SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2018 GAME NOTES 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415 972 2000 sfgiants.com sfgigantes.com giantspressbox.com @SFGiants @los_gigantes ArizonaAr Diamondbacks (32 28) at San Francisco Giants (30 31) RHP Clay Buchholz (1 1, 1.50) vs. RHP Chris Stratton (7 3, 4.50) Game 62/Home Game 30 Wednesday, June 6, 2018 AT&T Park 12:45 p.m. (PT) Facebook Watch KNBR 680 KXZM 93.7
UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
Date Opp Time (PT) Giants Starter Opposing Starter TV Thurs., June 7 OFF DAY Fri., June 8 at WSH 4:05 p.m. LHP Andrew Suárez (2 4, 4.74) RHP Stephen Strasburg (6 5, 3.20) NBCS BA Sat., June 9 at WSH 9:05 a.m. RHP Dereck Rodriguez (1 0, 1.93) LHP Gio Gonzalez (6 2, 2.27) NBCS BA Sun., June 10 at WSH 1:05 p.m. LHP Derek Holland (3 6, 4.91) RHP Max Scherzer (9 1, 1.92) NBCS BA All games broadcast on KNBR 680 AM (English radio). All home games and road games in LA and SD broadcast on KXZM 93.7 FM (Spanish radio).
TODAY'S GAME: The Giants and Diamondbacks play the rubber game of this three GIANTS ON THIS HOMESTAND game series...San Francisco has gone 4 1 on this six game homestand, sweeping NOTE 2018 the Phillies this past weekend and going 1 1 against Arizona...the Giants enter the Games ...... 5 Record ...... 4 1 series fi nale having won fi ve of their last six games...the Diamondbacks have won Average ...... 284 (46x162) six of their last eight. Avg. w/RISP ...... 350 (14x40) Runs Per Game ...... 4.8 (24) Home Runs ...... 6 INSIDE THE SERIES: The Giants have lost each of their last fi ve series against the Stolen Bases...... 0 Diamondbacks dating back to last season...a win today and SF would earn their ERA ...... 1.20 (6er, 45.0ip) fi rst series win over Arizona since taking two of three Aug. 4 6, 2017. Starters W L ...... 3 1 Starters ERA ...... 1.55 (5er, 29.0ip) TODAY'S GAME ON FACEBOOK: Today's Giants Diamondbacks game will stream Relievers W L ...... 1 0 Relievers ERA ...... 0.56 (1er, 16.0ip) live on Facebook Watch...the broadcast crew for today's game will be Rich Waltz Saves/Chances ...... 1/1 (pxp); Mike Krukow, Eric Byrnes (analysts); Ashley Adamson (in game reporter). GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2018 ON THE MOUND: RHP Chris Stratton enters today's outing having won his last Overall ...... 30 31 four starts, blanking the Phillies over 6.0 innings in his most recent outing Friday... Home ...... 18 11 he had his best curveball of the season in that start against the Phillies as they Road ...... 12 20 Day ...... 11 10 were 1 for 9 with fi ve strikeouts in at bats ending with one (Baseball Info Solutions). Night ...... 19 21 Stratton is 1 1 with a 2.63 ERA (7er, 24.0ip) in four career starts against Arizona. Current Streak ...... L1 Last 5 Games ...... 4 1 Last 10 Games...... 6 4 STARTING STRONG: No Giants starter has given up more than two runs in any of March ...... 2 1 the club's last fi ve games, during which the Giants have outscored the opposition April ...... 13 13 May ...... 11 16 24 7. June ...... 4 1 Vs. LHSP ...... 13 10 STAT OF THE DAY: The Giants rank second in MLB in HIGHEST LINE DRIVE PCT. MLB Vs. RHSP ...... 17 21 line drive percentage (23%)...they have two players in the Series Opener...... 11 9 Name Pct. Series Opener at Home ...... 