--RHP Kevin Correia pitched five innings and fell to 0-2 since coming off the disabled list June 15. Going back to his pre-DL time, he has failed to win any of his last five starts. He was removed after throwing 103 pitches.

--LF Fred Lewis was back in the lineup after missing two straight starts. He batted leadoff and went 0-for-4, his average slipping to .282.

--RHP Tim Lincecum will pitch Saturday against the A's and face RHP Justin Duchscherer, a fellow All-Star candidate. It's the matchup of the series. Lincecum is 8-1 with a 2.54 ERA, and Duchscherer is 8-4 with a 1.99 ERA. In Lincecum's last two starts, he gave up more than three earned runs for the first two times in 2008. The rest of his starts were quality starts.

BY THE NUMBERS: 54 -- Years since the Giants last won a World Series. They're playing in Cleveland this week for the first time since they swept the Indians in the 1954 World Series.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "It feels terrible to let the team down. That's the hardest part, to go out there and have the guys bust their tail and come in here with a loss." -- Barry Zito, after his home record fell to 0-7 with a 7.34 ERA. The Giants have lost all eight of his home starts.