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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 Stockton Ports (5-7) @ San Jose Giants (5-7) RHP Brady Feigl (1-0, 0.82) vs. LHP Caleb Baragar (0-0, 0.00) Game #13 / Home Game #6 Tuesday, April 16 Excite Ballpark 6:30 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Wednesday, April 17 vs. Stockton 12:05 PM RHP Garrett Cave (0-1, 3.24) RHP Wyatt Marks (1-1, 5.19) Thursday, April 18 at Rancho Cucamonga 7:05 PM RHP Aaron Phillips (0-1, 5.14) RHP Michael Grove (0-0, 5.79) Friday, April 19 at Rancho Cucamonga 7:05 PM RHP DJ Myers (0-0, 5.06) TBA Saturday, April 20 at Rancho Cucamonga 7:05 PM LHP John Gavin (0-1, 3.12) RHP Edwin Uceta (0-0, 2.03) Tonight’s Game: The San Jose Giants play game two of a three-game series against the Stockton GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS Ports (Oakland A’s affiliate) this evening at Excite Ballpark. Caleb Baragar (0-0, 0.00 ERA) is slated O verall 5-7 to make the start on the mound for the Giants tonight. Home 1-4 Road 4-3 Four Straight Losses: The Giants enter tonight’s contest having lost a season-high four games in a vs. North 5-7 row. San Jose has scored a total of only five runs during their current four-game skid (.147 team vs. South 0-0 AVG, 2-for-19 with runners in scoring position). The Giants have scored one run in their last 22 vs. Stockton 3-1 innings (Heliot Ramos solo homer in the bottom of the sixth last night). First Half 5-7 Second Half 0-0 Streaky Team: The Giants followed a season-high four-game winning streak (April 8-11) with their current four-game slide (April 12-15). Current Streak Lost 4 Longest W Streak 4 Ramos’ Power Surge: Outfielder Heliot Ramos went deep again last night and has now hit four Longest L Streak 4 home runs over his last seven games. His four homers overall this season are tied for the California Last 5 Games 1-4 League lead. Ramos is also fourth in the league in slugging (.595), sixth in OPS (.982), tied for sixth Last 10 Games 4-6 in RBI’s (8) and tied for second in walks (10). Ramos is currently ranked the #2 prospect in the San 2019 Home Attendance 11,852 Francisco organization by MLB.com and is the youngest player on San Jose’s roster (19). 2019 Average 2,370 On The Mound: San Jose is third in the California League in team ERA (3.06) and second in opponents batting average (.213). Giants hurlers are averaging 10.7 strikeouts per game – fourth in the league. San Jose has allowed three runs or fewer in seven out of their 12 games. CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Versus The Ports: The Giants swept a three-game series in Stockton last week (April 8-10) in the FIRST HALF STANDINGS only previous meeting between the teams this season. San Jose outscored the Ports by a 20-7 margin and hit six home runs during the series. It marked the Giants’ first series sweep since July 31- North Division W-L PCT GB Visalia 7-4 .636 - August, 2017. Tonight is the fifth of 30 meetings this season between San Jose and Stockton. Modesto 5-6 .455 2.0 San Jose 5-7 .417 2.5 Score Four: The Giants are 5-0 this season when scoring four runs or more (0-7 when scoring fewer Stockton 5-7 .417 2.5 than four runs). South Division W-L PCT GB Climbing The Charts: Gio Brusa hit his 37th career home run with the San Jose Giants in Saturday’s Lake Elsinore 8-4 .667 - game to move into sole possession of fourth place on the club’s all-time home run list. Benji Simonton Lancaster 6-6 .500 2.0 R. Cucamonga 6-6 .500 2.0 is third with 38 career homers. Brusa had been tied with Travis Ishikawa and Angel Villalona. Brusa Inland Empire 5-7 .417 3.0 hit 17 homers with San Jose in 2017 and 19 last season. Excite Ballpark: The San Jose Giants have announced a three-year naming rights agreement with Today’s Games newly re-branded Excite Credit Union. Fans will now walk through the gates of Excite Ballpark, Home Stockton at San Jose, 6:30 Visalia at Modesto, 5:00 (DH) of the San Jose Giants. The naming rights deal highlights an expanded partnership between the two R. Cucamonga at Lake Elsinore, 6:00 organizations. The 77-year old ballpark is now outfitted with new Excite Credit Union and Excite Inland Empire at Lancaster, 6:35 Ballpark signage all throughout the venue while the organizations are also partnering to enhance the fan experience with new promotions and community outreach programs. BROADCAST UPCOMING SAN JOSE GIANTS PROMOTIONS Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo, Justin Allegri) 