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| 903 | SAN FRANCISCO | +150 | Ov 7.5,+100 | +155 | Ov 7.5,+105 | | 904 | WASHINGTON | -160 | Un 7.5,-120 | -165 | Un 7.5,-125 |
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| All Games | 42-40 | -2 | 43-35 | 4.2 | 0.268 | 0.323 | 0.405 | 0.728 | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.309 | 0.397 | 0.706 | | Road Games | 21-20 | +3.2 | 27-12 | 4.9 | 0.279 | 0.330 | 0.432 | 0.762 | 4.6 | 0.259 | 0.318 | 0.447 | 0.765 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 31-33 | -8.3 | 36-25 | 4.3 | 0.270 | 0.324 | 0.410 | 0.734 | 4.2 | 0.255 | 0.311 | 0.405 | 0.716 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -3.4 | 6-1 | 4.1 | 0.270 | 0.295 | 0.459 | 0.754 | 5.0 | 0.262 | 0.350 | 0.481 | 0.831 | | Grass Games | 42-40 | -2 | 43-35 | 4.2 | 0.268 | 0.323 | 0.405 | 0.728 | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.309 | 0.397 | 0.706 | | Night Games | 26-28 | -3.8 | 26-25 | 4.1 | 0.266 | 0.322 | 0.398 | 0.719 | 3.8 | 0.251 | 0.308 | 0.388 | 0.695 |
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| All Games | 4.2 | 0.268 | 0.323 | 82 | 2825 | 758 | 144 | 21 | 67 | 0.405 | 327 | 229 | 564 | 38 | 585 | 85 | 40 | 78 | 41 | | Road Games | 4.9 | 0.279 | 0.330 | 41 | 1461 | 407 | 84 | 7 | 42 | 0.432 | 188 | 112 | 299 | 18 | 289 | 46 | 17 | 46 | 13 | | Righty Starters | 4.3 | 0.270 | 0.324 | 64 | 2225 | 600 | 119 | 17 | 53 | 0.410 | 260 | 178 | 442 | 28 | 460 | 63 | 29 | 60 | 32 |
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| All Games | 3.61 | 1.247 | 244.7 | 105 | 98 | 225 | 25 | 80 | 197 | 8-8 | 22 | 5 | 81.5% | | Road Games | 3.77 | 1.258 | 121.7 | 54 | 51 | 115 | 16 | 38 | 94 | 3-5 | 13 | 3 | 81.3% |
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| All Games | 45-36 | +0.5 | 43-35 | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.321 | 0.406 | 0.727 | 3.9 | 0.259 | 0.303 | 0.376 | 0.679 | | Home Games | 24-14 | +5.4 | 18-19 | 3.9 | 0.258 | 0.317 | 0.409 | 0.726 | 3.3 | 0.240 | 0.281 | 0.338 | 0.619 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 33-30 | -3.7 | 34-28 | 4.3 | 0.256 | 0.321 | 0.400 | 0.721 | 4.1 | 0.263 | 0.307 | 0.380 | 0.687 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | -0.8 | 3-4 | 3.9 | 0.239 | 0.319 | 0.383 | 0.702 | 3.0 | 0.236 | 0.255 | 0.333 | 0.589 | | Grass Games | 44-35 | +0.3 | 42-35 | 4.3 | 0.254 | 0.317 | 0.401 | 0.717 | 3.9 | 0.258 | 0.301 | 0.375 | 0.677 | | Night Games | 25-23 | -3 | 23-23 | 4.3 | 0.263 | 0.328 | 0.404 | 0.731 | 3.9 | 0.266 | 0.309 | 0.390 | 0.698 |
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| All Games | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.321 | 81 | 2733 | 706 | 142 | 8 | 82 | 0.406 | 337 | 253 | 631 | 28 | 562 | 70 | 50 | 65 | 33 | | Home Games | 3.9 | 0.258 | 0.317 | 38 | 1241 | 320 | 69 | 2 | 38 | 0.409 | 146 | 108 | 277 | 10 | 249 | 34 | 25 | 32 | 11 | | Righty Starters | 4.3 | 0.256 | 0.321 | 63 | 2135 | 547 | 106 | 6 | 63 | 0.400 | 259 | 203 | 500 | 22 | 446 | 55 | 38 | 55 | 28 |
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| All Games | 3.43 | 1.257 | 228.4 | 95 | 87 | 220 | 18 | 67 | 208 | 11-9 | 26 | 10 | 72.2% | | Home Games | 2.57 | 1.143 | 105 | 32 | 30 | 95 | 5 | 25 | 104 | 7-1 | 14 | 3 | 82.4% |
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| 6/21/2015 | LINCECUM(R) | @ LA DODGERS | ANDERSON(L) | 2-10 | L | 160 | 7.5 ov | O | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | | 6/23/2015 | BUMGARNER(L) | SAN DIEGO | DESPAIGNE(R) | 2-3 | L | -175 | 6.5 un | U | 7 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | | 6/24/2015 | VOGELSONG(R) | SAN DIEGO | KENNEDY(R) | 6-0 | W | -125 | 7 ev | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | | 6/25/2015 | HESTON(R) | SAN DIEGO | SHIELDS(R) | 13-8 | W | -130 | 6.5 ov | O | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | | 6/26/2015 | HUDSON(R) | COLORADO | BETTIS(R) | 6-8 | L | -125 | 7 un | O | 9 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | | 6/27/2015 | LINCECUM(R) | COLORADO | RUSIN(L) | 7-5 | W | -125 | 7.5 ov | O | 12 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | | 6/28/2015 | BUMGARNER(L) | COLORADO | KENDRICK(R) | 6-3 | W | -220 | 7 ev | O | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | | 6/30/2015 | VOGELSONG(R) | @ MIAMI | LATOS(R) | 3-5 | L | 115 | 7 un | O | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | | 7/1/2015 | HESTON(R) | @ MIAMI | HAREN(R) | 5-6 | L | -130 | 7 un | O | 14 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | | 7/2/2015 | CAIN(R) | @ MIAMI | FERNANDEZ(R) | 4-5 | L | 105 | 6.5 ev | O | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 7/3/2015 | PEAVY(R) | @ WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 1-2 | L | 110 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | | 7/4/2015 | BUMGARNER(L) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | 3-9 | L | -105 | 6.5 un | O | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | | 7/5/2015 | VOGELSONG(R) | @ WASHINGTON | ZIMMERMANN(R) | | | 7/6/2015 | HESTON(R) | NY METS | NIESE(L) | | | 7/7/2015 | CAIN(R) | NY METS | COLON(R) | | | 7/8/2015 | PEAVY(R) | NY METS | DEGROM(R) | | | 7/10/2015 | BUMGARNER(L) | PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | | | 7/11/2015 | VOGELSONG(R) | PHILADELPHIA | O'SULLIVAN(R) | | | 7/12/2015 | | PHILADELPHIA | | |
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| 6/21/2015 | GONZALEZ(L) | PITTSBURGH | MORTON(R) | 9-2 | W | +100 | 8 ov | O | 12 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | 6/23/2015 | STRASBURG(R) | ATLANTA | WOOD(L) | 3-1 | W | -160 | 7.5 ev | U | 12 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | | 6/24/2015 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | ATLANTA | MILLER(R) | 2-1 | W | -170 | 6.5 ev | U | 6 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 6/25/2015 | FISTER(R) | ATLANTA | WISLER(R) | 7-0 | W | -130 | 7.5 un | U | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | | 6/26/2015 | SCHERZER(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HARANG(R) | 5-2 | W | -175 | 6.5 ev | O | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | | 6/28/2015 | STRASBURG(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | CORREIA(R) | 3-2 | W | -165 | 8 un | U | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | | 6/28/2015 | ROARK(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | GONZALEZ(R) | 5-8 | L | -155 | 8.5 un | O | 10 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | | 6/30/2015 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | @ ATLANTA | MILLER(R) | 6-1 | W | -115 | 6.5 un | O | 11 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | | 7/1/2015 | FISTER(R) | @ ATLANTA | WISLER(R) | 1-4 | L | -135 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 7/2/2015 | SCHERZER(R) | @ ATLANTA | BANUELOS(L) | 1-2 | L | -185 | 6.5 un | U | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | | 7/3/2015 | GONZALEZ(L) | SAN FRANCISCO | PEAVY(R) | 2-1 | W | -120 | 7.5 un | U | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | 7/4/2015 | STRASBURG(R) | SAN FRANCISCO | BUMGARNER(L) | 9-3 | W | -105 | 6.5 un | O | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 7/5/2015 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | SAN FRANCISCO | VOGELSONG(R) | | | 7/6/2015 | FISTER(R) | CINCINNATI | DESCLAFANI(R) | | | 7/7/2015 | SCHERZER(R) | CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | | | 7/8/2015 | GONZALEZ(L) | CINCINNATI | LORENZEN(R) | | | 7/10/2015 | STRASBURG(R) | @ BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | | | 7/11/2015 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | @ BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | | | 7/12/2015 | | @ BALTIMORE | | |
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| |  | SAN FRANCISCO: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The San Francisco Giants lost Pablo Sandoval to big money and the Boston Red Sox. They missed out paying big money to left-hander Jon Lester, who instead signed with the Chicago Cubs.
While the reigning World Series champions are ready to shed that every-other-year title trend, plenty of people wonder whether general manager Brian Sabean and his staff did enough during the offseason to stay near the top in the talented NL West.
Ask manager Bruce Bochy and his players, and they consider the additions of healthy right-hander Matt Cain and center fielder Angel Pagan back into the mix as a big deal right up there with signing a prized free agent.
