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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 San Jose Giants (55-65) @ Visalia Rawhide (74-43) RHP Matt Frisbee (8-7, 3.36) vs. RHP Justin Vernia (5-2, 3.87) Game #121 / Road Game #62 Wednesday, August 14 Recreation Park 7:00 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Thursday, August 15 at Visalia 7:00 PM RHP Johnny Cueto (ML Rehab) TBA Tonight’s Game: The San Jose Giants play game two of a three-game series against the Visalia GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS Rawhide (Diamondbacks affiliate) this evening at Recreation Park. Matt Frisbee (8-7, 3.36 ERA) is O verall 55-65 slated to make the start on the mound. The Giants posted an 11-3 victory over the Rawhide in the Home 28-31 series opener last night. Road 27-34 vs. North 31-42 The Giants: San Jose enters tonight’s contest having lost eight of their last 12 games after winning vs. South 24-23 10 of 12. vs. Visalia 8-15 Playoff Race: The Giants (55-65) are currently a half-game behind Stockton (55-64) in the race for First Half 30-39 Second Half 25-26 the second-best overall record in the North Division. Including tonight, San Jose has 19 games remaining in the regular season. If Visalia wins the second half (currently lead division by five games), Current Streak Won 1 the team with the second-best overall record in the North Division will qualify for the playoffs. Within Longest W Streak 6 the division, the Giants have eight games left versus Stockton, five against Visalia and three versus Longest L Streak 6 Modesto. San Jose last reached the playoffs in 2016. Last 5 Games 3-2 Last 10 Games 4-6 Scoreless Inning Streak: Matt Frisbee enters his start tonight on a 24-inning scoreless streak. It’s the longest streak by a Giants pitcher this season. The streak spans Frisbee’s last four starts (last 2019 Home Attendance 131,339 2019 Average 2,304 gave up a run on July 21 against Lancaster). The three longest scoreless inning streaks in San Jose Giants history (1988-2019): 1. Rick Huisman 36 innings (1991), 2. Ryan Vogelsong 31 innings (1999), 3. Jeff Clark 29 innings (2002). CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Versus The Rawhide: Tonight marks the 24th meeting of the season between the Giants and the Rawhide. San Jose is only 8-15 against Visalia this year, but has won three of the last four meetings SECOND HALF STANDINGS between the teams. 11 of the 15 losses have come by one or two runs. A victory tonight or tomorrow would give the Giants two straight series wins at Recreation Park (won just one of their previous 23 North Division W-L PCT GB regular season series’ in Visalia). Visalia * 30-21 .588 - Modesto 25-26 .490 5.0 San Jose 25-26 .490 5.0 Dazzling Debut: Outfielder Diego Rincones went 3-for-5 with three singles and an RBI last night in Stockton 22-29 .431 8.0 his California League debut. Rincones, the youngest player on San Jose’s roster (20 years old), joined the club on Monday from the Class-A Augusta GreenJackets. Rincones was leading the South Division W-L PCT GB GreenJackets in batting average (.295), hits (118) and doubles (25) this season. He also hit five R. Cucamonga * 28-23 .549 - home runs and collected 57 RBI’s in 105 games for Augusta. Lancaster 27-24 .529 1.0 Lake Elsinore 26-25 .510 2.0 Inland Empire 21-30 .412 7.0 Cueto Rehab Start Tomorrow: San Francisco Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto is scheduled to make a rehab start for San Jose in tomorrow’s series finale at Visalia. Cueto, who is returning from Tommy * First half winner John surgery, joins the SJ Giants after making two rehab starts