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GIANTS WEEKLY NOTES: JULY 27-AUGUST 2, 2020 24 Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com sfgigantes.com giantspressbox.com @SFGiants @SFGigantes @SFGiantsMedia

NEWS & NOTES GIANTS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE On Tuesday, July 21, the Giants Community Fund hosted the an- nual Play Ball Lunch presented by Blue Shield in a virtual for- mat. With the help of Public Address announcer Renel Brooks- Moon, the event included live interviews with Giants President Monday - July 27 & CEO , Operations President and , along with conversations from Gi- 7:35 a.m. - ants broadcasters , , and joins Murph & Mac Mike Krukow. Giants players Mauricio Dubón, and Tuesday - July 28 also joined to give a look at the upcoming season. During the event, we were pleased to announce that our flagship program was able to pivot 7:35 a.m. - Duane Kuiper this summer to become a virtual program called Junior Giants at Home. The Fund also inducted joins Murph & Mac two new members into the Junior Giants Hall of Fame; Carolyn Lutticken and were 4:30 p.m. - Dave Flemming nominated for their outstanding work as Co-Commissioners in Sunnyvale and Santa Rosa, re- joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks spectively. The event raised over $377,000 for the Community Fund which will help continue Wednesday - July 29 to provide vital program during the COVID-19 pandemic; Junior Giants at Home enters its final season starting Monday, August 3. To learn more or sign up, visit jrgiantsathome.org 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow As the Official Bank of and the Giants,Bank of America marked the re- joins Murph & Mac turn of baseball with the launch of Let’s Rally – a new program that brings fans together to 11:50 a.m. - Jon Miller celebrate the sport’s return. This season, each time an MLB team rallies from behind in a late joins Papa & Lund inning, Bank of America will donate $10,000, and will give up to $1 million, to Boys & Girls Clubs Thursday - July 30 of America. And for the second year, Bank of America has collaborated with MLB players, in- cluding , on 30 custom T-shirts available exclusively to its clients, with a donation 7:35 a.m. - going to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. joins Murph & Mac 5 p.m. - Larry Baer joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks Friday - July 31 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow joins Murph & Mac THIS WEEK IN GIANTS HISTORY

JULY moved within one of JULY The Giants defeated the Rockies by a AUG Giants infielderWillie McCovey Aaron’s career home record score of 6-4 as Giants Rod the first of his 521 Major League home 27 when he hit number 754 against Rick 30 Beck set a Major League record by 2 runs, belted off , as San 2007 Vanden Hurk of the Marlins in the 1st 1994 converting his 25th in 25 oppor- 1959 Francisco downed the Pirates 5-3. inning of a 12-10 Giants win. He drew walks in tunities. Beck held the previous record of 24 won his 15th game. Box his other four plate appearances that day. Box which he had set the previous season. Box

JULY Giants outfielderDusty Rhodes hit JULY The Giants beat the Rockies 9-4, as three consecutive home runs at the Matt Williams hit his 28 to back Johnny An- 31 39th and 40th home runs of the year. 1954 tonelli’s 10-0 whipping of St. Louis. It 1994 The feat earned him a new National was Antonelli’s 10th consecutive win. Willie League mark for homers through July. The pre- Mays smacked his 36th homer, a 447-foot clout vious record was 36. The all-time record of 41 to left field.Box was set by in 1928, and tied by four years later. Box JULY The Giants won their third straight shutout, stopping the Reds 5-0 behind AUG Giants first basemanWillie McCovey 29 . and Clint established a new 1948 Hartung threw the other two shut- 1 record by hitting his 18th career grand outs. Walker Cooper’s , off Ken 1977 slam. Box Raffensberger, was the big blow.Box

THIS WEEK'S GIANTS PODCASTS (PRES. BY T-MOBILE)

EPISODES 20 & 21 EPISODE 7

Hunter Pence Saul Martinez Debuts Today., July 27 Years with SF: 2014-present Debuts Tues., July 28 Thursday, July 30 Saul Martinez, Assistant Trainer Inside Giant Moments takes you Tis week we're going Inside THIS Gigantes Podcast, hosted by and Conditioning / Sports Sci- behind the scenes of the most Giant Moment with two episodes Spanish-language broadcaster ence Specialist. Martinez remem- iconic moments in Giants history with current Giants OF Hunter Erwin Higueros, is a weekly pod- bers his early years in Southern with the players who made these Pence and Assistant Alyssa cast that will have interviews from , his education, and how moments, memories. Host Mark Nakken. Pence discusses the his- former Giants players, coaches being bilingual has helped him im- Willard of KNBR dives in each week toric 2020 season, the surreal mo- and staff members focusing on mensely with Latino baseball play- with exclusive interviews on the of- ment when he returned to Oracle their culture. Higueros discuss- ers. ficial podcast. Park as a Giant, his thoughts on es the difficulties and sacrifices Subscribe Here the young prospects, and what his each of them have faced through- role and priorities are this season. out their professional journeys. Nakken shares her inspiring story Subscribe Here of becoming MLB's first female coach, how her life has changed since joining the staff, and her ad- vice to other females in sports. GIANT BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

