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 Game #149 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES September 14, 2013 Road Game #73 (29-43) San Francisco Giants (67-81) at Los Angeles Dodgers (86-61) Dodger Stadium TONIGHT’S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants visit the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY the third game of this four game series... RHP Ricky Nolasco (13-9, 3.14) is scheduled to face RHP Tim Lincecum (9-13, 4.40). Sept. 14, 1986 - Bob Brenly’s four errors at third base in the 4th inning tied a ML THE GIANTS ...Defeated the Dodgers 4-2 last night in the second game of this four game record and gave the Braves a 4-0 lead... Brenly then homered in the bottom of series...the Giants have won four of their last six and 11 of their last 20. ..SF has been the 5th, hit a two-out, two-run single in the o! cially knocked out from postseason contention this year. 7th, and ended the game with a 2-out HR in the 9th for a 7-6 win. 8 FOR 1,500 ...RHP Tim Lincecum enters tonight’s game with 1,492 career strikeouts, just eight shy for 1,500 for his career...looking at all pitchers since 1893 through their GIANTS AT A GLANCE " rst seven seasons, Lincecum’s total ranks as the third-most, behind only Tom Seaver Biggest Lead: 2.5 (5/13) (1,655) and Bert Blyleven (1,546) ( Elias ). Farthest Behind: 22.0 (9/3) Most Games over .500: 8 (5/13) SEALING SAVES ...RHP Sergio Romo is six saves shy of becoming just the fourth Giants Most Games under .500: 16 (9/7) Longest Winning Streak: 6 (4/29-5/5) player to have 40 saves in a single season...he would join Robb Nen (four 40+ saves Longest Losing Streak: 6 (6/23-29) seasons), Brian Wilson (two) and Rod Beck (one). Comeback Wins: 32 Largest Comeback: 6 (5/16) THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ...# e San Jose Giants have been pushed to the brink of Blown Leads: 37 Largest Blown Lead: 6 (9/10, 6-0) elimination a$ er a 9-1 Game 2 defeat to the Inland Empire 66ers last night...with the 1st Game of Series: 18-29 victory, the 66ers take a 2-games-to-0 lead over the Giants in the best-of-" ve Cham- Last Game of Series: 23-23 pionship Series. Rubber Game: 7-7 Get-Away Day: 16-17 GAME 3 ... # e Giants and 66ers play Game 3 of the best-of-" ve Championship Series tonight at Municipal Stadium..." rst pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m... LHP Adalberto GIANTS RECORD WHEN THEY Mejia (7-4, 3.31 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for San Jose while Inland Empire Score 1st: 42-29 will counter with RHP Drew Rucinski (2-2, 1.86 ERA). Opponent Scores 1st: 25-52 Score 4 or more: 50-16 VOTE KUIPER! ... e Giants and its broadcast partners, CSN Bay Area and KNBR launched Score less than 4: 17-65 a campaign to urge fans to vote longtime Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper onto the Out-hit opponent: 50-20 Out-hit by opponent: 12-53 Ford C. Frick Award Ballot at facebook.com/baseballhall...fans can vote once per day Commit No Errors: 43-35 and the voting ends Sept. 30. Commit Error: 24-46 One-run games: 23-26 WITH THE GLOVES... e Giants have committed 97 errors this season, the ! " h-most in Lead a$ er 6.0 innings: 45-5 the NL...however, they’ve made just one error in their last 15 games and 137.2 defensive Tied a$ er 6.0 innings: 12-16 innings. Trail a$ er 6.0 innings: 10-60 Lead a$ er 7.0 innings: 49-6 Tied a$ er 7.0 innings: 10-15 BEST AGAINST THE WEST ... e Giants are in a strech of playing 20 consecutive games Trail a$ er 7.0 innings: 8-59 against NL West opponents, where they’ve gone 38-30 (.559), the best record against the Lead a$ er 8.0 innings: 53-2 NL West within the division...SF is 17-20 on the road against the West and 21-10 at home. Tied a$ er 8.0 innings: 9-13 Trail a$ er 8.0 innings: 5-65 FIVE FOR 40 ...OF Hunter Pence is " ve doubles shy of reaching the 40 double plateau Hit at least 1 home run: 40-27 Hit no home runs: 27-54 for the " rst time in his career...if he