Game #84 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES July 6, 2012 Road Game #42 (19-22) San Francisco Giants (45-38) at Pittsburgh Pirates (46-36) PNC Park TONIGHT’S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants visit the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st game of this 3-game series...Giants’ le -hander Barry Zito (6-6, 3.84) will face Pirates’ le -hander Erik Bedard (4-9, 4.57) . PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SERIES (ALL TIMES PDT): • Saturday, July 7 at Pittsburgh (1:05): RHP James McDonald ( 8-3, 2.45) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (7-3, 2.26) - CSNBA • Sunday, July 8 at Pittsburgh (10:35): RHP A.J. Burnett ( 9-2, 3.74) vs. RHP Tim Lincecum (3-9, 6.08) - CSNBA note: all games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/68 home games and 2 road contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes (Spanish) THE GIANTS...lost a 6-5 decision to the Nationals last night a! er leading 5-4 in the 9th. THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY • Were swept by WSH in the 3 game series, the 3rd time they’ve been broomed this year. July 6, 2009 - Pablo Sandoval belted his • Have lost their last 3 games and 5 of their last 6. 1st career grand slam li ing the Giants to • Are 1.5 games behind the 1st-place Dodgers in the NL West. a 5-4 win over the Marlins. CAN’T HOLD LEAD ...Last night was the 1st time that the Giants had lost a game in which HIGHEST AVG. IN NL VS. LEFT-HANDERS they led by 4-or-more runs in the 7th inning or later in over 4 years, since they lost, 8-7, at home to the Astros on May 15, 2008...according to Elias , the Giants’ streak of 149 Rk Player, Team AVG consecutive wins when leading by 4-or-more runs in the 7th inning or later had been the 1 Andrew McCutchen, PIT .446 longest current streak in the Majors entering last night’s games...it was the 2nd-longest 2 Melky Cabrera, SF .435 for the Giants in SF-era history (since 1958) (had a 163-game streak from 2000-04. 3 Paul Goldschmidt, ARI .395 4 Ruben Tejada, NYM .394 IT DOESN’T GET EASIER ...A! er playing the NL’s best team (Washington), the Giants 5 Buster Posey, SF .373 must now face the NL’s 2nd-best team in the Pirates (46-36, .561)...the Giants are 18-18 GIANTS HOME/ROAD SPLITS this season when facing an opponent that’s .500-or-better. Split W-L RS RA AVG ERA WP INSIDE THE SERIES ..." e Giants have won 13 of their last 19 games against the Pirates... Home 26-16 140 112 .259 2.42 .619 SF is 17-16 all-time here at PNC Park, winning each of the last two sets in this facility. Road 19-22 189 213 .267 4.71 .463 BARRY GOOD ...LHP Barry Zito has pitched extremely well in his last 2 starts, yielding MOST MULTI-HIT GAMES IN MAJORS just 1 run (1er) on 8 hits in 13.0 innings (0.69 ERA)...he’ll be going for his 3rd straight quality start tonight, something he hasn’t done so far this season. Rk Player, Team GMS 1 Melky Cabrera, SF 38 ROAD WOES ..." e Giants have lost 8 of their last 11 games on the road, including their 2 Miguel Cabrera, DET 35 last 4-straight...SF is 3 games below .500 on the road, going 19-22 this season. 3 Ian Kinsler, TEX 33 HIT MACHINE ... OF Melky Cabrera (116 hits) needs 4 hits over the next 3 games to tie Rich GIANTS ON THIS ROAD TRIP - Aurilia (120 hits in 2001) for the most hits prior to the All-Star break in SF-era history. WASHINGTON AND PITTSBURGH NOT GIANT LIKE ...Giants pitchers have forged a 4.71 ERA (186er, 355.1ip) on the road Games: 3 this season compared to a 2.42 # gure (103er, 383.0ip) at AT&T Park...SF’s road ERA is Record: 0-3 the 4th-highest mark in the NL behind Houston (5.66), Chicago (4.91) and Colorado (4.74)...Giants hurlers have posted a 6.60 ERA (68er, 92.2ip) in their last 11 road contests. Avg.: .296 (32-for-108) Avg. w/RISP: .167 (6-for-36) GAME ONE ..." e Giants have won the 1st game of a series in 10 of their last 13 sets. Runs Per Game: 4.0 (12 total) Home Runs: 1 SANCHEZ HAS SURGERY ...IF Freddy Sanchez had successful surgery yesterday to re- Stolen Bases: 2 move a portion of a disc in his lower back...he’ll miss the remainder of the season...the microdiscectomy was performed by Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles. ERA: 8.39 (23er, 24.2ip) Starters W-L: 0-2 Starters ERA: 10.20 (17er, 15.0ip) HUFF ON REHAB ... IF Aubrey Hu! began a rehab assignment with Class A Advanced San Relievers W-L: 0-1 Jose on Wednesday...did not play last night a! er fully participating in batting practice Relievers ERA: 5.59 (6er, 9.2ip) and taking grounders at 1st base...he’s missed the last 20 games with a right knee sprain. Saves/Opportunities: 0/1 SHORT ON POWER ..." e Giants have hit just 6 home runs in their last 18 games and MISCELLANEOUS RECORD enter tonight’s contest with the 2nd-fewest home runs in the Majors with 49 (Dodgers have hit 48)...35 of their 49 home runs have come on the road. 1st Game of Series: 15-13 Last Game of Series: 12-14 CATCH US IF YOU CAN ..." e Giants have been successful in 30 of their last 34 stolen Rubber Game: 6-4 base attempts...their 67 stolen bases overall are the 3rd-most in the NL. Get-Away Day: 11-9 Orange Jerseys: 2-4 RISPY BUSINESS ..." e Giants are hitting just .188 (17-for-90) in their last 9 games with Interleague Play: 7-8 runners in scoring position...SF’s .223 clip (169-for-757) overall in those situations rank At AT&T Park: 26-16 as the 3rd-lowest in the big leagues. On Road: 19-22 GIANTS’ RECORD WHEN THEY... Comeback wins 17 Lineups Used 65 Score ! rst 29-10 Lead a er 7 39-3 Last at-bat 10-7 Score 4 or more 34-14 Tied a er 7 4-2 Extra Innings 4-1 Score less than 4 11-24 Trail a er 7 2-33 Series Sweeps 2-3 Out-hit opp. 35-10 Lead a er 8 40-2 Series (W-L-S) 15-8-4 Out-hit by opp. 7-26 Tied a er 8 3-3 1-game series 0-0 Commit No Errors 30-15 Trail a er 8 2-33 2-game series 0-0-2 Commit Error 15-23 Hit at least 1 HR 20-14 3-game series 13-8-0 One-run games 17-13 Hit no HRs 25-24 4-game series 2-0-2 GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 #75 BARRY ZITO LHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO ZITO’S 2012 STARTS 2012 San Francisco 6-6 3.84 16 93.2 86 46 40 45 52 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P 4/8 at COL W W, 7-0 9.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 114 Career (13th season) 151-130 3.91 384 2345.2 2096 1107 1019 979 1735 4/14 PIT ND W, 4-3 7.0 6 3 2 1 4 0 113 2011 vs. Pittsburgh 0-0 2.57 1 7.0 6 3 2 1 4 4/20 at NYM ND W, 4-3 5.0 4 2 2 3 2 2 100 Career vs. Pittsburgh 1-3 3.25 6 36.0 37 14 13 11 24 4/25 at CIN ND L, 2-4 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 1 106 5/2 MIA ND L, 2-3(10) 3.2 2 2 1 7 1 0 106 ZITO AT A GLANCE 5/7 at LAD L L, 1-9 6.0 8 3 3 4 3 0 91 • 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner and 3-time AL All-Star (2002-03, 2006) 5/13 at AZ W W, 7-4 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 0 103 5/18 OAK W W, 8-6 5.1 5 4 4 1 5 1 105 will be making his 17th start of the season, his 379th start and 385th ap- 5/23 at MIL L L, 5-8 3.0 5 8 4 4 3 1 83 pearance of his career. 5/28 AZ W W, 4-2 7.0 7 2 2 1 3 1 93 • Has posted a 6-6 record with a 3.91 ERA (40er, 93.2ip) and 1 complete 6/3 CHC W W, 2-0 8.1 4 0 0 2 5 0 96 game in 16 starts this season. 6/8 TEX L L, 0-5 6.0 9 4 4 2 2 2 95 6/14 HOU L L, 3-6 5.0 5 5 5 3 3 2 77 • ! e Giants have gone 8-8 in his starts. 6/19 at LAA L L, 5-12 3.1 9 8 8 3 1 1 80 6/25 LAD W W, 8-0 7.0 3 0 0 3 4 0 109 MOST RECENT OUTING 6/30 CIN L L, 1-2 6.0 5 1 1 6 3 0 99 • Took the loss in his most recent outing vs.