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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 THREE KANSAS CITY ROYALS (1-1) AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1-1) RHP Jeremy Guthrie (0-0, 1.80) vs. RHP Tim Hudson (0-0, 3.29) Friday, October 24, 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 Four, Oct. 25 vs. Kansas City (5:07p.m.): LHP Jason Vargas (1-0, 2.38) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (0-0, 5.19) - FOX • 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 WINNER OF GAME THREE GIANTS ALL-TIME • The winner of Game Three in a 1-1 Series has gone on to win the Fall Classic on 37 occa- POSTSEASON RECORD sions (66.1%)...the Giants have gone just 1-9 in 10 World Series that have been tied 1-1... the franchise's only win in such a scenario was its first ever World Series in 1905. Overall (since 1900) .............. 93-85-2 SF-era (since 1958) ..................54-44 SELLOUT STREAKING In Home Games ....................29-18 • The Giants have sold out their last 347 home games (regular + postseason), dating back to In Road Games. .25-26 Oct. 1, 2010...the Giants' 327 regular season home sellout streak is the longest consecutive At AT&T Park ........................21-11 streak in the National League and the longest active streak in the Majors. GIANTS IN THE WORLD SERIES WINNING WAYS IN POSTSEASON Year Opponent W-L Series • Despite a loss in Game Two, the Giants have still won 16 of their last 19 postseason games. 1905 Philadelphia W 4-1 1911 Philadelphia L 2-4 HOT AT HOME 1912 Boston L 3-4-1 1913 Philadelphia L 1-4 • The Giants enter tonight's game having won nine of their last 10 postseason home games... 1917 Chicago L 2-4 their only loss was in Game Three of the Division Series against the Nationals this season... 1921 New York W 5-3 the Giants have also won each of their last six World Series home games, their longest 1922 New York W 4-1-1 home winning streak in the Fall Classic...SF hasn't dropped a World Series game at home 1923 New York L 2-4 since losing Game Three to Anaheim on Oct. 22, 2002 (lost 10-4). 1924 Washington L 3-4 1933 Washington W 4-1 HUDSON ON THE HILL 1936 New York L 2-4 MOST CAREER WINS BEFORE FIRST 1937 New York L 1-4 • RHP Tim Hudson won 214 regular season games in his WORLD SERIES START - MLB HISTORY 1951 New York L 2-4 career...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he'll be the Name, Team Season W Cy Young, BOS 1903 379 1954 Cleveland W 4-0 sixth-winningest pitcher in MLB history before making Walter Johnson, WSH 1924 377 1962 New York L 3-4 his first World Series start...among pitchers who played Jamie Moyer, PHI 2008 246 1989 Oakland L 0-4 their entire careers in the Live Ball Era (since 1920), only Vic Willis, PIT 1909 240 2002 Anaheim L 3-4 Jack Quinn, PHA 1929 230 2010 Texas W 4-1 Jamie Moyer won more regular season games before Tim Hudson, SF 2014 214 starting his first World Series game. chart courtesy of Elias 2012 Detroit W 4-0 GIANTS IN THE 2014 POSTSEASON MORE ON HUDSON Games ..............................12 • At 39 years, 102 days old, Hudson will become the second-oldest pitcher to make his World Record .............................9-3 Series debut as a starter, behind Jamie Moyer, who was 45 years, 342 days old when he Average ................ .250 (108x432) started Game Three of the 2008 World Series (Elias). Avg. w/RISP. ..250 (26x103) Runs Per Game. 4.2 (50) PABLO'S POSTSEASON ON-BASE STREAK REACHES 25 Home Runs ..........................7 • IF Pablo Sandoval has reached base safely in 25-straight postseason games (dating back Stolen Bases .........................3 to Game Four of the NLDS on Oct. 10, 2012), the longest streak in Giants franchise history ERA ................2.48 (32er, 116.0ip) and tied with Boog Powell (1966-71) for the third-longest in MLB postseason history... Starters W-L. .4-2 Miguel Cabrera (31, 2011-13) and Chase Utley (27, 2007-09) are the only two players in Starters ERA. .2.62 (22er, 75.2ip) postseason history to have a longer streak of reaching base. Relievers W-L. 5-1 Relievers ERA ........2.23 (10er, 40.1ip) THE GIANTS Saves/Chances. 