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2019 Game Notes 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 San Jose Giants (56-71) @ Modesto Nuts (58-70) RHP Casey Meisner (2-3, 4.47) vs. RHP Clay Chandler (2-2, 5.68) Game #128 / Road Game #66 Thursday, August 22 John Thurman Field 7:05 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Friday, August 23 at Stockton 7:10 PM RHP Tristan Beck (0-2, 4.32) RHP Xavier Altamirano (5-10, 5.40) Saturday, August 24 at Stockton 7:10 PM RHP Aaron Phillips (8-7, 4.28) LHP Hogan Harris (0-2, 3.48) Sunday, August 25 at Stockton 6:10 PM RHP Matt Frisbee (8-8, 3.42) RHP Brady Feigl (5-10, 4.19) Monday, August 26 at Stockton 7:10 PM RHP Jose Marte (3-8, 5.89) RHP Mitchell Jordan (10-7, 4.61) Tonight’s Game: The San Jose Giants look to avoid a sweep when they conclude their three-game GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS series at Modesto (Mariners affiliate) this evening. The Nuts have claimed the first two games of the O verall 56-71 series by the scores of 7-1 and 10-3. Casey Meisner (2-3, 4.47 ERA) is San Jose’s scheduled starting Home 29-33 pitcher tonight. Road 27-38 vs. North 31-46 The Giants: San Jose enters tonight’s contest having lost six of their last seven games. The Giants vs. South 25-25 are only 5-13 in August after posting a 16-13 July record. Last night’s defeat clinched San Jose’s vs. Modesto 15-15 fourth consecutive series loss and dropped the Giants (56-71) to a season-high 15 games below .500 overall. First Half 30-39 Second Half 26-32 Playoff Race: The Giants (56-71) are two games behind Stockton (58-69) in the race for the second- Current Streak Lost 2 best overall record in the North Division. Including tonight, San Jose has 12 games remaining in the Longest W Streak 6 regular season. If Visalia wins the second half (currently lead division by 6 1/2 games), the team with Longest L Streak 6 the second-best overall record in the North Division will qualify for the playoffs. Within the division, the Last 5 Games 1-4 Giants have eight games left versus Stockton, three against Visalia and one game versus Modesto. Last 10 Games 2-8 San Jose last reached the playoffs in 2016. 2019 Home Attendance 140,300 2019 Average 2,338 Familiar Foe: Tonight marks the 31st and final meeting of the season between San Jose and Modesto. The Giants are 15-15 versus the Nuts this year with this evening’s game deciding the season series winner. San Jose has lost their last four games against Modesto after winning four straight in the head-to-head matchup. CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Recent Struggles: Over their last seven games (1-6 record), the Giants are batting only .227 as a SECOND HALF STANDINGS team and own a 5.95 ERA. North Division W-L PCT GB Losing Season: The Giants have clinched their fourth consecutive season (2016-19) with a sub-.500 Visalia * 35-24 .593 - Modesto 28-30 .483 6.5 record. It’s the first time in San Jose Giants team history (1988-2019) that the club has had four San Jose 26-32 .448 8.5 consecutive losing seasons. The San Jose franchise last had a stretch of at least four straight sub- Stockton 25-34 .424 10.0 .500 seasons from 1981-87 (seven consecutive losing seasons – San Jose Missions 1981, San Jose Expos 1982, San Jose Bees 1983-87). South Division W-L PCT GB R. Cucamonga * 33-25 .569 - Hot Hitter: Sandro Fabian is batting .356 (16-for-45) over his last 11 games. Fabian is hitting .303 Lake Elsinore 31-27 .534 2.0 Lancaster 31-27 .534 2.0 with five home runs and 33 RBI’s in 40 games for San Jose this season. The 21-year old outfielder Inland Empire 24-34 .414 9.0 boasts a .426 batting average with runners in scoring position. Fabian hit only .200 in 112 games with the SJ Giants last season. * First half winner Today’s Games Phillips Wins Weekly Award: Aaron Phillips was named California League Pitcher of the Week on San Jose at Modesto, 7:05 Monday. In two starts last week, Phillips tossed 14 2/3 innings with only one earned run allowed, one R. Cucamonga at Lake Elsinore, 