7 3 top fi ve: Brandon Belt (31%) and Brandon Crawford Joey Votto 34% Series Opener on Road ...... 4 6 (30%) (Baseball Info Solutions). Freddie Freeman 32% By Series ...... 7 8 4 Brandon Belt 31% By Home Series ...... 5 1 3 Nicholas Castellanos 31% By Road Series ...... 2 7 1 ON DECK: Following this series against Arizona the Brandon Crawford 30% Rubber Games ...... 2 3 Sweeps/Were Swept ...... 2 2 Giants will embark on their fourth consecutive three Chart courtesy of Fangraphs Scored First ...... 18 9 city road trip with stops in Washington, Miami and Los Opponent Scored First ...... 12 22 Angeles NL...beginning Friday, the Giants will play 17 straight games, matching 1 run games ...... 8 9 1 or 2 run games ...... 15 13 their longest stretch of the season without an off day. Comeback Wins ...... 16 11 Last AB Wins...... 5 6 FIVE IS THE KEY: The Diamondbacks are 19 0 when scoring at least fi ve runs this Walkoff Wins...... 3 1 Extra Innings ...... 2 3 season...they're the only unbeaten team in MLB...the Giants are 20 3 (Baseball Led After 6 ...... 27 2 Info Solutions). Led After 7 ...... 26 1 Led After 8 ...... 27 0 Tied After 6 ...... 1 3 ON THE SHORES OF McCOVEY COVE: The Giants have won six of their last seven Tied After 7 ...... 3 3 home games and 12 of their last 17...San Francisco has lost just one home series Tied After 8 ...... 2 4 Behind After 6 ...... 2 26 this season and that came against the D Backs, April 9 11. Behind After 7 ...... 1 27 Behind After 8 ...... 1 27 CRAWFORD SINCE MAY 1: Beginning May 1, Crawford has hit safely in all but four Division Games ...... 15 17 Vs. Other Divisions ...... 15 14 of his last 32 games, batting a MLB best .424 (50 for 118) with 12 doubles, fi ve Vs. A.L. Teams ...... 3 4 homers and 23 RBI...he's raised his batting average by 133 points from .189 to his Vs. N.L. Teams ...... 27 27 Vs. A.L. West ...... 3 4 current .322 mark, which ranks as the sixth best in the National League. Vs. N.L. East ...... 8 5 Vs. N.L. Central ...... 4 5 SCORE AT LEAST FOUR: The Giants are 27 6 (.818) this season when they score Vs. N.L. West ...... 15 17 Hit 0 HR ...... 8 15 four or more runs in a game...over their last 33 games, the Giants are 16 3 when Hit 1+ HR ...... 22 16 scoring four or more runs compared to 1 14 otherwise. Hit 2+ HR ...... 12 6 Scored 3 or Fewer Runs...... 3 25 Scored 4 or More Runs ...... 27 6 IN THE BULLPEN: Giants relievers the last six games have combined to allow two Scored 5 or More Runs ...... 20 3 runs (one earned) on 10 hits, four walks and 25 strikeouts in 20.0 innings pitched Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs ...... 19 6 Allowed 4 or More Runs ...... 11 25 (0.45 ERA). Allowed 5 or More Runs ...... 4 22 More Hits than Opponent ...... 25 8 Fewer Hits than Opponent ...... 2 22 This Date in Giants History: June 6, 2011 Committed No Errors ...... 16 17 Committed 1 or More Errors ...... 14 14 Tim Lincecum struck out his 1,000th batter in the Majors to become the eighth Starter Goes at least 5 inn ...... 25 18 Starter Goes at least 6 inn ...... 14 11 pitcher since 1900 to do so within his fi rst fi ve seasons. Starter Goes at least 7 inn ...... 5 2
