July 15th, 2012
It’s Broom Time
Tim Flannery & Pablo Sandoval
Matt Cain got his 10th win of the season as the Giants beat the Astros 3-2. With the third sweep of the season the Giants and the Dodgers loss the Giants are now 1.5 games in first place.
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- Gregor Blanco
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- Emmanuel Burriss
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- Brandon Belt
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- Matt Cain
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- Hector Sanchez
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- Nate Schierholtz
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- Brandon Crawford
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- Buster Posey
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- Tim Flannery & Pablo Sandoval
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- Pablo Sandoval
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- Pablo Sandoval & Bruce Bochy
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- Pablo Sandoval
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- Jeremy Affeldt
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- Javier Lopez
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- Buster Posey & Santiago Casilla
Quick Hits for Sunday, July 15, 2012 (Game 89)
TODAY’S GAME…The San Francisco Giants host the Houston Astros in the final game of this 3-game series…Giants’ right-hander Matt Cain (9-3, 2.62) will face Astros’ right-hander Bud Norris (5-6, 4.71).
THE GIANTS…Slid into 1st place in the NL West with last night’s win coupled with the Dodgers’ loss… Have won 9 of their last 12 games here at AT&T Park.
GOING FOR THE SWEEP…This will be the 9th time this season that the Giants will enter the final game of a 3+ game series with the chance for a sweep… the Giants haven’t swept the Astros in a 3-game series since 2010 here at AT&T Park.
PRODUCING FROM BEHIND THE PLATE…Buster Posey and Hector Sanchez have combined for 63 RBI as catchers this season, a total that leads the Majors…Posey has 40 RBI as a catcher and Sanchez has 23.
HECTOR SANCHEZ… Had a career-high 4 hits last night (4-for-6, 2B and 2 RBI)…also recorded his 2nd career game-ending walk-off hit in the 12th to help the Giants win 3-2.
GREGOR BLANCO… Reached base safely 3 times last night…marked his 1st multi-walk game since May 24 at Miami… His 15 stolen bases this season are a career-high.
MELKY CABRERA… Leads Majors with 122 hits and 40 multi-hit games… His 39 multi-hit games were a new Giants franchise record prior to the All-Star break.
