampa Bay - Did Not Face the Rays - 5/17 TUC -- L, 8-9 5.0 9 4 2 0 8 0 94 Career vs. Tampa Bay 0-1 8.38 2 9.2 14 9 9 7 3 5/22 LAS L L, 4-9 4.0 6 8 8 4 7 3 84 5/27 OKC L L, 3-4 5.0 4 4 3 4 6 0 100 TODAY’S OUTING 6/1 NEW -- L, 6-7 5.2 7 4 3 2 10 1 104 • 29-year-old right-hander will be making his ! rst start this season, taking 6/6 RR L L, 0-6 6.0 3 3 3 5 5 1 103 the place of Barry Zito in the starting rotation. 6/11 at OKC L L, 5-8 5.0 4 3 3 3 2 1 88 6/16 OMA L L, 1-3 5.0 5 3 3 1 4 1 100 6/21 NAS W W, 5-4 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 2 106 2013 SEASON 6/27 at OMA W W, 4-2 6.0 4 2 2 4 2 1 104 • Had his contract purchased on July 28 a" er being acquired by the Giants in 7/2 MEM W W, 6-2 6.1 4 2 2 4 5 1 106 a trade with the Cubs on July 26...has appeared in one game for SF, tossing 7/7 at ALB W W, 8-5 6.0 2 2 2 5 5 1 93 2.2 innings of relief on Tuesday at Philadelphia, allowing two runs on two 7/12 ALB W W, 3-0 8.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 100 7/18 at RR -- W, 6-3 5.0 5 3 3 3 5 0 101 hits and two walks with three strikeouts.