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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.
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.
Another Extra Inning Win
Giants and Phillies tied at 3. 10th inning – 2 outs. Buster Posey on third. Andres Torres at the plate. On the first pitch Torres hits a 92 mile per hour fastball to right field. Giants Win. Happy Wednesday everyone!
Quick Hits for May 4, 2013
TONIGHT’S GAME…The San Francisco Giants host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second
game of this three game series…this series is the start of a 10 game homestand for the
Giants (longest of the season), that also features the Phillies (May 6-8) and the Braves
(May 9-12)…RHP Matt Magill (0-0, 2.70) is scheduled to face RHP Ryan Vogelsong
(1-2, 6.23) tonight in the middle game of this weekend series.
SELLOUT STREAKING…# e Giants have sold out their last 178 regular season home games, dating back to Oct. 1, 2010…it’s the longest active regular season home sellout streak in the Majors.
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THE GIANTS…Enter tonight’s game with a season-high four game winning streak (third four-game win streak for SF this season)…the Giants are tied with the Rockies for first place in the NL West.
WALK IT OFF… Posey’s homer last night was the 11th walk-off shot for the Giants vs. LA since the two teams moved West in 1958… Juan Uribe was the last SF player to hit a walk-off HR against LA on Aug. 12, 2009.
JOAQUIN ARIAS… Made just his sixth start this season last night (four at 1B, one at 3B and one at SS).
ANDRES TORRES… Has started 10 contests (all in LF)…the Giants are 7-3 in his starts… Had spent 2009-2011 with the Giants.
VOGEL-STRONG…RHP Ryan Vogelsong will make his first start against the Dodgers this
season…in four starts against them last year, he went 2-1 with a 0.71 ERA (2er, 25.1ip).
Another Walk-Off!
All it took was a single by Andres Torres, a sacrifice bunt from Brandon Crawford and a line drive single by Brandon Belt for the Giants to complete their second walk-off win in three days.
Quick Hits for April 18, 2013
TODAY’S GAME… The San Francisco Giants visit the Milwaukee Brewers today in the final game of this three game series…RHP Yovani Gallardo (0-1, 6.61) is scheduled to start against RHP Matt Cain (0-1, 5.94).
ANGEL PAGAN… Has five go-ahead RBI this season, tied with Paul Goldschmidt, Andrew McCutchen and Troy Tulowitzki for the second-most in the NL (Brandon Phillips, six).
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PABLO SANDOVAL… Has hit safely in his last 10 games, batting .350 (14-for-40).
PABLO SANDOVAL… Has gone 9-for-17 with 11 RBI with runners in scoring position.
JOAQUIN ARIAS… Batted .270 (86-for-319) with five HRs and 34 RBI in 112 games last season with the Giants.
MARCO SCUTARO… Has gone 13-for-33 (.394) in his past eight games after a 2-for-23 start to season.
JOSE MIJARES… Has made five appearances this season, allowing one run in 2.2 innings.
