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Suppan brings experience to opener

Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
Jeff Suppan started the Crew's final game of 2008, and he's seasoned enough to put last year behind him when he takes the mound for their first game of '09.
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Brewers probable pitcher

Jeff Suppan

  • #37 RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
The 34-year-old Suppan has been here before. He started three consecutive season openers for the Royals from 2000-2002 but was 0-1 in those games, allowing 20 hits including nine home runs in 16 innings. His most recent Brewers start was not much better. After Dave Bush pitched the Brewers to a Game 3 win in the NLDS to stave off elimination, Suppan, who has the reputation of being a postseason stalwart, took the mound for Game 4 and surrendered a first-pitch homer to Philadelphia Jimmy Rollins that was one of three home runs off Suppan in three innings. It capped a tough finish to the season for the veteran, who went 5-0 with a 3.00 ERA in August and then 0-3 with an 8.44 ERA in September. His troubles, Suppan concedes now, date back to an elbow injury in May that briefly landed him on the disabled list over the All-Star break. Suppan gets the nod here over the offseason favorite to start Opening Day, 23-year-old Yovani Gallardo. Manager Ken Macha wanted a veteran for the assignment.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 128-123 4.63 2249.0 747 1252 .281

Series at a Glance

Standings - 04/07/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Milwaukee Brewers (NL Central) 0 0 0.5 0-0 0-0
San Francisco Giants (NL West) 0 0 0.5 0-0 0-0
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Lincecum begins Cy Young followup

Chris Haft / MLB.com
History delivers mostly encouraging signs that Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum will return strong. His bid to do exactly that begins Tuesday when the Giants open the season at AT&T Park against the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Giants probable pitcher

Tim Lincecum

  • #55 RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
He'll have to overachieve to exceed last season's accomplishments. As all Giants fans know, Lincecum won the National League Cy Young Award, electrifying the baseball world with his charismatic combination of style (a big leaguer resembling a member of a teenage garage band) and substance (a 5-foot-11, 170-pound pixie throwing with the force of a behemoth).
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 25-10 3.16 373.1 149 415 .223

Brewers hitters vs Tim Lincecum

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Braun, Ryan - - - - .462 13 2 7
Cain, Lorenzo - - - - - - - -
Escobar, Alcides - - - - - - - -
Fielder, Prince - - - - .200 10 0 3
Gamel, Mat - - - - - - - -
Gerut, Jody - - - - .133 15 0 0
Gomez, Carlos - - - - .000 3 0 0
Hart, Corey - - - - .267 15 1 1
Heether, Adam - - - - - - - -
Iribarren, Hernan - - - - - - - -
Kottaras, George - - - - - - - -
McGehee, Casey - - - - - - - -
Rivera, Mike - - - - - - - -
Salome, Angel - - - - - - - -
Weeks, Rickie - - - - .250 8 0 1

Giants hitters vs Jeff Suppan

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bocock, Brian - - - - - - - -
Bowker, John - - - - - - - -
Burriss, Emmanuel - - - - .000 1 0 0
Downs, Matt - - - - .333 3 1 1
Ford, Darren - - - - - - - -
Frandsen, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Garko, Ryan - - - - .333 3 0 1
Gillaspie, Conor - - - - - - - -
Guzman, Jesus - - - - - - - -
Ishikawa, Travis - - - - .667 6 0 4
Lewis, Fred - - - - .333 6 0 1
Peguero, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Pill, Brett - - - - - - - -
Posey, Buster - - - - - - - -
Renteria, Edgar - - - - .313 16 0 3
Rohlinger, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Rowand, Aaron - - - - .308 13 2 7
Sanchez, Freddy - - - - .259 27 1 4
Sandoval, Pablo - - - - .167 6 0 0
Schierholtz, Nate - - - - .400 5 0 0
Torres, Andres - - - - - - - -
Velez, Eugenio - - - - .000 3 0 0
Whiteside, Eli - - - - .000 2 0 0

Offense no problem for Giants (0-1) (1-0)

Giants 10, Brewers 6

Rough day for Suppan

Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
The Brewers ran wild with four stolen bases and knocked Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum out of the game after just three innings, but Jeff Suppan relinquished six runs in four innings for a season-opening loss in San Francisco.

