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SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2014 GAME INFORMATION 24 Willie Mays Plaza •San Francisco, CA 94107 •Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com •sfgigantes.com •sfgiantspressbox.com •@SFGiants •@los_gigantes• @SFG_Stats WORLD SERIES - GAME FOUR KANSAS CITY ROYALS (2-1) AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1-2) LHP Jason Vargas (1-0, 2.38) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (0-0, 5.19) Saturday, October 25, 2014 • AT&T Park • 5:07 p.m. (PT) • FOX • ESPN Radio • KNBR 680 • ESPN Deportes 860 AM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE: • Game Five, Oct. 26 vs. Kansas City (5:07p.m.): RHP James Shields (1-1, 7.11) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (3-1, 1.40) - FOX • Game Six (if necessary), Oct. 28 at Kansas City (5:07p.m.): TBA vs. TBA - FOX • Game Seven (if necessary), Oct. 29 at Kansas City (5:07p.m.): TBA vs. TBA - FOX TONIGHT'S GAME GIANTS ALL-TIME • The Giants are just 1-8 in best-of-seven postseason series when trailing 2-1, with their POSTSEASON RECORD lone win coming in the 2012 NLCS vs. St. Louis (lost Game Four, won Games Five-Seven). Overall (since 1900) .............. 93-86-2 SELLOUT STREAKING SF-era (since 1958) ..................54-45 • The Giants have sold out their last 348 home games (regular + postseason), dating back to In Home Games ....................29-19 Oct. 1, 2010...the Giants' 327 regular season home sellout streak is the longest consecutive In Road Games. .25-26 streak in the National League and the longest active streak in the Majors. At AT&T Park ........................21-12 SNAP THIS TWO-GAME SLIDE GIANTS IN THE WORLD SERIES • The Giants need a win tonight to avoid losing three consecutive postseason games for the first time since dropping three in a row to the Florida Marlins in the 2003 Division Series. Year Opponent W-L Series 1905 Philadelphia W 4-1 1911 Philadelphia L 2-4 GIANTS WIN WITH RYAN ON THE HILL 1912 Boston L 3-4-1 • The Giants have won all six of RHP Ryan Vogelsong's postseason starts, tying the longest 1913 Philadelphia L 1-4 streak to start a career in NL history (Jerry Koosman, Livan Hernandez, Chris Carpenter) 1917 Chicago L 2-4 (STATS, Inc.)...Vogelsong is 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA in six postseason starts...in his only World 1921 New York W 5-3 Series appearance in 2012, he pitched 5.2-scoreless innings in a 2-0 win in Game Three 1922 New York W 4-1-1 at Detroit. 1923 New York L 2-4 1924 Washington L 3-4 VOGELSONG VS. THE A.L. 1933 Washington W 4-1 • Since rejoining the Giants in 2011, Vogelsong has gone 4-0 with a 1.17 ERA (8er, 61.1ip) 1936 New York L 2-4 in nine home starts against American League opponents, the lowest such ERA by any 1937 New York L 1-4 starting pitcher over that span (minimum of six starts) (STATS, Inc.). 1951 New York L 2-4 1954 Cleveland W 4-0 1962 New York L 3-4 IN THE 'PEN - SCORELESS OUTINGS 1989 Oakland L 0-4 • LHP Jeremy Affeldt has recorded a scoreless outing in 20 consecutive postseason games, 2002 Anaheim L 3-4 which is the second-longest postseason streak in MLB history in terms of games, trailing 2010 Texas W 4-1 only Mariano Rivera (23). 2012 Detroit W 4-0 • RHP Santiago Casilla has gone 19 consecutive postseason games without allowing a run, tied with Chad Bradford and Dennis Cook for the third-longest streak in MLB history GIANTS IN THE 2014 POSTSEASON • LHP Javier Lopez has tossed 18 straight postseason games without allowing a run, the Games ..............................13 sixth-longest in MLB history. Record .............................9-4 Average ................ .242 (112x462) GIANT RELIEF Avg. w/RISP. ..237 (27x114) • Giants relievers have combined to allow just three runs in 19.0 innings (1.42 ERA) covering Runs Per Game. 4.0 (52) their last six postseason games. Home Runs ..........................7 Stolen Bases .........................3 PABLO'S POSTSEASON ON-BASE STREAK SNAPPED AT 25 ERA ................2.52 (35er, 125.0ip) • IF Pablo Sandoval failed to reach base safely in four plate appearances last night, snap- Starters W-L. .4-3 ping his string of reaching safely in 25 consecutive postseason games...the streak set a Starters ERA. .2.77 (25er, 81.1ip) new Giants franchise record and finished tied for the third-longest in Major League history. Relievers W-L. 5-1 Relievers ERA ........2.06 (10er, 43.2ip) GIANTS IN THE FALL CLASSIC Saves/Chances. 