SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2018 GAME NOTES 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415 972 2000 sfgiants.com sfgigantes.com giantspressbox.com @SFGiants @los_gigantes San Francisco Giants (17 15) at Atlanta Braves (19 12) LHP Ty Blach (2 3, 4.10) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (4 0, 3.09) Game 33/Road Game 16 Saturday, May 5, 2018 SunTrust Park 4:05 p.m. (PT) NBC Sports Bay Area KNBR 680
UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
Date Opp Time (PT) Giants Starter Opposing Starter TV Sun., May 6 at ATL 10:35 a.m. LHP Andrew Suárez (0 1, 4.38) RHP Mike Soroka (1 0, 1.50) NBCS BA All games broadcast on KNBR 680 AM (English radio). All home games and road games in LA and SD broadcast on KXZM 93.7 FM (Spanish radio).
THE GIANTS: Continue their 10 game road trip with game two of this three game GIANTS ON CURRENT ROAD TRIP set against the Atlanta Braves...San Francisco has won nine of their last 12 games, NOTE 2018 including fi ve of their last six contests. Games ...... 1 Record ...... 1 0 Average ...... 333 (13x39) WITH THE BATS: San Francisco has been swinging the bats well over their past eight Avg. w/RISP ...... 400 (4x10) games, hitting .284 (79 for 278) with 27 extra base hits (16 doubles, three triples, Runs Per Game ...... 9 (1) Home Runs ...... 2 eight homers)...the Giants are averaging 6.3 runs per games during that stretch. Stolen Bases...... 0 VIA THE LONG BALL: SF has hit 33 home runs over their fi rst 32 games of the ERA ...... 3.00 (3er, 90.0ip) Starters W L ...... 1 0 season...last year, the Giants hit just 19 home runs in their fi rst 32 games. Starters ERA ...... 4.50 (3er, 6.0ip) Relievers W L ...... 0 0 ON THE MOUND: LHP Ty Blach Relievers ERA ...... 0.00 (0er, 3.0ip) is slated to start for the Giants tonight...he's faced Saves/Chances ...... 0/0 the Braves once in his career and earned the win as he allowed two runs on six hits and three walks in 7.2 innings of work...he's received just 2.41 runs of support per GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS outing, which is the second lowest fi gure in the National League. NOTE 2018 Overall ...... 17 15 Home ...... 10 7 NOTABLE MATCHUPS: A few Giants have had success against tonight's opposing Road ...... 7 8 starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy...IF Brandon Crawford is 7 for 17 (.412) with Day ...... 6 6 Night ...... 11 9 two doubles and two triples, C Nick Hundley is 6 for 16 (.375) with home run and IF Current Streak ...... W2 Evan Longoria is hitting .300 (6 for 20) with a pair of home runs. Last 5 Games ...... 4 1 Last 10 Games...... 7 3 March ...... 2 1 1,500 HIT MILESTONE: IF Evan Longoria is just one hit MLB, Most Players to April ...... 13 13 away from reaching 1,500 career hits...he would be the Reach 1500 Hit Mark While May ...... 2 1 on Team – All Time Vs. LHSP ...... 11 7 42nd player to reach that milestone in a Giants uniform, Vs. RHSP ...... 6 8 the most of any franchise...OF Andrew McCutchen is Giants 41 Series Opener...... 8 3 also close to the 1,500 hit milestone with 1,487 career Red Sox 39 Series Opener at Home ...... 4 2 Yankees 38 Series Opener on Road ...... 4 1 hits...prior to the Giants, the last team to add two players Cubs 36 By Series ...... 4 3 3 Dodgers 34 By Home Series ...... 3 1 2 in a single offseason who had previously played 1300+ Chart courtesy of Stats, LLC career games with only one team was the Philadelphia By Road Series ...... 1 2 1 Rubber Games ...... 2 2 Athletics in 1927...they added future Hall of Famers Ty Cobb (from the Tigers) and Scored First ...... 