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 Stockton Ports (6-15) @ San Jose Giants (8-13) RHP Mitchell Jordan (1-2, 7.41) vs. RHP Trenton Toplikar (0-0, 3.86) Game #22 / Home Game #12 Friday, April 26 Excite Ballpark 7:00 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Saturday, April 27 vs. Stockton 5:00 PM LHP Caleb Baragar (0-0, 1.98) RHP Brady Feigl (1-0, 3.00) Sunday, April 28 vs. Stockton 1:00 PM RHP Matt Frisbee (0-0, ---) RHP Edwin Jackson (ML Rehab) Tonight’s Game: The San Jose Giants continue their homestand with the opener of a three-game GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS series against the Stockton Ports (A’s affiliate). Trenton Toplikar (0-0, 3.86 ERA) is slated to make the O verall 8-13 start on the mound for the Giants tonight. Home 3-8 Road 5-5 The Giants: San Jose enters this evening’s contest having lost three games in a row and 10 out of vs. North 7-11 their last 13. The Giants have suffered four consecutive series losses. San Jose is 3-8 at home and is vs. South 1-2 still looking for their first series win at Excite Ballpark this season. vs. Stockton 4-2 First Half 8-13 Hitting Woes: Over the last 13 games (3-10 record), the Giants are batting only .200 as a team and Second Half 0-0 averaging 3.6 runs per contest. Current Streak Lost 3 Versus The Ports: Tonight marks the seventh of 30 meetings this season between San Jose and Longest W Streak 4 Stockton. The Giants are 4-2 versus the Ports this year (4-11 versus all other teams). San Jose’s only Longest L Streak 4 series win this season came when they swept a three-game set in Stockton from April 8-10. The Last 5 Games 1-4 Ports took two of three against the Giants from April 15-17 at Excite Ballpark. Last 10 Games 3-7 2019 Home Attendance 18,899 Roster Moves: The Giants made several roster moves before the game today. Outfielder Heliot 2019 Average 1,718 Ramos, third baseman David Villar and pitcher John Russell were placed on the injured list. Catcher Ronnie Freeman has joined San Jose from Triple-A Sacramento. Freeman saw action in only one game with the River Cats this season (2-for-4). He played in 112 games with the Visalia Rawhide during the 2013-14 seasons while in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization (.276 AVG, 3 HR, 52 CALIFORNIA LEAGUE RBI). Infielder Brandon Van Horn was also added to the Giants roster from Double-A Richmond. Van Horn was 0-for-7 in three games played with the Flying Squirrels after spending all of 2018 in San FIRST HALF STANDINGS Jose (.211 AVG, 10 HR, 39 RBI in 104 games). North Division W-L PCT GB Visalia 17-4 .810 - Long Ball: The Giants have hit 19 home runs in their first 21 games of the season. San Jose is third Modesto 11-10 .524 6.0 in the California League in homers behind only Lancaster (22) and Modesto (22). The Giants have hit San Jose 8-13 .381 9.0 at least one home run in nine out of their last ten games. Individually, Heliot Ramos (5), Ryan Kirby Stockton 6-15 .286 11.0 (4) and John Riley (3) are San Jose’s top home run hitters this season. South Division W-L PCT GB Starting Slow: A Giants starting pitcher has worked into the fifth inning only three times in 21 games R. Cucamonga 12-9 .571 - this season. San Jose has not had a starter pitch past the fifth yet this year. Giants starting pitchers Inland Empire 10-11 .476 2.0 Lake Elsinore 10-11 .476 2.0 own a combined 5.26 ERA (bullpen 4.04 ERA). Lancaster 10-11 .476 2.0 Baldwin Heats Up: Outfielder Logan Baldwin brings a seven-game hitting streak into tonight’s contest. Baldwin is 8-for-26 (.308 AVG) during the hit streak after starting the season with only five Today’s Games hits in his first 35 at-bats. Baldwin owns the longest hit streak by a Giants player this season. Stockton at San Jose, 7:00 Visalia at Lancaster, 6:35 Inland Empire at Lake Elsinore, 7:00 Odds And Ends: The Giants are 6-2 when scoring first in a game and 2-11 when their opponent R. Cucamonga at Modesto, 7:05 scores first … San Jose has allowed 26 runs during their current three-game losing streak … The Giants are 1-5 in games decided by one or two runs. BROADCAST UPCOMING SAN JOSE GIANTS PROMOTIONS Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo) Tonight House Gigante Night Postgame Fireworks KRTY Family Friday 92.9 FM at Excite Ballpark 4/27 Smash for Cash Night Kids Run the Bases MIX 106 Saturday in the Park Video: MiLB.TV 4/28 Pups in the Park Kids Run the Bases BAY’s Giant Sunday CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 TODAY’S SAN JOSE GIANTS STARTER RHP Trenton Toplikar Born: May 21, 1996 Overall: 3 G, 2 GS, 0-0, 3.86 ERA Age: 22 Born: Santee, CA Home: 1 G, 0 GS, 0-0, 3.00 ERA Resides: San Diego, CA Road: 2 G, 2 GS, 0-0, 4.26 ERA Throws: Right Acquired: 16th Round, 2018 First Half: 3 G, 2 GS, 0-0, 3.86 ERA College: UC Riverside Second Half: 0 G, 0 GS, 0-0, --- ERA Tonight’s Start: 22-year old right-hander is slated to make his SEASON/CAREER HIGHS third start and fourth overall appearance of the season in tonight’s game against Stockton. 2019 Career IP: 3.1 (4/20 at RC) 4.0 (8/30/18 w/S-K) Last Time Out: Returned to the San Jose rotation last weekend when he made a start at Rancho Cucamonga on April 20 … R: 3 (4/20 at RC) 3 (x2 w/SJ & Salem-Keizer) Pitched 3 1/3 innings with three runs (all earned) allowed … Gave ER: 3 (4/20 at RC) 3 (4/20/19 w/San Jose) up three hits, walked two and matched a career-high with six H: 3 (x2) 4 (7/16/18 w/Salem-Keizer) strikeouts … Threw 66 pitches … Received a no-decision (Giants BB: 3 (4/15 vs. Stk.) 4 (8/30/18 w/Salem-Keizer) eventually lost 11-4). K: 6 (4/20 at RC) 6 (x2 w/SJ & Salem-Keizer) HR: 0 0 Season Notes: Was in San Jose’s original starting rotation this season … Made the start on April 6 at Visalia (third game of year) and tossed three scoreless innings with one hit allowed, one walk 2019 DAY-BY-DAY and two strikeouts … Was on the Temporary Inactive List (bereavement) from April 10-14 … Made a relief appearance upon DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA his return on April 15 against Stockton (3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER). 4/6 at Vis. ND * 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 4/15 Stk. ND 3.0 3 2 1 3 4 1.50 4/20 at RC ND * 3.1 3 3 3 2 6 3.86 2018 Draftee: Was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 16th round of the 2018 draft … Was the only pitcher from the 2018 draft class on San Jose’s opening day roster. Strong Pro Debut: Pitched for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Short-Season) in 2018 … Fashioned a 1.23 ERA over 17 appearances (one start) … Pitched 36 2/3 innings with only five earned runs allowed. No Long Balls: Has not allowed a home run in his professional career (46 innings). At UC Riverside: Earned honorable mention All-Big West Conference honors as a redshirt junior in 2018 … Was 6-3 with a 4.07 ERA over 14 starts … Struck out 62 and walked 19 in 84 innings … Led the staff in wins and ranked second in innings pitched and strikeouts … Was 2-3 with a 7.42 ERA in 17 games (two starts) as a redshirt sophomore in 2017. 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 0 3.86 3 2 0 0 0 9.1 7 5 4 0 1 6 12 .212 2018 Salem-Keizer 1 2 1.23 17 1 0 0 0 36.2 28 8 5 0 0 10 25 .206 Career 1 2 1.76 20 3 0 0 0 46.0 35 13 9 0 1 16 37 .207 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 Most Games Over .500 2 April 11 (5-3) April: 8-13 Sunday: 0-2 May: 0-0 Monday: 2-1 Most Games Under .500 5 April 25 (8-13) June: 0-0 Tuesday: 2-1 Longest Winning Streak 4 April 8-11 July: 0-0 Wednesday: 1-2 Longest Losing Streak 4 April 12-15 August: 0-0 Thursday: 2-2 Longest Home Winning Streak 1 x3, last: April 22 September: 0-0 Friday: 1-2 Longest Road Winning Streak 3 April 8-10 Saturday: 0-3 Longest Home Losing Streak 4 April 12-15 First game of series: 4-2 Longest Road Losing Streak 3 April 5-7 Last game of series: 1-5 Scoring First: 6-2 Largest Margin of Victory 9 April 8 at Stk.