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Quick Hits for May 21, 2013
TONIGHT’S GAME…The Giants kicked off a six-game, seven day homestand (Nationals, Rockies) yesterday with an 8-0 win against the Nationals…game two of this series will feature RHP Stephen Strasburg (2-5, 2.83) facing RHP Matt Cain (3-2, 5.43).
IT’S A SUCCESS…Ryan Vogelsong underwent successful surgery on his fractured right hand today at Stanford Hospital…the surgery was performed by Dr. Tim McAdams…Vogelsong is expected to miss the next four-six weeks.
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TODAY’S ROSTER MOVES…The Giants have placed RHP Santiago Casilla and RHP Ryan Vogelsong on the 15-day disabled list today…IF Brett Pill (#6) and RHP Sandy Rosario (#43) have both been recalled from triple-A Fresno.
THE GIANTS…Snapped a three-game losing streak with last night’s win, but have still lost five of their last seven games and eight of their last 14…they enter tonight’s contest alone in second place in the NL West, 1.0 game behind first place Arizona.
BRANDON BELT… Had his best game of the season last night, as he went 4-for-5 with a home run and four runs scored.
JEAN MACHI… Has tossed 9.0-scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts for triple-A Fresno.
ANGEL PAGAN… His seven game-winning RBI are the second-most in the Majors.
Bittersweet Victory
First the good news: the Giants scored 8 runs and shutout the Nationals. Now the bad news (as tweeted by Nicole Vogelsong (@nicolevogelsong)): Ryan has dislocated joint in pinky finger. Broken above & below finger. Surgery tomorrow, out 6 weeks.
Grizzly
“Deep inside the forest is a door into another land,
Here is our life and home,
We are staying, here forever in the beauty of this place all alone,
We keep on hoping…”
-Thom Pace
The song above doesn’t have anything to do with the game tonight, but it seems appropriate since we are in Denver.
Next Time
“You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time, next time”
-Barenaked Ladies
Quick Hits for May 11, 2013
TODAY’S GAME…The Giants’ 10-game homestand continues today as they host the At-
lanta Braves for the third game of this four-game set…LHP Paul Maholm (4-3, 3.09) is
scheduled to face LHP Madison Bumgarner (3-1, 2.31).
THE GIANTS…Are 5-3 on this 10-game homestand, going 3-0 against the Dodgers last weekend, 1-2 vs. the Phillies earlier this week and then 1-1 so far against the Braves…the Giants have lost three of their last five games, but have won eight of their last 11…they enter today’s game tied with the D-backs for ! rst place in the National League West.
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ANDRES TORRES… Has started 14 contests (12 in LF and two in CF)…the Giants are 10-4 in his starts.
BRANDON CRAWFORD… Has already hit a career-high five HRs after hitting seven total in his previous two campaigns.
SCUTARO STREAKING…IF Marco Scutaro enters today’s game with a 10-game hitting streak, during which he’s batting .487 (19×39)…prior to this stretch, Scutaro hit just .215 (29×93) through his ! rst 23 games…his current hit streak is tied with STL’s Yadier Molina for the second-longest active hitting streak in the bigs (MIL’s Ryan Braun, 11 games).
TWO-OUT RBI…Four of the Giants’ eight RBI last night came with two outs and in their last six games, 14 of their last 21 runs driven in have come with two down…overall this season the Giants have 62 two-out RBI, the third-most in the NL behind St. Louis (68) and Colorado (67).
PABLO SANDOVAL… Has hit safely in 15 of his past 19 contests, hitting .346 (27-for-78).
Quick Hits for May 9, 2013
TONIGHT’S GAME… The Giants’ 10-game homestand continues tonight as they host the Atlanta Braves for the first of four games… RHP Julio Teheran (1-0, 5.08) is scheduled to face RHP Ryan Vogelsong (1-2, 7.20).
ANOTHER WALK-OFF…OF Andres Torres drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in the Giants’ 4-3 victory over the Phillies yesterday…it was the fourth walkoff RBI for Torres in his big league career (all four of his walkoff hits were singles) (Elias).
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VOGELSONG AT A GLANCE… 2011 All Star takes the hill for his seventh start of the 2013 season…will mark his 188th career appearance as well as his 99th start.
MARCO SCUTARO… enters tonight’s game with an eight-game hitting streak, during which he’s batting .484… was hitting just .215 through his first 23 games.
HUNTER PENCE… Is 12-for-32 (.375) with four doubles, three home runs and seven RBI in his past eight games.
JAVIER LOPEZ… Earned his First victory of the season yesterday, tossing a scoreless 10th inning… last loss was August 16, 2011.
COMEBACK KIDS…11 of the Giants’ 20 wins this season have been come-from-behind victories…that’s tied with the Orioles and Royals for the most such wins in the Majors this season…eight of the Giants’ 20 victories have come with the game tied or the Giants trailing after 7.0 innings.
