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SAN JOSE GIANTS 2018 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 (16-11) @ San Jose Giants (16-11) RHP Emilio Vargas (1-0, 1.54) vs. LHP Conner Menez (2-0, 0.45) Game #28 / Home Game #15 Thursday, May 3, 2018 Municipal Stadium 12:30 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Friday, May 4 at Lancaster 6:35 PM LHP Mac Marshall (0-0, 0.00) RHP Brandon Gold (3-1, 5.34) Saturday, May 5 at Lancaster 6:05 PM RHP Raffi Vizcaino (1-2, 4.66) RHP Trey Killian (0-2, 9.90) Sunday, May 6 at Lancaster 2:05 PM RHP Melvin Adon (0-2, 3.98) RHP Rico Garcia (3-2, 3.09) Giants Conclude Series Against Visalia… The San Jose Giants conclude their four-game series against GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS the Visalia Rawhide this afternoon at Municipal Stadium. The Giants have won two out of the first three O verall 16-11 games in the series claiming victories of 13-6 on Monday and 4-1 yesterday. The Rawhide posted a 2-1 win Home 10-4 on Tuesday. Conner Menez (2-0, 0.45 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for San Jose today. This Road 6-7 afternoon is the seventh of 29 meetings this year between the Giants and Rawhide (season series tied 3-3). vs. Visalia 3-3 Home Cooking… The Giants are 10-4 at Municipal Stadium this season – the best home record in the First Half 16-11 California League. Five of the ten wins for San Jose have come in walk-off fashion. The Giants trailed Second Half 0-0 entering the bottom of the ninth inning in four out of their five eventual walk-off wins. San Jose has yet to lose a series at home this season. The Giants won only 10 home games the entire first half last year (10-25 Current Streak Won 1 record). Longest W Streak 4 Longest L Streak 3 On The Mound… The Giants enter today’s contest with a league-best 3.13 team ERA. San Jose is also tops Last 5 Games 3-2 in the league in shutouts (4 – tied) and fewest home runs allowed (9). Giants starting pitchers own a 3.10 Last 10 Games 6-4 ERA while San Jose relievers possess a combined 3.16 ERA. 2018 Home Attendance 26,275 Hitting Streaks… Matt Winn and Johneshwy Fargas are currently riding nine-game hitting streaks. Winn is 2018 Average 1,877 batting at a .333 clip (11-for-33) during his hit streak with three doubles, two triples and one home run. Fargas boasts a .469 batting average (15-for-32) during his hit streak with two doubles and two home runs. Winn and Fargas own the longest hit streaks of the season for the Giants. CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Close Calls… San Jose has played 10 one-run games this season (out of 27 total games). The Giants are 6- FIRST HALF STANDINGS 4 in those one-run contests. San Jose is also a perfect 4-0 in extra-inning games this year. North Division W-L PCT GB On Deck… The Giants next embark on a six-game road trip to Lancaster (three games) and Modesto (three Stockton 17-10 .630 - games). San Jose returns to Municipal Stadium on Friday, May 11 for a seven-game homestand versus the San Jose 16-11 .593 1.0 same two teams. Visalia 16-11 .593 1.0 Modesto 11-16 .407 6.0 Winning April… The Giants’ 15-10 record in April was their best opening month of the season since the club went 18-7 during April of 2013. San Jose finished with a sub-.500 April record in four straight years from South Division W-L PCT GB 2014-17. Lancaster 14-13 .519 - Inland Empire 12-15 .444 2.0 R. Cucamonga 12-15 .444 2.0 Cycle x2… April 11 was an historic night for the San Jose Giants as both Gio Brusa and Jalen Miller hit for Lake Elsinore 10-17 .370 4.0 the cycle in an 18-6 victory at Lancaster. Brusa (4-for-6, 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI) completed his cycle with a triple in the top of the eighth. Miller (5-for-7, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, SB), who tied a Giants single-game team record with five hits, tripled in the ninth inning for San Jose’s second cycle of the night. The duo became the fourth and fifth players in the 31-year history of the San Jose Giants to hit for the cycle. Prior to Brusa and Miller, Today’s Games the last SJ Giant to hit for the cycle was Thomas Neal on April 28, 2009 at Lancaster. Visalia at San Jose, 12:30 Lancaster at Stockton, 11:10 Lake Elsinore at Inland Empire, 7:05 Homegrown Giants… There are 11 former San Jose Giants currently on San Francisco’s active 25-man Modesto at R. Cucamonga, 7:05 roster: Brandon Belt, Ty Blach, Brandon Crawford, Reyes Moronta, Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval, D.J. Snelten, Chris Stratton, Hunter Strickland, Andrew Suarez and Kelby Tomlinson. Three former SJ Giants – Snelten, Suarez and Tyler Beede – have made their major league debuts with SF this season. BROADCAST UPCOMING SAN JOSE GIANTS PROMOTIONS Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo) Today Craft Beer Thursday 92.9 FM at Municipal Stadium 5/11 San Jose Water Awareness Night … Postgame Fireworks presented by San Jose Water … San Jose Video: MiLB.TV Water Toy Truck Giveaway … KRTY Family Friday 5/12 Star Wars Night … Star Wars Jersey Auction … Star Wars Night Light Sword Giveaway … Martinelli’s Apple Juice Kids Run the Bases … MIX 106 Saturday in the Park CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 TODAY’S SAN JOSE GIANTS STARTER LHP Conner Menez Born: May 29, 1995 Overall: 4 GS, 2-0, 0.45 ERA Age: 22 Born: Hollister, CA Home: 1 GS, 1-0, 1.80 ERA Resides: Hollister, CA Road: 3 GS, 1-0, 0.00 ERA Throws: Left Acquired: 14th Round, 2016 First Half: 4 GS, 2-0, 0.45 ERA College: The Master’s University Second Half: 0 GS, 0-0, --- ERA * Is in his third professional season … Selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 14th round SEASON/CAREER HIGHS of the 2016 draft. * Today marks his fifth start of the season with the Giants … Has pitched 20 innings and 2018 Career allowed only one run (0.45 ERA) … Has surrendered just 12 hits, walked six and struck out 27 … Owns a .171 opponents batting average. IP: 5.0 (x4) 8.0 (6/30/17 w/San Jose) R: 4 (4/12 vs. Reno) 7 (6/17/17 w/San Jose) * Last two starts have come against Modesto … Tossed five scoreless innings in his most recent outing on April 28 at John Thurman Field … Allowed five hits, walked one and struck ER: 4 (4/12 vs. Reno) 7 (6/17/17 w/San Jose) out five … Received a no-decision (left game with 2-0 lead, Giants eventually lost 9-4) … H: 5 (x2) 9 (x2 w/San Jose) Picked-up the win against the Nuts on April 22 at Municipal Stadium after pitching five innings with one run surrendered. BB: 4 (4/12 vs. Reno) 5 (5/28/17 w/San Jose) K: 8 (4/17 at Vis.) 10 (4/27/17 w/San Jose) * Has pitched five innings in each of his first four starts with the Giants … Has struck out at least seven in three out of four starts. HR: 0 1 (x9 w/San Jose) * Has limited left-handed hitters to a .120 batting average (right-handed hitters at .200). * Made a spot-start for Sacramento (AAA) on April 12 against Reno … Pitched four innings 2018 DAY-BY-DAY and allowed four runs (all earned) … Suffered the loss. (SAN JOSE only) * Spent the entire 2017 season in the San Jose starting rotation … Was 7-7 with a 4.41 ERA in DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA 23 games (22 starts) … Was named to the midseason California League All-Star team. 4/7 at IE W * 5.0 3 0 0 0 7 0.00 4/17 at Vis. ND * 5.0 1 0 0 3 8 0.00 * Led last year’s Giants staff in wins, starts, innings pitched (114 1/3) and was second in 4/22 Mod. W * 5.0 3 1 1 2 7 0.60 strikeouts (99) … Won San Jose’s Pitcher of the Year award. 4/28 at Mod. ND * 5.0 5 0 0 1 5 0.45 * Allowed two earned runs or fewer in 12 out of his 22 starts last season … Month-by-month ERA’s: April (2.78), May (3.62), June (3.99), July (7.56) and August (8.03). * Struck out a career-high 10 batters over six innings on April 27, 2017 at Rancho Cucamonga. * Also pitched for San Jose in 2016 … Was 2-0 with a 4.94 ERA in six games (five starts) … Was the first player from the 2016 San Francisco Giants draft class to reach the Class-A Advanced level. * Attended The Master’s University (NAIA school in Santa Clarita, CA). * Had a 2.47 ERA in 102 innings during his final season at The Master’s in 2016 … Pitched in the 2016 NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho.