Know Your Foe #50: Giants roll into Coors Field hoping to finish off Rockies

by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 24, 2010 12:01 PM MDT in Know Your Foe

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (86-67, 1st in NL West)

Last Series vs. Rockies: 2-1 series victory at AT&T Park

The Rockies took the first game of the series behind Carlos Gonzalez's infamous broken-bat triple in the ninth inning off of Brian Wilson. In Game 2, the Giants won a hard-fought battle with a big bottom of the eighth inning. After Melvin Mora homered in the top half of the inning to tie the game, Andres Torres went deep to lead off the bottom half and the Giants would tack on a couple more runs on their way to a 5-2 win. The finale saw Tim Lincecum beat Ubaldo Jimenez 2-1 as he ended a string of bad starts by going eight innings and allowing just a run on five hits while striking out nine.

Last Two Series Results: L 1-2 vs. Milwaukee, W 2-1 at Chicago (NL)

The Giants laid a bit of an egg at home against the Brewers last weekend and thus, squandered a chance to really get out in front of the division while San Diego was busy dropping a series at St. Louis. Their offense struggled in the first couple of games in that series, but broke out with nine runs in the third game. The story was the same in their recent series in Chicago, as a Buster Posey home run provided the only offense in a 1-0 victory over the Cubs. They were again shut down in the second game, losing 2-0, but broke out in a big way in yesterday's finale by putting up 13 runs as Juan Uribe homered twice and drove in six runs - all in the same inning.

The Giants' pitching staff has not allowed more than three runs in a game since September 4th, and hasn't given up more than four since August 29th - which was the finale of a home series against Arizona in which they lost two of three and allowed 24 runs.

Friday-Sunday: 3-game series @ Coors Field

Expected Pitching Match-ups

Friday, 24 September 2010 @ 6:10 p.m. MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Tim Lincecum	14-10	31	31	1	1	0	0	197.1	186	82	79	17	72	211	3.60	1.31

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Jhoulys Chacin	9-9	26	19	0	0	0	0	125.1	107	55	46	8	55	123	3.30	1.29

Saturday, 25 September 2010 @ 6:10 p.m. MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Barry Zito	9-13	32	31	1	0	0	0	192.0	174	89	85	20	77	142	3.98	1.31

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Jason Hammel	10-8	28	28	0	0	0	0	169.2	185	88	86	15	46	137	4.56	1.36

Sunday, 26 September 2010 @ 1:10 p.m. MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Matt Cain	12-10	33	31	3	2	0	0	210.1	169	76	70	18	59	165	3.00	1.08

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Jorge De La Rosa	8-5	18	18	0	0	0	0	108.2	96	56	51	14	46	108	4.22	1.31

Expected Lineup

Player	Pos	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Cody Ross	CF	.241	.308	.328	.635	.086	.333	.279
Freddy Sanchez	2B	.296	.346	.387	.733	.091	.338	.326
Aubrey Huff	1B	.287	.381	.507	.887	.220	.297	.386
Buster Posey	C	.323	.370	.524	.895	.202	.339	.382
Pat Burrell	LF	.261	.370	.502	.872	.241	.291	.371
Jose Guillen	RF	.308	.354	.442	.796	.135	.382	.351
Pablo Sandoval	3B	.264	.319	.401	.720	.137	.289	.310
Juan Uribe	SS	.249	.311	.437	.747	.188	.258	.321

Bench

Player	Pos	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Eli Whiteside	C	.238	.299	.397	.696	.159	.299	.303
Emmanuel Burriss	IF	.400	.400	.400	.800	.000	.500	.357
Mike Fontenot	IF	.294	.333	.333	.667	.039	.357	.282
Travis Ishikawa	1B	.260	.315	.390	.705	.130	.301	.307
Edgar Renteria	SS	.279	.336	.379	.715	.100	.327	.317
Ryan Rohlinger	IF	.200	.294	.200	.494	.000	.300	.240
Darren Ford	OF/PR	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Aaron Rowand	OF	.227	.279	.367	.646	.139	.263	.282
Nate Schierholtz	OF	.247	.317	.374	.691	.128	.283	.294
Andres Torres	OF	.269	.346	.476	.822	.207	.335	.361
Eugenio Velez	OF	.173	.259	.327	.586	.154	.167	.264

*Torres may be ready for this series and if so, he'll likely hit in the leadoff spot in place of Ross.

Closer

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Brian Wilson	3-2	65	0	0	0	44	4	68.1	57	15	14	3	24	85	1.84	1.19

Injuries

San Francisco Giants Injuries

60 Day DL / Out for the season

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Mark DeRosa	wrist	05/09/2010

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Sweep the Giants

misery loves company…house of horrors!

time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!

Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."

by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 24, 2010 12:03 PM MDT reply actions

To those of you that think the season is over:

It’s not. There is still a chance they could make it. It’s a small chance but it’s there. I just found out the Broncos are at home on Sunday. To those of higher power, why in the hell would you schedule a baseball game and a football game on the same day-same time basically. I find this to be very dumb. I’m going to step on toes here and say that I’m not a Broncos fan. I’m not trying to upset anybody-if I do then I do apologize. But I think the Rockies needs the fans right and not them. Their season just got started and there is plenty of that to go. OUR Rockies needs all they can get. So, IF you are die hard true Rox fans. You would be at the game on Sunday and worry about that other team next week. Even though are chances are slim, I’m traveling 6 hours with my wife and with a 6 yr old and a 2 yr old to probably the BIGGEST series of the year. If I can make this commitment, then you can travel just a few minutes and join me. I know that some of you aren’t in Denver- I understand that- but we just can’t give up on them. I’M A BELIEVER. Sorry about the length and the rants. Fixing to head that way. Let’s kick the hell out of the Giants tonight and this weekend. I’ll see you at the game. Section 144 Row 25 on the aisle next to 145 on Saturday and same section, just row 22 on the aisle next to 144. Look for the matching Helton and Tulo shirts on a father and son duo. Would like to meet someone in person on here. Thanks for letting me voice my opinion here. GO ROCKIES

by Roxman4ever on Sep 24, 2010 12:16 PM MDT reply actions

That's Row 22 on Sunday.

by Roxman4ever on Sep 24, 2010 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions

i agree with your attitude

i just hate that the Rockies have toyed with my emotions so much this year….one week omg omg we are going to make it…then omg omg wtf why can’t we beat crappy teams….whatever happens happens…Go Rox…sweep the Gints

time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!

Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."

by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 24, 2010 12:23 PM MDT up reply actions

This happens every year

And the teams have pretty much 0 control over it. Since they don’t play in the same stadium the NFL and MLB don’t worry about coordinating games in any way.

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by Arimaris on Sep 24, 2010 2:53 PM MDT up reply actions

Oh, and I am going to the Broncos game Sunday

Family has had Season tickets FOREVER, literally. And I am going Tonight and Tomorrow to cheer on the Rockies! LET’S GET THIS SWEEP!!!

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by Arimaris on Sep 24, 2010 2:54 PM MDT up reply actions

well at least your going to 2 of them. That works. The more people we can get in the stand. The better.

by Roxman4ever on Sep 24, 2010 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions

Im not going to listen to Broncos

this Sunday or the Sunday after. Baseball is first, and until its over, I don’t give a darn about football.

I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...

by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 3:19 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

If the Rockies blow it on Friday and Saturday

Football season will officially begin for me on Sunday.

I’d rather watch FSNRM on Sunday, it’s in HD for me. Can we do something about that, fellas? Thanks.

by Yokel on Sep 24, 2010 3:32 PM MDT up reply actions

Amen pip

I hate the fact that KOA isn’t going to carry the game. Right now, the Rockies are more important. It’s BS that they think that the Broncos actually matter right now. When the season is over, then its understandable. But not when they have a team that is fighting for a spot. Oh boy, let’s piss people off and carry the Broncos.

by Roxman4ever on Sep 24, 2010 3:34 PM MDT up reply actions

Basically,

KOA is “your home for the Broncos, Buffs, and Rockies” in that order because if there’s a Broncos or Buffs game on, they’ll give the Rockies game to 630KHOW. I’m used to it now, its no big deal for me to change stations.

I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...

by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 3:42 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

It's likely in KOA's contract with the Broncos

that their games take priority.

And I hate to say it, but they’ll have a bigger audience than the Rockies game will.

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by trekinaz on Sep 24, 2010 3:43 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

It's likely in KOA's contract with the Broncos

that their games take priority.

