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WEEKLY NOTES: AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 24 Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com sfgigantes.com giantspressbox.com @SFGiants @SFGigantes @SFGiantsMedia

NEWS & NOTES GIANTS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE “Rally the Vote,” an 18-team, nonpartisan coalition is made up of professional sports franchises across the NBA, NFL, MLB, WNBA and NWSL focused on encouraging fans to get in the game and make their voice heard by registering Monday - August 31 to vote and participating in elections. The first-of-its-kind coalition, composed of the Chicago Bulls, Chicago White 7:35 a.m. - Sox, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and Fever, Milwaukee joins Murph & Mac Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx, New York Gi- Tuesday - September 1 ants, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, , San Francisco Giants, Seattle Storm, Washington Wizards and Mystics, Washington 7:35 a.m. - Spirit and Athletes Unlimited, aims to increase the amount of new voter registrations and ensure joins Murph & Mac all of those who register to vote cast a ballot in November. rallythevote.org 4:30 p.m. - Dave Flemming joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks

The second issue of The Gamer, the Giants newest publication, THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Wednesday - September 2 features on the cover and is available for free to read online. In this issue, fans can read up more on the 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow GamerISSUE 2 newest Giants skipper, take a look at who made the club's 60-man joins Murph & Mac player pool for this shortened season and learn more about ver- 11:50 a.m. - satile Giants infielderWilmer Flores. Fans can also take a peek at joins Papa & Lund the new rules for the 2020 campaign and preview the Giants op- Thursday - September 3 ponents for this season after they were adjusted to accommodate the shorter 60-game campaign. Click here to read today 7:35 a.m. - Shawn Estes CALLING joins Murph & Mac THE SHOTS 5 p.m. - Farhan Zaidi Manager Gabe Kapler joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks talks about his new role +SERIES PREVIEWS leading the Giants NEW RULES FOR 2020 Friday - September 4 MEET 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow

All Major League trademarks and joins Murph & Mac copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. All rights reserved. THIS WEEK IN GIANTS HISTORY

AUG collected his first two SEPT The Giants’ , making SEPT of the Giants came Major League hits, a home and an his Major League debut, homered in within one strike of a 31 RBI , in the eighth . Since 3 his first official time - a blow off 6 against the Diamondbacks at AT&T 2018 they moved to San Francisco, the Gi- 1974 Charlie Hough - and pitched 9.0 in- 2013 Park. a single with two ants had not had a player have his first two Major nings of relief to earn a 9-5 victory over the outs in the 9th to deprive Petit of his place in his- League hits come in the same inning. Box Dodgers. Box tory, but he retired the next batter, A.J. Pollock, to end up with a 3-0 one-hitter. Box In a 2-1 win against the Boston SEPT SEPT earned his first Major Braves, the Giants’ Jack Lohrke hom- League victory by pitching 7.0 , 1 ered to set a season record for home 4 1947 allowing one run on three hits and one runs by a club. The Giants had then hit 2005 walk while striking four batters. 183 home runs, topping the 182 hit by the 1936 Box Yankees. They would end the season with 221 round trippers. Box SEPT Giants outfielderBarry Bonds set a new mark reaching SEPT Nine players hit homers as the Giants beat the Dodgers 10-6 in the opener 5 base in 15 consecutive plate appear- 1998 2 of a doubleheader at the Polo ances. His five singles, two doubles, 1939 Grounds, falling one short of the re- two homers and six walks during the streak cord for two teams in one game set in 1923. broke Dodger Pedro Guerrero’s mark of 14 es- Box tablished in 1983. Box

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Eli Whiteside Episodes 1-8 Years with SF: 2009-2012 Now Streaming Debuts Thurs., Sept. 3 Episode 1 - Tito Fuentes After grinding in the minors for Episode 2 - Nick Ortiz Inside Giant Moments takes you nearly eight years, this backup Gigantes Podcast, hosted by Episode 3 - Carlos Orellana behind the scenes of the most wound up catching the Gi- Spanish-language broadcaster Episode 4 - Ciro Villalobos iconic moments in Giants history ant’s first no hitter in 33 years. Wh- Erwin Higueros, is a weekly pod- Episode 5 - Pablo Peguero with the players who made these iteside talks about only realizing it cast that will have interviews from Episode 6 - Jose Alguacil moments, memories. Host Mark was a no hitter late in the game and former Giants players, coaches Episode 7 - Saul Martinez Willard of KNBR dives in each week the relationship he had with pitch- and staff members focusing on Episode 8 - Luis Landero with exclusive interviews on the of- er Jonathan Sánchez. their culture. Higueros discuss- ficial San Francisco Giants podcast. es the difficulties and sacrifices Subscribe Here each of them have faced through- out their professional journeys. Subscribe Here GIANTS YOUTUBE CONTENT

August Highlight Mix Watch Beginning Wednesday, September 2

August was a month that saw the Giants rattle off a seven-game winning streak and saw the of- fense really take off. SFG Productions will take a look back at the month with some of the best highlights.

