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 (4-7) @ San Jose Giants (5-6) RHP Mitchell Jordan (0-1, 6.00) vs. LHP John Gavin (0-0, 1.50) Game #12 / Home Game #5 Monday, April 15 Excite Ballpark 6:30 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Tuesday, April 16 vs. Stockton 6:30 PM LHP Caleb Baragar (0-0, 0.00) RHP Brady Feigl (1-0, 0.82) Wednesday, April 17 vs. Stockton 12:05 PM RHP Garrett Cave (0-1, 3.24) RHP Wyatt Marks (1-1, 5.19) Tonight’s Game: The San Jose Giants open a three-game series against the Stockton Ports GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS (Oakland A’s affiliate) this evening at Excite Ballpark. John Gavin (0-0, 1.50 ERA) is slated to make O verall 5-6 the start on the mound for the Giants tonight. Home 1-3 Road 4-3 Three Straight Losses: The Giants enter tonight’s contest having lost a season-high tying three vs. North 5-6 games in a row. San Jose has scored a total of only four runs during their current three-game skid vs. South 0-0 (.152 team AVG, 2-for-17 with runners in scoring position). vs. Stockton 3-0 First Half 5-6 Streaky Team: The last 10 Giants games have included a three-game losing streak (April 5-7) Second Half 0-0 followed by a four-game win streak (April 8-11) and then the current three-game slide (April 12-14). Current Streak Lost 3 On The Mound: San Jose is third in the California League in team ERA (2.89) and second in Longest W Streak 4 opponents batting average (.198). Giants hurlers are averaging 10.5 strikeouts per game – fourth in Longest L Streak 3 the league. San Jose has allowed three runs or fewer in seven out of their 11 games. Last 5 Games 2-3 Last 10 Games 4-6 Versus The Ports: The Giants swept a three-game series in Stockton last week (April 8-10) in the 2019 Home Attendance 11,496 only previous meeting between the teams this season. San Jose outscored the Ports by a 20-7 2019 Average 2,874 margin and hit six home runs during the series. It marked the Giants’ first series sweep since July 31- August, 2017. Tonight is the fourth of 30 meetings this season between San Jose and Stockton. Score Four: The Giants are 5-0 this season when scoring four runs or more (0-6 when scoring fewer CALIFORNIA LEAGUE than four runs). FIRST HALF STANDINGS Top Prospects: Catcher Joey Bart and outfielder Heliot Ramos are ranked the #1 and #2 prospects respectively in the San Francisco Giants organization by MLB.com. Bart has five extra-base hits (two North Division W-L PCT GB Visalia 7-4 .636 - doubles, one triple, two home runs) in nine games played this season to go with a .250 batting Modesto 5-6 .455 2.0 average and eight RBI’s. Ramos leads the Giants and ranks tied for second in the California League San Jose 5-6 .455 2.0 with three home runs. He’s batting .206 with seven RBI’s in 10 games this season. Ramos (7th, .907) Stockton 4-7 .364 3.0 and Bart (8th, .853) both rank among the league leaders in OPS. South Division W-L PCT GB Climbing The Charts: Gio Brusa hit his 37th career home run with the San Jose Giants in Saturday’s Lake Elsinore 8-3 .727 - game to move into sole possession of fourth place on the club’s all-time home run list. Benji Simonton Inland Empire 5-6 .455 3.0 Lancaster 5-6 .455 3.0 is third with 38 career homers. Brusa had been tied with Travis Ishikawa and Angel Villalona. Brusa R. Cucamonga 5-6 .455 3.0 hit 17 homers with San Jose in 2017 and 19 last season. Excite Ballpark: The San Jose Giants have announced a three-year naming rights agreement with Today’s Games newly re-branded Excite Credit Union. Fans will now walk through the gates of Excite Ballpark, Home Stockton at San Jose, 6:30 R. Cucamonga at Lake Elsinore, 6:00 of the San Jose Giants. The naming rights deal highlights an expanded partnership between the two Inland Empire at Lancaster, 6:35 organizations. The 77-year old ballpark is now outfitted with new Excite Credit Union and Excite Visalia at Modesto, 7:05 Ballpark signage all