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#34 RHP Chris Stratton STRATTON'S 2018 DAY BY DAY 6 2, 211, 27 years old (August 22, 1990) DATE OPP DEC SC IP H R ER BB SO HR #P EXIT 7 3 Record, 4.50 ERA 4/1 @LAD L L, 0 9 5.1 5 3 3 0 4 0 88 0 2 4/7 LAD ND W, 7 5 5.0 4 3 2 4 3 0 88 3 2 The 27 year old right hander is making his 13th start 4/12 @SD W W, 7 0 7.0 1 0 0 3 4 0 101 7 0 4/18 @ARI ND W, 4 3(10) 7.0 5 1 1 0 8 0 99 2 1 of the season...the Giants are 9 3 in his outings this 4/23 WAS W W, 4 2 6.2 4 2 2 3 5 0 109 4 2 year, going 5 1 at home and 4 2 on the road. 4/28 LAD L L, 6 15 1.1 6 6 6 4 3 1 63 2 6 5/4 @ATL W W, 9 4 6.0 6 3 3 2 6 2 99 6 3 His seven wins are tied with Philadelphia's Aaron 5/9 @PHI L L, 3 11 4.2 5 5 5 4 7 1 96 0 5 Nola, Atlanta's Sean Newcomb and St. Louis' Michael 5/14 CIN W W, 10 7 5.0 9 4 4 2 1 2 87 6 3 Wacha for the second most in the NL (WSH's Max 5/19 COL W W, 9 4 5.0 8 4 3 2 1 0 80 7 4 5/26 @CHC W W, 5 4 5.0 4 3 3 3 6 2 88 4 3 Scherzer has 10). 6/1 PHI W W, 4 0 6.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 95 4 0 Totals (12) 7 3 4.50 64.0 61 34 32 28 55 8 Enters today's start on a four game personal winning streak, going 4 0 with a 4.29 ERA (10er, 21.0ip) in his STRATTON VS. ARIZONA last four outings...this is the longest winning streak W L GS INN H ER ERA of his career. 2018 0 0 1 7.0 5 1 1.29 Career 1 1 4 24.0 19 7 2.63 The Giants tend to perform better when Stratton starts, as they are 9 3 (.700) with him on the hill this CAREER STARTS VS. ARIZONA DATE H/R DEC SC IP H R ER BB SO HR #P EXIT year...the only Giants starter with a higher team win 8/5/17 H W, 5 4 5.0 5 3 2 4 4 0 95 0 3 ning pct. in his starts is Johnny Cueto (.800, 4 1). 8/27/17 R L L, 0 11 6.0 4 2 2 5 10 1 106 0 2 9/17/17 H W W, 7 2 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 1 94 2 5 Last pitched Friday versus Philadelphia and twirled 4/18/18 R W, 4 3 7.0 5 1 1 0 8 0 99 2 0 6.0 shutout innings with four hits allowed and seven Totals (4 starts) 1 1 2.63 24.0 19 8 7 10 26 2 strikeouts in the Giants' 4 0 victory...marked his sec ond start this season of 6.0 or more innings and no STRATTON'S SINGLE GAME HIGHS, BESTS AND STREAKS runs allowed. 2018 Highs Career Highs 7.0 (2x), last: 4/18 at ARI IP 7.0 (2x), last: 4/18/18 at ARI 9, 5/14/18 vs. CIN H 8, 9/4/17 at COL Stratton has a run support average of 6.47 this sea 6, 4/28 (G1) vs. LAD R 6, 4/28/18 (G1) vs. LAD son compared to 4.65 by all other Giants pitchers. 6, 4/28 (G1) vs. LAD ER 6, 4/28/18 (G1) vs. LAD 4 (3x), last: 5/9 at PHI BB 5 (2x), last: 8/27/17 at ARI Faces the Diamondbacks for the fi fth time in his ca 8, 4/18 at ARI SO 10 (2x), last: 8/27/17 at ARI reer (second time in 2018)...is 1 1 with a 2.63 ERA 2 (3x), last: 5/26 at CHC HR 2 (3x), last: 5/26/18 at CHC CG (7er, 24.0ip) in four starts, with the Giants going 3 1 Low Hit CG in those games...has allowed three runs or fewer in SHO all four outings...limited Arizona to one run on fi ve 4, 5/14 present Win Streak 4, last: 5/14/18 present hits in 7.0 innings the last time he faced them April 1 (3x), last: 5/9 Loss Streak 2, 4/29/17 7/6/17 18 at Chase Field, a 4 3 Giants win. STRATTON AT THE PLATE Has allowed eight home runs in his last seven starts AVG. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB I SO (33.0ip) after not allowing a homer in his fi rst fi ve 2018 .091 22 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 14 Career .108 37 1 4 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 17 starts this season (31.0ip). Last Home Run: None