7:00 walk and 15 strikeouts (2-0 record). Phillips twirled a one-hit shutout last Sunday against Inland Lancaster at Inland Empire, 7:05 Empire, retiring 27 of 28 batters faced in the outing. It marked the first nine-inning shutout thrown by a San Jose Giants pitcher since Eric Surkamp on May 16, 2010 (vs. Bakersfield). The weekly award was Phillips’ second of the season. BROADCAST Hector Borg At The Helm: Hector Borg was named manager of the San Jose Giants on July 17 replacing Bill Hayes, who resigned four days earlier. Borg, 34, had been serving as the fundamentals Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo) coach for the Giants’ Dominican Summer League team this season prior to his appointment in San All games aired on club’s official Jose. Last year, Borg was the manager for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Giants Short-Season website and Mobile App affiliate). He also managed the Giants’ Arizona Rookie League team in 2017. Borg played three seasons in the San Francisco farm system from 2004-06. San Jose is 15-17 since Borg took over as manager. See page 6 for more info on Borg. CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 TODAY’S SAN JOSE GIANTS STARTER RHP Casey Meisner Born: May 22, 1995 Overall: 13 G, 8 GS, 2-3, 4.47 ERA Age: 24 Born: Cypress, TX Home: 9 G, 5 GS, 2-2, 4.50 ERA Resides: Cypress, TX Road: 4 G, 3 GS, 0-1, 4.41 ERA Throws: Right Acquired: Free Agent, 2019 First Half: 6 G, 5 GS, 1-0, 2.36 ERA College: None Second Half: 7 G, 3 GS, 1-3, 6.66 ERA Tonight’s Start: 24-year old right-hander is slated to make his ninth start and 14th overall SEASON/CAREER HIGHS appearance with the San Jose Giants in tonight’s game at Modesto. San Jose Notes: Is 2-3 with a 4.47 ERA for San Jose … Has pitched 52 1/3 innings with 29 2019 Career walks, 45 strikeouts and a .276 opponents batting average (.281 vs. right, .269 vs. left) … Has not allowed a run in three of his eight starts … Originally joined the Giants on May 9. IP: 6.0 (7/31 at SA) 8.1 (6/2/16 w/Savannah) R: 6 (x2) 9 (7/5/14 w/Brooklyn) Last Time Out: Most recent outing came as a starter on August 16 at Inland Empire … Pitched 4 1/3 innings with five runs (all earned) allowed … Five walks and seven strikeouts ER: 5 (x3) 6 (x4 w/Palm Beach & Stk.) were both season-high totals … Suffered the loss (Giants lost game 7-5). H: 9 (x3) 9 (x9) Triple-A: Has had two stints with Triple-A Sacramento during the second half … Was 2-1 BB: 5 (8/16 vs. IE) 6 (4/25/18 w/Palm Beach) with a 4.57 ERA in four appearances (three starts) for the River Cats … Pitched a season- K: 7 (8/16 vs. IE) 11 (8/26/14 w/Brooklyn) high six innings with two runs allowed in his July 31 start at San Antonio. HR: 5 (4/17 vs. Tul.) 5 (4/17/19 w/Springfield) Inside The Numbers: Is 1-2 with a 4.24 ERA as a starter for San Jose (8 GS) … Has limited the opposition to a .207 batting average with runners in scoring position … Making only his second start with the Giants since July 4 … Has a 5.59 ERA across three levels this season … Has allowed 18 home runs in 93 1/3 innings. 2019 DAY-BY-DAY (SAN JOSE only) Fourth Organization: Signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants on May 9 … Was released by the St. Louis Cardinals organization on May 4 … Has pitched in the DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA New York Mets (2013-15), Oakland Athletics (2015-17), St. Louis Cardinals (2018-19) and 5/10 at LE ND * 4.1 6 3 3 2 1 6.23 San Francisco Giants (2019) organizations … Is in his seventh professional season. 5/17 LE ND * 5.0 2 0 0 4 4 2.89 5/24 at Vis. ND * 4.0 7 4 3 0 1 4.05 2019 With Springfield: Began the year with Cardinals Double-A affiliate Springfield … Was 6/5 Mod. S 3.0 1 1 1 2 4 3.86 6/10 at Stk. ND * 5.0 2 0 0 1 4 2.95 0-2 with a 9.78 ERA in six games (four starts) before his release … Allowed 10 home runs 6/15 Vis. W * 5.1 5 0 0 3 6 2.36 in 19 1/3 innings pitched … Had a .367 opponents batting average. 6/24 Mod. L * 2.0 5 5 4 2 2 3.45 6/29 Stk.
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