Game #67 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES June 17, 2012 Road Game #32 (16-15) San Francisco Giants (37-29) at Seattle Mariners (28-39) Safeco Field TODAY’S GAME...The San Francisco Giants visit the Seattle Mariners in the final game of this 3-game series...Giants’ left-handerMadi - son Bumgarner (8-4, 3.08) will face Mariners’ right-hander Felix Hernandez (4-5, 3.70). PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING SET AT LOS ANGELES-AL (ALL TIMES PDT): • Monday, June 18 at Los Angeles-AL (7:05): RHP Jerome Williams (6-4, 4.20) vs. RHP Matt Cain (8-2, 2.18) - CSNBA • Tuesday, June 19 at Los Angeles-AL (7:05): LHP C.J. Wilson (7-4, 2.30) vs. LHP Barry Zito (5-4, 3.61) - CSNBA • Wednesday, June 20 at Los Angeles-AL (7:05): RHP Dan Haren (4-7, 3.97) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (6-2, 2.29) - NBC 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...dropped a 7-4 contest to the Mariners last night. THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY • Are 1-1 on this 10-day, 9-game road trip to Seattle (1-1), Los Angeles-AL (Mon-Wed) June 17, 1964 - Willie McCovey knocked and Oakland (Fri-Sun). a pinch-hit home run with 1 on in the 9th • Have gone 10-5 (.667) in June, which is the 3rd-highest winning pct. in the Majors as San Francisco downed Joe Nuxhall and this month. the Reds 3-2. • Enter today’s game in 2nd place in the NL West, 4.0 games behind 1st-place LA. MOST STOLEN BASES IN NL, 2012 HEATING UP...The Giants have still won 10 of their last 15 games, 13 of their last 19 and 19 of their last 29...since May 5, the Giants have the 3rd-best winning pct. in the Ma- Rk Team Steals jors (highest in the NL) with a .625 figure, going 25-15 in that span...only the New 1 Miami 63 York Yankees (.649, 24-13) and Los Angeles Angels (.641, 25-14) have better marks. 2 San Diego 56 3 Chicago 51 RUBBER MATCH...The Giants are 6-2 in rubber games this season. 4 San Francisco 50 5 Phiadelphia 48 ROAD WARRIORS...San Francisco has not lost a road series since dropping 2 of 3 games to the Dodgers in Los Angeles from May 7-9...since then, SF has gone 3-0-1 (win-loss-split) HIGHEST WINNING PCT. IN MAJORS in their last 4 away sets. (since May 5) POWER SURGE...The Giants have now hit 12 home runs in their last 10 games...SF had Rk Team Pct. (W-L) recorded just 2 homers in their previous 13 contests and 6 in their previous 21. 1 New York-AL .649 (24-13) 2 Los Angeles-AL .641 (25-14) BELT’S BELTING IT...IF Brandon Belt has been hot over his last 5 games, as he has hit 3 San Francisco .625 (25-15) .412 (7-for-17) with a 2B, 3 HRs and 7 RBI with 3 walks. 4 Los Angeles-NL .600 (24-16) ON THE ROAD AGAIN...The Giants have produced a .269 avg. (300-for-1,114) with 50 GIANTS ON THIS ROAD TRIP TO SEATTLE, 2Bs, 11 3Bs, 31 HRs and 140 RBI in 31 road games...conversely, SF has hit just .255 LOS ANGELES-AL AND OAKLAND (290-for-1,139) with 55 2Bs, 12 3Bs, 12 HRs and 110 RBI at home. • SF is averaging 4.84 (150 runs, 31 games) runs per game on the road compared to just 3.31 (116 runs, 35 games) while at home. Games: 2 Record: 1-1 TRIPLES ALLEY...The Giants have the 3rd-most triples in the Majors with 23, 1 shy of their total for all of last year (24)...SF is on pace to record 56 triples this year, which would be Avg.: .286 (20-for-70) the most since they had 62 in 1960. Avg. w/RISP: .316 (6-for-19) Runs Per Game: 4.0 (8 total) CATCH US IF YOU CAN...After stealing 3 bags last night the Giants rank 4th in the Na- Home Runs: 2 tional League with 50 stolen bases this year (Miami is 1st with 63 followed by San Diego Stolen Bases: 3 with 56 and Chicago has 51)...SF has gone 28-for-33 (84.8%) in stolen base attempts in their last 27 games. ERA: 5.29 (10er, 17.0ip) Starters W-L: 1-1 INTERLEAGUE...The Giants have