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Series at a Glance

 
Giants first baseman Travis Ishikawa slides into third base after hitting a bases-clearing triple in the first inning. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

Hits rain down

Chris Haft / MLB.com
Questions about the Giants' perceived lack of offense fell by the wayside when Travis Ishikawa hit a first-inning bases-loaded triple. Though Tim Lincecum struggled, Aaron Rowand put the Giants ahead for good with a two-run homer in the fourth.
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Giants 10, Brewers 6

Milwaukee AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Weeks, 2B 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .667
Hart, C, RF 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 .200
Braun, LF 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500
Fielder, 1B 4 0 2 1 1 2 3 .500
Hardy, SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000
Cameron, M, CF 1 2 1 1 4 0 0 1.000
Hall, 3B 4 0 1 1 1 2 4 .250
Kendall, C 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000
Suppan, P 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500
  a-Nelson, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
  McClung, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Bush, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Counsell, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
  Julio, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 6 10 5 8 11 26  

a-Grounded out for Suppan in the 5th. b-Walked for Bush in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Suppan (1, Lincecum), Weeks (1, Lincecum), Fielder (1, Affeldt), Hall (1, Hinshaw).
TB: Weeks 3; Hart, C; Braun 2; Fielder 3; Cameron, M; Hall 2; Suppan 2.
RBI: Suppan (1), Weeks (1), Cameron, M (1), Fielder (1), Hall (1).
2-out RBI: Suppan; Weeks; Cameron, M; Hall.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hardy 2; Hart, C; Kendall 2; Braun.
GIDP: Hardy 2; Hall.
Team RISP: 7-for-21.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cameron, M 2 (2, 2nd base off Martinez, Jo/Molina, B, 2nd base off Lincecum/Molina, B), Weeks (1, 2nd base off Martinez, Jo/Molina, B), Braun (1, 2nd base off Lincecum/Molina, B).

FIELDING
DP: (Hardy-Weeks-Fielder).
 
San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Winn, RF 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .333
Renteria, SS 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .250
Lewis, F, LF 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 .250
Molina, B, C 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .400
Sandoval, P, 3B 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 .500
Ishikawa, 1B 5 1 2 3 0 1 5 .400
Rowand, CF 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 .667
Burriss, 2B 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 .000
Lincecum, P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
  Martinez, Jo, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Schierholtz, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
  Medders, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Affeldt, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Velez, E, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
  Howry, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Hinshaw, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Wilson, B, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 10 12 10 5 5 19  

a-Grounded out for Martinez, Jo in the 5th. b-Grounded out for Affeldt in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Sandoval, P (1, Bush), Rowand (1, Bush).
3B: Ishikawa (1, Suppan).
HR: Rowand (1, 4th inning off Suppan, 1 on, 0 out), Molina, B (1, 7th inning off Bush, 0 on, 0 out), Winn (1, 8th inning off Julio, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Winn 4; Renteria; Lewis, F; Molina, B 5; Sandoval, P 3; Ishikawa 4; Rowand 6; Lincecum.
RBI: Ishikawa 3 (3), Winn 2 (2), Rowand 3 (3), Burriss (1), Molina, B (1).
2-out RBI: Ishikawa 3; Burriss.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rowand; Schierholtz 2; Velez, E; Ishikawa.
SF: Winn.
GIDP: Renteria.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Lewis, F (1, throw).
DP: 3 (Renteria-Burriss-Ishikawa 2, Renteria-Ishikawa).
 
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Suppan (L, 0-1) 4.0 6 6 6 1 1 1 13.50
McClung 2.0 1 1 1 3 2 0 4.50
Bush 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 18.00
Julio 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 9.00
 
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lincecum 3.0 4 3 3 3 5 0 9.00
Martinez, Jo (W, 1-0) 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 9.00
Medders (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Affeldt (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Howry 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0.00
Hinshaw 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 13.50
Wilson, B 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

WP: Lincecum, Hinshaw.
HBP: Sandoval, P (by Suppan), Burriss (by Suppan), Braun (by Lincecum), Weeks (by Martinez, Jo).
Pitches-strikes: Suppan 62-37, McClung 42-22, Bush 16-11, Julio 17-9, Lincecum 78-44, Martinez, Jo 42-23, Medders 13-9, Affeldt 15-9, Howry 18-12, Hinshaw 18-8, Wilson, B 6-3.
Groundouts-flyouts: Suppan 4-7, McClung 3-1, Bush 1-1, Julio 0-2, Lincecum 3-1, Martinez, Jo 5-0, Medders 0-2, Affeldt 3-0, Howry 0-0, Hinshaw 2-0, Wilson, B 0-0.
Batters faced: Suppan 20, McClung 10, Bush 6, Julio 6, Lincecum 17, Martinez, Jo 10, Medders 3, Affeldt 4, Howry 5, Hinshaw 4, Wilson, B 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Wilson, B 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Dana DeMuth. 1B: Kerwin Danley. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 58 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 14 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:22.
Att: 42,767.
April 7, 2009

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