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San Francisco Giants (63 67) vs. Texas Rangers (58 72) LHP Andrew Suárez (4 9, 4.68) vs. LHP Martin Perez (2 5, 6.93) Game 131/Home Game 62 Saturday, August 25, 2018 AT&T Park 1:55 p.m. (PT) NBC Sports Bay Area KNBR 680 KXZM 93.7
UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
Date Opp Time (PT) Giants Starter Opposing Starter TV Sun., Aug. 26 TEX 1:05 p.m. LHP Derek Holland (6 8, 3.75) RHP Yovani Gallardo (7 2, 6.06) NBCS BA All games broadcast on KNBR 680 AM (English radio). All home games and road games in LA and SD broadcast on KXZM 93.7 FM (Spanish radio).
TODAY'S GAME: The Giants and Rangers play game two of this three game series... GIANTS ON CURRENT HOMESTAND San Francisco enters today's game having lost seven of their last nine contests. NOTE 2018 Games ...... 1 Record ...... 0 1 EXTRA, EXTRA: Four of the Giants' last nine games have gone into extra innings... Average ...... 282 (11x39) San Francisco leads the Majors with 18 extra inning contests overall this season, Avg. w/RISP ...... 417 (5x12) Runs Per Game ...... 6.0 (6) posting a 10 8 record in those games. Home Runs ...... 1 Stolen Bases...... 3 VS. TEXAS: Despite last night's loss, the Giants have still won 13 of their last 19 ERA ...... 4.50 (5er, 10.0ip) contests against the Rangers, including 10 of the last 13 games at AT&T Park. Starters W L ...... 0 0 Starters ERA ...... 3.00 (2er, 6.0ip) ON THE MOUND: LHP Andrew Suárez has struggled over Relievers W L ...... 0 1 Lowest OPS Against, Relievers ERA ...... 6.75 (3er, 4.0ip) his last fi ve starts, posting a 1 3 record with a 7.30 ERA Batting 1st in Order Saves/Chances ...... 0/1 and a .330 opponents average...he's been the toughest Name OPS GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS starter against leadoff hitters in the Majors this year with Andrew Suarez .431 NOTE 2018 opponents batting just .183/.231/.200 off him out of Tanner Roark .502 Overall ...... 63 67 Baseball Info Solutions Lance McCullers .509 Home ...... 34 27 the leadoff spot ( )...he'll oppose Felix Hernandez .511 Road ...... 29 40 LHP Martin Perez, who's allowed 13 runs in 11.0 innings, Gerrit Cole .548 Day ...... 26 18 covering his last two starts (10.64 ERA). Chart courtesy of Baseball Info Solutions Night ...... 37 49 Current Streak ...... L1 Last 5 Games ...... 2 3 HOME COOKING: The Giants have posted a 34 27 (.557) record at AT&T Park Last 10 Games ...... 3 7 this season, the fourth best home winning percentage in the National League... March ...... 2 1 April ...... 13 13 however, SF has lost 10 of their last 13 home games...the Giants have not hit more May ...... 11 16 than one home run in a home game since June 19. June ...... 18 10 July ...... 11 14 August ...... 8 13 IN THE 'PEN: Over the Giants' past nine games, the bullpen has GIANTS BULLPEN Vs. LHSP...... 25 27 posted a 1 4 record with a 4.46 ERA (18er, 36.1ip) and allowed Vs. RHSP ...... 38 40 six home runs. Month ERA Series Opener ...... 23 19 June 2.33 Series Opener at Home ...... 11 9 July 3.34 Series Opener on Road ...... 12 10 BLOWN SAVES: The Giants lead the Majors with 27 blown saves August 4.16 By Series ...... 16 16 9 Chart courtesy of By Home Series ...... 10 4 5 this season...SF has blown four of their last eight and 10 of their Baseball Info Solutions By Road Series ...... 6 12 4 last 18 save opportunities. Rubber Games ...... 6 5 Sweeps/Were Swept ...... 4 5 Scored First ...... 37 24 IN THE TRAINERS ROOM: It was announced last night that C Buster Posey will Opponent Scored First ...... 26 43 1 run games ...... 23 23 undergo season ending hip surgery Monday in Vail, CO to repair a damaged labrum 1 or 2 run games...... 34 36 and remove bone spurs in his right hip...the procedure will be performed by Dr. Comeback Wins ...... 32 30 Marc J. Philippon. Last AB Wins ...... 18 17 Walkoff Wins ...... 8 6 Extra Innings ...... 10 8 STARTING STRONG: The last time through the rotation, San Francisco starters Led After 6 ...... 50 9 Led After 7 ...... 50 6 have posted a 2.30 ERA (8er, 31.1ip) and a .212 opponents average...however, Led After 8 ...... 49 4 they have received three or fewer runs of support in four of the fi ve games and have Tied After 6 ...... 8 11 just one win. Tied After 7 ...... 