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 Cactus League Game #4 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES February 26, 2013 Road Game #2 San Francisco Giants (1-1-1) at Los Angeles Dodgers (1-1-1) Camelback Ranch TODAY'S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants will INSIDE THE CLUBHOUSE visit the Los Angeles Dodgers in today's Cactus GIANTS’ 2013 SPRING TRAINING League contest... RHP Tim Lincecum is slated Wednesday, Feb. 27 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS RHP Josh Beckett. Giants Clubhouse Open: to face Dodgers' 8:15 a.m.-9:15 a.m. DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATT. RECORD YESTERDAY'S RECAP ... e Giants tied the Chicago White Sox by a score of 9-9 2/23 Angels W, 4-1 10,779* 1-0 ... LHP Madison Bumgarner made his ! rst Cactus League start tossing 2.0-scoreless 2/24 at Cubs L, 3-4 7,784 1-1 innings...SF scored six runs in the 3rd inning as they hit three doubles and batted 2/25 White Sox T, 9-9 6,275 1-1-1 around... LF Cole Gillespie led the way for SF as he went 2-for-3 with a double, two 2/26 at Dodgers 1:05 p.m. RBI and two runs scored...however, the White Sox scored seven runs in the top of 2/27 at Angels 1:10 p.m. the 8th to tie the game. 2/28 Mariners 1:05 p.m. 3/1 at A's 1:05 p.m. THE ROSTER ... e Giants have 69 players on the Cactus League roster (39 roster players, 3/2 Cubs (ss) 1:05 p.m. 30 non-roster invitees)...here's a breakdown of the roster: 37 pitchers (20 + 17 NR), at Royals (ss) 1:05 p.m. seven catchers (2 + 5 NR), 16 in! elders (10 + 6 NR) and nine out! elders (7 + 2 NR). 3/3 D-Backs 1:05 p.m. 3/4 at White Sox 1:05 p.m. FOR THE FIRST TIME ... e following players are making their ! rst appearance on a 3/5 Indians 1:05 p.m. big league spring roster: RHP Brett Bochy , RHP Edward Concepcion , RHP Edwin 3/6 OFF DAY Escobar , RHP Chris Heston , LHP Michael Kickham , LHP Josh Osich , RHP Jose 3/7 at Indians 1:05 p.m. Valdez , IF Brock Bond , IF Adam Duvall , IF Ricky Oropesa and IF Kensuke Tanaka . 3/8 Dodgers 1:05 p.m. 3/9 Royals 1:05 p.m. THE SKIPPER...Manager Bruce Bochy is entering his seventh year at the helm of the 3/10 at Brewers 1:05 p.m. Giants...SF has posted a 503-469 (.517) record during his six-year tenure. 3/11 at Rangers 1:05 p.m. • Became the 23rd manager in MLB history to win at least two World Series titles. 3/12 Padres 7:05 p.m. • Is the ! rst NL manager to win the World Series in two out of three years since 3/13 at Reds 1:05 p.m. Sparky Anderson led the Cincinnati Reds to back-to-back titles in 1975 and 1976. 3/14 WBC Team 1:05 p.m. • His 1,454 victories are the third-highest total by an active manager, trailing Jim 3/15 Rangers 1:05 p.m. Leyland (1,676) and Dusty Baker (1,581). 3/16 Reds (ss) 1:05 p.m. at Indians (ss) 7:05 p.m. WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC ... e Giants will have 10 players play in this year's 3/17 Rockies 3:15 p.m. World Baseball Classic... LHP Jeremy A" eldt and RHP Ryan Vogelsong (USA), RHP 3/18 OFF DAY Jose Mijares , IF Pablo Sandoval , and IF Marco Scutaro (Venezuela), OF Angel 3/19 at Mariners 7:05 p.m. Pagan and OF Andres Torres (Puerto Rico), RHP Santiago Casilla (Domican Re- 3/20 Brewers (ss) 1:05 p.m. public), RHP Sergio Romo (Mexio) and minor league catcher Tyler LaTorre (Italy). at Padres 1:05 p.m. 3/21 Rockies 7:05 p.m. WOLRD SERIES CHAMPS ... e Giants franchise won their seventh World Champi- 3/22 at Rockies 1:10 p.m. onship in 2012, and second since they moved from New York to San Francisco in 3/23 A's 1:05 p.m. 1958...it was the club's second World Series win in the last three years. 