And I hate to say it, but they’ll have a bigger audience than the Rockies game will.

This, my second signature, is not nearly as original as my first signature. Therefore, my signature pride is hereby lessened.

by trekinaz on Sep 24, 2010 3:44 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I blame Android for the double post

This, my second signature, is not nearly as original as my first signature. Therefore, my signature pride is hereby lessened.

by trekinaz on Sep 24, 2010 3:45 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

Yep

Its always been that way.

I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...

by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 3:49 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I'll be there tonight...

pouring beer someplace.

I’m also going as a fan on Monday night to watch us crush the Doggers.

Over? This ain’t over!

Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.

I used to be normal until I met these losers I now call my friends.

"Cheap tacos are rightous!"-My Daughter

by RdRnnr on Sep 24, 2010 12:40 PM MDT reply actions

I wish I could go to the rest of the home games.

My 6 year old has to get back to school. If it was him, he would live at Coors Field. I think he is more die hard than I am. He has been so excited for the past month for these 2 games. He understands what is going on with them. That’s the scary part, he knows virtually every player on the roster. He tells me all the time that he IS going to play for them. I love this attitude, he plays all the time. He’s even been following the triple crown race. He has some trouble at school but he is so focused on the Rockies right now. I will overlook some of the things that he has done, given the fact that he so pumped up right now. When its all said, he will calm down and go back to normal-if there is such a thing for a 6 yr old.

by Roxman4ever on Sep 24, 2010 1:04 PM MDT up reply actions

I hate the fact also that they have the up and down season.

But with all the struggles on the road this year, and they are still in it. right now, I’m a Reds fan also. They need to do some damage to the Pads. PLUS, we have to do our part and beat the Gints. They are a good team, that’s the thing. They have all the weapons that they could want-even though more would be better-and we can’t beat the ucky teams. But we can take 2 out of 3 from the BoSox. Sweep the Braves, Reds, and other division leaders but we can’t beat Pittsburg, Houston, and the D-Bags. Baffeling-very baffeling. SF is the division leader FOR NOW, and we know how to beat div. leaders. I don’t want somebody AKA Jon Miller-to start bitching about the Humidor if we win. If he is so hep on this allegation and is so hell bent on that this is problem. Put his butt in there himself and save people the trouble of not having to hear his voice. Do you hear him complaining about Arizona’s new Humidor? NO. Oh but-in time-he will. Espescially, if the Gints lose in AZ. Do you hear us complaining? NO, cause for 1. We have trouble winning on the road. 2. Were used to it. Were not a bunch of panzies when we lose. We go on to the next game and try again. ITS NOT OVER PEOPLE. We still have a shot, don’t give up PLEASE. GO ROCKIES

by Roxman4ever on Sep 24, 2010 12:57 PM MDT reply actions

Slay the Giants.

Just because.

I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...

by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 1:43 PM MDT via mobile reply actions

Well

if we are going to win this season, I think these pitching matchups are a good start…

"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker

by Resolution on Sep 24, 2010 1:47 PM MDT reply actions

Matchups

I do like Chacin against the Giants. He is doing very well against them. Hammel, on the other hand, could be a question mark with his “dead arm”. If he can go at least 4 solid innings and then maybe Rogers could be a good replacement for 3 or 4 innings. DLR, what a turnaround he has made since his injury. His last start wasn’t the best, but things happen. if Chacin can pitch like he did against the Red Sox-and yes I was there-and if the Rox can get timely and QUALITY hits, they won’t be able to touch us. But the most important factor to this series is what I said above-THE FANS-they need to be in earnest to root our boys on. I know that they will turn out. I just hope they don’t have attitude that our team is out of it. All we have to do is get to their pitchers, get their pitch counts up, make them work and get into their bullpen I think is very key to the wins.

by Roxman4ever on Sep 24, 2010 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm pleased with the more positive comments here than the RockPile

Maybe we just needed to vent.

I’ll know that’s true if Cat joins our bandwagon.

Hey, Cat… PIP is back on board, how about you?

I’ll be leaving DIA on a Frontier flight heading home to PHX right when tonight’s game starts. I am planning on a big Rockies lead by the time I land.