5/7 • Will be looking to become the second NL team to win three World Series in a five-year span (Cardinals - 1942, 1944, 1946). GIANTS VS. ROYALS SF vs. KC (since 2003) ............... 3-9 GIANTS IN THE FALL CLASSIC At Kauffman Stadium ............. 2-7 • The New York Giants were 5-9 lifetime in 14 appearances in the World Series and the San At AT&T Park ...................... 1-2 Francisco Giants have gone 2-3 in five trips to the Fall Classic...the franchise's 54 World Series victories are the third-most all-time behind the Yankees (134) and Cardinals (58). • The Giants and Royals are meeting in the World Series for the first time...SF is POSTSEASON SERIES WIN STREAK just 3-9 versus Kansas City since Inter- league Play began in 1997...the Giants are • Not counting the Wild Card game, the Giants have won eight straight postseason series, just 2-7 here at Kauffman Stadium and the longest such streak in NL history and tied with the Yankees (1927-1941) for the second- 1-2 at AT&T Park...both these teams faced longest streak ever, trailing only the 1998-2001 Yankees, who won 11 straight (Elias). one another this season from Aug. 8-10 here at the K and the Giants were swept WILD CARD WORLD SERIES in the three-game set, being outscored • The 110th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series will pit two wild-card by a 16-6 margin. teams for the second time in baseball history...the Giants lost the other in seven games in 2002 to the Los Angeles Angels...the following teams have won the World Series as a THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY October 24, 2012 - Pablo Sandoval Wild-Card team: Marlins (1997, 2003), Angels (2002), Red Sox (2004) and Cardinals (2011). becomes the fourth player in World Series history to hit three home runs in AT THE HELM a game, after Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson • Bochy is in his seventh postseason stint as a big league manager, his third in eight seasons and Albert Pujols, in leading the Giants with SF...he's 38-28 (.576) all-time in postseason play, including a 30-12 (.714) record with to an 8-3 win over Detroit in Game One SF...he's 9-6 all-time in the World Series...the Giants have never lost a postseason series in of the World Series...Barry Zito pitches Bochy's tenure...Bochy has won nine straight postseason rounds since 2010, the second- 5.2 innings for the win, as Tigers ace longest streak ever by a manager, trailing only Joe Torre's 11 straight with the Yankees Justin Verlander suffers the loss. from 1998-2001. 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 TIM HUDSON PAGE 2 17 • TIM HUDSON • RHP HUDSON’S 2014 STARTS 6-1/174 • R/R • 39 (July 14, 1975) Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Service Time: 15 years, 119 days 4/2 @ARI W W, 2-0 7.2 3 0 0 0 7 0 103 Contract Status: Signed through 2015 4/8 ARI W W, 7-3 8.0 7 3 2 0 4 0 101 Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO 4/13 COL -- W, 5-4 7.1 5 4 4 0 5 2 85 2014 San Francisco 9-13 3.57 31 189.1 199 86 75 34 120 4/19 @SD L L, 1-3 7.0 8 2 2 0 4 0 93 Career (16th season) 214-124 3.45 458 3003.0 2823 1257 1152 880 2016 4/25 CLE W W, 5-1 7.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 98 2014 at AT&T Park 5-5 3.94 14 89.0 91 43 39 17 64 4/30 SD W W, 3-2 8.2 5 2 2 0 6 1 89 Career at AT&T Park 8-8 3.89 22 141.0 141 68 61 31 92 April (6 starts) 4-1 2.17 45.2 32 12 11 2 31 3 569 2014 on Road 4-8 3.23 17 100.1 108 43 36 17 56 5/6 @PIT L L, 1-2 8.2 5 2 1 1 5 0 108 Career on Road 101-72 3.76 226 1431.0 1422 650 598 435 901 5/11 @LA -- W, 7-4 6.0 8 2 2 1 2 1 78 5/22 @ COL -- W, 4-2 3.0 5 1 1 2 1 0 64 5/27 CHC W W, 4-0 7.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 96 POSTSEASON May (4 starts) 1-1 1.46 24.2 24 5 4 4 13 1 346 • Is 1-3 with a 3.42 ERA (26er, 68.1ip) in 12 games (11 starts)...his lone postseason 6/1 @STL W W, 8-0 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 101 victory came with the A’s in 2001 in Game 2 of the Division Series against the 6/7 NYM -- W, 5-4 5.0 9 3 3 3 5 0 99 Yankees.