Game #35 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES May 14, 2012 Home Game #16 (8-7) Colorado Rockies (13-20) at San Francisco Giants (17-17) AT&T Park TONIGHT’S GAME...The San Francisco Giants host the Colorado Rockies in the 1st game of this brief 2-game series... Giants’ right-hander Ryan Vogelsong (1-2, 2.94) will face Rockies’ left-hander Christian Friedrich (1-0, 1.50). PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR TOMORROW AND UPCOMING SET VS. ST. LOUIS (ALL TIMES PDT): • Tuesday, May 15 vs. Colorado (7:15): RHP Jeremy Guthrie (2-1, 5.92) vs. RHP Tim Lincecum (2-3, 5.89) - CSNBA • Wednesday, May 16 vs. St. Louis (7:15): LHP Jaime Garcia (2-2, 4.09) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (5-2, 2.80) - CSNBA • Thursday, May 17 vs. St. Louis (12:45): RHP Adam Wainwright (2-4, 6.16) vs. RHP Matt Cain (2-2, 2.28) - 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...are coming off a 3-3 road trip to Los Angeles (1-2) and Arizona (2- THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY 1)...enter tonight’s game in 2nd place in the NL West, 6.0 games behind 1st-place May 14, 1978 - Giants posted a pair Los Angeles. of extra-inning victories to sweep the Cardinals in a doubleheader at HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN...The Giants LONGEST ACTIVE REGULAR SEASON SELLOUT STREAKS IN MAJORS Candlestick Park...Terry Whitfield ham- are looking to notch their 100th consecutive mered a solo HR with 2 outs in the 12th regular season sellout at AT&T Park tonight Team Streak Date it Started Boston 730* May 15, 2003 for a 5-4 win in the opener, before Marc vs. the Rockies, a streak that began with the Philadelphia 220 July 7, 2009 Hill’s 2-out, RBI-single as a pinch-hitter final 3 games of 2010 and all 81 home contests San Francisco 99 Oct. 1, 2010 note all streaks are entering tonight’s games in the 10th gave SF a 4-3 triumph in the last year...the streak is the longest in AT&T *denotes Major League record Park history. HIGHEST AVG. IN MAJORS SINCE MAY 1 Rk Player, Team AVG THIS HOMESTAND...The Giants open a 7-game, 3-opponent homestand beginning 1 Rafael Furcal, STL .523 tonight vs. Colorado (2 games, tonight-Tuesday evening), St. Louis (2, Wednesday 2 Andy Dirks, DET .447 night-Thursday afternoon) and Oakland (3, Friday night-Sunday afternoon)...SF is 3 Elvis Andrus, TEX .440 8-7 at AT&T Park this year in initial 2 homestands, posting 4-1-0 record in 5 series 4 Melky Cabrera, SF .431 (won-lost-split). MOST HITS IN THE NL RYAN VS. ROCKIES...RHP Ryan Vogelsong is 4-0 with a 1.01 ERA (3er, 26.2ip) and a .144 avg against (13-for-90) in 4 career starts against Colorado, all of which came Rk Player, Team H last season...he’s 3-0 with a 0.42 figure (1er, 21.1ip) in 3 starts against them here at 1t Michael Bourn, ATL 51 AT&T Park. 1t Rafael Furcal, STL 51 3 Melky Cabrera, SF 49 GIANTS AND THE ROX...The Giants enter tonight’s game having won 9 of their last 11 games against the Rockies here at AT&T Park, dating back to 2010. GIANTS ON JUST COMPLETED ROAD- TRIP @ LOS ANGELES AND ARIZONA ANOTHER STREAK?...OF Melky Cabrera has hit safely in a season-high 11-straight Games: 6 games at a .468 clip (22-for-47) with 2 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 1 HR and 6 RBI...it is currently Record: 3-3 the 4th-longest active hit streak in Majors (BOS’s Dustin Pedroia has a 14-gamer going, followed by TEX’s Josh Hamilton with 13 and STL’s Rafael Furcal with 12). Avg.: .244 (51-for-209) Avg. w/RISP: .229 (11-for-48) MELKY’S HITS...Cabrera has hit safely in 28 of his 34 games this season and his 49 hits Runs Per Game: 3.0 (18 total) rank as the 3rd-most in the NL behind ATL’s Michael Bourn (51) and STL’s Rafael Home Runs: 3 Furcal (51)...Cabrera is on pace to record 233 hits this season, which would rank as Stolen Bases: 4 the 2nd-most in franchise history for a single season (Bill Terry had 254 in 1930)... Willie Mays owns the SF-era record (since 1958) with 208 hits in 1958. ERA: 4.06 (23er, 51.0ip) Starters W-L: 3-3 LET’S WIN THE FIRST ONE...The Giants are just 3-8 in the 1st game of a series this Starters ERA: 3.96 (16er, 36.1ip) season, having lost each of their last 6 such contests...SF hasn’t won the 1st game of Relievers W-L: 0-0 a series since defeating the Mets at Citi Field to open that 4-game set on April 20. Relievers ERA: 4.30 (7er, 14.2ip) Saves/Opportunities: 2/2 POWER SHORTAGE...SF’s offense has hit just 5 home runs here at AT&T Park this season, the fewest homers hit at home among all Major League teams...SF hasn’t MISCELLANEOUS RECORD homered in their last 5 home games and have hit 2 in their last 8. 1st Game of Series: 3-8 Last Game of Series: 6-4 FIELDING WOES...The Giants lead the Majors with 37 errors on year...last year SF Rubber Game: 5-1 committed 104. Get-Away Day: 7-2 Orange Jerseys: 0-2 RISP WOES...San Francisco is hitting just .212 (65-for-306) with runners in scoring Interleague Play: 0-0 position this season, the 4th-lowest clip in Majors behind Miami (.204), San Diego At AT&T Park: 8-7 (.205) and Cincinnati (.209). On Road: 9-10 GIANTS’ RECORD WHEN THEY... Comeback wins 6 Lineups Used 28 Score first 11-5 Lead after 7 14-0 Last at-bat 5-2 Score 4 or more 14-6 Tied after 7 2-0 Extra Innings 3-1 Score less than 4 3-11 Trail after 7 1-17 Series Sweeps 0-2 Out-hit opp. 15-5 Lead after 8 14-0 Series (W-L-S) 7-4-0 Out-hit by opp. 2-11 Tied after 8 2-0 1-game series 0-0 Commit No Errors 10-6 Trail after 8 1-17 2-game series 0-0 Commit Error 7-11 Hit at least 1 HR 9-9 3-game series 6-4-0 One-run games 7-7 Hit no HRs 8-8 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 1-2 2.94 5 33.2 32 12 11 14 26 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Career (8th season) 23-31 4.65 154 521.0 535 290 269 226 380 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. Colorado 4-0 1.01 4 26.2 13 3 3 6 23 4/26 at CIN ND W, 6-5 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 1 87 Career vs. Colorado 4-0 1.78 1.78 35.1 22 7 7 9 30 05/03 MIA L L, 2-3 7.0 8 2 1 4 5 0 116 VOGELSONG AT A GLANCE 05/08 at LA W W, 2-1 7.1 8 1 1 3 2 0 110 • 2011 All-Star takes the hill for his 6th start of the 2012 season...will mark Totals (5 starts) 1-2 2.94 33.2 32 12 11 14 26 2 525 his 156th career appearance as well as his 67th start. VOGELSONG’S 2012 STARTS WITH TRIPLE-A FRESNO Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P MOST RECENT OUTING 4/5 at TUC ND W, 3-0 4.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 83 4/10 at LV W W, 10-5 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 93 • Recorded his 1st victory of the season last Tuesday night at Los Angeles, Totals (2 starts) 1-0 1.80 10.0 9 2 2 4 12 0 176 as SF won 2-1 over Clayton Kershaw...allowed just 1 run on 8 hits and 3 walks with a season-low 1 strikeout in 7.1 innings. VOGELSONG’S 2012 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN Category DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR LAST 2 Home 0-2 2.03 13.1 12 4 3 7 12 1 • Has allowed just 3 runs (2er) over his last 2 outings in 14.1ip (1.23 ERA). Road 1-0 3.54 20.1 20 8 8 7 14 1 Day 0-2 3.42 26.1 24 11 10 11 25 2 Night 1-0 1.23 7.1 8 1 1 3 1 0 VS. COLORADO April 0-1 4.19 19.1 16 9 9 7 20 2 • Will be making his 5th career start (10th appearance) against Colorado...has May 1-1 1.26 14.1 16 3 2 7 6 0 gone 4-0 with a 1.78 ERA (7er, 35.1ip) in 9 games (4 starts) vs.