TODAYTODAY GIANTSGIANTS September 18, 2011 Introduction Sunday, September 18, 2011 Giants Today Page 2 Welcome to GIANTS TODAY, the newest Giants publication - provided free of charge for the remainder of the 2011 season. Download the newest version one hour before each game (3PM on non-game days) at sfgiants.com/GiantsToday. Our goal is to make GIANTS TODAY the daily publication you want to read, with updated game notes and photos you won’t see anywhere else - if you have any comments or suggestions please contact your Client Relations Account Manager, or email us at [email protected] Material provided by the San Francisco Giants Media Department, all photos: ©2011 San Francisco Giants. All information is provided in good faith and considered correct at the time of publication. Introduction Sunday, September 18, 2011 Giants Today Page 3 Game #153 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES September 18, 2011 Road Game #75 (38-36) San Francisco Giants (82-70) at Colorado Rockies (70-81) Coors Field TODAY’S GAME...San Francisco Giants visit Colorado Rockies in 4th and final game of this 4-game series...Giants’ right-hander Matt Cain (11-10, 2.79) will face Rockies’ right-hander Esmil Rogers (6-5, 5.88)... Welcome to GIANTS TODAY, the newest Giants publication - provided free of charge for the remainder of the 2011 season. Download the newest version one hour before each game (3PM on non-game days) at sfgiants.com/GiantsToday. Our goal is to make GIANTS TODAY the daily publication you want to read, with updated game notes and photos you won’t see anywhere else - if you have any comments or suggestions please contact your Client Relations Account Manager, or email us at [email protected] Material provided by the San Francisco Giants Media Department, all photos: ©2011 San Francisco Giants. All information is provided in good faith and considered correct at the time of publication. Quick Hits Sunday, September 18, 2011 Giants Today Page 4 THE GIANTS...have won 7-straight, 9 of their last 12 and 11 of their last 16 games... • are 5.0 games behind 1st-place Arizona in NL West and 5.0 games behind Atlanta and 0.5 game behind St. Louis in NL Wild Card race with just 10 games remaining... • are 3-0 on this 10 game road trip to Colorado (3-0), Los Angeles (Tue-Thurs) and Arizona (next weekend)... • are on pace to win 87 games this season after going 92-70 last year... WINNING WAYS...Giants are currently one of hottest teams in Majors, having won each of their last 7 games, which matches season-best (also 7 game win streak from June 22-28...Giants haven’t won 8 in row since April 18-26, 2007 (8 game win streak)... WITH THE BATS...Giants’ offense has collectively batted .296 (77-for-260) with 10 HRs and 41 RBI during this 7 game win streak...club has scored 45 runs while averaging 6.4 runs per contest and are hitting .263 (21-for-80) with runners in scoring position... GOING FOR THE SWEEP...win today would earn Giants their 1st 4 game sweep of season and their 1st 4 game brooming since they swept Brewers last year in Milwaukee from July 5-8... SWEEP PART II...Giants haven’t had 4 game sweep over Colorado since July 17-20, 2003 at AT&T Park...last time they had 4 game brooming against Rockies on road was Aug. 26-29, 2002 at Coors Field...SF has won 14 of last 19 games against Rox... LOTS OF RUNS...Giants have scored 69 runs this month (4.60 per game) which is 6th- most in National League...club has scored at least 8 runs in 4 of their last 7 contests... SF scored 78 total runs last month in 29 games... QUALITY COUNTS...RHP Matt Cain leads National League and ranks 3rd in Majors with 25 quality starts this season...only Justin Verlander (27) and Jered Weaver (26) have more in big leagues than Cain this season... LEAD OF THREE...Giants have not lost game this season in which they had lead of 3-or-more runs, going 42-0 in such contests...SF is only team in Majors this year to be undefeated when having lead of at least 3 runs (STATS, Inc.)