Game #70 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES June 17, 2011 Road Game #39 (20-18) San Francisco Giants (39-30) at Oakland Athletics (30-40) Oakland Coliseum TONIGHT’S GAME...San Francisco Giants visit Oakland A’s in 1st game of this 3-game series...Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum (5-5, 3.41) will face A’s right-hander Graham Godfrey (0-0, 10.38)... PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR REMAINDER OF THIS SERIES (ALL GAME TIMES PDT): • Saturday, June 18 at Oakland (7:05): RHP Guillermo Moscoso (2-3, 3.91) vs. LHP Jonathan Sanchez (4-4, 3.47) - NBC Bay Area • Sunday, June 19 at Oakland (1:05): RHP Trevor Cahill (6-5, 3.42) vs. RHP Matt Cain (6-4, 3.61) - CSN Bay Area note: all games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/all home games and selected road contests broadcast on KIQI 1010 radio and KATD 990 (Spanish) THE GIANTS...lost 3-2 decision in 10 innings last night at Arizona as Justin Upton hit walk- THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY off solo home run off RHP Santiago Casilla to give AZ victory... June 17, 1964 - Willie McCovey’s pinch- • have still won 10 of their last 15 games and 12 of last 20... hit home run with one on in 9th defeated Joe Nuxhall and Reds, 3-2... WINNING WAYS...Giants are tied for 3rd-best winning pct. (.667, 10-5) in month of June among Major League teams...beginning May 6, SF’s .632 (24-14) win pct. is 3rd-best in LOWEST CAREER ERA VS. OAKLAND Majors, behind Boston (.730, 27-10) and Milwaukee (.667, 26-13)... Among players with min. of 40 IP RK Player, Season ERA SERIES SPEAKING...Giants have won 14 of their 23 series played this season, going 14- 1. Bob Lee, 1964-66 0.62 6-3 (win-loss-split)...SF has not lost series since losing 2 of 3 to Milwaukee (May 27- 2. Tim Lincecum, 2007-11 1.17 29)...club has gone 4-0-1 over their last 5 series... 3. Moe Drabowsky, 1966-72 1.25 4. Willie Hernandez, 1984-89 1.40 STRAIGHT A’S...RHP Tim Lincecum is 5-0 with 1.17 ERA (6er, 46.1ip) and 3 complete 5. Bob Locker, 1965-70 1.46 games in 6 career starts against Oakland...over his last 5 starts vs. A’s, he’s 5-0 with 0.64 ERA (3er, 42.0ip) and 3 complete games... BEST WINNING PCT. IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY • however, since his complete game vs. A’s this season on May 21, Lincecum has gone AMONG NL TEAMS SINCE 2009 1-1 with 7.66 ERA (19er, 22.1ip) and .318 avg. against over his last 4 starts... RK Team Win Pct. (W-L) ACCORDING TO ELIAS...only other player, active or not, other than Tim Lincecum, to go 1. Colorado .667 (20-10) at least 5-0 against an Interleague opponent was Aaron Sele, who was 6-0 against 2. St. Louis .606 (20-13) Dodgers...Sele ended his career by going perfect 7-0 against LA in 8 games (7 starts)... 3. San Francisco .576 (19-14) LAST LINCECUM NOTE...prior to Lincecum, last pitcher to go 8+ innings in 4+ consecu- BEST WINNING PCT. IN 1-RUN GAMES, ML tive starts against A’s was Scott Erickson (4, Aug. 16, 1996-July 21, 1998)...last pitcher to accomplish this in 5+ straight starts was Kevin Brown, who did it in 6-straight from RK Team Win Pct. (W-L) June 27, 1993-June 2, 1995 (thanks to STATS, Inc. for help with this note)... 1. San Francisco .655 (19-10) 2. Tampa Bay .647 (11-6) BAY BRIDGE SERIES...Giants are 41-42 all-time in Bay Bridge series since Interleague 3. Arizona .625 (15-9) began in 1997...however, SF has been on winning end lately, going 13-4 against 4. Baltimore .625 (10-6) Oakland since June 28, 2008...SF has won each of last 6 meetings, including 3-game 5. Cleveland .619 (13-8) sweep last month at AT&T Park...Giants have not been at .500 mark against A’s since June 24, 2005 (24-24)... GIANTS ON CURRENT ROAD TRIP INTERLEAGUE...starting tonight, San Francisco will play their next 9 games and 12 of Games: 3 their next 15 against American League opponents...Giants will host Twins and Indians Record: 2-1 next week and then will travel to Detroit July 1-3...SF went 7-8 in Interleague last year... Avg.: .262 (27-for-103) USING THE DH...for 1st time this season Giants get to use designated hitter...SF hitters Runs Per Game: 4.3 (13 total) didn’t fare too well last season in DH role, hitting .091 (2-for-22) with HR and 2 RBI...SF’s Home Runs: 0 .091 clip as DH in 2010 was 2nd-lowest mark in big leagues, behind Milwuakee (.043, RISP: .235 (8-for-34) 1-for-23)...Giants also struggled in 2009, hitting ML-low .174... Stolen Bases: 2 Fielding Errors: 0 CLOSE CALLS...57 of SF’s 1st 69 games (82.6%) this season have been decided by 3 runs-or-fewer, most such games by any team in Majors this year... ERA: 3.29 (10er, 27.1ip) • SF has had 29 games decided by 1 run, with club going 19-10 (.655) in those games Starters W-L: 2-0 (best record in Majors)...Giants have 12 games decided by 2 runs and 16 by 3 runs... Starters ERA: 4.34 (9er, 18.2ip) Relievers W-L: 0-1 CALL TO THE ‘PEN...San Francisco’s relief corps has yielded just 6 runs (5er) in 38.2 Relievers ERA: 1.04 (1er, 8.2ip) innings (1.16 ERA) over their last 12 games...Giants’ bullpen has been impressive Saves/Opportunities: 2/2 over their last 4 contests, allowing just 1 run in their last 11.2 innings... 2011 STREAKS SCORELESS STREAKING...RHP Brian Wilson is currently riding 3rd-longest scoreless inning streak in NL with 14.1-scoreless frames...Wilson hasn’t allowed run since May Current Streak: 1 loss 18 at Los Angeles... Last 5 games: 3-2 Last 10 games: 6-4 REHAB NEWS...LHP Barry Zito (right mid-foot sprain) made his 3rd rehab start last night, Last 15 games: 10-5 his 1st with triple-A Fresno...Zito tossed 6.0 innings, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits and Last 20 games: 12-8 earned victory over Tacoma...in 3 rehab starts, southpaw has gone 3-0 with 3.20 ERA (7er, 19.2ip) for San Jose (A) and Fresno (AAA)...OF Darren Ford (left ankle sprain) GIANTS’ FTP SITE: BOX.NET played 5.0 innings in CF and went hitless in 3 at-bats in his 1st rehab game for Fresno For 2nd straight season, Giants offer box.net Grizzlies last night... for easy media access to game notes, media clips, stats, lineups, audio/video clips, 2011 QUICK TRIP...Giants are currently on 6-game road trip, going 2-1 at Arizona and then media guide, player/coaches headshots, news beginning 3-game set tonight in Oakland...SF is in midst of playing 19 of 22 games in releases and more...to log onto Giants’ ftp Bay Area (16 games at AT&T Park; 3 here at Overstock.com Coliseum)... site go to sfgiants.box.net/pressbox... GIANTS' RECORD WHEN THEY... Score first 24-10 Trail after 7 6-26 Last at-bat 14-7 Score 4 or more 23-6 Lead after 8 26-0 Extra Innings 7-4 Score less than 4 16-24 Tied after 8 10-3 vs. LH Starters 14-5 Out-hit opp. 30-3 Trail after 8 2-27 vs. RH Starters 25-25 Out-hit by opp. 2-21 Hit at least 1 HR 19-11 Series Sweeps 4-3 Commit No Errors 20-15 Hit no HRs 20-19 Series (W-L-S) 14-6-3 Commit Error 19-15 Comeback wins 20 1-game series 0-0 One-run games 19-10 Losses after Leading 13 2-game series 1-1-2 Lead after 7 27-4 Lineups Used 52 3-game series 12-3 Tied after 7 6-0 4-game series 1-2-1 GIANTS MEDIA NOTES -- page 2 -- #55 GIANTS STARTING PITCHER TIM LINCECUM RHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO LINCECUM’S 2011 STARTS 2011 San Francisco 5-5 3.41 14 92.1 79 40 35 31 94 Career (5th season) 61-33 3.41 136 903.1 745 335 309 324 1,001 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P 3/31 at LAD L(0-1) L, 1-2 7.0 5 1 0 3 5 0 103 2011 vs. Oakland 1-0 0.00 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 6 4/6 at SD W(1-1) W, 8-4 7.0 3 1 1 0 13 1 105 Career vs. Oakland 5-0 1.17 6 46.1 33 6 6 12 47 4/12 LAD ND W, 5-4 5.1 6 3 3 1 4 0 115 4/18 at COL W(2-1) W, 8-1 7.2 3 1 1 3 10 0 115 LINCECUM AT A GLANCE...2-time NL Cy Young winner (2008, 2009) and 4/23 ATL L(2-2) L, 2-5 6.1 6 5 5 6 6 0 110 3-time NL All-Star (2008-10) takes hill for his 15th start of 2011 4/29 at WAS L(2-3) L, 0-3 7.0 7 3 3 0 7 1 111 April (6 starts) 2-3 2.90 40.1 30 14 13 13 45 2 659 season...has gone 5-5 with 3.41 ERA (35er, 92.1ip) and .233 avg.