Augusta Greenjackets Game Notes Single-A Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants
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Augusta GreenJackets Game Notes Single-A Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants Augusta GreenJackets (SF) (17-18) vs Lexington Legends (KCR) (17-18) Whitaker Bank Ballpark - Lexington, Kentucky Game #36 of 140 | Away Game #23 | May 13, 2019 | 10:35 AM EDT (AUG) RHP Sean Hjelle (1-2, 2.84 ERA) vs (LEX) RHP Charlie Neuweiler (1-2, 3.32 ERA) 7-game road trip NORTH SUNDAY IN THE SAL SOUTH Lakewood , Greensboro (PPD) Delmarva 26-6 - Rome 11, Columbia 0 Charleston 19-17 - Greensboro 23-11 4.0 Delmarva, Hagerstown (PPD) Augusta 17-18 2.5 Hickory 23-12 4.5 Hickory 5, Charleston 13 Kannapolis 2, West Virginia 1 Lexington 17-18 2.5 WV 20-14 7.0 Greenville 2 Rylan Kobre, Broadcaster/Media Relations , Asheville 4 Rome 16-19 3.5 SRP Park Kannapolis 16-18 11.0 TOP SAL PERFORMER YESTERDAY Greenville 14-21 5.5 187 W. Railroad Avenue OF - Trey Harris - Rome Braves North Augusta, South Carolina Hagerstown 16-19 11.5 Asheville 13-22 6.5 32nd Round (2017, ATL) - Missouri Office: 803-349-9420 Cell: 707-483-1524 Lakewood 11-24 16.5 Columbia 11-24 8.5 E-mail: [email protected] 3-5, 2 RBI LAST 10 ROUNDS TEEING OFF SCORECARD May 3 - vs Hagerstown.......L, 4-2 PITCHING MATCHUP: Hjelle vs Neuweiler Overall Record: 17-18 May 4 - vs Hagerstown.......L, 5-4 Sean Hjelle returns to Lexington, Kentucky where he was an ace at the University of Streak: W1 May 5 - vs Hagerstown.......W, 3-2 (11 innings) Kentucky. Hjelle, the #6 prospect in the San Francisco Giants organization accord- Longest W Streak: 5 (4/27-5/3) ing to MLB.com, has been lights out this year for the Jackets. He has 36 strikeouts Longest L Streak: 4 (2x) May 6 - vs Hagerstown.......L, 7-6 to only seven walks this year on the mound, and his ability to consistently throw Last 5: 1-4 May 8 - @ West Virginia.......W, 8-3 strikes has kept the GreenJackets in every game that he has pitched in. Last 10: 3-7 May 9 - @ West Virginia.......L, 11-1 (7 innings) 1st Half: 17-18 May 9 - @ West Virginia.......L, 6-1 (7 innings) Lexington’s Charlie Neuweiler makes his 8th start of the year. Neuweiler is coming 2nd Half: May 10 - @ West Virginia.....L, 5-3 off a career high eight innings in his last start and allowed just two runs while strikingHome: 8-5 out nine. He has nine strikeouts in each of his last two starts. Away: 9-13 May 11 - @ Lexington.............L, 5-4 (11 innings) April: 12-11 May 12 - @ Lexington.............W, 4-3 Mother’s Day Masterpiece May: 5-7 The GreenJackets had just three hits going into the 9th inning yesterday and were June: TEAM LEADERBOARD being shutout. They ended up scoring four-runs in the 9th inning, and it was head- July: August: AVG..............................................Munguia (.333) lined by Jeffry Parra’s 1st home run of the season, a three-run home run. Lexington put runners on 1st and 3rd in the bottom of the 9th inning, but Tyler Schimpf collect- September: OBP...............................................Munguia (.386) ed his 1st save of the season to get Augusta the win. SLG..............................................Tostado (.471) When scoring 1st: 11-7 14-3 H...................................................Munguia (39) Leading after six: Life’s been a highway Tied after six: 0-1 R...................................................Munguia (20) 16 of the first 22 games for the Augusta GreenJackets were on the road and it has Trailing after six: 3-14 2B................................................Tostado (9) included multiple early morning arrivals to cities, for a total of 2,310 miles. The first Leading after seven: 12-2 3B....................................................Rincones (2) road trip, which included stops in Asheville, NC, Greenville, SC and Charleston, WV Tied after seven: 2-1 was a total of 1,035 miles round trip. The 2nd road trip featured stops in Hickory, NC HR..............................Matheny/Franco/Tostado (5) Trailing after seven: 2-12 and Salisbury, MD and was a total of 1,275 miles. 13-0 RBI...............................................Matheny (20) Leading after eight: Tied after eight: 1-3 BB.................................................Gonzalez (17) Trailing after eight: 2-12 SO.................................................Bond (46) San Francisco Giants send top talent to Augusta GreenJackets and Giants fans can come to SRP Park on any given night this Run Differential: +4 SB.................................................Bond (7) season and see some of the top talent in the Giants minor league system. Five One-run games: 5-8 ERA (SP).....................................Tona (1.59) GreenJackets are listed as Top 30 Prospects according to MLB.com. Sean Hjelle Two-run games: 4-4 G...................................................Walker/Bates (11) headlines the group