Game #160 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MEDIA NOTES October 1, 2012 Road Game #79 (45-33) San Francisco Giants (93-66) at Los Angeles Dodgers (84-75) Dodger Stadium TONIGHT’S GAME ... e San Francisco Giants visit the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st game of this 3-game series...Giants’ right-hander Matt Cain (16-5, 2.77) will face Dodgers’ right-hander Aaron Harang (10-10, 3.68) . PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SERIES AT LOS ANGELES (ALL TIMES PDT): • Tuesday, Oct. 2 at Los Angeles (7:10): LHP Chris Capuano (12-11, 3.69) vs. LHP Barry Zito (14-8, 4.19) - CSNBA • Wednesday Oct. 3 at Los Angeles (4:15): LHP Clayton Kershaw (13-9, 2.58) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (14-9, 3.46) - 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...came from behind to defeat the Padres 7-5 yesterday at Petco Park. THIS DATE IN GIANTS HISTORY • Have won 14 of their last 18 games and 22 of their last 31 . October 1, 1967 - Mike McCormick • Are tied with the Braves for 3rd-best record in the NL behind Washington and Cincinnati. pitched a 5-hit, 2-1 victory over the Phil- • Clinched the NL West division on Sept. 22 vs. San Diego and will play in the post- lies to ! nish his Cy Young Award season season for the 10th time since moving West in 1958 . with a 22-10 record and a 2.84 ERA. NL WEST CHAMPS ...! e Giants have won the NL West division for the 8th time since NL BATTING TITLE RACE the advent of divisional play began in 1969 (1971, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2012)...it’s the 2nd time in the last 3 seasons that they’ve won the NL West. Rk Player, Team Avg 1 Buster Posey, SF .337 (175x520) ROAD SERIES WINS ...! e Giants haven’t lost a series on the road since dropping 2 of 2 Andrew McCutchen, PIT .329 (192x583) 3 games at Pittsburgh right before the All-Star break from July 6-8 ...since then, the 3 Ryan Braun, MIL .320 (188x587) Giants have gone 10-0-1 (win-lost-split) in their last 11 road series...it’s the 1st time for SF to go 11-or-more consecutive road series without a loss since a 12-series streak LONGEST ACTIVE HIT STREAK IN MAJORS from April 24-July 11, 1959 (STATS, LLC). Rk Player, Team Gms 1 Marco Scutaro, SF 17 ROAD WARRIORS ...! e Giants are tied with the Braves for the 3rd-best road winning 2 Adrian Gonzalez, LAD 12 pct. in the NL this season, going 45-33 (.577)...only the Nationals (.593, 48-33) and Reds 3t Ryan Braun, MIL 10 (.590, 46-32) have a better road record in the NL. 3t Paul Goldschmidt, ARI 10 3t Donovan Solano, MIA 10 BEST ON THE ROAD SINCE THE BREAK ...Since the All-Star break, the Giants have gone 25-9 (.735) on the road, the best " gure in the Majors ...SF has won 14 of their MOST SERIES VICTORIES, 2012 last 18 road games and 21 of their last 28. Rk Team W ROAD WINS ...! e SF-era record for the most wins on the road in a season is 53, set by the 1t San Francisco 32 1993 club...the Giants need just 1 more road win to match the 2nd-most in club history. 1t Texas 32 3 Washington 31 A GIANT HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...Happy Birthday to Giants RHP Matt Cain (28 years old) 4 Baltimore 30 and to 1st base coach Roberto Kelly (48 years old)...Cain has pitched on his birthday 5 Cincinnati 29 just once in his career in 2010 vs. San Diego (L, 4.0ip, 9h, 6r, 6er, 1bb, 4so, 3hr). GIANTS ON THIS ROAD TRIP TO SAN DIEGO AND LOS ANGELES ON THE MOUND ...Cain is just 9 strikeouts shy of reaching the 200-strikeout plateau for the 1st time in his career. Games: 3 Record: 2-1 A LOT OF WINS ...! e Giants’ 93 wins this season are tied for the 7th-most in a season in SF-era history (since 1958)...SF hasn’t had as many as 94 wins in a season since the Avg.: .279 (29-for-104) 2002 