And, of course, they have World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner ready to build off his remarkable postseason.
As he addressed the team at the start of spring training, Bochy reminded the Giants that it's hard to win consistently year after year.
''We had a great year last year,'' Bochy said. ''We have to go about our business and get ready for a new year. We'll still enjoy and savor those memories but at the same time it's time for us to get ready. ... Your lock on success is as good as that last game, so we've got to get after it.''
Durable right fielder Hunter Pence is sidelined with a broken left forearm that could keep him out until early May, while left fielder Nori Aoki will join the team he lost to in last year's Fall Classic while with the Kansas City Royals.
Casey McGehee, traded to San Francisco from the Marlins, will take over at third base with Sandoval's departure on a $95 million, five-year contract to Boston. He has said he won't try to replace the formerly popular Kung Fu Panda.
''I feel like we get a lot of flak for not doing anything this offseason,'' shortstop Brandon Crawford said. ''We got Aoki, we got McGehee. We have Cain coming back healthy that I think a lot of people forget. We've got Pagan coming back healthy. It's almost like getting four new guys.''
Bochy joked to Aoki - whom he calls ''a catalyst'' - about hitting 30 home runs. The speedy Japanese outfielder responded, ''24.''
''We're playing for a championship,'' Aoki said. ''It's a passionate group of guys.''
Here are some things to look for with the Giants, who have captured three World Series titles in the past five years:
BUMGARNER'S NEXT STEP: Bumgarner threw 270 innings, including 21 with two wins and a save in the World Series.
He went 4-1 during the postseason following an 18-10 regular season. From his four-hit, 10-strikeout gem that got things started in an 8-0 wild-card win at Pittsburgh all the way through his brilliant relief outing in Game 7 of the World Series to beat the Royals, Bumgarner became one of the postseason's best pitchers ever.
''I think he'll be comfortable in his skin,'' pitching coach Dave Righetti said.
HUDSON'S HURRAH: This is it for Tim Hudson, who has said he will retire after his 17th major league season.
He won his first championship last year, advancing out of the first round for the first time.
Now, the 39-year-old pitcher is bouncing back from surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle, the same one he injured during the 2013 season with Atlanta that sidelined him for the final two months.
PAGAN'S BALKY BACK: Pagan arrived at spring training declaring himself pain-free for the first time in years following back surgery.
Despite some flare-ups, Pagan and the Giants are counting on a full season. He joked to Bochy that he's ready to play 160 games.
Pagan played in only 96 last season and 71 in 2013 because of injuries.
''It's a new slate for everybody, including him,'' Bochy said.
RELIABLE BULLPEN: San Francisco's bullpen is lined up again - Jeremy Affeldt, Javier Lopez, Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla. Each of these pitchers has been part of all three title teams.
Casilla became closer after Romo struggled in June, though Bochy knows he can mix and match with these guys. Then, there's Yusmeiro Petit, who showed he can start or relieve with equal efficiency.
''You want to remind them to take advantage of what you have,'' Bochy said. ''We've got a great group here and we don't ever want to lose out on this opportunity.'' | | WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON (AP) - Bryce Harper's reaction to the news that the Washington Nationals added Max Scherzer to an already-talented starting staff drew quite a lot of attention.
''I just started laughing,'' Harper famously said. ''I was like, `Where's my ring?'''
Yes, that pretty much sums up where the expectations are for the 2015 Nationals - as expressed by them and by others.
On the first day of full-squad workouts at spring training, reigning NL Manager of the Year Matt Williams posted these words of wisdom in the clubhouse: ''The road to the World Series begins today.''
''We're here to get to that ultimate goal,'' Williams said. ''We're not alone. There's 29 other teams that have the same thought. So that being said, I want to make sure that we understand that that's our goal. That is our goal: to be the last one standing at the end of it.''
The main reason many folks think the Nationals are capable of achieving that goal, even if the team has yet to win a playoff series, is the rotation.
Scherzer, the 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner with Detroit, came aboard with a $210 million contract, joining a group that led the majors in ERA last season - right-handers Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann and Doug Fister, and lefty Gio Gonzalez.
''There's no break'' for an opposing team, new reliever Casey Janssen observed.
It's such a formidable quintet that a guy who won 15 games, had a sub-3.00 ERA and threw nearly 200 innings a year ago, Tanner Roark, is moving to the bullpen.
In 2014, the Nationals won a league-best 96 games and finished atop the underwhelming NL East by a whopping 17 games, but then bowed out in four games in a Division Series against the eventual champs, the San Francisco Giants. Washington's starting pitching wasn't the problem in the postseason; its bullpen and hitting were what led to a second quick playoff exit in three years.
