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Augusta Greenjackets Game Notes Single-A Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants Augusta GreenJackets Game Notes Single-A Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants Augusta GreenJackets (SF) (24-28) vs Columbia Fireflies (NYM) (20-32) Segra Park - Columbia, South Carolina Game #53 of 140 | Away Game #28 | May 30, 2019 | 7:05 PM EDT (AUG) RHP Adam Oller (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs (COL) Willy Taveras (3-5, 4.29 ERA) 7-Game Road Trip NORTH TUESDAY IN THE SAL SOUTH Greensboro 3, Hickory 4 Delmarva 40-11 - Asheville 4, Rome 3 Charleston 28-23 - Greensboro 34-17 6.0 Hagerstown 4, Delmarva 5 Rome 25-27 3.0 Columbia 7, Charleston 4 Hickory 33-18 7.0 Lexington 24-27 3.5 WV 25-26 15.0 G1: Lexington 4, WV 5 G2: Lexington 3, WV 0 Rylan Kobre, Broadcaster/Media Relations Kannapolis 7, Lakewood 1 Augusta 24-28 4.0 SRP Park Hagerstown 23-29 17.5 TOP SAL PERFORMER TUESDAY Greenville 23-29 6.0 187 W. Railroad Avenue SS - Shervyen Newton - Columbia Fireflies North Augusta, South Carolina Kannapolis 22-29 18.0 Asheville 22-29 7.0 IFA (2015, NYM) - Tiburg, Netherlands Office: 803-349-9420 Cell: 707-483-1524 Lakewood 17-34 23.0 Columbia 20-32 9.0 E-mail: [email protected] 3-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI LAST 10 ROUNDS TEEING OFF SCORECARD May 20 - @ Charleston..........L, 5-2 PITCHING MATCHUP: Oller vs Taveras Overall Record: 24-28 May 21 - vs Rome.....................L, 7-5 Adam Oller will make his first appearance in the San Francisco Giants organization. Oller Streak: L2 May 22 - vs Rome....................W, 6-5 was a 20th round selection by the Pittsburgh Pirates back in 2016 out of Northwestern Longest W Streak: 5 (4/27-5/3) Stae. He was released last year, and went to the Frontier League to continue playing Longest L Streak: 4 (2x) May 23 - vs Rome.....................L, 3-1 baseball. While there, he went 2-1 with a 0.67 ERA in 27 innings on the hill. The Giants Last 5: 1-4 May 24 - vs Rome.....................L, 9-4 decided to sign him and he will make his 2nd stint in the SAL. Oller played for the West Last 10: 2-8 May 25 - vs Greenville.............L, 4-0 Virginia Power in 2018 and had an ERA of 4.40 in 14.1 innings 1st Half: 24-28 May 25 - vs Greenville.............L, 16-10 (F/10) 2nd Half: May 26 - vs Greenville.............W, 7-2 For Columbia, it will be Willy Taveras on the mound. Taveras is making his 2nd start Home: 11-14 against the GreenJackets this year. He pitched against Augusta on May 14th and went 6.1 Away: 13-14 May 27 - vs Greenville.............L, 6-3 innings while allowing three runs. April: 12-11 May 28 - vs Greenville.............L, 7-6 May: 12-17 Hjelle and Wong head to San Jose, Bates to join them June: July: TEAM LEADERBOARD After incredible starts to the season, Sean Hjelle and Jake Wong were called August: AVG...............................................Munguia (.282) up to Class-A Advanced San Jose on Monday, May 20th and the following day, September: OBP...............................................Munguia (.337) Solomon Bates was moved up as well. Hjelle and Wong were dominant on the mound as they both finished their GreenJackets careers with 40.2 innings of SLG..............................................Tostado (.433) When scoring 1st: 15-12 work on the mound. Hjelle held opponents to a 2.66 ERA while Wong posted a 16-4 H...........................................Munguia/Rincones (49) Leading after six: 1.99 ERA. Wong also had a stretch of 12 innings without allowing a hit on the Tied after six: 4-2 R...........................................Munguia/Matheny (28) hill. For Solomon Bates, his steady arm will be missed in the Augusta bullpen. Trailing after six: 4-22 2B................................................Tostado (11) Bates had an ERA of 3.81 while here and rarely walked hitters. He had 41 Leading after seven: 15-4 3B.....................................................Rincones (4) strikeouts to only three walks while he is currently tied for the team lead in Tied after seven: 5-2 HR................................................Bond/Tostado (7) appearances with 13. Trailing after seven: 3-20 16-2 RBI...............................................Tostado (31) Leading after eight: Tied after eight: 4-4 BB.................................................Matheny (22) San Francisco Giants send top talent to Augusta Trailing after eight: 3-18 SO.................................................Bond (67) GreenJackets and Giants fans can come to SRP Park on any given night this SB.................................................Bond (8) season and see some of the top talent in the Giants minor league system. Five Run Differential: -8 ERA (SP).....................................Tona (1.80) GreenJackets are listed as Top 30 Prospects according to MLB.com. Sean One-run games: 8-9 Hjelle headlines the group as