SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2014 GAME NOTES 24 Willie Mays Plaza •San Francisco, CA 94107 •Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com •sfgigantes.com •sfgiantspressbox.com •@SFGiants •@los_gigantes• @SFG_Stats SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (67-59) at WASHINGTON NATIONALS (73-53) RHP Tim Hudson (8-9, 3.03) vs. RHP Doug Fister (12-3, 2.20) Game #128/Road Game 64 • Friday, August 22, 2014 • Nationals Park • 4:05 p.m. (PT) • CSN Bay Area UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE: • Saturday, August 23 at Washington (1:05): RHP Tim Lincecum (10-8, 4.48) vs. RHP Jordan Zimmermann (8-5, 2.97) - CSN Bay Area • Sunday, August 24 at Washington (10:35am): RHP Ryan Vogelsong (7-9, 3.73) vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg (10-10, 3.41) - CSN Bay Area Please note all games broadcast on KNBR 680 AM (English radio). All home games and road games in LA, SD and OAK broadcast on 860 AM ESPN Deportes (Spanish radio). THE GIANTS GIANTS ON THIS ROAD TRIP TO GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS • Have won five of their last seven games and enter tonight's CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON game 3.5 games behind the first place Dodgers in the Games . 3 NOTE 2014 National League West . Record . 2-1 Average . .325 (37114) Current Standing in NL West: . 2nd Avg . w/RISP . .237 (9x38) Series Record: . 22-15-3 IN THE STANDINGS Runs Per Game . 4 .7 (14) Series Record, home: . 11-8-3 • San Francisco currently owns the fifth-highest winning Home Runs . 3 Series Record, road: . 11-7-0 percentage in the NL behind Washington (73-53, .579), Stolen Bases . 1 Series Openers: . 19-21 Milwaukee (71-56, .559), Los Angeles (72-57, .558) and St . ERA . 2 .77 (8er, 26 .0ip) Series Finales: . .. 25-15 Louis (69-57, .548) . Starters W-L . 2-1 Sweeps by Giants: . .. 4 Starters ERA . 3 .50 (7er, 18 .0ip) Sweeps by Opponent: . 6 Relievers W-L . 0-0 Most Games Over .500 . 21, June 8 AGAINST THE BEST Relievers ERA . 1 .13 (1er, 8 .0ip) Saves/Chances . 1/1 Most Games Under .500 . • The Giants and Nationals will square off tonight with two Current Streak: . W2 of the five highest winning pct. in the NL...SF has not won Longest Win Streak . ..6 April 29-May 5 a series against a team with a winning record since taking three of four games at St. Louis Longest Losing Streak . 6 (2x), last: July 24-29 from May 29-June 1. Last Road Trip: . 4-6 (NYM, MIL, KC) Last Homestand: . 3-2 (CWS, PHI) ON THE MOUND Last Five Games: . 4-1 • RHP Tim Hudson (8-9, 3 .03) is seeking to snap a three game MOST WINS VS. WSH Last 10 Games: . 5-5 losing streak over his last five starts, during which he’s posted a (active players) Home Record: . 32-32 4.18 ERA (13er, 28.0ip), while receiving a total of just five runs of Player W Road Record: . 35-27 support...he has enjoyed a lot of success against Washington, Tim Hudson 17 Day Record: . .. 30-18 Cole Hamels 15 Night Record: . 37-41 as his 17 wins are the most of any active player...overall, has A.J. Burnett 10 gone 17-5 with a 2 .37 ERA in 30 starts . RHP Doug Fister (12- vs . NL West: . 25-24 vs . NL Central: . 13-16 3, 2.20) is 12-2 with a 1.89 ERA in 17 starts dating to May 14 and his 12 wins in that same vs . NL East: . 21-10 span trails only Clayton Kershaw (13)...faced the Giants earlier this season and defeated vs . American League: . 8-9 SF by a score of 2-1. vs . RH starters: . 46-35 vs . LH starters: . 21-24 VS. WASHINGTON Giants Score First: . 49-13 • The Giants and Nationals meet for the second time this season, as SF dropped three of Opp. Score First: . 18-46 their first four games...dating back to 2012, the Giants have dropped 11 of their last 16 Leading After 6: . 49-5 contests overall against the Nats . Trailing After 6: . 12-46 Tied After 6: . 6-8 VS. THE EAST Leading After 7: . 53-6 • The Giants have gone 21-10 vs. the NL East this season (5-1 vs. ATL, 4-3 vs. MIA, 6-1 vs. Trailing After 7: . 7-50 NYM, 5-2 vs. PHI and 1-3 vs. WAS)...SF's .677 winning pct. against the East is the highest Tied After 7: . 