3/24 at Angels 1:05 p.m. TWO TITLES IN THREE YEARS ... e Giants 3/25 at Cubs 1:05 p.m. TEAMS TO WIN TWO WORLD SE- 3/26 Padres 1:05 p.m. became the ! rst NL team to win two World RIES IN THREE-YEAR SPAN, NL HISTORY 3/27 at D-Backs 1:10 p.m. Series titles in a three-year span since the 1975 Team Seasons and 1976 Reds accomplished the feat. 3/28 A's 7:15 p.m. Giants 2010, 2012 3/29 A's 7:15 p.m. Reds 1975, 1976 3/30 at A's 1:05 p.m. LUCKY NUMBER 7 ... e Giants became just Dodgers 1963, 1965 the fourth team to win at least seven World Cardinals 1942, 1944, 1946 *denotes a sellout Series in their history, joining the New York Giants 1921, 1922 Yankees (27); St. Louis Cardinals (11) and the Cubs 1907, 1908 Philadelphia/Oakland Athletics (9). GIANTS TV HIGHLIGHTS AND INTERVIEWS HOW SWEEP IT IS ... e Giants' four game sweep of the Tigers in the World Series SFG Productions, the in-house production team of marked the 21st sweep in WS history (including 1907 and 1922, when each series the San Francisco Giants, will provide Spring Training had one tie), and it was the third in Giants history (also: 1922 vs. New York Yankees highlight packages this year, available only on the Gi- and 1954 vs. Cleveland Indians). ants FTP site for 12 Cactus League games listed below. SFG Productions will provide game highlights by 5pm PST for download. MORE ON THE SWEEP ... e Giants GIANTS INFORMATION SITE became the ! rst team to sweep a Tech Specs: e videos will be encoded with a high- World Series since the 2007 Red Sox * sfgiantspressbox.com, a private, media-only quality H.264 codec as 480i and 720p. e FTP site is beat the Colorado Rockies...it was website that helps streamline and expedite distri- web-based and does not require any FTP so ware. bution of information to outlets covering the team To view or receive footage, go to the Giants media the ! rst sweep by an NL team since in a more environmentally friendly manner by re- information website at sfgiantspressbox.com (user- the 1990 Cincinnati Reds swept the ducing the use of paper. name: media; password: giants2013). Oakland Athletics. * Content including game notes, stat packs, me- dia clips, lineups, rosters and audio is updated Date Opponent Date Opponent 2012 GIANTS ...The Giants finished prior to every Giants spring/regular season game Feb. 25 CWS March 9 KC the 2012 regular season with a 94- and will remain archived for the remainder of the Feb. 28 SEA March 15 TEX 68 record and in ! rst place in the season. e 2013 Giants media guide can also be found on the site. March 2 CHC March 16 CIN NL West, 8.0 games ahead of the March 3 ARI March 20 MIL second-place Dodgers...their 94 * To access the site (username: media; password: March 5 CLE March 21 COL victories were the most in a season giants2013) March 8 LAD March 26 SD since 2003 (100). PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS: • Wednesday, February 27 at Los Angeles-AL (1:05): RHP Ryan Vogelsong vs. LHP Nick Maronde --sfgiants.com • ! ursday, February 28 vs. Seattle (1:05): RHP Matt Cain vs. RHP Jon Garland --sfgiants.com GIANTS MEDIA NOTES -- PAGE 2 -- TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER SPRING PLAYER APPEARANCES BY POSITION RHP TIM LINCECUM (#55) • Pitcher - Romo (2), A! eldt (1), Bochy (1), Bumgarner (1), • Battled in 2012, going 10-15 with a 5.18 ERA (107er, 186.0ip) and Cain (1), Casilla (1), Castillo (1), Dunning (1), Edlefsen (1), 190 strikeouts in 33 starts. Fitzgerald (1), Gaudin (1), Hembree (1), Heston (1), Kickham • His 5.18 ERA was the highest among all qualifying pitchers in the (1), Kontos (1), Loux (1), Machi (1), Mijares (1), Otero (1), National League and the fourth-highest in the Majors...entered Proctor, (1), Rosario (1), Runzler (1), Vogelsong (1) the season with a career ERA of 2.98, but it now stands at 3.31, • Catcher - Posey (2), Williams (2), LaTorre (1), Monell (1), Quiroz raising by more than 1/3. (1), Susac (1) • Resurrected his regular season with a superb postseason, going • First Base - Pill (3), Belt (1), Oropesa (1), Villalona (1) 1-1 with a 2.55 ERA (5er, 17.2ip) in six games (one start). • Second Base - Tanaka (2), Bond (2), Scutaro (2) • ! ird Base - Sandoval (3), Duvall (1), Noonan (1), Valdez (1) • Shortstop - Arias (2), Adrianza (1), Crawford (1), Noonan (1), Valdez (1) ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY • Le" Field - Gillespie (3), Perez (2), Kieschnick (1) • Center Field - Brown (3), Pagan (2), Blanco (1) LHP JEREMY AFFELDT (#41) • Right Field - Peguero (2), Pence (2), Kieschnick (1), Perez (1) • Designated Hitter - Belt (1), Monell (1), Torres (1), Sanchez (1), • Made his " rst spring appearance on Saturday vs.