#SFGiants Jung Hoo Lee has 5 games this season with 4 or more hits. Since 1958, the only Giants to have 6 or more 4 hit games in a single season:
> Mays 1958 (6)
> Mays 1961 (6)
> Aurilia 2001 (6)
The Giants have 95 games left to play this year.
The previous time the #SFGiants held to 3 hits or fewer on Opening Day: 1965, when the Buccos' Bob Veale tossed a 3-hit, 10-inning, 10-strikeout gem to win 1-0.
#SFGiants Logan Webb allows 7 runs (6 earned) in 5 innings to Yankees. He's the first Giants pitcher to yield 7 runs on Opening Day since Gaylord Perry in 1970 (7 IP, 7 R, 6 ER).
Giants who struck out 12 , walked 0, in a game Giants lost:
L. Webb, tonight, 12Ks, Angels 2-0
K. Gausman, 5-14-21, 12Ks, Pirates 3-2
T. Lincecum, 4-18-09, 13Ks, Dbacks 2-0
Lincecum, 7-26-08, 13Ks, Dbacks 5-3
J. Montefusco, 4-28-76, 12Ks, Cards 4-2
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BREAKING: Philadelphia workers have won the first Whole Foods union under Amazon with @UFCW.
Since Amazon bought the chain, workers have lost benefits and felt the squeeze.
They're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant and hoping this win will lead to others.
#Yankees pitchers who have allowed 3 of more HRs in less than 4 innings in a World Series game:
* Carlos Rodon, 2024 Yankees, Game 2, vs. Dodgers: Edman, T. Hernandez, Freeman
* Catfish Hunter, 1977 Yankees, Game 2 vs. Dodgers: Cey, Yeager, R. Smith
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#Yankees to have multiple hits and stolen bases in a World Series game:
* Jazz Chisholm, 2024, Game 1: 2 hits, 3 SBs
* Johnny Damon, 2009, Game 4: 3 hits, 2 SBs
* Mike McNally, 1921, Game 1: 2 hits, 2 SBs
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40-year-olds who have pitched in the postseason for the #Braves:
> Dennis Martinez, 1998 NLCS — 44 years, 153 days
> Phil Niekro, 1982 NLCS — 43 years, 191 days
> Jesse Chavez, 2024 Wild Card — 41 years, 41 days
#MLBPostseason
With 6 innings tonight, Logan Webb ends 2024 season with 204 2/3 innings, and all but secures he'll be NL leader for 2nd year in a row. (Aaron Nola has 194 1/3).
Last Giants pitcher to lead the league in innings pitched in consecutive years?
Gaylord Perry 1969-70.
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Does any starting pitcher in MLB have more extreme home-road splits than the A's Joey Estes?
He's 4-2 with a 2.74 ERA in 62 1/3 innings at the Coliseum.
On the road, he's 3-6 with a 7.03 ERA in 56 1/3 innings.
Home BA: .199
Road BA: .309
Home WHIP: 0.850
Road WHIP: 1.580
Giants have been shut out in 3 straight games for first time in 32 years. It’s just the 4th time in their S.F. history, 5th time since 1901:
> Sept. 12-14, 2024
> June 23-25, 1992
> Sept. 4-6, 1980
> May 9-12, 1976
> Aug. 20-22, 1916
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#SFGiants scoreless skid has hit 23 innings, longest in one season since they put up 24 zeroes to end the 2019 campaign. (They also failed to score in the first 2 innings of 2020, stretching the streak to 26).
Last time they were shutout in 3 straight games was June 23-25, 1992.