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July 27 July 28 July 31 GIANTS YOUTUBE CONTENT

MASK UP! Conversación Gignate: 200,000 cloth masks will be distributed in Watch Beginning Wednesday, July 29 communities through a unique public health initiative announced by This week in Conversación Gigante we will have Dignity Health, the San Francisco Giants, the the opportunity to talk and get to know the new- and KNBR. This initia- est member of your Giants, Wilmer Flores. Flores tive brings together a healthcare company, signed his first professional contract on his 16th two Bay Area professional sports teams and birthday, August 6, 2007, and then made his Major a radio broadcast station to support debut six years later on his birthday, Au- Governor Gavin Newsom’s Wear A Mask public gust 6, 2013! Don’t miss this episode. awareness campaign. Fans can enter to win a set of four masks by clicking here BEYOND THE GIANTS VAULT  Housed in a 5,000 square foot building, the , three ground outs and a line out Giants Archives consists of memorabilia and to right. When Rey Sanchez scored JT Snow artifacts from our team’s 138-year history. As with a to center Giants fans went home part of the Giants Fan Page, fans can now, for with a win and Nen got his first of seven wins the first time, learn about and view memora- for the season. bilia from our collection. The Giants have had several exciting home The full look at Giants home open- openers, with some well-loved players tak- er history will be online starting ing center stage. Thursday After winning the with the Florida Marlins in 1997, was traded to the Giants and started 1998 on the right track. The ’s first win for his new team came during at in the 10-in- ning match against the . Nen entered the game in the bot- tom of the ninth inning and proceeded to set the Astros down with two GIANTS PLAYER SPOTLIGHT | As a senior at Hudson High, Belt be a pro baseball player and now he FAMILY INFORMATION earned district MVP, All-State and was wondering if he would make it. All-America honors. Standout pitch- Then his grandfather, James Peter- - Father, Darrell, is a geometry er – thought he’d make the major son, died. His grandfather had been teacher at Hudson High (Brandon’s leagues in that position. so instrumental in Brandon’s devel- HS) in Lufkin, TX Had a verbal agreement with opment as a baseball player by loan- Cubs coming out of high school to ing Brandon the money, whenever - Mother, Janice, which is be drafted in high rounds and paid he asked, to go to showcase camps pronounced Ja-neece, is a high-round money. But Cubs didn’t and tournaments. “When I was fly- hairdresser. come through and Red Sox drafted ing back from the funeral, I decided - Has one younger brother, him the 11th round. Disappoint- to play the rest of the season for him,’’ Cameron. ed, Belt went to college instead. Brandon says. From that series on, “Everything I went through he started to play better. He played - Married to Haylee Stephenson happened for a reason,’’ he well in the Big 12 tournament, which and they have two sons, Grayson says. “I’m so happy I went to helped him get drafted. Another thing Ellis (August 27, 2014) and August college. I matured so much that helped was the veteran eye of Kyle (July 20, 2018). as a baseball player and Giants scout Doug Mapson, who had as a person and I made so seen Belt hit a homer in the Cape Cod Signed a six-year extension many friends.’’ All-Star Game, turning around a 98 through 2021 during the first week Played one year for San mph . “It was in there,” Map- of the 2016 season. Jacinto College in Houston son said. “You can’t make that up.” Married Hudson High sweetheart before transferring to Uni- He had been drafted twice (Braves Haylee Stephenson Dec. 3, 2010, at versity of Texas. (Same two and Red Sox) before signing in 2009 Providence Baptist Church in Lufkin. colleges attended.) with Giants, who picked him in the The groom’s cake was three tiers of Majored in education. Helped pro- fifth round. chocolate with a Giants cap on top pel Texas to the College World Se- 2010 rookie season: Advanced and alternating Longhorns and Gi- ries in 2009, where the Longhorns through three levels, hitting over ants logos on the sides. Haylee ma- lost in the Championship game to .350 with 23 homers and 112 RBIs. jored in business communications at LSU. In early 2011, he was ranked No. Injuries as a junior at University of Stephen F. Austin State University in 26 among the Top 50 Prospects in Nacogdoches. Texas forced him to give up pitch- baseball by MLB.com. (Contrast ing altogether. When his hitting with a year earlier when Baseball dropped off – he was barely hitting .300 two-thirds into his junior year America didn’t even have him in the – Brandon sank to the lowest point top 20 among Giants prospects en- in his life. He had always wanted to tering 2010.)

Weekly Notes July 27-August 2, 2020