Game #87 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES July 13, 2012 Home Game #44 (26-16) Houston Astros (33-53) at San Francisco Giants (46-40) AT&T Park TONIGHT’S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants host the Houston Astros in the 1st game of this 3-game series...Giants’ le -hander Madison Bumgarner (10-5, 3.27) will face Astros’ le -hander Wandy Rodriguez (7-6, 3.38) . PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SERIES (ALL TIMES PDT): • Saturday, July 14 vs. Houston (6:05): RHP Lucas Harrell ( 7-6, 4.56) vs. RHP Tim Lincecum (3-10, 6.42) - CSNBA • Sunday, July 15 vs. Houston (1:05): RHP Bud Norris ( 5-6, 4.71) vs. RHP Matt Cain (9-3, 2.62) - CSNBA note: all games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/68 home games and 2 road contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes (Spanish) THE GIANTS..." nished the 1st half of the season with a 46-40 record, 0.5 game back of THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY the Dodgers for 1st place in the NL West. July 13, 1996 - ! e Giants’ top prospect, • Enter tonight’s game having lost 7 of their last 9 games . Shawn Estes , throws his 1st game of the season, pitching 7.0 scoreless innings A LOOK AT THE 2ND HALF ...! e Giants will play 39 of their remaining 76 games here at while striking out 11 Dodger batters for his 1st AT&T Park and as of today will play 30 games against teams that are currently over .500. Major League win in SF’s 7-0 rout. WELCOME BACK AND THEN SEE YA LATER ...! e Giants are in the midst of playing HIGHEST HOME WIN PCT. IN NL 12 of 15 games away from AT&T Park with their lone home series in that stretch being Rk Team PCT (W-L) this 3-game set vs. the Astros...the Giants have posted the 3rd-best home winning pct. 1 Pittsburgh .674 (29-14) in the NL this season, going 26-16 (.619), however are 4.0 games under .500 on the road 2 Los Angeles .628 (27-16) at 20-24 (.455), which is tied for the 7th-lowest road win pct. among NL teams. 3 San Francisco .619 (26-16) IN THE NL ...San Francisco’s .535 (46-40) winning pct. is tied with the Cardinals and Mets LOWEST HOME ERA IN NL for the 6th-best in the National League. Rk Player, Team ERA CLOSE TO 1ST ...! e Giants were in 1st place within the division for a total of 7 days in the 1 Ryan Vogelsong, SF 1.43 1st half...their biggest lead was just 1.5 games over the Dodgers on July 2 and the furthest 2 James McDonald, PIT 1.69 they’ve been behind is 7.5 games behind Los Angeles through May 27. 3 Chris Capuano, LAD 1.83 4 Madison Bumgarner, SF 1.88 MVP FOR MELKY OF Melky Cabrera 5 Zack Greinke, MIL 1.89 ... became the 5th di# erent Giants player (6th time) to win the All-Star MVP award, joining Willie Mays (1963, 1968), Juan Marichal (1965), GIANTS 1ST HALF STATISTICS Willie McCovey (1969) and Bobby Bonds (1973), who also won the award at Kau# man Stadium, which back then was named Royals Stadium... only one other franchise has Games: 86 had as many as 6 All-Star Game MVPs: the Orioles (6) . Record: 46-40 MELKY AND ICHIRO ...Cabrera became only the 2nd player to be named All-Star Game Avg.: .261 (762-for-2923) MVP while leading the Majors in hits to that point in the regular season...the other was Avg. w/RISP: .225 (174-for-773) Ichiro, who was the MVP of the 2007 ASG here in San Francisco (going 3-for-3 with a Runs Per Game: 3.9 (338 total) HR), with his 128 hits at the break leading all ML players that year ( Elias ). Home Runs: 51 Stolen Bases: 67 MELKY AND MAYS ...Cabrera is the 1st Giants player to lead the Majors in hits at the ERA: 3.63 (308er, 763.1ip) All-Star break since Willie Mays did so in 1958 (110 hits). Starters W-L: 36-29 Starters ERA: 3.65 (222er, 548.0ip) DID YOU KNOW? ...RHP Matt Cain became just the 5th pitcher to earn a win in an All- Relievers W-L: 