4/16 Tasty Tuesday 92.9 FM at Excite Ballpark 4/17 Education Day We Care Wednesday Video: MiLB.TV 4/22 Discount Monday Motivation Monday CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 TODAY’S SAN JOSE GIANTS STARTER LHP Caleb Baragar Born: April 9, 1994 Overall: 2 G, 1 GS, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Age: 25 Born: Grand Rapids, MI Home: 1 G, 1 GS, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Resides: Jenison, MI Road: 1 G, 0 GS, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Throws: Left Acquired: 9th Round, 2016 First Half: 2 G, 1 GS, 0-0, 0.00 ERA College: Jackson CC & Indiana University Second Half: 0 GS, 0-0, --- ERA Tonight’s Start: 25-year old left-hander is slated to make his second start SEASON/CAREER HIGHS and third overall appearance of the season in tonight’s game against Stockton. 2019 Career No Runs Allowed: Has pitched seven scoreless innings this season IP: 4.0 (4/11 vs. Vis.) 8.0 (6/17/17 w/Augusta) spanning two previous appearances (one start) … Has allowed only three R: 0 10 (x2 w/Augusta) hits, walked three and struck out 13 … Started the Giants home opener ER: 0 8 (x2 w/Augusta) (April 11 vs. Visalia) and tossed four shutout innings with seven strikeouts … Fanned six in three hitless innings out of the bullpen on April 6 at H: 3 (4/11 vs. Vis.) 9 (x4 w/Augusta & AZL G) Visalia. BB: 2 (4/11 vs. Vis.) 5 (9/1/17 w/San Jose) K: 7 (4/11 vs. Vis.) 9 (x3 w/Augusta) Last Year: Spent the majority of the 2018 season with the Augusta HR: 0 2 (x4 w/Augusta) GreenJackets (Class-A), in addition to stints with San Jose and Sacramento (AAA) … Was 2-2 with a 4.03 ERA in 16 games (11 starts) for Augusta … Struck out 73 and walked only 13 in 67 innings … Allowed one or no runs in six out of his 11 starts … Had two stints with San Jose in 2019 DAY-BY-DAY the first half last year … Was 1-2 with a 4.76 ERA in eight games (one start) for the Giants (11 1/3 IP) … Also made two relief appearances with DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Sacramento (3 2/3 IP, 1 R). 4/6 at Vis. ND 3.0 0 0 0 1 6 0.00 4/11 Vis. ND * 4.0 3 0 0 2 7 0.00 Tough On Lefties: Limited left-handed hitters to a .188 batting average with Augusta last season (.289 vs. right) … Has yet to allow a hit to a left- handed batter this season entering tonight’s start. Pro Career: 2019 marks his fourth professional season … Spent the entire 2017 season in the Augusta starting rotation (22 GS, 5-7, 4.63 ERA) … Made one start with San Jose during the final week of the 2016 regular season … Also pitched in one postseason game out of the bullpen with the Giants in ’16 … Was selected by the San Francisco in the ninth round of the 2016 draft. College Notes: Spent two years at Jackson Community College (2013- 14) and two seasons at Indiana University (2015-16) … Had a 2.49 ERA in 15 starts with Indiana during senior season in 2016 … Threw consecutive no-hitters (12 total innings pitched) in April 2014 at Jackson CC to earn National Junior College Athletic Association Pitcher of the Week honors. CAREER PITCHING RECORD Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO AVG 2019 San Jose 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 0 3 13 .130 2018 Augusta 2 2 4.03 16 11 0 0 0 67.0 62 30 30 9 3 13 73 .254 San Jose 1 2 4.76 8 1 0 0 0 11.1 13 9 6 0 0 6 12 .260 Sacramento 0 0 2.45 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .214 2017 Augusta 5 7 4.63 22 22 0 0 0 114.2 127 75 59 8 8 35 81 .286 2016 San Jose 0 1 4.76 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 2 3 3 0 0 5 3 .105 AZL Giants 5 2 2.28 14 10 0 0 1 55.1 47 17 14 2 0 16 50 .236 Career 13 14 3.84 65 46 0 0 1 264.2 257 135 113 20 11 78 232 .259 CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 2019 SAN JOSE GIANTS MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS HIGHS AND LOWS MISCELLANEOUS RECORD TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Most Games Over .500 2 April 11 (5-3) April: 5-7 Sunday: 0-2 May: 0-0 Monday: 1-1 Most Games Under .500 2 x2, last: April 15 (5-7) June: 0-0 Tuesday: 1-0 Longest Winning Streak 4 April 8-11 July: 0-0 Wednesday: 1-0 Longest Losing Streak 4 April 12-15 August: 0-0 Thursday: 2-0 Longest Home Winning Streak 1 April 11 September: 0-0 Friday: 0-2 Longest Road Winning Streak 3 April 8-10 Saturday: 0-2 Longest Home Losing Streak 4 April 12-15 First game of series: 3-1 Longest Road Losing Streak 3 April 5-7 Last game of series: 1-2 Scoring First: 4-1 Largest Margin of Victory 9 April 8 at Stk.