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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 #142 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES September 7, 2013 Home Game #72 (35-36) Arizona Diamondbacks (71-69) at San Francisco Giants (63-78) AT&T Park TONIGHT’S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants host the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY in the third game of this four game series and seven game homestand that also features the Colorado Rockies from Monday-Wednesday... RHP Brandon McCarthy (3-9, 4.94) Sept. 7, 1977 - Willie McCovey doubled o# is scheduled to face RHP Matt Cain (8-8, 4.43) in tonight’s matchup. Mario Soto for his 2,000th career hit and belted his 489th home run in a 6-3 victory THE GIANTS ...Have won seven of their last 13 games, including three of their last four over Cincinnati. here at home...they entered action today in ! " h place in the NL West, 20.5 games behind ! rst-place Los Angeles...SF is 15 games under .500. GIANTS AT A GLANCE TODAY’S TRANSACTION ...RHP Matt Cain has been reinstated o# the 15-day disabled list prior to tonight’s game...Cain missed the last 14 games with a contusion on his Biggest Lead: 2.5 (5/13) right forearm...the Giants now have 35 active players on their roster (17 pitchers, three Farthest Behind: 22.0 (9/3) catchers, nine in! elders and six out! elders). Most Games over .500: 8 (5/13) Most Games under .500: 16 (9/5) Longest Winning Streak: 6 (4/29-5/5) PETIT’S PERFORMANCE ... RHP Yusmeiro Petit became the 12th player to lose a perfect Longest Losing Streak: 6 (6/23-29) game with two outs in the 9th inning and the second pitcher this season, joining Texas’ Comeback Wins: 28 Yu Darvish, who lost his perfecto on April 2 at Houston when he allowed a single to Largest Comeback: 6 (5/16) Blown Leads: 35 Marwin Gonzalez. Largest Blown Lead: 5 (2x) (5/4, 5-0) 1st Game of Series: 17-28 ALMOST PERFECT GAMES Last Game of Series: 21-23 Rubber Game: 6-7 Date Pitcher Team Opponent Notes Get-Away Day: 15-17 Sept. 6, 2013 Yusmeiro Petit Giants D-backs Eric Chavez single to RF April 2, 2013 Yu Darvish Rangers @Astros Marwin Gonzalez single June 2, 2010 Armando Galarraga Tigers Indians Jason Donald single Sept. 2, 2001 Mike Mussina Yankees @Red Sox Carl Everett single April 20, 1990 Brian Holman Mariners @A’s Ken Phelps home run GIANTS RECORD WHEN THEY Aug. 4, 1989 Dave Stieb Blue Jays Yankees Roberto Kelly double May 2, 1988 Ron Robinson Reds Expos Wallace Johnson single Score 1st: 41-26 April 15, 1983 Milt Wilcox Tigers @White Sox Jerry Hairston single Opponent Scores 1st: 22-52 Sept. 2, 1972 Milt Pappas Cubs Padres Larry Stahl walked, still no-no Score 4 or more: 48-15 June 27, 1958 Billy Pierce White Sox Senators Ed Fitz Gerald double Score less than 4: 15-63 Aug. 5, 1932 Tommy Bridges Tigers Senators Dave Harris single Out-hit opponent: 49-19 July 4, 1908 George Wiltse NY Giants A’s George McQuillan HBP Out-hit by opponent: 10-53 Commit No Errors: 39-33 Commit Error: 24-45 One-run games: 20-23 FROM ELIAS ...Petit entered last night’s game with just 39 career starts...three pitchers had Lead a! er 6.0 innings: 43-6 40 or fewer starts at the time of a perfect game: Charlie Robertson in 1922 (perfect game Tied a! er 6.0 innings: 13-12 in his fourth career start), Lee Richmond in 1880 (21) and Philip Humber in 2012 (30). Trail a! er 6.0 innings: 7-60 Lead a! er 7.0 innings: 47-6 MORE PETIT ...Petit did record his ! rst career complete game and ! rst career shutout...he Tied a! er 7.0 innings: 10-14 also matched his career high for wins in a season with his third last night. Trail a! er 7.0 innings: 6-58 Lead a! er 8.0 innings: 51-2 Tied a! er 8.0 innings: 7-11 DID YOU KNOW? ... Giants ! rst base coach Roberto Kelly broke up a perfect game with two Trail a! er 8.0 innings: 5-65 outs in the 9th inning...Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb was perfect through 8.2 innings before Hit at least 1 home run: 38-25 Kelly lined a 2-0 pitch for a double to le" ! eld, breaking Stieb’s chance for perfection. Hit no home runs: 25-53 Lineups Used: 9 4 Extra Innings: 6-9 HUNTER IS HOT ...OF Hunter Pence led the Giants’ o# ense last night by going 3-for-3 Quality Start: 40-25 with three runs scored, a double and a home run...Pence’s .341 avg. (60-for-176) since Non-Quality Start: 23-53 the All-Star break ranks as the seventh-highest ! gure in the NL. Day: 24-25 Night: 39-53 BEST AGAINST THE WEST ... e Giants are in a strech of playing 20 consecutive games Vs. RHS: 43-51 against NL West opponents...15 of their ! nal 21 games will come within the division, Vs. LHS: 20-27 Series Sweeps: 4-6 where they’ve gone 34-27 (.557)...however, the Giants are the only team within the divi- Series (W-L-S) 16-25-3 sion that are below .500 at home. 1-game series: ---- 2-game series: 0-1-1 BULLISH BEHAVIOR ...In their last 13 games the Giants bullpen has been lights out, 3-game series: 13-19-0 posting a 0.72 ERA (3er, 37.1ip) with 28 strikeouts and have held opponents to a .188 4-game series: 3-5-2 average against. INSIDE THE SERIES ...San Francisco has won 11 of the ! rst 17 games against Arizona GIANTS ON THIS HOMESTAND this season, going 4-4 here at AT&T Park and 7-2 at Chase Field. VS. ARIZONA AND COLORADO Games: 2 IN NEED OF A HOME SERIES WIN ... e Giants have posted a record of 1-7-2 (win-lost- Record: 1-1 split) in their last 10 series on the Shores of McCovey Cove, with that lone win coming vs. Arizona July 19-21. Avg.: .279 (17-for-61) Avg. w/RISP: . 231 (3-for-13) Runs Per Game: 2.5 (5 total) WRAPPING UP ...Just 21 games remain on the Giants’ regular season schedule...includ- Home Runs: 1 ing tonight, the Giants have 11 more home games and 10 road games...SF embarks on Stolen Bases: 1 their ! nal road trip of the season on Wed., a 10-game, 11-day trip to Los Angeles (three games) and then New York for a week (Mets and Yankees). ERA: 2.00 (4er, 18.0ip) Starters W-L: 1-1 Starters ERA: 2.63 (4er, 13.2ip) AT THE TURNSTILES ... e Giants have sold out their last 235 regular season home Relievers W-L: 0-0 games, dating back to Oct. 1, 2010...it’s the longest active regular season home sellout Relievers ERA: 0.00 (0er, 4.1ip) streak in the Majors. Saves/Opportunities: 0/0 PROBABLES, BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR THE FINAL GAME OF THIS SERIES TOMORROW (ALL GAME TIMES PDT): • Sunday, Sept. 8 vs. Arizona (1:05): LHP Wade Miley (9-10, 3.78) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (11-9, 2.91) - 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 #18 MATT CAIN RHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO CAIN’S 2013 STARTS 2013 San Francisco 8-8 4.43 26 156.1 131 78 77 47 140 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P 4/1 at LAD -- L, 0-4 6.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 93 Career (9th season) 93-86 3.38 262 1693.0 1410 674 636 571 1418 4/7 STL L(0-1) L, 3-14 3.2 7 9 9 2 2 0 66 2013 vs. Arizona 1-0 3.75 4 24.0 18 11 10 12 20 4/12 @CHC -- L, 3-4 7.0 7 2 2 2 6 2 113 Career vs. Arizona 14-6 3.39 31 199.0 155 78 75 78 152 4/18 @MIL L(0-2) L, 2-7 6.0 7 7 7 0 4 3 98 4/23 ARI -- L, 4-6 6.0 5 4 3 1 6 1 90 TONIGHT’S OUTING 4/29 @ARI -- W, 6-4 6.0 5 4 4 4 6 3 96 • " ree-time NL All-Star (2009, 2011 and 2012) will be making his 27th start 5/5 LAD W(1-2) W, 4-3 7.1 5 1 1 3 4 0 109 of the season...was reinstated o! the 15-day disabled list prior to tonight’s 5/10 ATL W(2-2) W, 8-2 8.0 3 2 2 2 7 1 114 game...missed the last 14 games with a right forearm contusion. 5/16 @COL W(3-2) W, 8-6 6.1 8 6 6 2 6 3 107 5/21 WSH -- W, 4-2 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 112 5/26 COL W(4-2) W, 7-3 5.0 2 2 2 5 6 0 107 • Le# his start on Aug.