--RHP Matt Cain finished 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four starts in April and will get his first May start Saturday against the Rockies. He's 6-4 with a 3.01 ERA in his career against Colorado. He faced the Rockies 13 times, and 10 times he yielded two or fewer runs. Eight of those games, he lasted at least six innings.
--RHP Tim Lincecum has never lost to the Dodgers, a fact all Giants fans love. He's 3-0, including a win Wednesday in which he went seven-plus innings and collected eight strikeouts. Lincecum has 33 K's in his last three starts covering 23 innings. --RHP Matt Cain or RHP Tim Lincecum batting eighth? Manager Bruce Bochy said he'd consider it, putting a speedster ninth, maybe 2B Emmanuel Burriss or OF/2B Eugenio Velez, as a second leadoff hitter. "There may be a time we do that this year," said Bochy, responding to the Dodgers' Wednesday lineup, in which LHP Eric Stults hit eighth and CF Juan Pierre ninth.
BY THE NUMBERS: 28 -- Consecutive at-bats in which switch-hitter Emmanuel Burriss went hitless from the left side. He broke the string Sunday.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "Overall, everything went pretty well except for me showing up to the ballpark." -- Randy Johnson, after issuing seven walks and lasting just 3 1/3 innings against the Diamondbacks on Saturday.
