July 3rd, 2012
12 Hours To Go
Grounds Crew
In less than 12 hours the Giants get another crack at the Washington Nationals – with a game that starts at 8:05 Pacific Time you can have breakfast with the team!
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- Ryan Theriot
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- Gregor Blanco
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- Pablo Sandoval
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- Hector Sanchez
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- Gregor Blanco
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- Nate Schierholtz
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- Buster Posey
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- Pablo Sandoval
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- Bruce Bochy
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- Pablo Sandoval
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- Hector Sanchez & Tim Lincecum
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- Buster Posey & Tim Lincecum
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- Brandon Crawford
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- Grounds Crew
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- Team waiting out the rain delay
Quick Hits for Tuesday, July 3, 2012 (Game 81)
TONIGHT’S GAME…The San Francisco Giants visit the Washington Nationals in the 1st game of this 3-game series…Giants’ right-hander Tim Lincecum (3-8, 5.60) will face Nationals’ right-hander Jordan Zimmermann (4-6, 2.77).
THE GIANTS…finished a 7-game homestand with a 5-2 record, going 3-0 against Los Angeles-NL and 2-2 against Cincinnati… Are coming off a 4-3 win over the Reds on Sunday at AT&T Park…Angel Pagan’s 2B in the 9th sailed over the head of RF Jay Bruce to give the Giants a walk-off win.
WELL REPRESENTED…The Giants and Cardinals will lead the NL team with four All-Star representatives each for the 83rd All-Star Game, to be played next Tuesday in Kansas City…OF Melky Cabrera (1st selection), RHP Matt Cain (3rd selection), C Buster Posey (1st selection) and IF Pablo Sandoval (2nd selection) will represent the Giants.
BUSTER POSEY… Has hit safely in 15 of his last 17 games, batting .344 (21-for-61) with 3 HRs and 9 RBI… Leads the club with 10 HRs and 42 RBI… Is hitting .370 (27-for-73) with 3 HRs and 14 RBI against left-handed pitchers, which is the 6th-highest avg. in the NL.. Leads the club seeing 4.16 pitches per plate appearance… Is tied for 2nd in the NL with 5 sacrifice flies this season.
RYAN THERIOT… Has hit .311 (42-for-135) with 14 RBI in 33 games since being activated from DL on May 24.. Has recorded a multi-hit game in 11 of his last 29 contests.
MELKY CABRERA… Leads Majors with 111 hits and 36 multi-hit games… Is tied for the Major League lead with 11 game winning RBI… Owns the 2nd-highest avg. vs. LHP in the Majors, batting .420
BRANDON BELT… Leads the club with 31 walks…has the 4th-highest walk rate in the NL (6.77 PA/BB)… Is hitting .500 (14-for-28) on the 1st pitch.