COMMUNITY CORNER Saturday, September 5 will mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Day. The Giants, along with Ma- jor League Baseball, will honor the heroic children and their families who are battling pediatric cancer. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month and the Giants will continue to cel- ebrate the bravery of those courageous children and their families. We also remember those children who were taken too soon from us whose spirit and fight will never be forgotten. As California continues to fight numerous wildfires, the Giants are partnering with the American Red Cross to raise funds to help people affected by these wildfires.Donations can be made by visiting redcross.org/giants BEYOND THE GIANTS VAULT  Housed in a 5,000 square foot building, the Giants Archives consists of memorabilia and artifacts from our team’s 138-year history. As part of the Giants Fan Page, fans can now, for the first time, learn about and view memora- bilia from our collection. This week, the Vault is taking a look at the legendary moments and people that high- lighted the last Championship for the Giants in New York. Would you rather have a coffee or watch Willie Mays make “The ” from your seat at the ? For the price of a cup of coffee in 2020 you could have sat in the bleachers for Game 1 of the . While sitting in the bleachers you would have been close enough to see Willie Mays when he made his over the shoulder stands to win the game in the bottom of the tenth inning. On September catch of ’s bat in the eighth inning. You also would have had a fan- 29, 1954 the bleachers were the best place for any Giants fan to be sitting. tastic view of Dusty Rhodes’ pinch-hit into the lower right field The full look at 1954 is online starting Thursday GIANTS PLAYER SPOTLIGHT | ZACH GREEN Born and raised in Rocklin, CA, near J.P. Howell. “The first thing that hit us you want coming out of the draft.” Sacramento. His father, Jesse, was a was, he was the best infielder of the After six years in the Phillies’ orga- banker. His mother, Kym, worked as a group,” said Joe Potulny. “He was nization, became a free paralegal at a law firm. He has three long and lean and rangy. He could go to agent and signed with Giants, the team sisters, two older and one younger. his right and make a play. He was a step he loved as a boy, early in November Jesse played college ball at Sac- beyond everyone else.” 2018. ramento State and was passionate By the time Zach earned the starting Assigned in 2019 to AAA Sacra- about the game. So after the first spot at shortstop as a sophomore, Or- mento, his hometown team. He had two girls were born, Kym says, “It egon State had already offered him a was a banner day in the Green scholarship. watched the River Cats at Raley Field household when Zachary Senior year, he won a national Gold as a kid, and he played there twice in Carrington was born.” Glove award. high school. Grew up a Giants fan. He could also hit. Potulny said by ju- River Cats manager Dave Brundage Favorite player was nior year, Zach was “the best breaking- knew Zach from the Phillies’ organi- . First ball hitter we had at Jesuit in 30 years. zation; Brundage had managed AAA’s heartbreak as a fan He would keep his hands back on off- Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs for four years came at 8 years old speed pitches through his swing. “I while Zach was working his way up the when the Giants lost to don’t know how you teach a kid to do lower rungs. Brundage urged the Gi- the Angels in the 2002 that.” ants to sign him. World Series. Then he finally got the call: Evan Natural athlete who Played on USA Baseball’s 16U na- Longoria was out with plantar fasciitis shared his dad’s passion tional team in 2010 with , for baseball. His mother: Alex Bregman, Corey Seager and Al- and the Giants needed a third base- “Any decision about summer bert Almora. The team went undefeat- man. Zach was taking BP with the Riv- camps were based on Zach’s ed and won the gold medal. ercats in Tacoma, Wash., when hitting obsession with and love for In the 2012 draft, the Phillies took coach Damon Minor told him he was the sport.” him in the third round. headed to San Francisco. Attended baseball power- Although committed to Oregon State, Made his Major League debut July house Jesuit High School in he decided to go pro. “My goal grow- 21, 2019. Got a hit in his first at-bat and Carmichael, alongside fu- ing up was always, I wanted to play went 2-for-3 with an RBI double off ture Major Leaguers Rhys professionally,” Zach says. “This was Steven Matz in a 3-2 win over the Mets. Hoskins, and a good opportunity. It was everything

Weekly Notes August 31-September 6, 2020