Giants/Dodgers Preview ************* Monday, August 10th

August 10th, 2009

Los Angeles (67-45) at Giants (61-50)  7:15 PST

Hiroki Kuroda (4-5, 4.44) vs. Jonathan Sanchez (5-9, 4.49)

 

Giants Notes

• Coming off first home series loss since June 15-17 (Angels sweep)
• 4-5 vs. Dodgers this year (2-1 at home)
• 38-18 at home (2nd best in baseball - Yankees)
• 19-19 vs. NL West (13 of the next 20 games are intra-division games)
• Hitting .316 in August (2nd highest in the majors – Washington)

Dodgers Notes

• Have lost 3 straight and 11 of their last 17
• Are coming off back-to-back series losses for the first time this year.
• 31-23 on the road (3rd best in baseball)
• 30-12 vs. NL West

Jonathan Sanchez

• 3-1, 2.76 ERA in last 5 starts (counting no-hitter). Opponents have hit just .144 against him during that time. 
• .229 batting average against this year. (Would be 8th best in the league if he qualified)
• 4-1, 3.26 ERA at home (8 starts)
• 0-2, 5.02 ERA career versus Dodgers.
• Below are Sanchez’s last four starts vs. L.A.:  

DATE	AT	DEC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
5-9-09	LA	LOSS	5	6	5	5	4	4
4-28-09	SF	—-	5	3	2	0	3	5
7-30-08	LA	LOSS	4	5	4	4	4	1
7-4-08	SF	—-	5	5	3	3	3	7

 

Sanchez vs. Dodgers hitters

ORLANDO HUDSON	7 FOR 19, 2 2B, 2 K
MATT KEMP	5 FOR 11, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, K, 3 SB
ANDRE ETHIER	3 FOR 16, HR, 4 K
RAFAEL FURCAL	3 FOR 10, RBI
MANNY RAMIREZ	2 FOR 2, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 BB
JAMES LONEY	3 FOR 11, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, K
RUSSELL MARTIN	4 FOR 9, 3 RBI, 6 BB, 2 K, SB, CS
JUAN PIERRE	4 FOR 6, 2 2B, 2 RBI
MARK LORETTA	1 FOR 3, 2B

Hiroki Kuroda

• Has allowed at least 3 runs in 7 of his last 8 starts.  However, has allowed more than 3 runs in just 1 of his last 7 starts.
• Has walked only 16 in 77 innings.
• Was the team’s opening day starter
• In his career against the Giants (4 Starts), Kuroda is 0-1 with a 4.79 ERA
• Below are Kuroda’s four starts (all in 2008) against the Giants:

DATE	AT	DEC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
9-28-08	SF	—	5	2	0	0	0	3
9-20-08	LA	—	4	8	3	3	1	5
8-9-08	SF	—	8	8	1	1	2	4
7-28-08	LA	LOSS	3.2	9	7	7	0	2

Kuroda vs. Giants hitters

FREDDY SANCHEZ	2 FOR 6
EUGENIO VELEZ	1 FOR 4, 2 K
RICH AURILIA	2 FOR 7, BB
RANDY WINN	3 FOR 10, RBI
FRED LEWIS	1 FOR 5, 3 RBI
JOHN BOWKER (Doesn’t help in Fresno)	3 FOR 8, 2B
BENGIE MOLINA	3 FOR 11, 2B, K
AARON ROWAND	1 FOR 9, BB, 3 K
TRAVIS ISHIKAWA	0 FOR 3, 2 RBI, BB

Giants vs. the Dodgers

• Sanchez  - .342 (6th highest batting average among active players with at least 120 plate appearances), .827 OPS
• Lewis -  .198, .505 OPS
• Sandoval - .333, .830 OPS
• Molina - .291, .756 OPS
• Renteria - .299, .734 OPS
• Rowand - .331, .874 OPS
• Winn - .314, .840 OPS, 8 HR’s (Most he has versus any team except Arizona)

Giants Streaks

• Velez is on a 15-game hitting streak (28-for-65; .431 AVG; second longest streak on Giants this year)  Velez hit in his last two games before he was demoted and now has hit in thirteen straight since he was recalled. 
• Sanchez has 7-game hit streak as a Giant (11-for-30, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K)
• Molina is 7 for his last 18 with a 2 2B, 2 HR and 7 RBI’s.
• Fred Lewis is 13 for his last 31.
• Renteria has only 2 RBI’s in his last 27 games.

Dodgers vs. the Giants

• Ramirez - .364, 1.179 OPS, 5 HR’s in 66 AB’s
• Kemp - .311, .810 OPS, 1 HR in 164 AB’s
• Hudson - .324, .859 OPS
• Furcal - .291, .736 OPS, 18 SB in 80 Games
• Loney - .207, .647 OPS
• Blake - .264, .791 OPS, 5 HR in 87 AB’s
• Ethier - .313, .853 OPS, 4 HR’s in 195 AB’s
• Pierre - .313, .758 OPS, 29 SB’s in 99 Games
• Martin - .240, .742 OPS

Dodgers Streaks

• In 14 games hitting in front of Manny, Ethier is hitting .344 with 7 HR’s
• Blake has a ten-game hit streak (19-for-41, .463)
• Hudson has nine-game hit streak (12-for-31, .387)
• Furcal is 0 for his last 6 and 1 for 12
• Kemp is 3 for his last 20
• Ramirez has just 1 HR in his last 16 games.
• Loney is 0-for-his-last 12, and 1 for 19

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