the RHP is ranked as the #6 Prospect for the 5-8 G..................................................Tona/Walker (15) Two-run games: Giants and the #2 overall pitching prospect. Other top prospects include RHP 5+ run games: 5-5 SV.................................................Tona (6) Jake Wong (#7 Prospect), RHP Blake Rivera (#18 Prospect), 3B Jacob Gonza-Extra Innings: 5-1 IP..................................................Winn (43.2) lez (#19 Prospect) and LHP Seth Corry (#25 Prospect). Walk-Off Wins: 2 K...................................................Corry (59) Most Runs: 11 (4/7/19 @ ASH) WHIP...........................................Wong (0.91) Most Hits: 15 (4/10/19 @ GVL) GREENJACKET TO WATCH: Frankie Tostado - 1B 8+ Runs: 5x TEAM STATS Most runs allowed: 16 (5/25 v. GVL) After Frankie Tostado’s day off on Sunday, he came 0 runs scored: 2 (4/5/19) OFFENSE back and posted back-to-back multi hit games. Tostado (4/11/19) AVG - .222 (13th) 2B - 79 (T-10th) now has a three-game hitting streak, and he is 5-12 at SHO: 1 (4/28) the plate in his last three with 3 RBI. vs ASH: 2-2 OBP - .298 (11th) HR - 34 (6th) vs COL: 1-2 SLG - .342 (12th) SO - 468 (11th) vs CSC: 5-2 R - 214 - (10th) SB - 20 (13th) vs DM: 2-2 vs GBO: 2-1 PITCHING SERIES PITCHING PAIRINGS vs GVL: 2-5 ERA - 3.60 (7th) K - 515 (2nd) vs HAG: 1-2 05/30/19 - 7:05 PM @ COL (COL) RHP Willy Taveras (3-5, 4.29 ERA) vs (AUG) RHP Adam Oller (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs HIC: 1-2 HR - 31 (11th) BB - 185 (T-3rd) vs KAN: 05/31/19 - 7:05 PM @ COL (COL) RHP Colin Holderman (3-0, 2.66 ERA) vs (AUG) RHP Keaton Winn (2-4, 3.92 ERA) vs LAK: vs LEX: 5-1 FIELDING 06/01/19 - 6:05 PM @ COL (COL) RHP Christian James (1-4, 4.53 ERA) vs (AUG) RHP Blake Rivera (2-3, 3.96 ERA) vs ROM: 1-3 06/02/19 - 2:05 PM @ COL (COL) RHP Jose Butto (1-6, 4.69 ERA) vs (AUG) LHP Seth Corry (0-2, 2.84 ERA) FIELD % - .966 (T-10th) ERRORS - 65 (12TH) vs WV: 2-5 TODAYS STARTING PITCHER | RHP Adam Oller (0-0, 0.00 ERA) BATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT: 6’4” WEIGHT: 225 lbs AGE: 20 (10/17/94) HOMETOWN: Conroe, Texas COLLEGE: Northwestern State ACQUIRED: Signed as Free Agent (May, 2019) 2018 TEAM: WV Power (SAL), Bradenton (FSL) 2018 STATS: 3-5, 6.29 ERA, 73.0 IP, 68 SO-24 BB REPERTOIRE: FASTBALL, CURVEBALL, CHANGEUP 2019 GAME-BY-GAME LOG Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR BB K PIT ERA ABOUT ADAM OLLER: - Most recently was playing with the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League. In 27.0 IP had a 0.67 ERA and 45 strikeouts to only 2 walks. - Was selected as a 20th Round selection by the Pirates in 2016. Played for three years in Pirates Organization. 10-10, 4.47 ERA. - 2017 with the West Virginia Black Bears, 5-3, 1.59 ERA, 50 SO-9 BB - Went to Northwestern State in the Southland Conference. In 2016 was named the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year. His 2.06 career ERA was 4th best in school history. MISCELLANEOUS: - Played with his older brother Josh at Northwestern State who was also a pitcher - His uncle, Greg Koch, played Guard in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers 2019 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS HIGH IP........................................... HIGH IP......................6.0 (8/27/16 vs PRN) (APP League) LOW IP............................................. LOW IP........................0.1 (7/19/18 vs DBT) (FSL) H...................................................... H.................................13 (6/22/18 vs FTM) (FSL) ER.................................................... ER...................................9 (7/02/16 vs PUL) (APP League) BB.................................................... BB...................................3 (06/28/18 @ PMB) (FSL) K...................................................... K..................................10 (9/02/17 @ AUB) (NYP) QUOTES: TODAYS STARTING PITCHER | RHP Jesus ozoria (0-2, 8.03 ERA) BATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT: 6’2” WEIGHT: 195 lbs AGE: 20 (06/01/98) HOMETOWN: Guananico, Dominican Republic ACQUIRED: TRADE via SEA, March 2019 2018 TEAM: Dominican Summer League (SEA) 2018 STATS: 5-3, 2.19 ERA, 14G-5GS, 49.1 IP, 59 SO-7 BB REPERTOIRE: FASTBALL, CURVEBALL, CHANGEUP 2019 GAME-BY-GAME LOG Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR BB K PIT ERA APRIL 28 @ DEL ND 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 51 0.00 MAY 04 vs HAG L 4.0 7 3 3 0 1 3 61 3.38 MAY 09 @ WV L 0.2 3 5 5 1 3 1 33 8.31 *MAY 14 vs COL ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 37 6.17 MAY 19 @ CSC ND 0.2 1 3 3 0 4 1 38 8.03 MAY 24 vs ROM L 5.0 6 5 5 1 3 6 87 8.31 *Relief appearance ABOUT JESUS OZORIA: - Made his United States debut on April 28 @ DEL and did not allow a run in four innings - Spent last two seasons in the DSL with the Seattle Mariners.
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