... SCORE 4...Giants own 2nd-highest winning pct. in Majors this season when scoring at least 4 runs in game...SF has gone 52-9 (.852) in such contests, 2nd to only Philadelphia (.848, 67-12)...SF has won 37 of their last 40 games when scoring 4-or-more runs... KEEP ‘EM IN THE YARD...Giants pitchers have allowed fewest home runs in Majors this year, giving up just 92 clouts...last season club allowed 134...SF hurlers have given up just 2 homers in their last 9 games... IT WAS A GOOD RUN...double-A Richmond became last Giants’ minor league affiliate to be elminated from postseason, as they lost best-of-5 Eastern League Championship last night to New Hampshire, losing 3-games-to-1... STREAKING SERGIO...RHP Sergio Romo currently has 2nd-longest active scoreless inning streak in Majors, with career-high 20.1-scoreless frames...he hasn’t allowed run in his last 25 games...during this current stretch, Romo has allowed total of just 7 baserunners and has held opponents to .094 avg. against (6-for-64)... 3 IS THE KEY...Giants are 41-2 this year when receiving 3-or-more hits w/RISP... BEST VS. THE WEST...San Francisco has posted 39-23 (.629) record against NL West opponents this season, going 21-12 (.636) at home and 18-11 (.621) on road...SF’s .629 win pct. vs. NL West is highest club has had within own division since 2003 (.697, 53-23)...SF has gone 20-22 vs. NL Central this year and 13-20 vs. East... WE LIKE TO PLAY THEM CLOSE...Giants have had 84 of their 152 (55.3%) games this season be decided by 2 runs-or-fewer...only Cincinnati (87 games) and San Diego (87 games) have played more tight games than Giants this season... IN THE TRAINERS ROOM...Giants have disabled list 25 times this season, which is most in single campaign going back as far as 1987...Giants have had 20 different players Looking Ahead Sunday, September 18, 2011 Giants Today Page 5 PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING SERIES AT LOS ANGELES (ALL GAME TIMES PDT): • Monday, Sept. 19: OFF DAY in Los Angeles • Tuesday, Sept. 20 at Los Angeles (7:10): LHP Clayton Kershaw (19-5, 2.30) vs. RHP Tim Lincecum (13-12, 2.59) - CSNBA • Wednesday, Sept. 21 at Los Angeles (7:10): LHP Dana Eveland (2-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (11-7, 2.68) - CSNBA • Thursday, Sept. 22 at Los Angeles (7:10): RHP Hiroki Kuroda (12-16, 3.19) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (12-12, 3.21) - CSNBA note: all games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/all home games and selected road contests broadcast on KIQI 1010 radio and KATD 990 (Spanish) Today’s Starting Pitcher Sunday, September 18, 2011 Giants Today Page 7 CAIN VS. COLORADO At a glance: is slated to make his 26th career start vs. Rockies, his 4th this season...is 12-7 with 3.16 ERA (56er, 159.1ip) in 25 career efforts...owns 4-3 mark with 4.01 ERA (27er, 60.2ip) in 10 games at Coors Field... ROCKIES’ CAREER BATTING VS. CAIN Player AVG AB H HR RBI BB SO Mark Ellis .222 9 2 0 0 1 2 Dexter Fowler .167 18 3 0 0 5 9 Jason Giambi .000 11 0 0 0 0 5 Carlos Gonzalez .148 27 4 0 2 5 8 Todd Helton .208 53 11 2 4 8 5 Jonathan Herrera .105 19 2 0 2 1 1 Chris Iannetta .313 16 5 1 1 5 3 Kevin Kouzmanoff .143 28 4 0 1 1 5 Jose Morales .333 3 1 0 1 0 2 Seth Smith .045 22 1 0 1 2 1 Ryan Spilborghs .318 22 7 2 4 3 5 Ian Stewart .200 25 5 1 2 2 11 Troy Tulowitzki .340 53 18 4 6 5 10 Ty Wigginton .167 6 1 1 4 0 2 Eric Young .000 9 0 0 0 0 2 CAIN’S STARTS VS. COLORADO *10 most recent starts Date H/R DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P 7/24/09 R W(8-5) W, 3-1 7.0 3 1 1 4 5 0 117 8/30/09 H ND W, 9-5 6.0 8 4 4 2 8 2 113 9/16/09 H L(8-6) L, 3-4 6.0 5 4 4 2 4 2 90 5/1/10 H W(9-6) W, 6-1 8.0 1 0 0 3 8 0 123 6/2/10 H W(10-6) W, 4-1 8.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 114 7/4/10 R ND L, 3-4(15) 7.0 6 3 3 4 6 1 110 9/26/10 R W(11-7) W, 4-2 9.0 3 2 2 1 8 1 113 4/20/11 R L(11-8) L, 2-10 4.2 9 6 6 2 6 1 100 5/6/11 H ND W, 4-3 7.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 100 6/3/11 H W(12-7)W, 3-1 7.0 4 1 1 4 7 0 116 #18 MATT CAIN Totals (25 games) 12-7 3.16 159.1 113 56 56 77 145 18 2,673 CAIN AT A GLANCE...2-time NL All-Star (2009, 2011) will make his 32nd start of season and 202nd career start..