This, my second signature, is not nearly as original as my first signature. Therefore, my signature pride is hereby lessened.

by trekinaz on Sep 24, 2010 3:41 PM MDT via mobile reply actions

No matter what happens,

I’m trying to remain positive. Either way, this series is going to be a fun one, and I’m going to enjoy it. We may be done, but baseball isn’t, so I’m gonna kick back, relax, and take it in.

I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...

by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 3:46 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

That'a girl, PiP. :)

by butterfly on Sep 24, 2010 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions

i am confident in this series

whatever happens happens is the mode i am in….but hey if we are going to lose a game in this series let it be tonight….don’t win those first 2 and lose a heart breaker in Game 3 lol

time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!

Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."

by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 24, 2010 3:48 PM MDT up reply actions

Fireworks night

The place is going to be packed. If they can’t win with that crowd…

by Yokel on Sep 24, 2010 3:52 PM MDT up reply actions

...exactly

time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!

Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."

by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 24, 2010 3:53 PM MDT up reply actions

You mean the type of crowd that does the wave

in the third inning? (Or ANY inning for that matter). THAT type of crowd? A crowd that does the wave while the Rockies are starting a rally in the 8th inning? Because I’m afraid that’s what you get on Fireworks nights.

This, my second signature, is not nearly as original as my first signature. Therefore, my signature pride is hereby lessened.

by trekinaz on Sep 24, 2010 4:07 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

Hey hey hey...

…trying to keep this positive

/wave discussions verboten

ROCKTEMBER - Time for Some F***ing Guy to Shine
ROCKTEMBER - The month before we play Mora playoff games
ROCKTEMBER - The rest of you can settle for Festivus

by Mondogarage on Sep 24, 2010 4:13 PM MDT up reply actions

Not so much about the wave

as about the type of crowd. Lots more kids that are there only to see the fireworks. One or two of them might actually want to see Dinger, but I doubt it.

This, my second signature, is not nearly as original as my first signature. Therefore, my signature pride is hereby lessened.

by trekinaz on Sep 24, 2010 4:44 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

Hey, my daughter loved the fireworks and Dinger

If she wants to go back in the future, that’s a good thing.

She loves watching Double Play, too.

by Yokel on Sep 24, 2010 7:59 PM MDT up reply actions

Loud is Loud

Although a bigass graphic shouting “STOP THE WAVE, MORONZ!” on the jumbotron would be nice to see.

by Yokel on Sep 24, 2010 4:36 PM MDT up reply actions

Trying to keep a positive attitude

Actually, I’ve very positive about 2011, but we don’t realistically go 10-0 over our last ten games.

That said, we don’t realistically go 13-1 over our last 14 regular season games in 2007, either….

ROCKTEMBER - Time for Some F***ing Guy to Shine
ROCKTEMBER - The month before we play Mora playoff games
ROCKTEMBER - The rest of you can settle for Festivus

by Mondogarage on Sep 24, 2010 4:12 PM MDT up reply actions

Tonight's lineup

Rox lineup
2B ey jr.
CF Fowler,
LF CarGo,
SS Tulo,
1B Helton,
3B Mora,
RF Smith,
C Olivo,
P Chacin

ROCKTEMBER - Time for Some F***ing Guy to Shine
ROCKTEMBER - The month before we play Mora playoff games
ROCKTEMBER - The rest of you can settle for Festivus

by Mondogarage on Sep 24, 2010 4:14 PM MDT reply actions

/rabblerabblerabble

Free Whoever You Think Got a Raw Deal!

by Yokel on Sep 24, 2010 4:37 PM MDT up reply actions

Interesting Renck tweet on CDI

@TroyRenckIannetta not in there vs lincecum who he has good numbers against bc right calf had him at bttm of tank last night

Sorry, but I have a hard time believing this.

This, my second signature, is not nearly as original as my first signature. Therefore, my signature pride is hereby lessened.

by trekinaz on Sep 24, 2010 4:43 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

Thought the same exact thing...

Find excuses to play his favorite strike-out, no-homerun-hitting, no-walk player.

Oh and don’t forget this…

@TroyRenck Tracy: mora has no physical issues hitting to well cain game is likely spot start for stew

While I agree Mora has been good, Isn’t the philosophy to get injured players in the game right away so that they can regain timing etc… Tracy is basically rendering Stew useless the rest of the season…

I though I liked Tracy… Sadly I don’t think I do.

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by BittenAnkles on Sep 24, 2010 4:55 PM MDT up reply actions