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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 Modesto Nuts (39-48) @ San Jose Giants (37-49) LHP Ian McKinney (6-4, 3.52) vs. RHP Jose Marte (0-3, 5.96) Game #87 / Home Game #45 Sunday, July 7 Excite Ballpark 5:00 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Monday, July 8 vs. Modesto 7:00 PM RHP Sean Hjelle (2-4, 1.94) RHP Ljay Newsome (5-5, 3.52) Tuesday, July 9 vs. Modesto 12:30 PM RHP Casey Meisner (1-1, 3.16) RHP Logan Gilbert (5-2, 1.95) GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight’s Game: The San Jose Giants continue their homestand this evening with the opener of a three-game series against the Modesto Nuts (Mariners affiliate). Jose Marte (0-3, 5.96 ERA) is slated O verall 37-49 to make the start on the mound. Tonight marks the 20th meeting of the season between San Jose Home 21-23 and Modesto. The Giants own a 10-9 advantage in the season series. Road 16-26 vs. North 23-37 Rawhide Series Review: The Giants dropped two of three games to first-place Visalia to open the vs. South 14-12 homestand. San Jose earned a 5-3 victory on Thursday before Visalia secured wins of 4-0 on Friday vs. Modesto 10-9 and 7-5 yesterday to take the series. The Giants have lost all five of their series’ this year to the First Half 30-39 Rawhide. San Jose has lost only two home series’ since the first week of May – both to Visalia. Second Half 7-10 Blown Lead: The Giants were unable to hold a late 5-2 lead last night as Visalia scored five runs in Current Streak Lost 2 the top of the ninth for the comeback win. It marked the second time this season that San Jose lost a Longest W Streak 6 game when leading after eight innings (31-2). The previous loss came a week earlier on June 29 Longest L Streak 6 against Stockton. Last 5 Games 1-4 Last 10 Games 4-6 Hitting Woes: The Giants are batting only .217 as a team and averaging 2.2 runs per contest 2019 Home Attendance 93,847 through the first six games of July (2-4 record). San Jose has already been shutout three times this 2019 Average 2,234 month. The Giants struck out a season-high tying 18 times in last night’s loss. San Jose previously struck out 18 times in a game on July 2 at Modesto. Home Cooking: The Giants are 18-10 in their last 28 home games after beginning the season 3-13 CALIFORNIA LEAGUE at Excite Ballpark. San Jose is hitting .249 as a team at home this year compared to a .232 batting average on the road. SECOND HALF STANDINGS North Division W-L PCT GB Bart, Ramos To Play In Futures Game: Joey Bart and Heliot Ramos are scheduled to play in the Visalia * 10-7 .588 - MLB All-Star Futures Game today in Cleveland. Bart and Ramos are currently ranked the #1 and #2 Modesto 9-8 .529 1.0 prospects in the San Francisco organization respectively by MLB.com. Bart is batting .242 with six Stockton 8-9 .471 2.0 home runs, 21 RBI’s and a .747 OPS in 33 games for San Jose this season. Ramos is hitting .298 San Jose 7-10 .412 3.0 with a team-leading nine home runs, 29 RBI’s and an .879 OPS in 52 games. Both players missed significant time earlier this year due to injury (Bart 43 games, Ramos 28 games). The duo are South Division W-L PCT GB expected to rejoin the San Jose Giants on Tuesday. Lancaster 10-7 .588 - R. Cucamonga * 10-7 .588 - Lake Elsinore 9-8 .529 1.0 Starting Strong: Over the last seven games, Giants starting pitchers have fashioned a 2.68 ERA (11 Inland Empire 5-12 .294 5.0 ER/37.0 IP). * First half winner Stay Hot: Manuel Geraldo is batting .367 over his last 21 games. He’s raised his season batting Today’s Games average 59 points from .168 to .227 during the stretch. Last season, Geraldo hit .294 for Class-A Modesto at San Jose, 5:00 Augusta and led the South Atlantic League with 143 hits. R. Cucamonga at Lake Elsinore, 5:00 Lancaster at Inland Empire, 5:35 Visalia at Stockton, 6:10 Close Calls: 45 of San Jose’s 86 games (52.3%) this season have been decided by one or two runs. The Giants are 20-25 (.444) in such games this year. San Jose is 10-15 (.400) in one-run games. BROADCAST UPCOMING SAN JOSE GIANTS PROMOTIONS Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo, Justin Allegri) Tonight Greek Heritage Night Pups In The Park Kids Run the Bases 92.9 FM at Excite Ballpark 7/8 Discount Monday Motivation Monday Video: MiLB.TV 7/9 Tasty Tuesday CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 TODAY’S SAN JOSE GIANTS STARTER RHP Jose Marte Born: June 14, 1996 Overall: 7 GS, 0-3, 5.96 ERA Age: 23 Born: Santiago, DR Home: 2 GS, 0-0, 6.00 ERA Resides: Santiago, DR Road: 5 GS, 0-3, 5.94 ERA Throws: Right Acquired: International Free Agent, 2015 First Half: 4 GS, 0-1, 3.55 ERA College: None Second Half: 3 GS, 0-2, 8.31 ERA Tonight’s Start: 23-year old right-hander is slated to make his eighth start of SEASON/CAREER HIGHS the season in tonight’s game against Modesto. 