Augusta GreenJackets Game Notes Single-A Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants Augusta GreenJackets (SF) (0-1, 36-33) vs Kannapolis Intimidators (CWS)(1-0, 29-40) Intimidators Stadium - Kannapolis, North Carolina Game #70 of 138 | Away Game #39 | June 21, 2019 | 7:00 PM EDT (AUG) RHP Blake Rivera (4-4, 3.25 ERA) vs (KAN) LHP Taylor Varnell (3-3, 3.61 ERA) 4-Game Series NORTH THURSDAY IN THE SAL SOUTH Hagerstown 3, Rome 1 Delmarva 49-21 - Delmarva 12, Greensboro 11 (F/10) Lexington 38-32 - Greensboro 44-26 5.0 Charleston 2, Hickory 1 Charleston 38-33 0.5 Hickory 41-26 6.5 Columbia 9, Asheville 26 West Virginia 4, Augusta 36-33 1.5 WV 37-34 12.5 Lakewood 5 Rylan Kobre, Broadcaster/Media Relations Greenville 7, Lexington 8 Greenville 32-39 6.5 SRP Park Hagerstown 31-40 18.5 TOP SAL PERFORMER SUNDAY Rome 30-40 8.0 187 W. Railroad Avenue SS - Terrin Vavra- Asheville Tourists North Augusta, South Carolina Lakewood 30-41 19.5 Asheville 30-41 8.5 3rd RD (2018, COL) - Minnesota Office: 803-349-9420 Cell: 707-483-1524 Kannapolis 29-40 19.5 Columbia 24-43 12.5 E-mail: [email protected] 4-7, 3 R, 6 RBI, 2 HR LAST 10 ROUNDS TEEING OFF SCORECARD June 6 - vs Kannapolis...........W, 3-1 1st-half comes to a close Overall Record: 36-33 June 9 - vs Kannapolis...........W, 6-3 It wasn’t the end the Augusta GreenJackets were hoping for. After they controlled their own des- Streak: L1 tiny following Friday nights victory. Rome played spoiler and won on Saturday, while Charleston Longest W Streak: 5 (2x) June 10 - @ Lexington...........W, 8-5 also lost, it left the door open for Lexington to control their own destiny.They did just that, and the Longest L Streak: 4 (2x) GreenJackets ended up a 1/2 game shy of winning the title. June 11 - @ Lexington............W, 6-3 Last 5: 2-3 June 12 - @ Lexington............W, 3-0 Last 10: 7-3 June 13 - vs Rome....................L, 7-4 TODAY’S PITCHING MATCHUP: Rivera vs Varnell 1st Half: 36-32 June 14 - vs Rome...................W, 6-5 (10 innings) Blake Rivera makes his first start of the 2nd half of the season, after he ended the 1st half in 2nd Half: 0-1 June 15 - vs Rome.....................L, 3-2 dominating fashion. Rivera has not allowed a run in his last 11.2 innings, and the streak started Home: 15-16 against the Kannapolis Intimidators on June 6th. On that night, Rivera pitched six-innings of Away: 21-17 June 16 - vs Rome...................W, 3-2 (10 innings) shutout baseball and allowed only one-hit. He also had a career high 10 strikeouts that evening. April: 12-11 Rivera was a 4th round pick by the Giants in 2018. He was drafted in 2017 by San Francisco as June 20 - @ Kannapolis........L, 3-0 14-17 a 32nd round pick, but did not sign and returned to Wallace State Community College for a 2nd May: year. He is ranked as the Giants #18 prospect according to MLB.com. June: 10-5 TEAM LEADERBOARD July: Taylor Varnell makes his first appearance on the mound since May 31 for Kannapolis. Varnell August: AVG...............................................Rincones (.288) was just activated off the injured list, and will try to give the Intimidators a 2nd straight win in September: OBP...............................................Rincones (.352) this series. Varnell, the 29th round selection by the White Sox out of Oral Roberts in 2018, has pitched in 57.1 innings this year and he has 69 strikeouts to only 17 walks. He’s also limited When scoring 1st: 22-13 SLG..............................................Tostado (.429) hitters to a .220 average. This will be his 12th start of the season. 25-5 H..................................................Rincones (69) Leading after six: Tied after six: 7-2 R...................................................Munguia (36) Corry, Tona, Munguia named to All-Star Game Trailing after six: 4-25 GreenJackets starting pitcher Seth Corry will make an All-Star Game appearance after an incredible start 2B................................................Gonzalez (14) in 2019. He is currently 5th in the SAL in strikeouts with 65, an incredible statistic considering he has Leading after seven: 24-4 3B.....................................................Rincones (4) thrown only 43.1 innings on the mound this year. Corry, who is ranked as the #25 overall prospect in the Tied after seven: 7-4 HR................................................Tostado (10) Giants organization according to