5/7 • The New York Giants were 5-9 lifetime in 14 appearances in the World Series and the San Francisco Giants have gone 2-3 in five trips to the Fall Classic...the franchise's 54 World GIANTS VS. ROYALS Series victories are the third-most all-time behind the Yankees (134) and Cardinals (58). SF vs. KC (since 2003) ............... 3-9 POSTSEASON SERIES WIN STREAK At Kauffman Stadium ............. 2-7 • Not counting the Wild Card game, the Giants have won eight straight postseason series, At AT&T Park ...................... 1-2 the longest such streak in NL history and tied with the Yankees (1927-1941) for the second- • The Giants and Royals are meeting in longest streak ever, trailing only the 1998-2001 Yankees, who won 11 straight (Elias). the World Series for the first time...SF is just 4-11 versus Kansas City since Inter- WILD CARD WORLD SERIES league Play began in 1997 (including this • The 110th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series pits two wild-card postseason)...the Giants are just 3-8 at teams for the second time in baseball history...the Giants lost the other in seven games Kauffman Stadium and 1-3 at AT&T Park in 2002 to the Los Angeles Angels...the following teams have won the World Series as a (includes postseason)...both these teams Wild-Card team: Marlins (1997, 2003), Angels (2002), Red Sox (2004) and Cardinals (2011). faced one another this season from Aug. 8-10 at the K and the Giants were swept AT THE HELM in the three-game set, being outscored • Bochy is in his seventh postseason stint as a big league manager, his third in eight seasons by a 16-6 margin. with SF...he's 39-29 (.574) all-time in postseason play, including a 31-13 (.705) record with SF...he's 9-7 all-time in the World Series...the Giants have never lost a postseason series in THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY Bochy's tenure...Bochy has won nine straight postseason rounds since 2010, the second- October 25, 2012 - Madison longest streak ever by a manager, trailing only Joe Torre's 11 straight with the Yankees Bumgarner, Santiago Casilla and Sergio Romo combine on a two-hitter from 1998-2001. as the Giants shut out the Tigers, 2-0, in Game Two of the World Series. 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 POSTSEASON NOTES TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER - RHP RYAN VOGELSONG PAGE 2 32 • RYAN VOGELSONG • RHP VOGELSONG’S 2014 STARTS 6-4/214 • R/R • 37 (July 22, 1977) Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Service Time: 8 years, 20 days 4/4 @LAD -- W, 8-4 4.0 7 4 4 2 4 2 94 Contract Status: Signed through 2014 (free agent after season) 4/10 ARI -- L, 5-6 (10) 5.0 7 4 4 1 5 0 93 Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO 4/16 LAD -- W, 2-1 6.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 83 2014 San Francisco 8-13 4.00 32 184.2 178 86 82 58 151 4/21 @COL L L, 2-8 1.1 6 5 5 3 0 3 59 Career (9th season) 49-57 4.42 232 972.2 984 514 478 373 731 4/27 CLE -- W, 4-1 7.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 104 2014 at AT&T Park 3-7 3.06 16 100.0 84 35 34 23 85 April (5 starts) 0-1 5.40 23.1 26 14 14 10 17 5 433 Career at AT&T Park 20-21 3.38 72 396.2 364 155 149 124 298 5/3 @ATL W W, 3-1 6.0 5 1 1 4 6 0 107 2014 on Road 5-6 5.10 16 84.2 94 51 48 35 66 5/8 @LAD -- W, 3-1(10) 7.1 5 1 1 2 2 0 104 Career on Road 24-24 4.78 110 435.1 459 256 231 178 329 5/13 ATL L L, 0-5 6.0 7 4 4 1 8 0 96 5/18 MIA W W, 4-1 7.0 5 0 0 1 6 0 98 POSTSEASON 5/24 MIN W W, 2-1 6.2 3 0 0 1 7 0 107 • Vogelsong is on his second postseason roster...the Giants have won all 5/29 @STL -- W, 6-5 6.1 7 4 4 3 5 1 101 six postseason games that he has started in his career. May (6 starts) 3-1 2.29 39.1 32 10 10 12 34 1 613 6/4 @CIN W W, 3-2 6.1 7 2 2 1 9 1 101 6/9 WSH L L, 2-9 6.0 9 6 6 2 6 0 102 • Has made two starts this postseason (Game 4 of NLDS and Game 4 of 6/14 COL -- L, 4-5 5.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 85 NLCS)...has received a no-decision in both outings, while posting a 5.19 6/21 @ARI W W, 6-4 5.0 5 4 4 3 3 0 94 ERA.