2019 Career Season Notes: Is 0-3 with a 5.96 ERA in seven starts for San Jose this season … Has struck out 34 in 25 2/3 innings … Owns a .304 opponents batting IP: 5.0 (x2) 6.1 (6/3/18 w/Augusta) average (.274 vs. right, .350 vs. left) … Has pitched past the fourth inning only R: 5 (x2) 8 (8/22/17 w/Salem-Keizer) twice in seven starts. ER: 5 (x2) 7 (8/30/18 w/Augusta) IL Stint: Was on the injured list from April 10-June 6 (shoulder) … Tonight H: 8 (6/22 at Stk.) 10 (8/19/18 w/Augusta) marks his sixth start since returning from the IL. BB: 3 (x2) 5 (x2 w/Augusta & S-K) Last Time Out: Faced Modesto in his most recent start on July 2 at John K: 8 (6/13 vs. Vis.) 10 (6/3/18 w/Augusta) Thurman Field … Pitched five innings with two runs (both earned) allowed … HR: 2 (7/2 at Mod.) 2 (x2 w/SJ & Augusta) Gave up six hits, walked none and struck out four … Surrendered back-to-back homers to Jarred Kelenic and Keegan McGovern on consecutive pitches in the fourth inning … Suffered the loss (Giants lost game 7-0). 2019 DAY-BY-DAY W/RISP: Has limited the opposition to a .200 batting average with runners in scoring position this season. DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA 4/4 at Vis. ND * 3.0 1 0 0 2 3 0.00 4/9 at Stk. ND * 2.0 2 1 1 1 3 1.80 Strikeouts: Has struck out 28 batters in 20 2/3 innings since returning from the 6/7 at Stk. L * 2.2 4 3 3 3 6 4.70 injured list (five starts) … Fanned a season-high eight in five innings on June 13 6/13 Vis. ND * 5.0 3 1 1 1 8 3.55 6/22 at Stk. L * 4.0 8 5 5 1 3 5.40 against Visalia (one run allowed). 6/27 Stk. ND * 4.0 7 5 5 3 7 6.53 7/2 at Mod. L * 5.0 6 2 2 0 4 5.96 Opening Night Starter: Was the Giants’ opening night starter (April 4 at Visalia). Prospect Ranking: Currently rated the #26 prospect in the San Francisco Giants organization according to MLB.com. Last Year: Spent the entire 2018 season with the Class-A Augusta GreenJackets … Was 7-7 with a 4.70 ERA in 25 starts … Struck out 112 and walked 50 over 118 2/3 innings … Led the GreenJackets staff in innings pitched, was second in wins and third in strikeouts … Fashioned a 6-2 record with a 3.32 ERA in the first half last season (12 GS) … Was 1-5 with a 6.10 ERA in the second half (13 GS). Pro Career: 2019 marks the fourth season of his professional career … Pitched for the Giants’ Dominican Summer League affiliate in 2016 (1.89 ERA in five starts) … Spent the majority of the 2017 season with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Short-Season) … Owned a 2-5 record and a 5.33 ERA in 14 starts. Signed: Originally signed with the San Francisco Giants in 2015 as a 19-year old out of the Dominican Republic. 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 3 5.96 7 7 0 0 0 25.2 31 17 17 4 1 11 34 .304 2018 Augusta 7 7 4.70 25 25 0 0 0 118.2 127 68 62 10 2 50 112 .275 2017 Salem-Keizer 2 5 5.33 14 14 0 0 0 54.0 61 42 32 2 3 34 42 .281 AZL Giants 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 2016 DSL Giants 1 1 1.89 5 5 0 0 0 19.0 12 10 4 0 1 10 18 .182 Career 10 16 4.74 52 51 0 0 0 218.1 231 137 115 16 7 105 208 .272 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 April: 9-17 Sunday: 3-8 Most Games Over .500 2 April 11 (5-3) May: 15-13 Monday: 7-2 Most Games Under .500 12 x3, last: July 6 (37-49) June: 11-15 Tuesday: 7-5 Longest Winning Streak 6 May 13-21 July: 2-4 Wednesday: 5-6 Longest Losing Streak 6 April 23-28 August: 0-0 Thursday: 10-6 September: 0-0 Friday: 2-12 Longest Home Winning Streak 7 May 5-27 Saturday: 3-10 Longest Road Winning Streak 3 April 8-10 First game of series: 14-11 Longest Home Losing Streak 8 April 23-May 4 Last game of series: 10-15 Scoring First: 25-12 Longest Road Losing Streak 5 May 24-31 Rubber game of series: 5-7 Opponent Scores First: 12-37 Largest Margin of Victory 12 June 30 vs.