And yet general manager Mike Rizzo allowed those two areas to lose important pieces, trading away the man he called ''maybe the best eighth-inning setup man in the history of the game,'' Tyler Clippard, and letting first baseman Adam LaRoche (team highs of 26 homers, 92 RBIs) leave via free agency.
The hope, presumably, is that hitters such as Harper, Ryan Zimmerman (who replaces LaRoche at first) and Wilson Ramos, who each missed significant chunks of last season, will deliver the numbers they're capable of producing, while opponents have a really hard time scoring much against all the aces Williams will send to the mound.
''It's hilarious having to go in there and face them. It's absolutely stupid,'' Harper said. ''We have the best staff in baseball. I don't care what anybody says.''
Actually, Bryce, that's exactly what pretty much everybody IS saying.
Here are other things to know about the Nationals, who open the season on April 6 at home against the New York Mets:
HEALTH MATTERS: Half of the everyday lineup - outfielders Jayson Werth and Denard Span (both recovering from offseason surgery), third baseman Anthony Rendon and new second baseman Yunel Escobar - missed extended periods of spring training, as did fourth outfielder Nate McClouth. Rendon, Span, Werth and McClouth might all miss opening day. ''You can be as good as you want on paper, but that doesn't mean anything until the end of the year,'' Scherzer said. ''We've got to stay healthy.''
MIGHTY `PEN?: Given their aspirations, October is what really matters for the Nationals, and Drew Storen blew save chances in the 2012 and 2014 playoffs. Still, the closer's job is his entering the season, and Clippard is no longer around to shut down foes in the eighth - or provide ninth-inning backup if needed. Worth watching: Will Aaron Barrett set aside the yips that hit him in the NLDS?
LAST HURRAH: A couple of homegrown franchise cornerstones, Zimmermann and shortstop Ian Desmond, can become free agents after the season, as can Span and Fister. Rizzo could try to sign one or more to long-term deals. He could trade one or more. Or he could decide to let things play out with this group, then move on next offseason. ''With this group of guys,'' Werth said, ''this might be it.'' |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (SAN FRANCISCO-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Giants-Nationals Preview* ==========================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Senior Writer
San Francisco (42-39) at Washington (44-36), 8:08 p.m. EDT
The San Francisco Giants won last year's World Series behind excellent starting pitching and a stingy bullpen.
Lately, most everyone who takes the mound for them has struggled.
Jordan Zimmermann hasn't had any issues recently - or many at all against San Francisco - and he'll look to lead the Washington Nationals to a ninth straight home win and three-game sweep of the slumping Giants on Sunday night.
San Francisco (42-20) has a 6.08 ERA during a five-game losing streak after World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner gave up three runs on the first five pitches and six over five innings of Saturday's 9-3 defeat.
Michael Taylor homered on the first pitch, Yunel Escobar hit a home run on the second and Bryce Harper followed with his 25th homer to help deal the Giants a sixth consecutive road loss, a stretch in which they've been outscored 37-18.
San Francisco's overall losing streak began Tuesday, when Ryan Vogelsong allowed four runs in six innings of a 5-3 defeat at Miami after pitching 12 2-3 scoreless to win his previous two outings.
Vogelsong (6-6, 4.19 ERA) gave up two homers, matching the amount he surrendered over his previous 10 starts.
"It's tough to take," Vogelsong said. "How many pitches did I throw? And you think about two. I just left the ball up a little bit."
The right-hander has allowed one home run in six career starts against the Nationals, but he's gone 1-2 with a 6.67 ERA in those outings. That stretch, however, includes Game 4 of the 2014 NLDS in which he allowed one run and two hits in 5 2-3 innings of San Francisco's series-clinching 3-2 victory.
Zimmermann (6-5, 3.16) tossed a gem in Game 2 of that series, holding the Giants scoreless for 8 2-3 innings before exiting after walking Joe Panik. He was charged with a run after Panik came around to score to tie the game, which San Francisco won 2-1 in 18 innings.
Despite not earning the victory, the outing gave Zimmermann a 1.99 ERA in his last eight starts against the Giants. The right-hander has put up even better numbers over his last two outings, allowing six hits in eight scoreless innings of a 2-1, 11-inning win over Atlanta on June 24 and pitching 7 2-3 scoreless in Tuesday's 6-1 victory over the Braves.
"His past couple of starts his breaking ball has been really, really good," first baseman Clint Robinson sad. "He's been able to get that in there first pitch, get ahead of the hitters and then put hitters away."
Washington won Friday's series opener by a 2-1 score after Robinson hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh. Robinson had another solid day Saturday, going 2 for 3 and scoring twice.
Harper has homered in five of his last seven against the Giants, including playoffs, and finished a triple short of the cycle Saturday for the Nationals (45-36), winners of 11 of 14.
Giants outfielder Angel Pagan didn't start for the second straight contest because of a swollen left knee. His status for Sunday is uncertain.
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