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Moments To Remember
“When other nights and other days
May find us gone our separate ways
We will have these moments to remember”
-The Four Lads
Even in a game to forget, there are some great moments. To end the second inning of tonight’s game, Pablo Sandoval caught a ball hit by Nolan Arenado in foul territory. Instead of throwing the ball into the stands he gave it to some Giants fans sitting along the third base-line – making today’s game one they will always remember.
Fans
The Giants just wrapped up a ten game home stand, our longest of this season. The Giants have the longest active regular season home sellout streak in the Majors, so we want to thank our fans for coming out and bringing it to every game!
Happy Mother’s Day
From the players on the field to the fans in the stands, we all love our moms! In honor of Mother’s Day and to further demonstrate support for breast cancer, players and on-field personnel from both teams will wear a symbolic pink ribbon on their uniforms today, along with pink wristbands and several players may use Louisville Slugger pink bats stamped with the MLB breast cancer awareness logo. And as a special gift to all the moms who are Giants fans, the Giants posted a win against the Braves.
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).
Jefferson Awards
Jeremy Affeldt has been busy this week honoring Jefferson Award Winners. On Tuesday he met with Blake Spears who was recognized for his volunteer work with the Oakland Zoo and for his commitment to animal conservation. Blake also created SCAT TV Productions, a youth organization that provides a platform for youth to create their own media projects. Then, before today’s game Jeremy meet with other Award Winners by the Barry Bonds Field and talked with them about working in the community. You can learn more about the Jefferson Awards by visiting www.jeffersonawards.org.
Quick Hits for May 10, 2013
TONIGHT’S GAME… The Giants’ 10-game homestand continues tonight as they host the Atlanta Braves for the second game of this four-game set… RHP Tim Hudson (4-1, 3.83) is slated to face RHP Matt Cain (1-2, 5.57).
GEORGE KONTOS… Tossed 2.0-scoreless innings last night, allowing one hit and one walk with four Ks.
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COMEBACK KIDS…11 of the Giants’ 20 wins this season have been come-from-behind victories…that’s tied with the Orioles for the second-most such wins in the Majors this season (Royals have 12 such wins)…eight of the Giants’ 20 victories have come with the game tied or the Giants trailing after 7.0 innings.
BUSTER AT THE PLATE…Over the last two-plus weeks, beginning April 21, C Buster Posey has gone 20-for-56 (.357) with four doubles, five home runs, 16 RBI and 11 walks in 17 games…prior to this stretch, Posey was hitting just .231 (12-for-52) with five extra base hits (no HRs) and six RBI in his first 16 games.
PABLO SANDOVAL… His 43 hits are tied for the second-most in the NL, is tied for seventh in the league in RBI (24) and ranks 10th in batting avg.
MARCO SCUTARO… Is the Giants’ hottest hitter right now, having hit safely in his last nine games, batting .486 (17- for-35) with seven runs scored.
SELLOUT STREAKING…The Giants have sold out their last 184 regular season home games, dating back to Oct. 1, 2010…it’s the longest active regular season home sellout streak in the Majors.
