SAN JOSE GIANTS 2019 GAME NOTES 588 East Alma Ave San Jose, CA 95112 Phone: 408-297-1435 sjgiants.com Class A Advanced affiliate of the San Francisco Giants San Jose Giants (57-71) @ Stockton Ports (58-69) RHP Tristan Beck (0-2, 4.32) vs. RHP Xavier Altamirano (5-10, 5.40) Game #129 / Road Game #67 Friday, August 23 Banner Island Ballpark 7:10 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Saturday, August 24 at Stockton 7:10 PM RHP Aaron Phillips (8-7, 4.28) LHP Hogan Harris (0-2, 3.48) Sunday, August 25 at Stockton 6:10 PM RHP Matt Frisbee (8-8, 3.42) RHP Brady Feigl (5-10, 4.19) Monday, August 26 at Stockton 7:10 PM RHP Jose Marte (3-8, 5.89) RHP Mitchell Jordan (10-7, 4.61) Tonight’s Game: The San Jose Giants begin their final road series of the regular season tonight with GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS the opener of a four-game set against the Stockton Ports (A’s affiliate) at Banner Island Ballpark. O verall 57-71 Tristan Beck (0-2, 4.32 ERA) is scheduled to make the start on the mound. Home 29-33 Road 28-38 The Giants: San Jose dropped two of three games at Modesto to open the current road trip. The vs. North 32-46 Giants suffered losses of 7-1 and 10-3 to begin the series with the Nuts before avoiding the sweep vs. South 25-25 with a 6-4 win yesterday. San Jose overcame a 4-0 deficit last night to match their largest comeback vs. Stockton 8-14 victory of the season. The Giants enter tonight’s contest having lost six of their last eight games. San Jose is only 6-13 in August after posting a 16-13 July record. The Giants have suffered four straight First Half 30-39 Second Half 27-32 series losses. San Jose hasn’t won a series since taking two of three games at Lake Elsinore from August 5-7. Current Streak Won 1 Longest W Streak 6 Playoff Race: The Giants (57-71) are 1 1/2 games behind Stockton (58-69) in the race for the Longest L Streak 6 second-best overall record in the North Division. Including tonight, San Jose has 11 games remaining Last 5 Games 2-3 in the regular season. If Visalia wins the second half (currently lead division by seven games), the Last 10 Games 3-7 team with the second-best overall record in the North Division will qualify for the playoffs. The Giants last reached the playoffs in 2016. 2019 Home Attendance 140,300 2019 Average 2,338 Versus The Ports: Beginning tonight, the Giants will play eight of their final 11 games this season against Stockton. San Jose is 8-14 versus the Ports this year. This series marks their first meeting since June 27-30. The Giants began the year 4-1 against Stockton, but have gone just 4-13 versus CALIFORNIA LEAGUE the Ports since. SECOND HALF STANDINGS In Search Of Back-To-Back Wins: A victory tonight would give the Giants consecutive wins for the first time since August 7-9. North Division W-L PCT GB Visalia * 35-24 .593 - Modesto 28-31 .475 7.0 Hawkins Homers: Courtney Hawkins hit his team-leading 14th home run of the season in San Jose 27-32 .458 8.0 Wednesday’s game at Modesto. He is one homer ahead of David Villar and Heliot Ramos for the club Stockton 25-34 .424 10.0 lead. Hawkins has six home runs and 14 RBI’s over his last 14 games. South Division W-L PCT GB Losing Season: The Giants have clinched their fourth consecutive sub-.500 season (2016-19). It’s R. Cucamonga * 33-26 .559 - the first time in San Jose Giants team history (1988-2019) that the club has had four consecutive Lake Elsinore 32-27 .542 1.0 Lancaster 31-28 .525 2.0 losing seasons. The San Jose franchise last had a stretch of at least four straight sub-.500 seasons Inland Empire 25-34 .424 8.0 from 1981-87 (seven consecutive losing seasons – San Jose Missions 1981, San Jose Expos 1982, San Jose Bees 1983-87). * First half winner Today’s Games Postseason All-Star: Heliot Ramos was San Jose’s lone representative on the postseason San Jose at Stockton, 7:10 California League All-Star team announced earlier this week. Ramos, who was promoted to Double-A Lake Elsinore at Lancaster, 6:35 Richmond on August 9, hit .306 with 18 doubles, 13 home runs and 40 RBI’s in 77 games for the Modesto at Visalia, 7:00 Giants this season. He