September 1st, 2012
A Winning Formula
All it took was the seventh inning stretch being sung by Jon Lovitz, a double by Xavier Nady, a triple from Angel Pagan, 6 1/3 solid innings from Tim Lincecum and a lights-out bullpen for the the Giants to win the game this afternoon and currently sit 5 games in front of the Dodgers. Giants 5 – Cubs 2
- Xavier Nady
- Xavier Nady
- Hector Sanchez
- Hector Sanchez, Hunter Pence, Buster Posey
- Tim Lincecum
- Angel Pagan
- Angel Pagan
- The Bullpen
- Buster Posey
- Xavier Nady
- Hector Sanchez
- Marco Scutaro
- Brandon Crawford
- Bob Brenly, Jon Lovitz, Mike Krukow & Duane Kuiper
- Tim Lincecum & Hector Sanchez
- Way To Go, Timmy!
- Marco Scutaro, Brandon Crawford & Pablo Sandoval
- Roberto Kelly, Matt Cain & Shawon Dunston
- Regular Road Uniform
- Tim Flannery
- Brandon Crawford
- Marco Scutaro
- One More Out!
- Sergio Romo & Hector Sanchez
- Angel Pagan & Hector Sanchez
Quick Hits for Saturday, September 1, 2012 (Game 133)
TODAY’S GAME…The San Francisco Giants visit the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd game of this 3-game series…Giants’ right-hander Tim Lincecum (7-14, 5.30) will face Cubs’ right-hander Justin Germano (2-4, 5.09).

PABLO SANDOVAL… Is 7-for-his-last-13 with RISP…has hit .286 (22-for-77) in those situations this season.
Check out today’s complete game notes, which contain more stats than blue moons.

RYAN THERIOT… Has hit .285 (78-for-274) with 25 RBI in 71 games since being activated from DL on May 24.

JOAQUIN ARIAS… Is in the midst of a career-high 9 game hitting streak, going 14-for-30 (.467) during that span.

BUSTER POSEY… His .400 avg. and .483 OBP lead the Majors since the break while his .673 slugging pct. ranks 3rd and his 39 RBI are the 4th-most.

BRANDON BELT… Is batting .349 w/8 2Bs, 1 3B, 7 RBI and 8 walks in his last 27 games… Is hitting RHP at a .417 clip (30-for-72) over his last 27 games.



