as the RHP is ranked as the #6 Prospect for the Giants and 5+ run games: 3-3 the #2 overall pitching prospect. Other top prospects include RHP Jake Wong (#7 SV.................................................Tona (5) Extra Innings: 2-1 Prospect), RHP Blake Rivera (#18 Prospect), 3B Jacob Gonzalez (#19 Prospect) IP..................................................Wong (34.2) Walk-Off Wins: 2 and LHP Seth Corry (#25 Prospect). K...................................................Corry (46) Most Runs: 11 (4/7/19 @ ASH) WHIP...........................................Wong (0.89) Most Hits: 15 (4/10/19 @ GVL) GREENJACKET TO WATCH: OF - Ismael Munguia 8+ Runs: 5x TEAM STATS Most runs allowed: 11 (5/9 @WV) The one constant in the GreenJackets lineup this year 0 runs scored: 2 (4/5/19) OFFENSE has been Ismael Munguia. Saturday was his 11th multi- (4/11/19) AVG - .222 (T-12th) 2B - 54 (11th) hit game of the season, and the left-handed bat has SHO: 1 (4/28) 2-2 OBP - .299 (11th) HR - 24 (T-5th) been a staple in the leadoff spot for Manager Carlos vs ASH: Valderrama this year. His .333 batting average is now vs CHS: 2-1 SLG - .346 (11th) SO - 316 (12th) vs COL: tied for 2nd best in the SAL. R - 138 (11th) SB - 16 (13th) vs DM: 2-2 vs GBO: 2-1 PITCHING SERIES PITCHING PAIRINGS vs GVL: 1-1 ERA - 3.27 (5th) K - 341 (T-7th) vs HAG: 1-2 05/13/19 - 10:35 PM @LEX (AUG) RHP Sean Hjelle (1-2, 2.84 ERA) vs (LEX) RHP Charlie Neuweiler (1-2, 3.32 ERA) vs HIC: 1-2 HR - 23 (T-6th) BB - 128 (T-5th) vs KAN: 05/14/19 - 7:05 PM vs COL (COL) RHP Willy Taveras (2-4, 3.97 ERA) vs (AUG) Keaton Winn (1-2, 3.86 ERA) vs LAK: vs LEX: 4-1 FIELDING 05/15/19 - 7:05 PM vs COL (COL) TBD vs (AUG) Blake Rivera (1-1, 4.32 ERA) vs ROM: 05/16/19 - 7:05 PM vs COL (COL) TBD vs (AUG) Jake Wong (2-1, 2.34 ERA) FIELD % - .961 (14th) ERRORS - 48 (12TH) vs WV: 2-5 TODAYS STARTING PITCHER | RHP SEAN HJELLE (1-2, 2.84 ERA) BATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT: 6’11” WEIGHT: 225 lbs AGE: 21 (05/07/97) HOMETOWN: Fridley, MN COLLEGE: University of Kentucky ACQUIRED: 2nd Round, 2018 MLB Draft 2018 TEAM: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (A-) 2018 STATS: 0-0, 5.06 ERA, 12G-12GS, 21.1 IP, 22 SO-4 BB REPERTOIRE: FASTBALL, KNUCKLE-CURVEBALL, CHANGEUP 2019 GAME-BY-GAME LOG Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR BB K PIT ERA APRIL 4 @ ASH ND 4.0 6 1 1 0 0 5 65 2.25 APRIL 9 @ GVL L 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 4 75 3.00 APRIL 15 vs GBO ND 4.2 5 4 3 1 1 4 74 3.95 APRIL 20 vs CSC ND 6.0 1 0 0 0 1 6 81 2.75 APRIL 27 @ DEL L 3.0 4 4 3 1 2 3 69 3.57 MAY 2 vs LEX ND 4.0 4 1 0 1 1 6 79 3.04 MAY 8 @ WV W 5.0 6 1 1 1 1 8 80 2.84 ABOUT SEAN HJELLE: - Sean Hjelle begins his 2nd season in the San Francisco Giants organization and is listed as the Giants #6 Overall Prospect, and #3 Pitching Prospect according to MLB.com. - Hjelle appeared in 12 games last season for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and had an ERA of 5.06 while striking out 22 and walking just four. - Was restricted to just 2 innings per outing. Hjelle attended the University of Kentucky and was the 2017 SEC Pitcher of the Year when he went 11-4 with a 3.89 ERA as a sophomore and threw 108.2 innings. - In his junior year in 2018, he lowered the ERA to 3.44. For his career at Kentucky, he accumulated 222 strikeouts to just 66 walks. Attended Mahtomedi High School. Played both basketball and baseball. Was a finalist for Mr. Baseball and was First-Team All State in 2015. MISCELLANEOUS: -Still searching for the first win of his pro career (0-2) -April 20th start vs CSC, threw six innings, the most in a start for his professional career - Tallest major league pitcher in the history of the game is Jon Rauch at 6’11”, Hjelle measures in at 6’11” 1/2 and will be the tallest pitch- er to ever throw in a game if he makes it to the big leagues. 2019 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS HIGH IP...........................................6.0 (4/20 vs CSC) HIGH IP...........................................6.0(4/20 vs CSC) LOW IP.............................................3.0 (4/27 @ DEL) LOW IP.............................................1.0 (2x) H......................................................6 (2x) H......................................................6 (4/04 @ ASH) ER....................................................3 (2x) ER....................................................4 (8/10 @ VAN-NWL) BB....................................................2 (4/27 @ DEL) BB....................................................2 (4/27 @ DEL) K......................................................8 (5/8 @ WV) K......................................................8 (5/8 @ WV) QUOTES: #21 Carlos Valderrama - MANAGER Valderrama begins his 2nd stint at the helm of the GreenJackets as he returns after spending last year as a Manager in the Arizona League.