ranked among the top five in the league in batting average and OPS (.885) at R. Cucamonga at Inland Empire, 7:05 the time of his promotion. Ramos has also been named San Francisco Giants 2019 Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America. BROADCAST Hector Borg At The Helm: Hector Borg was named manager of the San Jose Giants on July 17 replacing Bill Hayes, who resigned four days earlier. Borg, 34, had been serving as the fundamentals Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo) coach for the Giants’ Dominican Summer League team this season prior to his appointment in San All games aired on club’s official Jose. Last year, Borg was the manager for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Giants Short-Season website and Mobile App affiliate). He also managed the Giants’ Arizona Rookie League team in 2017. Borg played three seasons in the San Francisco farm system from 2004-06. San Jose is 16-17 since Borg took over as manager (41-54 before). See page 6 for more info on Borg. CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 TODAY’S SAN JOSE GIANTS STARTER RHP Tristan Beck Born: June 24, 1996 Overall: 3 GS, 0-2, 4.32 ERA Age: 23 Born: Corona, CA Home: 2 GS, 0-2, 5.73 ERA Resides: Corona, CA Road: 1 GS, 0-0, 1.59 ERA Throws: Right Acquired: Trade, 2019 First Half: 0 GS, 0-0, --- ERA College: Stanford University Second Half: 3 GS, 0-2, 4.32 ERA Tonight’s Start: 23-year old right-hander is scheduled to make his fourth start with San SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Jose in tonight’s game at Stockton. Traded To Giants: Was acquired via trade by the San Francisco Giants from the Atlanta 2019 Career Braves on July 31 … Traded to SF with pitcher Dan Winkler in exchange for pitcher Mark Melancon … Was added to San Jose’s roster following the trade. IP: 6.2 (7/13 at Clr.) 6.2 (71/3/19 w/Florida) R: 7 (7/26 vs. Day.) 7 (7/26/19 w/Florida) Prospect Ranking: Currently ranked the #18 prospect in the San Francisco Giants organization by MLB.com. ER: 6 (7/26 vs. Day.) 6 (7/26/19 w/Florida) H: 9 (7/26 vs. Day.) 9 (7/26/19 w/Florida) San Jose Notes: Is 0-2 with a 4.32 ERA in three starts for San Jose … Has struck out 20 and walked only four in 16 2/3 innings … Has a .292 opponents batting average (.273 vs. BB: 3 (x3) 3 (x3 w/Florida) right, .333 vs. left) … Most recent start came on August 17 against Inland Empire … K: 11 (7/1 vs. GCL Pir.) 11 (7/1/19 w/GCL Braves) Pitched 5 2/3 innings with three runs (all earned) allowed … Struck out seven and walked one … Took a shutout into the sixth … Suffered the loss (Giants lost game 7-3). HR: 1 (x3) 1 (x3 w/Florida & San Jose) Draft Day: Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the fourth round of the 2018 draft (112th overall). 2019 DAY-BY-DAY Florida State League: Was pitching for the High-A Florida Fire Frogs of the Florida State (SAN JOSE only) League prior to the trade … Made eight starts for Florida and was 2-2 with a 5.65 ERA. DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Injured List Stint: Began the season with Florida, but was placed on the Injured List 8/4 at IE ND * 5.2 6 1 1 1 6 1.59 (groin) following his April 26 start … Missed two months … Did not return until a rehab 8/11 Mod. L * 5.1 5 4 4 2 7 4.09 start with the Gulf Coast League Braves (Rookie-level) on June 26 … Made two starts for 8/17 IE L * 5.2 8 3 3 1 7 4.32 the GCL Braves before returning to Florida on July 6. At Stanford: Played three seasons at Stanford University from 2016-18 … Was 14-9 with a 2.74 ERA over 29 career starts. Freshman All-American: Was a First Team Freshman All-American and All-Pac-12 honoree in 2016 … Posted a 6-5 record with a 2.48 ERA in 14 starts … Was only the third freshman to start Opening Day at Stanford since 1988 (Mike Mussina and Cal Quantrill). Missed Season: Sat out his entire sophomore season in 2017 due to a back injury. Junior Year: Was an All-Pac-12 selection during junior season in 2018 … Logged an 8-4 record with a 2.98 ERA in 15 starts … Pitched 90 2/3 innings with 31 walks and 73 strikeouts … Won the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week award twice.