team won 95 games. Avg. w/RISP: .214 (6-for-28) Runs Per Game: 4.3 (13 total) SCUTARO’S STREAK ...IF Marco Scutaro enters tonight’s game with the longest active Home Runs: 3 hitting streak in the Majors, having hit safely in a career-best 17 games...during this Stolen Bases: 4 stretch he’s batting .441 (30-for-68) with 4 2Bs, 1 HR and 14 RBI. ERA: 3.46 (10er, 26.0ip) RACE FOR THE NL BATTING TITLE ... C Buster Posey leads the NL with a .337 batting Starters W-L: 1-1 avg. (.33653, 175-for-520) while the Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen is 2nd with a .329 mark Starters ERA: 4.50 (8er, 16.0ip) (.32933, 192-for-583)...the last Giants player to win the NL batting title was Barry Bonds in Relievers W-L: 1-0 2004 (.370)...a Giants player has won the NL batting crown just 7 times since 1876 and just Relievers ERA: 1.80 (2er, 10.0ip) twice since the team moved West in 1958 (both times by Barry Bonds in 2002 and 2004). Saves/Opportunities: 2/2 MISCELLANEOUS RECORD BATTING TITLE PART II ... e last catcher to win the NL batting title was Ernie Lombardi in 1942 (.330 for Boston)...the last catcher to win it in either league was Joe Mauer for 1st Game of Series: 31-20 the Twins in 2009...no Giants player has ever won the title as a catcher. Last Game of Series: 24-27 Rubber Game: 11-7 SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER ...SF ! nished the month of September tied with Braves for Get-Away Day: 18-17 the best overall record in the Majors, going 19-8 (.704)...SF’s .297 (277-for-934) batting Interleague Play: 7-8 avg. last month led the NL and their 5.26 runs per game (142 runs/27 games) ranked 2nd At AT&T Park: 48-33 in the league...the pitching sta" posted a 3.63 ERA (98er, 243.0ip), 6th-best in the NL. On Road: 45-33 GIANTS’ RECORD WHEN THEY... Comeback wins 34 Lineups Used 110 Score ! rst 66-20 Lead a" er 7 79-5 Last at-bat 19-12 Score 4 or more 74-20 Tied a" er 7 8-3 Extra Innings 8-5 Score less than 4 19-45 Trail a" er 7 6-58 Series Sweeps 7-4 Out-hit opp. 76-16 Lead a" er 8 81-2 Series (W-L-S) 32-13-6 Out-hit by opp. 13-48 Tied a" er 8 7-7 1-game series 0-0 Commit No Errors 56-28 Trail a" er 8 5-57 2-game series 0-0-2 Commit Error 36-38 Hit at least 1 HR 48-22 3-game series 29-12-0 One-run games 30-19 Hit no HRs 45-44 4-game series 3-1-4 GIANTS MEDIA NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 #18 MATT CAIN RHP Breakdown W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO CAIN’S 2012 STARTS 2012 San Francisco 16-5 2.77 31 214.1 173 71 66 50 191 Date OPP DEC SCORE IP H R ER BB SO HR #P 4/8 at ARI ND L, 6-7 6.0 6 5 5 2 4 2 97 Career (8th season) 85-78 3.27 235 1531.2 1275 594 557 523 1276 4/13 PIT W W, 5-0 9.0 1 0 0 0 11 0 106 2012 vs. Los Angeles 1-0 2.53 3 21.1 22 6 6 2 11 4/18 PHI ND W, 1-0(11) 9.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 91 Career vs. Los Angeles 4-8 3.40 22 137.2 141 54 52 47 102 4/24 at CIN L L, 2-9 6.1 5 3 3 2 7 2 116 5/1 MIA L L, 1-2 8.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 102 CAIN AT A GLANCE 5/6 MIL ND W, 4-3(11) 7.0 6 2 2 1 10 0 106 • 3-time NL All-Star (2009 and 2011-12) will be making his 31st start today. 5/12 at ARI W W, 5-2 6.0 3 1 1 2 8 0 109 So far in 2012, he has established a career-best 16 wins, as well as a new 5/17 STL W W, 7-5 6.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 112 • 5/22 at MIL W W, 6-4 7.0 11 4 4 0 8 0 115 career-high for strikeouts in a season with 191. 5/27 at MIA W W, 3-2 6.2 5 2 1 3 4 0 103 • Tossed the 22nd perfect game in Major League Baseball history on June 6/2 CHC W W, 2-1 8.0 5 1 1 2 7 1 117 13 vs. Houston...it was the 1st perfect game in the 130th-season history 6/8 at SD W W, 8-3 7.0 7 3 0 1 9 0 116 *6/13 HOU W W, 10-0 9.0 0 0 0 0 14 0 125 of the Giants franchise.