7-3 Leading After 8: . 55-3 among NL teams . Trailing After 8: . 5-51 Tied After 8: . 7-5 ON THE ROAD Extra-Inning Games: . 8-4 • The Giants are 35-27 (.565) on the road this season, which is the third-highest winning One-run Games: . 15-19 percentage in the NL, behind the Dodgers 40-26 (.606) and Brewers 36-27 (.571). Two-run Games: . 17-13 Giants Score 5 or more: . 46-4 JUST SCORE FOUR Giants Score 4 or more: . 56-11 • The Giants have won 23 of their last 24 contests in which they have scored at least four Giants Score 3 or less: . 11-47 runs...SF is 56-11 (.836) overall in such games. Giants Score 2 or less: . 4-41 Opp . Scores 5 or more: . 9-34 FEW MISCUES Opp . Scores 4 or more: . 21-41 • The Giants have not committed an error in a season-high 10-consecutive games...this marks Opp . Scores 3 or less: . 45-17 Opp . Scores 2 or less: . 37-12 their longest errorless streak since Aug. 30-Sept. 11, 2013 when they went 13-straight Giants No Errors: . 37-33 contests without a miscue . Giants Make Error(s): . 30-26 Giants Outhit Opp .: . 47-12 IN THE 'PEN Opp . Outhits Giants: . 15-42 • The Giants bullpen has combined for the second-lowest ERA in the Majors since the All- Come-From-Behind Wins: . 29 Star break, fashioning a 1.98 figure (20er, 91.0ip) in 28 games. C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . 8 C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . 4 FIRST ONE IS THE TOUGHEST C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . 1 • The Giants have gone just 19-21 (.475) in the first game of a series this season...SF has lost Blown Leads . 17 six of their last seven such games. Largest Blown Lead . 4 (2x), last: June 15 Giants hit 0HR: . 21-40 JUST SCORE FIRST Giants hit at least 1HR: . 46-19 Giants hit 2+ HRs: . 21-4 • SF is 49-13 when they score the game's first run and 18-46 when they don’t score first... THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY their .790 winning pct. when scoring first is the highest in the NL. August 22, 1999- The Giants defeated the Brewers 7-3, as Barry Bonds, Jeff AT THE HELM Kent, and Ellis Burks hit consecutive • Manager Bruce Bochy is just three wins away from 1,600 managerial victories in his 20- home runs for SF in the 1st inning... year career...when he earns his 1,600th victory, he'll pass Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda it marked the second time the Giants for sole possession of 19th place on the all-time list for victories. have performed the feat in three days. World Champions (7): 1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954, 2010, 2012 NL Pennants (20): 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1989, 2002, 2010, 2012 NL West Titles (8): 1971, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2012 GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER - RHP TIM HUDSON PAGE 2 RHP TIM HUDSON HUDSON’S 2014 STARTS Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO 4/2 @ARI W W, 2-0 7 .2 3 0 0 0 7 0 103 2014 San Francisco 8-9 3 .0324 154 155.1 60 52 27 95 4/8 ARI W W, 7-3 8 .0 7 3 2 0 4 0 101 Career (16th season) 213-120 3 .42 451 2968 .02779 1231 1129 873 1991 4/13 COL -- W, 5-4 7 .1 5 4 4 0 5 2 85 2014 at AT&T Park 5-4 3 .6012 80 .0 79 36 32 16 54 4/19 @SD L L, 1-3 7.0 8 2 2 0 4 0 93 Career at AT&T Park 8-7 3 .6820 132 129.0 61 54 30 82 4/25 CLE W W, 5-1 7 .0 4 1 1 2 5 0 98 2014 on Road 3-5 2 .4212 74 .1 76 24 20 11 41 4/30 SD W W, 3-2 8.2 5 2 2 0 6 1 89 Career on Road 100-69 3 .73220 1405 1390.0 631 582 429 886 April (6 starts) 4-1 2.17 45.2 32 12 11 2 31 3 569 5/6 @PIT L L, 1-2 8.2 5 2 1 1 5 0 108 2014 SEASON 5/11 @LA -- W, 7-4 6 .0 8 2 2 1 2 1 78 • Hudson, who was named to his fourth career All-Star team this season, 5/22 @ COL -- suspended 3 .0 5 1 1 2 1 0 64 is scheduled to make his 25th start of the year...39-year-old has gone 8-9 5/27 CHC W W, 4-0 7 .0 6 0 0 0 5 0 96 May (4 starts) 1-1 1.46 24.2 24 5 4 4 13 1 346 with a 3.03 ERA and one complete game in 24 starts...SF has gone 14-9 in 6/1 @STL W W, 8-0 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 101 his outings, losing seven of the last 11.