13 3 Zack Wheat (from the Dodgers) to their squad prior to that season (Stats, LLC). Opponent Scored First ...... 4 12 1 run games ...... 6 6 1 or 2 run games ...... 11 8 WITH RISP: Despite batting .342 (26 for 76) with runners in scoring position over Comeback Wins ...... 7 4 their last eight contests, the Giants are hitting .224 (55 for 245) overall this season Last AB Wins...... 5 3 with RISP, which is the fourth lowest clip in the National League. Walkoff Wins...... 3 0 Extra Innings ...... 2 1 Led After 6 ...... 14 1 WITH THE GLOVES: The Giants turned two more double plays last night...their 35 Led After 7 ...... 13 0 Led After 8 ...... 14 0 double plays this season rank as the second most in the Majors behind the Texas Tied After 6 ...... 1 1 Rangers (36). Tied After 7 ...... 3 2 Tied After 8 ...... 2 2 Behind After 6 ...... 2 13 SCORING CHANGE: In the bottom of the 8th last night, Nick Markakis reached Behind After 7 ...... 1 13 fi rst on what was originally scored a misplayed grounder error on Evan Longoria... Behind After 8 ...... 1 13 that has since been changed to a single and as a result; Tony Watson + one hit Division Games ...... 11 12 Vs. Other Divisions ...... 6 3 allowed, Markakis + one single, Longoria one error. Vs. A.L. Teams ...... 3 2 Vs. N.L. Teams ...... 13 13 Vs. A.L. West ...... 3 2 GETTING AHEAD: The Giants are 13 3 when scoring fi rst and 4 12 in games their Vs. N.L. East ...... 3 1 opponent scores fi rst. Vs. N.L. West ...... 11 12 Hit 0 HR ...... 4 9 Hit 1+ HR ...... 13 6 ON THE MEND: OF Hunter Pence (right thumb sprain) has appeared in fi ve rehab Hit 2+ HR ...... 8 3 games with triple A Sacramento and is 5 for 19 (.263) with fi ve runs scored, one RBI Scored 3 or Fewer Runs...... 2 12 and two walks...Pence was off yesterday and will play today, Sunday and Monday Scored 4 or More Runs ...... 14 3 Scored 5 or More Runs ...... 10 1 with Sacramento in Fresno. Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs ...... 11 5 Allowed 4 or More Runs ...... 6 10 Allowed 5 or More Runs ...... 2 9 This Date in Giants History: May 5, 1958 More Hits than Opponent ...... 14 4 Fewer Hits than Opponent ...... 2 10 The Pirates entered the bottom of the 9th leading the Giants 11 1, but had to survive Committed No Errors ...... 10 9 Committed 1 or More Errors ...... 7 6 a nine run Giants rally before emerging 11 10 winners...the eruption featured two Starter Goes at least 5 inn ...... 15 10 run pinch doubles by Jim King and Johnny Antonelli, a three run homer by Ray Starter Goes at least 6 inn ...... 9 6 Jablonski, and a solo homer by Orlando Cepeda. Starter Goes at least 7 inn ...... 3 2
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#50 LHP Ty Blach BLACH'S 2018 DAY BY DAY 6 1, 213, 27 years old (October 20, 1990) DATE OPP DEC SC IP H R ER BB SO HR #P EXIT 2 3 Record, 4.10 ERA 3/29 @LAD W W, 1 0 5.0 3 0 0 3 3 0 81 1 0 4/3 SEA L L, 4 6 4.1 10 6 6 2 2 0 86 1 6 The 27 year old left hander enters his third season in 4/8 LAD L, 1 2 6.0 4 1 1 3 1 0 81 0 1 4/13 @SD L L, 1 5 5.0 7 4 3 1 3 0 81 0 4 a Giants uniform and will take the hill for his eighth 4/19 @ARI L L, 1 3 6.0 6 2 2 3 4 1 92 1 2 start of the season...is 2 3 with 4.10 ERA (17er, 4/24 WAS W, 4 3 5.0 4 3 3 2 3 1 79 3 3 37.1ip) in his fi rst seven outings. 4/29 LAD W W, 4 2 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 87 4 2 Totals (7 starts) 2 3 4.10 37.1 40 18 17 15 20 2 Earned the victory in his last outing this past Sunday in the Giants' 4 2 win over the Dodgers...allowed two BLACH VS. ATLANTA runs on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts in W L G INN H ER ERA 2017 1 0 1 7.2 6 2 2.35 6.0 innings of work. Career 1 0 1 7.2 6 2 2.35