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 Spring Training Game #37 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES March 30, 2013 Road Game #19 Oakland Athletics (16-13-3) at San Francisco Giants (16-15-4) Oakland Coliseum TODAY'S GAME ...! e San Francisco Giants will visit the Oakland A's today for the " nal GIANTS’ 2013 SPRING TRAINING game of their exhibition schedule before the regular season kicks o# on Monday... SCHEDULE AND RESULTS RHP Ryan Vogelsong will face RHP Dan Straily . DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATT. RECORD THE GIANTS ...Have won six of their last eight games...SF's two losses in the last week 2/23 Angels W, 4-1 10,779* 1-0 have each come against the A's (! ursday and last Saturday at Scottsdale Stadium). 2/24 at Cubs L, 3-4 7,784 1-1 2/25 White Sox T, 9-9 6,275 1-1-1 POSEY LOCKED UP ...! e Giants announced yesterday that they signed C Buster 2/26 at Dodgers T, 8-8 5,019 1-1-2 Posey to a nine-year contract (eight-year extension) through 2021 with an option 2/27 at Angels T, 8-8 4,042 1-1-3 for the 2022 season. 2/28 Mariners L, 3-4 7,213 1-2-3 3/1 at A's W, 13-9 7,243 2-2-3 TRANSACTIONS ...Following last night's game the Giants made the following roster 3/2 Cubs (ss) W, 9-7 12,077* 3-2-3 moves: IF Tony Abreu (le$ knee sprain), IF Brett Pill (right knee surgery) and LHP at Royals (ss) L, 5-9 5,362 3-3-3 3/3 D-Backs W, 5-3 12,047* 4-3-3 Eric Surkamp (le$ elbow surgery) have all been placed on the 15-day disabled list 3/4 at White Sox L, 2-6 5,486 4-4-3 (retroactive to March 22)... IF Nick Noonan was recalled and added to the 25-man 3/5 Indians L, 3-4 7,918 4-5-3 roster... RHP Jean Machi and OF Francisco Peguero were optioned to triple-A. 3/6 OFF DAY 3/7 at Indians L, 4-6 4,832 4-6-3 MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS ...! e Giants brought the following minor league players with 3/8 Dodgers Canceled/Weather them to the Bay Area for this weekend's exhibition series with Oakland: RHP's Jake 3/9 Royals L, 2-13 11,647* 4-7-3 Dunning (#71), Heath Hembree (#72), Yusmeiro Petit (#52) and Ramon Ramirez 3/10 at Brewers W, 6-1 8,808 5-7-3 (#92), IF's Ehire Adrianza (#57), Nick Noonan (#64), Joe Panik (#66) and C Jackson 3/11 at Rangers W, 2-1 10,025 6-7-3 Williams (#62). 3/12 Padres L, 2-6 10,987* 6-8-3 3/13 at Reds W, 9-5 7,032 7-8-3 TODAY'S STARTER ...RHP Ryan Vogelsong is scheduled to make his sixth spring 3/14 Japan L, 3-6 7,262 7-9-3 training start...he's allowed just six runs in 20.0 innings (2.70 ERA) while striking 3/15 Rangers W, 5-2 12,106* 8-9-3 out 17 batters...he last pitched Monday against the Cubs in Mesa, earning the vic- 3/16 Reds (ss) L, 6-7 11,738* 8-10-3 tory...Vogelsong also pitched for Team USA in the WBC and in two starts went 1-1 at Indians (ss) L, 3-4 11,023* 8-11-3 3/17 Rockies W, 9-7 11,756* 9-11-3 with a 3.72 ERA (4er, 9.2ip). 3/18 OFF DAY 3/19 at Mariners L, 3-6 11,188 9-12-3 STREAKING ...SS Brandon Crawford has hit safely in his last 11 games, going 17-for- 3/20 Brewers (ss) T, 0-0 10,455 9-12-4 39 (.436) during the stretch with four doubles and six RBI...Crawford ranks third at Padres W, 6-4 5,418 10-12-4 on the club with 25 hits this spring. 3/21 Rockies L, 4-10 12,170* 10-13-4 3/22 at Rockies W, 11-6 12,683* 11-13-4 NOONAN ...Since coming back to Giants camp on March 22, IF Nick Noonan has hit 3/23 A's L, 5-12 12,224* 11-14-4 .435 (10-for-23) with " ve RBI in eight games. 