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NLCS Game 5 – Giants 5-Cardinals 0

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The Men Of The Day: Barry Zito & Buster Posey

PROBABLES AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SERIES (ALL TIMES PDT) (*if necessary):

Sunday, Oct. 21 vs. St. Louis (4:45): TBA vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (1-0, 1.50) – FOX, ESPN Radio

• *Monday, Oct. 22 vs. St. Louis (5:07): TBA vs. RHP Matt Cain (1-2, 4.67) – FOX, ESPN Radio

note: all postseason games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/home games and World Series contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes

NLCS Game 3 – Giants 1-Cardinals 3

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The Team Leaving The Field Because Of The Rain Delay

• Thursday, Oct. 18 at St. Louis (5:07): RHP Adam Wainwright vs. Tim Lincecum  – FOX, ESPN Radio • Friday, Oct. 19 at St. Louis (5:07): TBA vs. Barry Zito – FOX, ESPN Radio
• *Sunday, Oct. 21 vs. St. Louis (1:45): TBA vs. TBA – FOX, ESPN Radio
• *Monday, Oct. 22 vs. St. Louis (5:07): TBA vs. TBA – FOX, ESPN Radio

note: all postseason games broadcast on KNBR radio (English)/home games and World Series contests broadcast on KTRB 860 ESPN Deportes

Quick Hits for Sunday, September 30, 2012 (Game 159)

TODAY’S GAME…The San Francisco Giants visit the San Diego Padres in the final game of this 3-game series…Giants’ right-hander Tim Lincecum (10-15, 5.15) will face Padres’ right-hander Edinson Volquez (11-11, 4.13).

Today’s Starting Lineup

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SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER…SF’s .692 (18-8) win pct. this month is tied with the Braves for the best record in the Majors.

Check out today’s complete game notes, which contain more stats than 4 calling birds.

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RACE FOR THE NL BATTING TITLE…C Buster Posey leads the NL with a .337 batting avg. while the Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen is 2nd with a .329 mark…the last Giants player to win the NL batting title was Barry Bonds in 2004 (.370)…a Giants player has won the NL batting crown just 7 times since 1876 and just twice since the team moved West in 1958.

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ROAD SERIES WINS…The Giants haven’t lost a series on the road since dropping 2 of 3 games at Pittsburgh right before the All-Star break from July 6-8…since then, the Giants have gone 9-0-1 (win-lost-split) in their last 10 road series…it’s the 1st time for SF to go 10-or-more consecutive road series without a loss since July 16-Sept. 8, 1968 (6-0-4).

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SCUTARO’S STREAK…IF Marco Scutaro enters today’s game with the longest active hit- ting streak in the Majors, having hit safely in a career-best 17 games…during this stretch he’s batting .441 (30-for-68) with 4 2Bs, 1 HR and 14 RBI.

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ANGEL PAGAN… Beginning Aug. 1, has batted .308 (68×221) with 16 2Bs, 10 3Bs, 3 HRs and 21 RBI in 55 games… Leads the Majors with 15 triples, setting a SF Giants record… Leads the club with 29 stolen bases this season…has been successful in 29/35 stolen bases attempts.

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HUNTER PENCE… His 31 go-ahead RBI are the 2nd-most in the NL and his 18 game winning RBI T2nd-most… Is just 11 hits away from 1,000 hits in his career.

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  • San Francisco Giants 3 – San Diego Padres 7
  • Buster Posey raised his batting average to .337; as of tonight Andrew McCutchen is at .329
  • Marco Scutaro extended his hitting streak to 17 games

Quick Hits for Sunday, September 2, 2012 (Game 134)

TODAY’S GAME…The San Francisco Giants visit the Chicago Cubs in the final game of this 3-game series…Giants’ right-hander Matt Cain (13-5, 2.82) will face Cubs’ left-hander Travis Wood (4-11, 4.71).

Today’s Starting Lineup

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THE GIANTS…defeated the Cubs 5-2 yesterday to improve to 4-1 on this 6-game road trip to Houston (3-0) and Chicago (1-1)… Are 17 games over .500, matching their season-high water mark… Enter today’s game with a season-high 4.5 game lead over the Dodgers in the NL West.

Check out today’s complete game notes, which contain more stats than a deep dish pizza slice.

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SF’S WINNING WAYS…The Giants have won 11 of their last 15 games and beginning August 1, have won 19 of their last 30 contests, tied with the Rangers and Nationals for the 3rd-highest winning pct. (.633) since that date…only the A’s (19-10, .655) and Orioles (.643, 18-10) have been better.

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WHAT’S LEFT…The only current winning team that the Giants play the remainder of the season are the Dodgers, who they play 6 more times…their 23 remaining games will be against teams currently under .500…SF is 29-30 (.492) against teams above .500 and 45-28 (.616) vs. teams below.

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LOTS OF TRIPLES…OF Angel Pagan recorded his 10th triple of the season yesterday, tied with Michael Bourn, Melky Cabrera and Starlin Castro for the 2nd-most in the National League…Pagan is now just 2 triples shy of matching Steve Finley (12 in 2006) and Willie Mays (12 in 1960) for the most triples in a single season in SF-era history.

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X MARKS THE SPOT…OF Xavier Nady drove in 3 of the Giants’ 5 runs in the 1st inning after hitting a double with the bases loaded…prior to Nady, the last Giants player with 3 RBI in his 1st at-bat with the team was Candy Maldonado vs. Houston on April 8, 1986… Maldonado hit a bases loaded triple off Jeff Calhoun in his 1st at-bat as a Giant (Elias).

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BACK HOME…Following today’s game the Giants will travel back home where they begin a 6-game, 7-day homestand against Arizona (tomorrow-Wednesday) and Los Angeles (next weekend)…the Giants are 37-28 (.569) at home this season, the 6th-best home record in the NL.

A Winning Formula

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Way To Go, Timmy!

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

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