reaches this he’d become the sixth Giants player to Lineups Used: 98 have 40 doubles and 20 home runs in the same season, joining Je" Kent (1999, 2000, Extra Innings: 8-10 2001, 2002), Barry Bonds (1998), Jack Clark (1978), Willie Mays (1959) and Pablo Quality Start: 43-27 Sandoval (2009). Non-Quality Start: 24-54 Day: 26-25 PENCE DRIVING IN RUNS Night: 41-56 ...Pence has driven in 31 runs since Aug. 1, the third-most by Vs. RHS: 45-53 any player in the NL since that date, behind St. Louis’ Matt Holliday (32) and Arizona’s Vs. LHS: 22-28 Martin Prado (32). Series Sweeps: 4-6 Series (W-L-S) 17-25-4 FINAL TRIP...# e Giants are on their " nal road trip of the season, a 10-game, 11-day trek 1-game series: ---- here in Los Angeles (1-1), then a week in New York to play both the Mets (Tuesday- 2-game series: 0-1-1 3-game series: 14-19-0 # ursday) and Yankees (next Friday-Sunday)...it will be the " rst time that the Giants 4-game series: 3-5-3 will play two New York teams in the same week. GIANTS ON THIS ROAD TRIP TO LOS BEEN AWHILE ...According to Stats, Inc ., the last time the Giants played six or more games ANGELES AND NEW YORK (NL, AL) in New York within the same week was the week of Sept. 2-8, 1957...the New York Giants Games: 2 hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates for a three-game series on Sept. 2-3 (double header on the Record: 1-1 2nd), then traveled to Pittsburgh for a two-game series with the Pirates on Sept. 4-5, then came back home for a three-game series with the Brooklyn Dodgers on Sept. 6-8. Avg.: .257 (18-for-70) Avg. w/RISP: . 214 (3-for-14) ROAD WOES ...San Francisco is 29-43 (.403) on the road this season, the ! " h-lowest road Runs Per Game: 3.0 (6 total) winning pct. among NL teams, ahead of Miami (23-48, .324), Colorado (27-49, .355), Home Runs: 2 San Diego (26-46, .361) and Philadelphia (27-45, .375). Stolen Bases: 2 ERA: 1.96 (4er, 18.1ip) DON’T FINISH LAST ... Only once in the World Series era (1903-present) has the previous Starters W-L: 1-0 champion ! nished in last place in their division the following season and that was the Starters ERA: 2.08 (3er, 13.0ip) 1998 Florida Marlins, who dismantled their team a year a" er winning it all. Relievers W-L: 0-1 Relievers ERA: 1.69 (1er, 5.1ip) Saves/Opportunities: 1/1 PROBABLES, BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR TOMORROW AND UPCOMING SET AT NEW YORK (ALL GAME TIMES PDT): • Sunday, Sept. 15 at Los Angeles (1:10): RHP Edinson Volquez (9-11, 5.99) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (3-5, 5.82) - CSN-BA • Monday, Sept. 16: OFF DAY in New York • Tuesday, Sept. 17 at New York-NL (4:10): RHP Zack Wheeler (7-5, 3.22) vs. RHP Yusmeiro Petit (3-0, 2.53) - CSN-BA • Wednesday, Sept. 18 at New York-NL (4:10): RHP Aaron Harang (5-12, 5.70) vs. RHP Matt Cain (8-9, 4.24) - CSN-BA • % ursday, Sept. 19 at New York-NL (10:10am): LHP Jonathon Niese (7-7, 3.88) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (12-9, 2.83) - CSN-BA note: all games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/81 home games and two road contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes (Spanish) GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 #55 TIM LINCECUM RHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO LINCECUM’S 2013 STARTS 2013 San Francisco 9-13 4.40 29 178.0 166 93 87 70 175 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P 4/3 at LAD W W, 5-3 5.0 3 2 0 7 4 0 91 Career (7th season) 88-69 3.45 218 1392.0 1191 573 534 539 1492 4/9 COL -- W, 9-6 6.0 4 6 6 4 7 1 104 2013 vs. Los Angeles 1-1 3.48 2 10.1 13 6 4 8 8 4/14 CHC -- W, 10-7 5.0 6 4 4 1 4 2 78 Career vs. Los Angeles 8-6 2.86 21 129.0 112 46 41 60 128 4/20 SD W W, 2-0 6.2 4 0 0 2 8 0 95 4/26 at SD L L, 1-2 7.0 6 2 2 3 9 0 105 TONIGHT’S START 5/1 at ARI -- W, 9-6 5.0 10 5 5 0 6 1 86 • Two-time NL Cy Young winner (2008, 2009) and four-time NL All-Star 5/7 PHI L L, 2-6 7.0 9 5 5 3 7 1 114 (2008-11) takes the hill for his 30th start of the 2013 season.