Cliff Lee has started four regular season games against the Giants in his career, and unleashed a gem each time, including a complete-game shutout Thursday.
At least for now, we will resist the urge to dwell on his postseason numbers (0-2, 6.94) against them.
His regular season starts vs. San Francisco, the first two has a Indian and the last two as a Phillie:
| Date | Site | Result | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO |
| June 12, 2005 | San Francisco | W 5-3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| June 26, 2008 | Cleveland | W 4-1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| July 31, 2009 | San Francisco | W 5-1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Aug. 4, 2011 | San Francisco | W 3-0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Totals | (4-0, 0.82) | 33 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 29 |