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Game #76 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES June 27, 2012 Home Game #38 (23-14) Los Angeles Dodgers (43-32) at San Francisco Giants (42-33) AT&T Park TODAY’S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the nal game of this 3-game series...Giants’ right-hander Tim Lincecum (2-8, 6.07) will face Dodgers’ right-hander Chad Billingsley (4-6, 4.15) . PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING SERIES VS. CINCINNATI (ALL TIMES PDT): • ! ursday, June 28 vs. Cincinnati (7:15): RHP Johnny Cueto (9-3, 2.21) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (9-4, 3.10) - CSNBA • Friday, June 29 vs. Cincinnati (7:15): RHP Mike Leake (2-5, 4.46) vs. RHP Matt Cain (9-2, 2.27) - CSNBA • Saturday, June 30 vs. Cincinnati (1:05): RHP Mat Latos (6-2, 4.77) vs. LHP Barry Zito (6-5, 4.00) - CSNBA • Sunday, July 1 vs. Cincinnati (1:05): RHP Bronson Arroyo (3-5, 4.13) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (7-3, 2.23) - CSNBA note: all games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/68 home games and 2 road contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes (Spanish) THE GIANTS ...defeated the Dodgers 2-0 last night and are now just 1.0 game behind them THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY for 1st place in the NL West...if you don’t include Opening Day 2012, the last time the June 27, 1977 - Willie McCovey hits 2 Giants were in 1st place in the West was Aug. 9, 2011. HRs, one a grand slam, in the 6th inning • Are 2-0 on this 7-game homestand against the Dodgers (2-0) and Reds (! ursday-Sunday). to pace a 14-9 victory over the Reds...Mc- • Have won 4 of their last 5 games. Covey became the 1st player to twice hit 2 HRs in one inning, and also became the all-time NL BACK-TO-BACK BLANKS ...! e Giants have shut out the Dodgers in each of the 1st two leader with 17 career grand slams. games of this series...it’s the 1st time that SF has blanked LA in consecutive games since HIGHEST HOME WIN PCT. IN MAJORS April 3-4, 2002 at Los Angeles...it’s also the 1st time SF has shut out LA in back-to-back SINCE MAY 5 home games since Aug. 15-16, 1987... the Giants have never held the Dodgers scoreless for 3-consecutive games in SF-era history . Rk Team Pct. (W-L) 1 San Francisco .708 (17-7) GOING FOR THE SWEEP ...! is will be the 8th time this season that the Giants will enter 2 Pittsburgh .692 (18-8) the " nal game of a 3+ game series with the chance for a sweep...SF has broomed just one 3 New York-AL .652 (15-8) opponent all season, the Cubs in a 4-game set from June 1-4...the Giants haven’t swept MOST SHUT OUTS IN MAJORS the Dodgers in a 3-game series since July 30-Aug. 1, 2010. Rk Team SHO STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT WIN ...RHP Tim Lincecum has gone 10 starts without 1 Los Angeles-AL 10 a victory, his longest winless streak of his career (last win came April 28 vs. San Diego)... 2t Kansas City 8 2t New York-NL 8 his current 6-game losing streak is also the longest of his career. 2t Oakland 8 2t San Francisco 8 HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE ...! e Giants have gone 23-14 (.622) at home this season, which is tied with the Texas Rangers for the 3rd-highest home winning pct. in the Ma- GIANTS ON THIS HOMESTAND jors this season...only the Dodgers (.667, 24-12) and Pirates (.639, 23-13) have better VS. LOS ANGELES AND CINCINNATI records at home. Games: 2 Record: 2-0 NOTABLE BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUP ...C Buster Posey is 10-for-22 (.455) with 2 2Bs and 5 RBI in his career against today’s opposing starter, Chad Billingsley. Avg.: .313 (21-for-67) Avg. w/RISP: .333 (8-for-24) Runs Per Game: 5.0 (10 total) SEALING SAVES ...RHP Santiago Casilla earned his 21st save of the season last night, Home Runs: 1 tied with Atlanta’s Craig Kimbrel for the National League lead...Casilla needs 8 saves Stolen Bases: 2 before the All-Star break to match Rod Beck’s SF-era record for the most saves prior to the break (29 in 1997). ERA: 0.00 (0er, 18.0ip) Starters W-L: 2-0 Starters ERA: 0.00 (0er, 14.0ip) RUN PRODUCERS ...Catchers Buster Posey (35 RBI) and Hector Sanchez (20 RBI) have Relievers W-L: 0-0 combined for 55 RBI while catching for the Giants this season...that’s the most combined Relievers ERA: 0.00 (0er, 4.0ip) RBI among catchers on one team in the big leagues so far this year. Saves/Opportunities: 1/1 ON THE MOUND ...SF starting pitchers have allowed 1 earned run in their last 24.0 innings. LONGEST ACTIVE REGULAR SEASON SELLOUT STREAK IN MAJORS TIGHT ONES ...Of the Giants’ 75 games this season, 55 of have been decided by 3 runs- Team Streak Date it Started or-fewer, including 17 of 24 contests this month...only the Nationals have played more Boston 753* May 15, 2003 games overall this season that have been decided by that many runs (57 games). Philadelphia 246 July 7, 2009 San Francisco 121 Oct. 1, 2010 CATCH US IF YOU CAN ...SF has been successful in 23 of their last 26 stolen base at- *denotes ML record tempts ...their 60 stolen bases overall are the 4th-most in the Majors behind Miami (66), MISCELLANEOUS RECORD San Diego (64) and Oakland (61). 1st Game of Series: 14-11 SELECTION SUNDAY ...! e 2012 NL and AL All-Star teams will be unveiled this Sunday, Last Game of Series: 10-13 July 1 on TBS from 10:00-11:00 a.m. (PT). Rubber Game: 6-4 Get-Away Day: 10-8 Orange Jerseys: 2-3 GETTING BETTER ...! e Giants’ 60 errors this season are the most in the National League... Interleague Play: 7-8 SF committed 50 errors in their 1st 48 games, but have been much better with the gloves At AT&T Park: 23-14 recently, committing just 9 miscues in their past 24 contests. On Road: 19-19 GIANTS’ RECORD WHEN THEY... Comeback wins 16 Lineups Used 59 Score rst 26-10 Lead a! er 7 36-2 Last at-bat 9-6 Score 4 or more 32-12 Tied a! er 7 4-2 Extra Innings 4-1 Score less than 4 10-21 Trail a! er 7 2-29 Series Sweeps 1-2 Out-hit opp. 32-9 Lead a! er 8 37-1 Series (W-L-S) 15-7-3 Out-hit by opp. 7-22 Tied a! er 8 3-3 1-game series 0-0 Commit No Errors 27-14 Trail a! er 8 2-29 2-game series 0-0-2 Commit Error 15-19 Hit at least 1 HR 20-12 3-game series 13-7-0 One-run games 16-11 Hit no HRs 22-21 4-game series 2-0-1 GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 #55 TIM LINCECUM RHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO LINCECUM’S 2012 STARTS 2012 San Francisco 2-8 6.07 15 83.0 83 58 56 45 91 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Career (6th season) 71-49 3.21 171 1111.0 925 427 396 424 1,218 4/6 at AZ L(0-1) L, 4-5 5.1 6 5 5 1 7 2 94 4/11 at COL ND L, 8-17 2.1 8 6 6 2 3 0 76 2012 vs. Los Angeles 0-1 7.20 1 5.0 8 4 4 2 8 4/16 PHI L(0-2) L, 2-5 6.0 8 5 5 1 6 0 94 Career vs. Los Angeles 5-5 3.07 16 99.2 86 37 34 42 101 4/23 at NYM W(1-2) W, 6-1 5.0 4 1 1 5 8 0 108 LINCECUM AT A GLANCE 4/28 vs. SD W(2-2) W, 2-1 8.0 3 1 0 4 5 0 121 • 2-time NL Cy Young winner (2008, 2009) and 4-time NL All-Star (2008- 5/4 vs. MIL ND L, 6-4 5.0 2 3 3 4 4 0 84 5/9 at LAD L(2-3) L, 2-6 5.0 8 4 4 2 8 0 101 11) takes hill for his 16th start of the 2012 season...will mark his 172nd 5/15 COL ND L, 4-5 7.0 7 4 4 3 7 0 122 career appearance as well as his 171st start. 5/20 OAK L(2-4) L, 2-6 4.0 5 4 4 3 5 0 90 • ! e Giants have gone just 3-12 overall in his starts this season and 4-17, 5/25 at MIA L(2-5) L, 6-7 5.2 6 6 6 4 5 2 97 dating back to last season. 5/30 AZ L(2-6) L, 1-4 7.0 2 1 1 5 6 1 112 6/5 at SD ND L, 5-6 6.0 5 4 4 1 8 1 102 6/10 TEX L(2-7) L, 0-5 5.2 9 5 5 4 5 0 104 LAST TIME OUT 6/16 at SEA L(2-8) L, 7-4 5.0 5 5 5 2 6 2 90 • Earned a no-decision in his most recent outing last Friday night as SF beat 6/22 at OAK ND W, 4-3 6.0 3 3 3 4 8 0 105 Oakland 5-4...overall, Lincecum allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and 4 walks with Totals (15 starts)2-8 6.07 83.0 83 58 56 45 91 8 1500 8 Ks in 6.0 innings pitched...he allowed all 3 runs in the 1st frame as he LINCECUM’S 2012 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN tossed a total of 43 pitches...from the 2nd inning on however, he retired Category DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR 18 of his " nal 20 batters without allowing a hit, while striking out 8.