3/24 at Angels W, 5-4 9,657* 12-14-4 3/25 at Cubs W, 9-3 13,374* 13-14-4 BRANDON BELTING ... IF Brandon Belt enters today's game tied for the Cactus 3/26 Padres W, 4-2 12,166* 14-14-4 league lead in RBI (19), second in home runs (8) and and is sixth in batting average 3/27 at D-Backs W, 8-6 12,525* 15-14-4 (.419)...Belt has hit four homers in his last six games and is 15-for-31 (.484) with 10 3/28 A's L, 3-7 40,630 15-15-4 RBI in his past nine games. 3/29 A's W, 3-1 42,808 16-15-4 3/30 at A's 1:05 p.m. COUNTDOWN TILL OPENER ...Just three days remain before the Giants open the *denotes a sellout 2013 season against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Monday, April 1 at 1:10 p.m... it will mark the 29th meeting of these two club’s on Opening Day since 1900...SF GIANTS INFORMATION SITE holds a slight 15-14 edge in those games. * sfgiantspressbox.com, a private, media-only website that helps streamline and expedite distribution of in- AND THE AWARD GOES TO ...IF Brock Bond was elected the 2013 Harry S. 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PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING SERIES AGAINST LOS ANGELES-NL: • Monday, April 1 at Los Angeles-NL (1:10): LHP Clayton Kershaw (2012: 14-9, 2.53) vs. RHP Matt Cain (2012: 16-5, 2.79) - CSN-BA, ESPN • Tuesday April 2 at Los Angeles-NL (7:10): LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (2012: -.--) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (2012: 16-11, 3.37) - CSN-BA • Wednesday, April 3 at Los Angeles-NL (7:10): RHP Josh Beckett (2012: 7-14, 4.65) vs. RHP Tim Lincecum (2012: 10-15, 5.18) - CSN-BA GIANTS MEDIA NOTES -- PAGE 2 -- TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER SPRING PLAYER APPEARANCES BY POSITION • Pitcher - Proctor (14), Kontos (13), Gaudin (11), Runzler (11), Romo (11), RHP RYAN VOGELSONG (#32) Machi (10), A! eldt (9), Hembree (9), Lopez (9), Otero (8), Ramirez (8), Rosario (8), Bumgarner (7), Edlefsen (7), Lively (7), Zito (7), Cain (6), Date OPP Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Casilla (6), Dunning (6), Loux (6), Mijares (6), Petit (6), Lincecum (5), 2/23 LAA -- 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Vogelsong (5), Heston (4), Bochy (3), Bonser (3), Castillo (3), Kickham 2/27 at LAA -- 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 (3), Fitzgerald (2), Osich (2), Quirarte (2), Concepcion (1), Escobar (1), 3/4 at CWS L 3.0 4 3 3 0 1 3 9.00 Maday (1), Valdez (1), Yourkin (1) • Catcher - Quiroz (21), Posey (15), Williams (14), Monell (7), Sanchez (4), 3/20 MIL -- 6.0 3 0 0 0 1 7 0.00 Susac (4), LaTorre (3) 3/25 at CHC W 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 3 4.50 • First Base - Belt (21), Oropesa (19), Pill (8), Villalona (3), Posey (4), Arias Totals 1-1-0 21.0 16 6 6 1 5 17 2.70 (2), Linden (2) , Minicozzi (2) WBC Totals 1-1-0 9.2 10 4 4 0 2 5 3.72 • Second Base - Scutaro (16), Tanaka (12), Bond (11), Panik (11), Noonan (9), Cavan (2), Valdez (2), Arias (1), Ciriaco (1) • ! ird Base - Noonan (16), Arias (12), Duvall (10), Sandoval (10), Valdez (7), Tanaka (3), Abreu (1), Ciriaco (1), Dominguez (1), Haney (1), Jurica (1) • Shortstop - Crawford (22), Noonan (11), Adrianza (9), Valdez (9), Arias ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY (7), Tanaka (4), Ciriaco (2), Haney (1) • Le" Field - Gillespie (21), Peguero (12), Perez (10), Blanco (7), Torres (6), Kieschnick (3), Herrera (1) • Center Field - Brown (18), Blanco (16), Pagan (11), Torres (9), Perez (7), LHP JEREMY AFFELDT (#41) Lollis (6), Peguero (2), Herrera (1) • Right Field - Pence (25), Kieschnick (17), Peguero (15), Perez (4), Torres Date OPP Dec.