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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 #154 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES September 20, 2013 Road Game #78 (33-44) San Francisco Giants (71-82) at New York Yankees (80-73) Yankee Stadium TONIGHT’S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants visit the New York Yankees tonight in the THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY rst game of this three game series and the nal set of this 10-game road trip... LHP CC Sabathia (13-13, 4.90) is scheduled to face RHP Tim Lincecum (10-13, 4.40). Sept. 20, 1954 - " e Giants clinched their second pennant under Leo Durocher’s THE GIANTS ...Defeated the Mets by a 2-1 count yesterday and have now gone 5-2 on this stewardship with a 7-1 victory over the current 10 game road trip...the Giants took three of four games from the Dodgers last Dodgers at Ebbets Field... Willie Mays took weekend in LA and then won two of three from the Mets. over the lead for the batting title from the Dodgers’ Duke Snider a# er going 3-for-5. SERIES VICTORIES ... e Giants have won each of their last three series (COL, LAD, NYM), marking the most consecutive series victories they have won all season...it’s the rst time the Giants have won at least three straight series since last years playo! s and GIANTS AT A GLANCE the rst time in the regular season since winning seven consecutive sets at the end of Biggest Lead: 2.5 (5/13) last season from Sept. 7-30. Farthest Behind: 22.0 (9/3) Most Games over .500: 8 (5/13) ON THE MOUND ...RHP Tim Lincecum enters tonight’s start having won his last four Most Games under .500: 16 (9/7) Longest Winning Streak: 6 (4/29-5/5) decisions, his longest win streak since winning ! ve consecutive decisions to start the Longest Losing Streak: 6 (6/23-29) 2010 season (April 5-May 15)...the Giants have won his last ! ve starts. Comeback Wins: 33 Largest Comeback: 6 (5/16) YANKEE TIES ... Of the current players on the Giants roster only RHP Chad Gaudin (2009, Blown Leads: 38 Largest Blown Lead: 6 (9/10, 6-0) 2010) and RHP George Kontos (2011) have ever played for the Yankees...on the current 1st Game of Series: 19-29 Giants coaching sta! , Roberto Kelly (1987-92, 2000), Joe Lefebvre (1980), Hensley Last Game of Series: 25-23 Meulens (1989-93) and Dave Righetti (1979, 1981-90) all spent time with the Yankees. Rubber Game: 8-7 Get-Away Day: 17-17 BRONX TIES ...C Johnny Monell and OF Juan Perez played at rival high schools here in the Bronx...Monell, who was born in the Bronx, attended Christopher Columbus High GIANTS RECORD WHEN THEY School and Perez went to DeWitt Clinton High. Score 1st: 46-30 SERIES NOTES ..." is series between the Giants and Yankees marks just the third that Opponent Scores 1st: 25-52 these two teams will have played against one another since Interleague Play began in Score 4 or more: 53-17 1997...this is the Giants’ ! rst trip here to the new Yankee Stadium and their ! rst trip to Score less than 4: 18-65 Out-hit opponent: 52-20 the Bronx since June 7-9, 2002, when they dropped two of three games to New York... Out-hit by opponent: 13-54 the series is tied at 3-3. Commit No Errors: 45-35 Commit Error: 26-47 NEW YORK, NEW YORK ..." e Giants are spending a week here in New York as they One-run games: 25-27 just concluded a three-game set with the Mets...this is the ! rst time that the Giants are Lead a$ er 6.0 innings: 47-6 playing two New York teams in the same week. Tied a$ er 6.0 innings: 14-16 Trail a$ er 6.0 innings: 10-60 Lead a$ er 7.0 innings: 52-7 BEEN AWHILE ...According to Stats, Inc ., the last time the Giants played six or more games Tied a$ er 7.0 innings: 11-15 in New York within the same week was the week of Sept. 2-8, 1957...the New York Giants Trail a$ er 7.0 innings: 8-59 hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates for a three-game series on Sept. 2-3 (double header on the Lead a$ er 8.0 innings: 57-3 