in the Arizona Rookie League (4 IP, 2 Today’s Games H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 SO). A two-time All-Star, Cueto has 125 career wins to go with a 3.33 ERA over 11 San Jose at Visalia, 7:00 major league seasons (Reds 2008-15, Royals 2015, Giants 2016-18). He last appeared in a major Lake Elsinore at Lancaster, 6:35 league game on July 28, 2018. Modesto at R. Cucamonga, 7:05 Inland Empire at Stockton, 7:10 Fabian Hit Streak At Eight Games: Sandro Fabian is currently riding an eight-game hitting streak. Fabian is batting at a .333 clip (12-for-36) during the hit streak with one home run and seven RBI’s. 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 14-11 since Borg took over as manager. 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 Matt Frisbee Born: November 18, 1996 Overall: 18 G, 17 GS, 8-7, 3.36 ERA Age: 22 Born: Candler, NC Home: 9 G, 9 GS, 4-4, 3.74 ERA Resides: Candler, NC Road: 9 G, 8 GS, 4-3, 3.02 ERA Throws: Right Acquired: 15th Round, 2018 First Half: 8 G, 8 GS, 2-5, 4.01 ERA College: UNC Greensboro Second Half: 10 G, 9 GS, 6-2, 2.85 ERA Tonight’s Start: 22-year old right-hander is slated to make his 18th start and 19th overall SEASON/CAREER HIGHS appearance of the season with San Jose in tonight’s game at Visalia. San Jose Notes: Is 8-7 with a 3.36 ERA for San Jose … Has 107 strikeouts and only 18 2019 Career walks in 96 1/3 innings pitched … Eight wins leads the team … Has a .232 opponents batting average (.209 vs. right, .272 vs. left) … Has not walked more than two batters in IP: 8.0 (5/26 at Vis.) 8.0 (5/26/19 w/San Jose) any start. R: 9 (5/26 at Vis.) 9 (5/26/19 w/San Jose) Scoreless Inning Streak: Enters tonight on a 24-inning scoreless streak (longest by a ER: 5 (5/3 vs. RC) 5 (5/3/19 w/San Jose) Giants pitcher this season) … Hasn’t given up a run since his July 21 start versus H: 10 (5/26 at Vis.) 10 (5/26/19 w/San Jose) Lancaster (second-inning solo HR by Taylor Snyder). BB: 3 (4/17 vs. Gbo.) 3 (4/17/19 w/Augusta) Cal League Ranks: Is third in the California League in ERA (3.36), tied for sixth in wins K: 11 (8/7 at LE) 11 (8/7/19 w/San Jose) (8), 12th in strikeouts (107) … 1.07 WHIP is lowest in the league among qualified pitchers. HR: 2 (x3) 2 (x3 w/SJ & Augusta) Trending Up: Is 3-0 with a 0.35 ERA over his last four starts … Has pitched 26 innings with only one run allowed (18 H, 5 BB, 26 SO). Last Time Out: Faced Lake Elsinore in his most recent start on August 7 at The Diamond 2019 DAY-BY-DAY … Struck out a career-high 11 batters over seven scoreless innings … Worked around six (SAN JOSE only) hits (all singles) and two walks … Threw 101 pitches … Picked-up the win (Giants won game 2-0). DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA 4/28 Stk. L * 4.0 5 3 3 0 5 6.75 Strikeouts: Has had three starts with double-digit strikeout totals (11 SO – August 7 at 5/3 RC L * 3.0 6 5 5 1 3 10.29 Lake Elsinore, 10 SO – May 26 at Visalia, 10 SO – May 31 at Lake Elsinore). 5/9 at Mod. W * 6.0 1 0 0 0 5 5.54 5/14 IE W * 6.0 3 0 0 1 8 3.79 5/21 at Mod. ND * 5.2 4 2 2 2 5 3.65 Pitcher Of The Week X2: Has twice been named California League Pitcher of the Week 5/26 at Vis. L * 8.0 10 9 3 0 10 3.58 this season … Won the award on May 13 after tossing six scoreless innings with one hit 5/31 at LE L * 5.0 4 4 4 1 10 4.06 allowed on May 9 at Modesto (retired 18 of 19 batters) … Won the award a second time on 6/6 Mod. L * 5.0 5 2 2 0 9 4.01 Monday this week. 6/20 at Stk. L * 4.0 4 4 4 2 5 4.44 6/25 Mod. W * 5.0 7 4 4 2 2 4.70 6/30 Stk. W * 7.0 3 0 0 1 6 4.14 Early-Season Promotion: Began the year with the Class-A Augusta GreenJackets before 7/5 Vis.