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Pretty much all Braves fans need to know about Madison Bumgarner is that no Braves player has ever faced him in the Major Leagues. That should immediately send 80% of TC readers into a sweaty panic. Oh, and he's a lefty, and we've had such good luck against left-handers in the past 24 hours.
Actually, every time I hear or read his last name, Bumgarner, I want to say it with that Jon Stewart "Droopy Dog" voice: Uoo, Buumm-garrner <as I readjust my tie>.
Here is how the Giants did against Derek Lowe in game one of the series:
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OPS | Pit | Str | Notes |
| Andres Torres CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 | 14 | 11 | |
| Freddy Sanchez 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 8 | 7 | GDP |
| Aubrey Huff 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .833 | 16 | 10 | CS |
| Buster Posey C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 1.250 | 18 | 10 | 2BSB |
| Pat Burrell LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | 14 | 8 | |
| Nate Schierholtz RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Juan Uribe SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | 16 | 8 | |
| Pablo Sandoval 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | 10 | 4 | GDPIW |
| Cody Ross RF-LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.167 | 12 | 4 | |
| Tim Lincecum P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | 14 | 9 | SH |
| Team Totals | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .192 | .531 | 122 | 71 |
I'm guessing we'll see Mike Fontenot instead of the Panda, but other than that it will likely be the same lineup.
For reference sake, after the jump are the up to date stats for Giants hitters versus Derek Lowe (post-season included).
| Giants vs. Derek Lowe | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Aubrey Huff | 43 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .302 | .475 | .777 |
| Pat Burrell | 30 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .321 | .367 | .500 | .867 |
| Aaron Rowand | 27 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .478 | .556 | .522 | 1.077 |
| Edgar Renteria | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .316 | .350 | .421 | .771 |
| Freddy Sanchez | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 |
| Cody Ross | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .364 | .533 | .455 | .988 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .364 | .417 | .364 | .780 |
| Mike Fontenot | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 |
| Juan Uribe | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .375 | .545 | .500 | 1.045 |
| Travis Ishikawa | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 |
| Andres Torres | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .571 | .667 | 1.238 |
| Eli Whiteside | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Matt Cain | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Nate Schierholtz | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| Buster Posey | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
| Jonathan Sanchez | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Tim Lincecum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Total | 231 | 209 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 35 | .292 | .351 | .407 | .758 |
I think we're going to need a miracle.
IS Derek Lowe a big-game pitcher? The verdict, tonight at 11.