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Game #19 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES April 26, 2012 Road Game #13 (5-7) San Francisco Giants (9-9) at Cincinnati Reds (9-9) Great American Ball Park TODAY’S GAME ...! e San Francisco Giants visit the Cincinnati Reds in the " nal game of this 3-game series...Giants’ right-hander Ryan Vogelsong (0-1, 3.38) will face Reds’ right-hander Homer Bailey (1-2, 3.86) . PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING SERIES VS. SAN DIEGO (ALL GAME TIMES PDT): • Friday, April 27 vs. San Diego (7:15): LHP Cory Luebke (2-1, 2.52) vs. Undecided - CSN Bay Area • Saturday, April 28 vs. San Diego (6:05): RHP Anthony Bass (1-2, 2.33) vs. RHP Tim Lincecum (1-2, 8.20) - NBC Bay Area • Sunday, April 29 vs. San Diego (1:05): LHP Clayton Richard (1-2, 5.11) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (3-1, 2.96) - CSN Bay Area note: all games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/68 home games and 2 road contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes (Spanish) THE GIANTS ...Have gone 3-3 so far on this 7-game road trip to New York (3-1) and Cin- THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY cinnati (0-2)...the Giants have lost their last 2 games and 3 of their last 5. April 26, 1986 --Will (! e ! rill) Clark provided just what his nickname implied SANDOVAL STREAKING ...IF Pablo Sandoval has hit safely in all 18 games this season, when his two-out homer in the top of the batting .329 (24-for-73) with 3 HRs and 13 RBI...his hit streak is the longest active streak 10th gave the Giants a 3-2 victory at San Diego. in the Majors...his 24 hits are tied for the 5th-most in the National League. HIGHEST AVERAGE IN THE NL, 2012 KEEP IT GOING ...Sandoval’s 18-game hit streak to begin a Giants, Longest Hit Streak to Begin a Season, Since 1900 season is the longest in SF-era history (since 1958) and it’s Rk Player, Team AVG now tied with Johnny Rucker (18 games, April 17-May Name Year Gms Johnny Rucker 1945 18 1 Matt Kemp, LAD .449 9, 1945) for the longest in Giants franchise history (since Pablo Sandoval 2012 18 2 Buster Posey, SF .382 1900). Alvin Dark 1954 16 Willie Mays 1960 16 3 Jose Altuve, HOU .377 4 David Wright, NYM .364 KEEP IT GOING PART II ...Sandoval’s longest hit streak of 5 Juan Pierre, PHI .339 his career is 22 games, accomplished last season from June 19-July 30...his current streak of 18 games ranks as the 15th-longest hit streak in SF-era history... Jack Clark owns the LONGEST HIT STREAK TO BEGIN A SEASON longest such streak at 26 games in 1978. IN MAJORS SINCE 2000 NO LUCK AT THIS PLACE ...! e Giants have been outscored by a 46-18 margin in their last 7 games here at Great American Ball Park, losing all 7 of those contests and drop- Rk Player, Team Year Streak ping 12 of their last 16...SF hasn’t won here since June 8, 2010...overall, SF is 13-18 in 1 Edgar Renteria, ATL 2006 23 this facility, winning just 4 series. 2 Dave Martinez, TOR 2000 21 3 Nate McLouth, PIT 2008 19 IRON MEN ...IF Pablo Sandoval has played every inning at 3rd base for the Giants this 4t Alex Rodriguez, NYY 2007 18 season while IF Brandon Crawford has played 157.0 of San Francisco’s 158.2 innings, 4t Pablo Sandoval, SF 2012 18 all at shortstop ...Crawford , OF Melky Cabrera and Sandoval are the only Giants to appear in all 18 games this season. SF ON THIS ROAD TRIP VS. NEW YORK AND CINCINNATI MELKY CABRERA...Has reached base safely via hit or walk in 17 of his 18 games. Games: 6 BUSTER IS BELTING ...C Buster Posey has hit safely in each of his last 8 games, batting Record: 3-3 .484 (15-for-31) with 2 HRs and 4 RBI during that stretch...Posey enters today’s game with the 2nd-highest batting average in the NL (.382) behind Matt Kemp (.449). Avg.: .280 (59-for-211) Runs Per Game: 4.2 (25 total) PAGAN HEATING UP ...A# er hitting just .111 (3-for-27) in his 1st 7 games this season, Home Runs: 7 OF Angel Pagan has hit safely in each of his last 10 contests, batting .298 (14-for-47)... Stolen Bases: 7 his current 10-game hit streak matches his career-high for the 4th time. ERA: 3.25 (19er, 52.2ip) STARTING STRONG ...Giants starting pitchers have not allowed more than 3 earned runs Starters W-L: 2-1 in each of their last 8 games...SF starters have a 2.28 ERA (13er, 51.1ip) in that stretch . Starters ERA: 2.72 (11er, 36.1ip) Relievers W-L: 1-2 STRUGGLING ‘PEN ... ! e Giants’ bullpen has combined to allow 10 runs (7er) in their last Relievers ERA: 4.41 (8er, 16.1ip) 3 games (5.2 innings) with opponents hitting .372 (16-for-43) in that stretch. Saves/Opportunities: 1/3 RISP WOES ...! e Giants have gone 14-for-90 (.155) with RISP in their last 10 games... overall, SF is hitting .194 (33-for-170) in such situations this season, the 3rd-lowest MISCELLANEOUS RECORD " gure in the Majors. 1st Game of Series: 3-3 FIELDING WOES ...! e Giants have committed 21 errors in 18 games this season...that’s Last Game of Series: 3-2 tied with Baltimore for the 2nd-most in the big leagues in 2012...only San Diego has Rubber Game: 2-0 committed more (22). Get-Away Day: 3-1 Orange Jersey’s: 0-0 ON DECK ...Following this series with the Reds, the Giants will travel back to San Francisco Interleague Play: 0-0 for their 3rd-longest homestand of the year, a 9-game, 10-day homestand against the At AT&T Park: 4-2 Padres, Marlins and Brewers. On Road: 5-7 GIANTS’ RECORD WHEN THEY... Comeback wins 1 Lineups Used 14 Score " rst 8-3 Lead a# er 7 7-0 Last at-bat 3-1 Score 4 or more 8-5 Tied a# er 7 2-0 Extra Innings 2-0 Score less than 4 1-4 Trail a# er 7 0-9 Series Sweeps 0-1 Out-hit opp. 9-2 Lead a# er 8 7-0 Series (W-L-S) 4-2-0 Out-hit by opp. 0-6 Tied a# er 8 2-0 1-game series 0-0 Commit No Errors 6-3 Trail a# er 8 0-9 2-game series 0-0 Commit Error 3-6 Hit at least 1 HR 5-6 3-game series 3-2-0 One-run games 3-4 Hit no HRs 4-3 4-game series 1-0-0 GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 #32 RYAN VOGELSONG RHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO VOGELSONG’S 2012 STARTS 2012 San Francisco 0-1 3.38 2 13.1 9 5 5 5 15 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Career (8th season) 23-30 4.68 152 508.0 520 284 264 220 370 4/15 vs. PIT L L, 1-4 6.1 4 2 2 3 7 1 102 4/21 at NYM ND L, 4-5 7.0 5 3 3 2 8 0 110 2011 vs. Cincinnati 0-0 3.75 2 12.0 15 5 5 5 7 Totals (2 starts) 0-1 3.38 13.1 9 5 5 5 15 1 212 Career vs. Cincinnati 2-3 5.40 13 38.1 43 23 23 27 33 VOGELSONG AT A GLANCE VOGELSONG’S 2012 STARTS WITH TRIPLE-A FRESNO Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P • 2011 All-Star takes hill for his 3rd start of the 2012 season...will mark his 4/5 at TUC ND W, 3-0 4.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 83 153rd career appearance as well as his 64th start. 4/10 at LV W W, 10-5 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 93 Totals (2 starts) 1-0 1.80 10.0 9 2 2 4 12 0 176 MOST RECENT OUTING • Received a no-decision in his most recent outing last Friday at New York... VOGELSONG’S 2012 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN Category DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR allowed 3 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks with a career-high tying 8 strikeouts Home 0-1 2.84 6.1 4 2 2 3 7 1 in 7.0 frames of SF’s 4-3 loss. Road 0-0 3.86 7.0 5 3 3 2 8 0 Day 0-1 3.38 13.1 9 5 5 5 15 1 JUST GETTING STARTED Night --- -.-- -.- -- -- -- -- -- -- April 0-1 3.38 13.1 9 5 5 5 15 1 • Began season on the 15-day disabled list as he strained his lower back while Pre-ASB 0-1 3.38 13.1 9 5 5 5 15 1 doing squats in the 1st week of February and missed nearly 4 weeks weeks Post-ASB --- -.-- -.- -- -- -- -- -- -- of Spring Training. Category AVG. AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OBP SLG LHH .250 12 3 0 0 1 0 4 .250 .500 STARTS WITH FRESNO RHH .100 10 1 0 0 0 3 3 .357 .100 • Went 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA (2er, 10.0ip) and 12 strikeouts to only 4 walks Totals .182 22 4 0 0 1 3 7 .308 .318 in his 2 rehab starts for triple-A Fresno.