gone 127-120 (.514) in Interleague Play since it began in Starters ERA: 5.25 (7er, 12.0ip) 1997...that’s the 4th-highest winning pct. among NL teams behind Atlanta (.532, 134-118), Relievers W-L: 0-0 St. Louis (.531, 121-107) and Miami (.529, 139-124). Relievers ERA: 3.60 (2er, 5.0ip) Saves/Opportunities: 1/1 WE’RE NOT ALONE...SF is 1 of just 3 teams in the Majors without a double-digit home run hitter this season as Buster Posey leads the club with 8 clouts...Arizona (Paul Gold- MISCELLANEOUS RECORD schmidt, 8) and San Diego (Chase Headley, 7) are the other 2 teams in baseball lacking a 1st Game of Series: 10-11 double-digit homer slugger. Last Game of Series: 10-10 Rubber Game: 6-2 JUST 2 WILL DO...San Francisco has posted a 25-13 record this season when recording Get-Away Day: 10-5 2-or-more hits with runners in scoring position in a game. Orange Jerseys: 2-3 Interleague Play: 4-4 At AT&T Park: 21-14 NOT A CATEGORY YOU WANT TO LEAD...The Giants’ 57 errors this season are tied On Road: 16-15 with the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays for the most in the Majors. GIANTS’ RECORD WHEN THEY... Comeback wins 13 Lineups Used 53 Score first 24-8 Lead after 7 32-1 Last at-bat 8-4 Score 4 or more 28-12 Tied after 7 4-1 Extra Innings 4-1 Score less than 4 9-18 Trail after 7 1-27 Series Sweeps 1-2 Out-hit opp. 28-8 Lead after 8 33-0 Series (W-L-S) 13-5-3 Out-hit by opp. 6-19 Tied after 8 3-2 1-game series 0-0 Commit No Errors 23-12 Trail after 8 1-27 2-game series 0-0-2 Commit Error 14-17 Hit at least 1 HR 18-11 3-game series 11-5-0 One-run games 14-10 Hit no HRs 19-18 4-game series 2-0-1 GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 #40 MADISON BUMGARNER LHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO BUMGARNER’S 2012 STARTS 2012 San Francisco 8-4 3.08 13 87.2 80 35 30 18 74 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Career (4th season) 28-23 3.09 68 413.1 409 159 142 93 361 4/7 at ARI L (0-1) L, 4-5 4.0 7 4 4 2 3 2 80 4/12 at COL W (1-1) W, 4-2 7.1 4 1 1 2 2 0 117 2011 vs. Seattle - Did not face the Mariners - 4/17 vs. PHI W(2-1) W, 4-2 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 1 96 Career vs. Seattle - Has never faced the Mariners in the regular season - 4/23 at NYM W(3-1) W, 7-2 7.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 107 4/29 vs. SD W(4-1) W, 4-1 7.2 6 1 1 1 6 0 117 BUMGARNER AT A GLANCE 5/5 vs. MIL W(5-1) W, 5-2 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 110 • 22-year-old will be making his 14th start of the 2012 season...will mark 5/11 at ARI L(5-2) L, 1-5 6.0 7 5 4 2 5 2 100 his 66th start and 69th career appearance. 5/16 vs. STL L(5-3) L, 1-4 7.1 7 4 4 0 3 1 104 5/21 at MIL ND W, 4-3(14) 7.2 5 4 3 1 10 1 110 • His 8 wins are tied for the 4th-most in the National League. 5/26 at MIA L(5-4) L, 3-5 6.0 7 5 4 2 7 0 96 6/1 CHC W(6-4) W, 4-3 8.0 8 2 2 0 11 0 102 MOST RECENT OUTING 6/6 at SD W(7-4) W, 6-5 6.0 7 4 4 4 4 1 101 6/12 HOU W(8-4) W, 6-3 7.2 6 2 1 0 12 0 98 • Earned the victory in his last outing, as he tossed 7.2 innings, allowing 2 Totals (13 starts) 8-4 3.08 87.2 80 35 30 18 74 8 1338 runs (1 ER) on 6 hits with a season-high 12 Ks • Marked the 3rd time this season he has allowed no BBs. BUMGARNER’S 2012 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN • Recorded his 3rd double-digit strikeout game this season (7th in his career). Category DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR Home 5-1 2.27 43.2 40 12 11 3 39 2 Road 3-3 3.89 44.0 40 23 19 15 35 6 RARE FEAT Day 4-2 3.55 38.0 37 16 15 12 27 3 • Bumgarner became just the 3rd Giants pitcher since 1900 to hit a home run Night 4-2 2.72 49.2 43 19 15 6 47 5 April 4-1 2.53 32.0 27 9 9 8 17 3 and strike out at least a dozen batters in the same game in his last start..