2nd), then traveled to Pittsburgh for a two-game series with the Pirates on Sept. 4-5, Tied a$ er 8.0 innings: 9-13 Trail a$ er 8.0 innings: 5-65 then came back home for a three-game series with the Brooklyn Dodgers on Sept. 6-8. Hit at least 1 home run: 43-28 Hit no home runs: 28-54 JUST 8 MORE ...OF Hunter Pence , who has 26 RBI this month, needs just eight more in Lineups Used: 103 the next nine games to match Je! Kent for the most RBI by a Giant in a calendar month Extra Innings: 8-10 (Kent had 34 RBI twice - June 2000 and Aug. 2002). Quality Start: 46-28 Non-Quality Start: 25-54 Day: 28-25 SINCE THE BREAK ...OF Hunter Pence and IF Brandon Belt rank fourth and seventh, Night: 43-57 respectively, among NL batting average leaders since the All-Star break...Pence has hit Vs. RHS: 48-54 .341 (76x223) with 11 home runs and 45 RBI in 59 games while Belt owns a .333 clip Vs. LHS: 23-28 (63x189) with six homers and 24 RBI in 52 contests. Series Sweeps: 4-6 Series (W-L-S) 19-25-4 LEANING LEFT ...San Francisco has posted a record of 23-28 (14-13 at home, 9-15 on the 1-game series: ---- 2-game series: 0-1-1 road) against opposing le" -handed starting pitchers this season...they’ve won seven of 3-game series: 15-19-0 their last nine games when facing a le" -handed starter. 4-game series: 4-5-3 THIRD TIME THE CHARM? ..." e Giants have faced CC Sabathia just twice: once when he was a member of the Indians (June 10, 2005) and once as a Brewer (July 18, 2008)...in two GIANTS ON THIS ROAD TRIP TO LOS starts against the Giants, he’s 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA (3er, 17.0ip) and one complete game. ANGELES AND NEW YORK (NL, AL) Games: 7 CLOSE CALLS ...Nine of the Giants’ last 12 games have been decided by just one run...the Record: 5-2 Giants are 25-27 (.481) in one run games this season, going 8-18 on the road and 17-9 at home. Avg.: .273 (69-for-253) Avg. w/RISP: . 356 (26-for-73) Runs Per Game: 6.1 (43 total) VOTE KUIPER! ... e Giants and its broadcast partners, CSN Bay Area and KNBR launched Home Runs: 9 a campaign to urge fans to vote longtime Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper onto the Stolen Bases: 5 Ford C. Frick Award Ballot at facebook.com/baseballhall...fans can vote once per day and the voting ends Sept. 30. ERA: 2.86 (20er, 63.0ip) Starters W-L: 4-0 ON DECK Starters ERA: 2.76 (14er, 45.2ip) ...Following this series with the Yankees the Giants will head back home to wrap Relievers W-L: 1-2 up the 2013 season with a six game homestand against the Dodgers and Padres. Relievers ERA: 3.12 (6er, 17.1ip) Saves/Opportunities: 3/4 PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SERIES (ALL GAME TIMES PDT): • Saturday, Sept. 21 at New York-AL (10:05am): RHP Ivan Nova (8-5, 3.36) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (3-5, 5.73) - FOX • Sunday, Sept. 22 at New York-AL (10:05am): LHP Andy Pettitte (10-10, 3.93) vs. RHP Yusmeiro Petit (4-0, 3.08) - CSN-BA, TBS 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 #55 TIM LINCECUM RHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO LINCECUM’S 2013 STARTS 2013 San Francisco 10-13 4.40 30 184.0 171 96 90 72 181 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P 4/3 at LAD W W, 5-3 5.0 3 2 0 7 4 0 91 Career (7th season) 89-69 3.46 219 1398.0 1196 576 537 541 1498 4/9 COL -- W, 9-6 6.0 4 6 6 4 7 1 104 Career vs. New York-AL - Has Never Faced the Yankees - 4/14 CHC -- W, 10-7 5.0 6 4 4 1 4 2 78 Career in Interleague 8-9 4.10 22 136.0 128 65 62 58 149 4/20 SD W W, 2-0 6.2 4 0 0 2 8 0 95 TONIGHT’S START 4/26 at SD L L, 1-2 7.0 6 2 2 3 9 0 105 5/1 at ARI -- W, 9-6 5.0 10 5 5 0 6 1 86 • Two-time NL Cy Young winner (2008, 2009) and four-time NL All-Star 5/7 PHI L L, 2-6 7.0 9 5 5 3 7 1 114 (2008-11) takes the hill for his 31st start of the 2013 season...the Giants 5/12 ATL W W, 5-1 7.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 111 have won his last ! ve starts, something they haven’t done since 2010.