MLB.com, has an ERA of 2.49 this year. Trailing after seven: 4-22 Leading after eight: 26-2 RBI...............................................Tostado (45) Jesus Tona has made the All-Star Game roster as he has been one of the most dominant relievers in the South Atlantic League. Tona’s eight saves are the 3rd most in the SAL, and he has a 1.61 ERA over Tied after eight: 6-5 BB.................................................Matheny (30) 28 innings-pitched. Tona was named an All-Star in 2018 when he pitched in the Northwest League for Trailing after eight: 3-21 SO.................................................Matheny (81) the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Short-Season Affiliate of the Giants). After he signed with the Giants as a catcher in 2014, Tona made the move to the mound in 2017. He has a career ERA of 1.30 and 20 saves Run Differential: +8 SB.................................................Bond (8) in 62.1 innings on the hill. ERA.............................................Tona (1.41) One-run games: 13-11 7-8 G...................................................Tona (20) Ismael Munguia is the only position player on the GreenJackets roster to make the All-Star Game. Two-run games: Munguia’s season got off to a great start when he had a 15-game hitting streak from April 18th to May 5+ run games: 5-5 SV.................................................Tona (10) 8th. After going 4-4 with an RBI for the Jackets last week (Monday, June 3rd), he is now hitting .292 on Extra Innings: 8-1 the season. Munguia has hit in the leadoff spot 40 times this year and his K% of 1.3%1 is the 2nd best IP..................................................Winn (66.1) among hitters in the SAL. Walk-Off Wins: 4 K...................................................Corry (73) Most Runs: 11 (4/7/19 @ ASH) WHIP...........................................Tona (1.03) Most Hits: 15 (4/10 @ GVL) (6/3 @ ASH) GREENJACKET TO WATCH: Mikey Edie - OF 8+ Runs: 8x TEAM STATS Most runs allowed: 16 (5/25 v. GVL) While the GreenJackets struggled to score any runs 0 runs scored: 3 (4/5) (4/11) OFFENSE last night, Mikey Edie had his 7th multi-hit game of the (6/20) AVG - .228 (13th) 2B - 104 (11th) season going 2-4 with a triple. He also had an outfield SHO: 2 (4/28), (6/12) 4-3 OBP - .302 (11th) HR - 40 (T-8th) assist with an incredible toss from the warning track to vs ASH: throw out a runner at 2nd base. vs COL: 4-3 SLG - .339 (12th) SO - 596 (13th) vs CSC: 5-2 R - 292 - (10th) SB - 25 (13th) vs DM: 2-2 vs GBO: 2-1 PITCHING SERIES PITCHING PAIRINGS vs GVL: 2-5 ERA - 3.51 (8th) K - 692 (2nd) vs HAG: 1-2 06/21/19 - 7:00 PM @ KAN (KAN) LHP Taylor Varnell (3-3, 3.61 ERA) vs (AUG) RHP Blake Rivera (4-4, 3.25 ERA) vs HIC: 1-2 HR - 40 (12th) BB - 256 (3rd) vs KAN: 2-1 06/22/19 - 7:00 PM @ KAN (KAN) RHP Jason Bilous (2-4, 2.83 ERA) vs (AUG) LHP Seth Corry (1-2, 2.74 ERA) vs LAK: vs LEX: 8-1 FIELDING 06/23/19 - 3:00 PM @ KAN (KAN) RHP Johan Dominguez (3-3, 2.08 ERA) vs (AUG) RHP Keaton Winn (3-4, 3.80 ERA) vs ROM: 3-4 06/24/19 - 7:05 PM vs ASH (ASH) TBD (0-0 0.00 ERA) vs (AUG) RHP Adam Oller (0-1, 5.93 ERA) FIELD % - .969 (T-9th) ERRORS - 79 (T-9TH) vs WV: 2-5 TODAYS STARTING PITCHER | RHP Blake rivera (4-4, 3.25 ERA) BATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT: 6’4” WEIGHT: 225 lbs AGE: 21 (01/09/98) HOMETOWN: Smiths Station, AL COLLEGE: Wallace State CC ACQUIRED: 4th Round, 2018 MLB Draft 2018 TEAM: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (A-) 2018 STATS: 0-0, 6.16 ERA, 9G-8GS, 19.0 IP, 14 SO-11 BB REPERTOIRE: FASTBALL, CURVEBALL, CHANGEUP 2019 GAME-BY-GAME LOG Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR BB K PIT ERA APRIL 27 @ DEL ND 4.0 3 3 3 0 2 2 83 4.60 MAY 3 vs HAG ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 3 3 77 3.74 MAY 10 @ WV L 3.1 2 4 3 0 6 7 79 4.32 MAY 15 vs COL L 4.0 5 2 1 0 3 4 80 4.03 MAY 21 vs ROM L 4.2 3 2 3 0 3 5 78 4.01 MAY 26 vs GVL W 5.0 6 2 2 0 0 9 83 3.96 JUN 01 @ COL L 5.0 7 3 3 0 1 6 87 4.12 JUN 06 vs KAN W 6.0 1 0 0 0 2 10 82 3.62 JUN 12 @ LEX W 5.2 2 0 0 0 3 7 86 3.25 ABOUT BLAKE RIVERA: - Blake Rivera begins his second season in the San Francisco Giants Organization - Listed as the Giants #18 Overall Prospect, and #8 Pitching Prospect according to MLB.com. - Spent 2018 with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes after being selected in the 4th Round of the 2018 MLB Draft.