10-11 Star Game in the same year he threw a no-hitter or perfect game...the others were Johnny Relievers ERA: 3.59 (86er, 215.1ip) Vander Meer (1938), Bob Feller (1946), Sandy Koufax (1965) and Jerry Reuss (1980)... Saves/Opportunities: 31/39 Cain and Koufax are the only ones who threw a perfect game ( Elias ). LONGEST ACTIVE REGULAR SEASON I LOVE THIS PLACE ...LHP Madison Bumgarner is 14-2 with a 1.83 ERA (25er, 122.2ip) SELLOUT STREAK IN MAJORS in his last 17 starts here at AT&T Park...the Giants are 15-2 in those contests. Team Streak Date it Started LOW AT HOME ...! e Giants have posted the 2nd-lowest home ERA in the NL with a 2.42 Boston 758* May 15, 2003 Philadelphia 251 July 7, 2009 " gure (103er, 383.0ip)...only the Pirates have a lower mark (2.39). San Francisco 126 Oct. 1, 2010 *denotes ML record RISPY BUSINESS ...! e Giants are hitting just .208 (22-for-106) in their last 12 games with runners in scoring position...SF’s .225 clip (174-for-773) overall in those situations rank MISCELLANEOUS RECORD as the 2nd-lowest " gure in the big leagues (San Diego, .212). 1st Game of Series: 16-13 SHORT ON POWER ...! e Giants have hit just 8 home runs in their last 21 games and enter Last Game of Series: 12-15 tonight’s contest tied with the Dodgers for the fewest home runs in the Majors with 51... Rubber Game: 6-5 just 14 of SF’s 51 home runs have come here at AT&T Park. Get-Away Day: 11-10 Orange Jerseys: 2-4 TOO MANY MISTAKES ...! e Giants’ 69 errors this season are the most in the National Interleague Play: 7-8 League and the 3rd-most in the Majors (Baltimore, 75; Tampa Bay, 71). At AT&T Park: 26-16 On Road: 20-24 GIANTS’ RECORD WHEN THEY... Comeback wins 18 Lineups Used 66 Score ! rst 29-11 Lead a er 7 40-3 Last at-bat 10-7 Score 4 or more 35-14 Tied a er 7 4-2 Extra Innings 4-1 Score less than 4 11-26 Trail a er 7 2-35 Series Sweeps 2-3 Out-hit opp. 35-10 Lead a er 8 41-2 Series (W-L-S) 15-9-4 Out-hit by opp. 8-28 Tied a er 8 3-3 1-game series 0-0 Commit No Errors 30-16 Trail a er 8 2-35 2-game series 0-0-2 Commit Error 16-24 Hit at least 1 HR 21-15 3-game series 13-9-0 One-run games 18-13 Hit no HRs 25-25 4-game series 2-0-2 GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 #40 MADISON BUMGARNER LHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO BUMGARNER’S 2012 STARTS 2012 San Francisco 10-5 3.27 17 115.2 104 47 42 23 99 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Career (4th season) 30-24 3.14 72 441.1 433 171 154 98 386 4/7 at ARI L (0-1) L, 4-5 4.0 7 4 4 2 3 2 80 4/12 at COL W (1-1) W, 4-2 7.1 4 1 1 2 2 0 117 2012 vs. Houston 1-0 1.17 1 7.2 6 2 1 0 12 4/17 vs. PHI W(2-1) W, 4-2 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 1 96 Career vs. Houston 2-1 3.48 3 20.2 22 10 8 4 19 4/23 at NYM W(3-1) W, 7-2 7.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 107 BUMGARNER AT A GLANCE 4/29 vs. SD W(4-1) W, 4-1 7.2 6 1 1 1 6 0 117 5/5 vs. MIL W(5-1) W, 5-2 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 110 • 22-year-old will be making his 18th start of the 2012 season...will mark 5/11 at ARI L(5-2) L, 1-5 6.0 7 5 4 2 5 2 100 his 70th start and 73rd career appearance. 5/16 vs. STL L(5-3) L, 1-4 7.1 7 4 4 0 3 1 104 • His 10 wins are tied for the 4th-most in the National League. 5/21 at MIL ND W, 4-3(14) 7.2 5 4 3 1 10 1 110 5/26 at MIA L(5-4) L, 3-5 6.0 7 5 4 2 7 0 96 6/1 CHC W(6-4) W, 4-3 8.0 8 2 2 0 11 0 102 MOST RECENT OUTING 6/6 at SD W(7-4) W, 6-5 6.0 7 4 4 4 4 1 101 • Received the loss in his most recent outing on July 4 at Washington, as SF 6/12 HOU W(8-4) W, 6-3 7.2 6 2 1 0 12 0 98 fell 9-4...allowed a season-high 7 runs on 9 hits (3 HRs) and 1 walk with 7 6/17 at SEA ND L, 1-2 8.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 111 6/23 at OAK W(9-4) W, 9-8 6.0 11 4 4 1 6 2 106 strikeouts in 5.0 innings.