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 Visalia Rawhide (83-53) @ San Jose Giants (66-73) RHP Justin Vernia (8-3, 3.65) vs. RHP Aaron Phillips (8-7, 4.62) North Division Series Game #1 Wednesday, September 4 Excite Ballpark 7:00 PM NORTH DIVISION SERIES UPCOMING SCHEDULE (best-of-five) Game Date Location Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher 2 Thursday, September 5 at San Jose 7:00 PM RHP Matt Frisbee (9-8, 3.17) LHP Bryan Valdez (2-5, 4.82) 3 Friday, September 6 at Visalia 7:00 PM RHP Jose Marte (3-9, 5.59) RHP Shumpei Yoshikawa (5-7, 3.75) 4 Saturday, September 7 at Visalia 7:00 PM RHP Casey Meisner (4-3, 4.17) RHP Ryan Weiss (1-2, 5.97) 5 Sunday, September 8 at Visalia 6:00 PM RHP Tristan Beck (3-2, 2.27) RHP Justin Lewis (3-2, 3.53) Tonight’s Game: The San Jose Giants play Game 1 of the best-of-five North Division Series against GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS the Visalia Rawhide (Diamondbacks affiliate) this evening at Excite Ballpark. Aaron Phillips (8-7, 4.62 O verall 66-73 ERA) is slated to make the start on the mound. Home 34-35 Road 32-38 North Division Series Schedule: The Giants host Game 1 tonight and Game 2 tomorrow of the vs. North 41-48 North Division Series. The series then shifts to Visalia for the remainder of the games. Game 3 is set vs. South 25-25 for Friday night at Recreation Park. The Rawhide will also host Game 4 on Saturday and Game 5 on vs. Visalia 11-17 Sunday, if necessary. The winner of the North Division Series will play the winner of the Rancho Cucamonga-Lake Elsinore South Division Series in the best-of-five California League Championship First Half 30-39 Second Half 36-34 Series beginning on Tuesday, September 10. Longest W Streak 8 The Giants: San Jose finished the regular season with 10 wins in their final 12 games. The Giants Longest L Streak 6 clinched the North Division wild card berth on the final day of the regular season last Monday. San Jose finished the second half with a 36-34 record – their first winning half since the first half of the 2019 Home Attendance 155,253 2016 season (39-31). 2019 Average 2,317 Team Awards: The Giants announced their team awards throughout the final homestand of the regular season. Award winners included: Heliot Ramos (Team MVP and Offensive Player of the CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Year), Matt Frisbee (Pitcher of the Year), David Villar (Defensive Player of the Year), Olbis Parra (Relief Pitcher of the Year) and John Gavin (Good Guy Award). OVERALL STANDINGS Championship History: The Giants are in the playoffs for the first time since the 2016 season (lost North Division W-L PCT GB in North Mini-Series to Bakersfield). Prior to the two-year postseason drought from 2017-18, San Visalia 83-53 .610 - Jose reached the playoffs 12 times in 13 years from 2004-2016. Over their 32-year history, the San San Jose 66-73 .475 18.5 Jose Giants have won six championships (1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010) and 11 division titles Modesto 65-75 .464 20.0 Stockton 60-78 .435 24.0 (most recent: 2015). South Division W-L PCT GB Hawkins’ Power Surge: Courtney Hawkins finished the regular season on a remarkable power R. Cucamonga 81-57 .587 - surge at the plate. Hawkins smacked seven home runs to go with 16 RBI’s over his final nine games Lake Elsinore 73-65 .529 8.0 of the regular season. He matched a San Jose Giants single-game record when he homered three Lancaster 68-70 .493 13.0 times on August 25 at Stockton. Hawkins hit 11 home runs during the month of August (28 games). Inland Empire 57-82 .410 24.5 His 21 home runs this season (in 88 games played) led the team and ranked tied for fourth in the California League. Hawkins became the first Giants player to hit at least 20 homers in a season since Today’s Games Brian Ragira in 2014 (20 HR). NORTH DIVISION SERIES Visalia at San Jose, 7:00 (Series tied 0-0) Versus The Rawhide: The Giants posted