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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.
Back To The USA
“Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?
From the coast of California to the shores of Delaware Bay
You can bet your life I did, till I got back to the U. S. A.”
-Chuck Berry
Toronto is a beautiful city, and the view from the CN Tower is amazing, but everyone is happy to be heading back across the border tonight and will be ready to face the Rockies tomorrow at 5:40 PST.
Quick Hits for May 15, 2013
TONIGHT’S GAME… The Giants wrap up this brief two game series with the Blue Jays tonight… RHP Ramon Ortiz (0-1, 3.24) will face RHP Ryan Vogelsong (1-3, 7.78).
RYAN VOGELSONG… Has never faced the Blue Jays.
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PABLO SANDOVAL… Has homered in each of his last three games, the second time in his career to HR in three-straight… Is fifth in the NL with 48 hits, tied for sixth with 29 RBI and ranks eighth with a .316 avg.
SCUTARO STREAKING…IF Marco Scutaro went 3-for-5 last night to extend his season- high hitting streak to 13 games, tied for the longest active hit streak in the Majors with LAD’s Matt Kemp and MIN’s Joe Mauer.
MULTI-HIT MARCO…Scutaro has recorded a multi-hit game in each of his last seven contests, establishing a new career-high…the last Giant with seven-plus consecutive multi-hit games was Bengie Molina, who had a seven-game multi-hit streak (Stats, Inc.).
BRANDON BELT… Has homered in each of his last two games (third time in his career for back-to-back Home Run contests) and has now hit safely in his past five games (7-for-15) with 6 RBI… Has been clutch with RISP, hitting .333 (9-for-27) with 17 Runs Batted In.
MULTI-HIT MARCO PART II…Scutaro’s 15 multi- hit games this season are tied for the third-most in the NL…last season he had 56 such games, tied for the second-most in the league.
From The Club Level
No matter what the outcome of the game is, the view is always great from the Club Level at AT&T Park. ATL 6 – SF 3.
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.
