| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 2nd, 2008: McCutchen 5-5 for Pittsburgh
5 times is a charm -- at least in the world of baseball. When a player gets 5 or more hits in a game, he is honored in the record book and the latest honoree is Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He tore up the San Francisco Giants to the tune of 5 hits in 5 at-bats in the Pittsburgh 7-0 win today at PNC Park.
"McCutchen was a tough out today," the San Francisco manager said to the press in the postgame interview. "He hit some very good pitches with that quick bat of his. Not an easy out, that's for sure."
A. McCutchen singled in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, tripled in the 6th and singled in the 8th.
This season McCutchen is hitting .242 with 38 hits, no home runs, 15 RBIs, scored 26 runs and played in 76 games.
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 | Friday, August 1st, 2008: San Francisco Newcomer July's #1 Rookie
The National League Rookie of the Month Award has been given to Eugenio Velez of the San Francisco Giants.
In July he played in 24 games, recording a .322 batting average with 2 home runs, 9 RBIs and 12 runs scored.
This season Velez is swinging the bat at a .288 rate with 107 hits in 371 at-bats. To date he has hit 3 home runs, scored 51 runs and driven in 37.
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 | Friday, July 18th, 2008: Phillies Colon Blanks Giants
A masterful pitching performance carried the Philadelphia Phillies to a 8-0 victory over San Francisco. Bartolo Colon held them scoreless in a complete game effort. He permitted 6 hits, had 8 strikeouts and allowed no walks.
The skipper of the Giants said, "Colon was sharp. We never did figure him out."
This season Colon has registered 11 wins and 3 losses in 18 starts with a 3.98 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 54-65, .454 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 14.5 GB | | Record at home | 27-32, .458 PCT | | Record on the road | 27-33, .450 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-4, .636 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 14-17, .452 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 19-16, .543 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 35-49, .417 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 10-13, .435 PCT | | Record in May | 12-15, .444 PCT | | Record in June | 11-15, .423 PCT | | Record in July | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Record in August | 7-10, .412 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .263 - 11th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .320 - 16th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .375 - 16th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .695 - 16th in NL | | Runs Scored | 486 - 16th in NL | | Hits | 1069 - 15th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 312 - 15th in NL | | Home Runs | 63 - 16th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 323 - 16th in NL | | Strikeouts | 735 - 1st in NL | | Stolen Bases | 88 - 7th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.33 - 7th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.51 - 7th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.05 - 7th in NL | | Runs allowed | 568 - 9th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1062 - 5th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .260 - 6th in NL | | BABIP | .305 - 7th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 99 - 4th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 451 - tied for 12th in NL | | Strikeouts | 828 - 9th in NL |
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