10 8 Tied After 8 ...... 11 8 Behind After 6 ...... 5 47 COLD AUGUST: For the month, the Giants rank last among NL teams in on base pct. Behind After 7 ...... 3 53 Behind After 8 ...... 3 55 (.274), slugging pct. (.312) home runs (11) and second to last in batting avg. (.220). Division Games ...... 31 27 Vs. Other Divisions ...... 32 40 MILESTONES WITHIN REACH: C Buster Posey (246 doubles) is one double Vs. A.L. Teams ...... 6 12 Vs. N.L. Teams ...... 57 55 away from matching Jeff Kent (247) for fi fth most in SF era history...IF Brandon Vs. A.L. West ...... 6 12 Crawford (197 doubles) is one away from passing Jack Clark (197) and matching Vs. N.L. East ...... 15 12 teammate IF Brandon Belt (198) for 12th place. Vs. N.L. Central ...... 11 16 Vs. N.L. West ...... 31 27 Hit 0 HR ...... 19 34 PLAYERS WEEKEND: This weekend Major League Baseball is celebrating Players Hit 1+ HR ...... 44 33 Hit 2+ HR ...... 20 7 Weekend, a joint effort between MLB and the MLBPA...players will be wearing non Scored 3 or Fewer Runs...... 16 51 traditional alternate uniforms with nicknames on the back and a patch on their Scored 4 or More Runs ...... 47 16 sleeve to pay tribute to a person or persons who aided their career...a full list of Scored 5 or More Runs ...... 37 10 Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs ...... 44 17 Giants' player nicknames can be found on the last page of the notes. Allowed 4 or More Runs ...... 19 50 Allowed 5 or More Runs ...... 10 43 More Hits than Opponent ...... 48 15 This Date in Giants History: August 25, 2016 Fewer Hits than Opponent ...... 9 47 Committed No Errors ...... 39 37 Committed 1 or More Errors ...... 24 30 Matt Moore was one out away from throwing his fi rst no hitter when rookie Corey Before All star Game ...... 50 48 Seager hit a clean single to right, which Gorkys Hernandez had no chance to After All star Game ...... 13 19 catch...Moore walked three and struck out seven while throwing a career high 133 Starter Goes at least 5 inn ...... 55 44 Starter Goes at least 6 inn ...... 34 28 pitches in SF's 4 0 victory over LA. Starter Goes at least 7 inn ...... 11 8
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#59 LHP Andrew Suárez SUAREZ'S 2018 DAY BY DAY WITH SAN FRANCISCO 6 0, 187, 25 years old (September 11, 1992) DATE OPP DEC SC IP H R ER BB SO HR #P EXIT 4 9 Record, 4.68 ERA 4/11 ARI L L, 3 7 5.1 4 4 4 0 7 2 83 3 4 5/1 SD L, 2 3 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 84 2 2 The 25 year old left hander is slated to make his 5/6 @ATL W W, 4 3 5.1 7 1 0 1 6 0 93 4 1 23rd career Major League start...has gone 4 8 with 5/11 @PIT L L, 2 11 4.0 7 5 5 2 5 2 88 2 5 5/16 CIN L L, 3 6 6.0 8 5 4 1 5 1 96 3 5 a 4.68 ERA (62er, 119.1ip) in 22 outings, with the 5/22 @HOU L L, 2 11 4.0 7 5 5 2 2 0 68 0 5 Giants going 9 13 in those games. 5/28 @COL L, 5 6 5.0 5 4 3 1 7 1 87 5 4 6/2 PHI W W, 2 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 86 1 0 Among NL rookie leaders he ranks fi rst in innings 6/8 @WAS W, 9 5 4.1 6 4 4 1 5 1 85 6 4 pitched (119.1), fourth in strikeouts (103) and 10th 6/13 @MIA L, 4 5 5.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 77 2 2 in ERA (4.68). 6/18 MIA L, 4 5 6.1 5 2 2 1 7 0 79 4 2 6/23 SD W, 5 3 5.2 8 1 1 1 4 1 76 1 1 Made the shortest start of his career at Cincinnati 6/29 @ARI W W, 2 1 6.0 7 1 1 2 5 0 101 1 1 on Sunday in Giants' 11 4 loss...allowed seven runs 7/4 @COL L L, 0 1 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 1 89 0 1 7/9 CHC W, 2 1 6.0 3 1 1 4 5 0 103 1 1 (fi ve earned) on seven hits with two walks, three 7/15 OAK L L, 2 6 5.0 4 4 4 2 5 0 90 1 4 strikeouts and a home run allowed over 2.2 innings... 7/24 @SEA W, 4 3 5.2 8 3 3 2 1 1 89 3 3 extended his losing streak to three games, matching 7/29 MIL W W, 8 5 6.0 8 4 4 1 4 2 86 8 4 his career high. 8/4 @ARI L L, 3 9 5.0 10 8 8 2 5 2 92 8 2 8/9 PIT L L, 5 10 5.0 7 3 3 0 4 2 80 2 3 Has a 6.88 ERA (27er, 35.1ip) over his last seven 8/14 @LAD W, 2 1 6.0 2 0 0 3 4 0 99 1 0 starts. 8/19 @CIN L L, 4 11 2.2 7 7 5 2 3 1 69 1 7 Totals (22 starts) 4 9 4.68 119.1 130 67 62 31 103 18 Has a 7.71 ERA (16er, 18.2iop) over his fi rst four starts in August after posting a 3.94 ERA (13er, SUÁREZ VS. TEXAS 29.2ip) in July and a 2.62 ERA (10er, 34.1ip) in June. Has Never Faced the Rangers