an 11-17 record against Visalia this season. San Jose went 7-8 versus the Rawhide at Excite Ballpark and 4-9 at Recreation Park. In their most recent SOUTH DIVISION SERIES meeting (August 27-29), the Giants swept a three-game set from Visalia. It marked the only time this R. Cucamonga at Lake Elsinore, 6:00 season that the Rawhide were swept in a series. San Jose was 7-5 against Visalia in the second half. (Series tied 0-0) Sub-.500 Champions: The Giants (66-73) are looking to join the 2013 Inland Empire 66ers (69-71) and 2011 Lake Elsinore Storm (69-71) as sub-.500 California League champions this decade. 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. The Giants were 41-54 and 5 1/2 games back in Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo) the wild card race when Borg took over as manager. San Jose then went 25-19 for the remainder of 92.9 FM at Excite Ballpark the season under Borg to win the wild card by 1 1/2 games. Borg had been serving as the Video: MiLB.TV fundamentals coach for the Giants’ Dominican Summer League team this season prior to his appointment in San Jose. Last year, Borg was the manager for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Giants Short-Season affiliate). CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 TODAY’S SAN JOSE GIANTS STARTER RHP Aaron Phillips Born: October 11, 1996 Overall: 25 G, 21 GS, 8-7, 4.62 ERA Age: 22 Born: Rochester, NY Home: 14 G, 11 GS, 4-6, 5.12 ERA Resides: Buffalo, NY Road: 11 G, 10 GS, 4-1, 4.01 ERA Throws: Right Acquired: 9th Round, 2017 First Half: 13 G, 11 GS, 4-5, 4.95 ERA College: St. Bonaventure University Second Half: 12 G, 10 GS, 4-2, 4.30 ERA Tonight’s Start: 22-year old right-hander is slated to make the start in Game 1 of the SEASON/CAREER HIGHS North Division Series against Visalia. 2019 Season: Finished the regular season with an 8-7 record and a 4.62 ERA over 25 2019 Career appearances (21 starts) for San Jose … Ranked second on the Giants staff in wins, innings pitched (115) and strikeouts (101) … 21 starts led the team … Allowed two runs IP: 9.0 (8/18 vs. IE) 9.0 (8/18/19 w/San Jose) or fewer in 11 of his 21 starts. R: 5 (x5) 8 (6/24/18 w/Augusta) California League All-Star: Was named a midseason California League All-Star. ER: 5 (x3) 8 (6/24/18 w/Augusta) H: 9 (x2) 9 (x2 w/San Jose) Versus The Rawhide: Was 2-2 with a 5.54 ERA in six appearances (four starts) against Visalia this season … Faced the Rawhide in his final start of the regular season (August BB: 4 (x2) 4 (x2 w/San Jose) 29 at Excite Ballpark) … Pitched 3 1/3 innings with five runs (all earned) and six hits K: 9 (4/29 at IE) 11 (8/31/18 w/Augusta) allowed … Was his shortest start since June 29. HR: 2 (x2) 3 (5/3/18 w/Augusta) One-Hit Shutout: Tossed a one-hit shutout on August 18 against Inland Empire at Excite Ballpark … Retired 27 of 28 batters faced … Only baserunner was a Gleyvin Pineda leadoff single in the top of the sixth (retired first 15 batters & final 12 hitters) … Walked none and struck out eight … Giants won the game 4-0 … Was the first nine-inning 2019 DAY-BY-DAY shutout thrown by a San Jose pitcher since Eric Surkamp on May 16, 2010 (vs. (SAN JOSE only) Bakersfield). DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Pitcher Of The Week x2: Was named California League Pitcher of the Week twice this 4/8 at Stk. ND * 2.0 2 1 1 3 3 4.50 season … Won the award on August 19 after going 2-0 with a 0.61 ERA in two starts the 4/13 Vis. L * 5.0 5 3 3 2 5 5.14 previous week … Also won after tossing six scoreless innings with one hit allowed in his 4/18 at RC L * 3.0 5 4 4 4 4 7.20 May 29 start against Lancaster. 4/24 Mod. L * 1.0 6 4 4 0 1 9.82 4/29 at IE ND * 6.0 3 1 1 1 9 6.88 5/4 RC L * 4.2 7 5 5 2 2 7.48 Inside-The-Numbers: Posted a 6.88 ERA in five April starts … Fashioned a 4.22 ERA 5/11 at LE W * 6.0 3 0 0 2 4 5.86 for the remainder of the season. 5/16 IE ND * 5.0 2 2 2 2 3 5.51 5/23 at Mod. W * 5.0 5 1 1 2 1 5.02 5/29 Lan.