throughout the venue while the organizations are also partnering to enhance the fan experience with new promotions and community outreach programs. BROADCAST UPCOMING SAN JOSE GIANTS PROMOTIONS Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo, Justin Allegri) 4/15 Discount Monday 92.9 FM at Excite Ballpark 4/16 Tasty Tuesday Video: MiLB.TV 4/17 Education Day We Care Wednesday CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 TODAY’S SAN JOSE GIANTS STARTER LHP John Gavin Born: October 10, 1995 Overall: 2 GS, 0-0, 1.50 ERA Age: 23 Born: San Francisco, CA Home: 0 GS, 0-0, --- ERA Resides: San Jose, CA Road: 2 GS, 0-0, 1.50 ERA Throws: Left Acquired: 8th Round, 2017 First Half: 2 GS, 0-0, 1.50 ERA College: Cal State Fullerton Second Half: 0 GS, 0-0, --- ERA Tonight’s Start: 23-year old left-hander is slated to make his third start of the SEASON/CAREER HIGHS season in tonight’s game against Stockton. 2019 Career Season To Date: Has pitched six innings with only one earned run allowed through two starts this season … Faced the Ports in his most recent start on IP: 4.0 (4/10 at Stk.) 7.0 (x2 w/Augusta) April 10 at Banner Island Ballpark … Worked four innings with two unearned R: 2 (4/10 at Stk.) 5 (x2 w/San Jose) runs allowed … Surrendered three hits, walked one and struck out two … Gave up both runs in the bottom of the first on an error … Retired 10 of the final 11 ER: 1 (4/5 at Vis.) 5 (9/1/18 w/San Jose) batters he faced … Pitched just two innings (one run allowed) in his season H: 3 (4/10 at Stk.) 10 (9/1/18 w/San Jose) debut on April 5 at Visalia. BB: 3 (4/5 at Vis.) 5 (7/25/18 w/Augusta) 2018 All-Star: Named to the midseason South Atlantic League All-Star team K: 4 (4/5 at Vis.) 9 (x4 w/Augusta) last year with the Augusta GreenJackets (A) … Was 5-5 with a 2.08 ERA over HR: 0 3 (8/4/18 w/San Jose) 20 starts for Augusta … Allowed only 54 hits in 95 innings (.167 opponents average) … Walked 37 and struck out 111 … Surrendered one or no earned runs in 14 out of his 20 starts. 2019 DAY-BY-DAY San Jose Experience: Was promoted to San Jose on August 4 last year and spent the remainder of the season in the California League … Was 1-2 with a DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA 5.60 ERA in six starts for San Jose. 4/5 at Vis. ND * 2.0 2 1 1 3 4 4.50 4/10 at Stk. ND * 4.0 3 2 0 1 2 1.50 Home Runs: Gave up seven home runs in 27 1/3 innings with San Jose last year after only 8 HR allowed in 111 career IP prior to joining Giants. Organizational Rank: Finished second in the San Francisco Giants farm system with 139 strikeouts (in 122 1/3 innings) last season. At Fullerton: Was 21-8 with a 2.80 ERA over 53 appearances (48 starts) during three-year career at Cal State Fullerton (2015-17) … Helped the Titans reach the College World Series in 2015 and 2017 … Was a Freshman All-American in 2015. Drafted Twice: Was selected in the eighth round of the 2017 draft by the San Francisco Giants after his junior season at Fullerton … Originally selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 39th round of the 2014 draft out of high school, but did not sign. San Jose Native: Grew up in San Jose … Attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View (20 minutes north of San Jose) … Pitched at Excite Ballpark while in high school during the Central Coast Section playoffs … Was the winning pitcher for St. Francis HS in the 2013 CCS championship game. Giants Fan: Favorite team growing up was the San Francisco Giants … Attended San Jose Giants games as a kid. 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 1.50 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 1 0 0 4 6 .217 2018 San Jose 1 2 5.60 6 6 0 0 0 27.1 30 19 17 7 2 10 28 .278 Augusta 5 5 2.08 20 20 1 1 0 95.0 54 26 22 8 4 37 111 .167 2017 AZL Giants 2 1 0.00 12 0 0 0 1 16.0 8 2 0 0 1 7 22 .151 Career 8 8 2.49 40 28 1 1 1 144.1 97 50 40 15 7 58 167 .191 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: 5-6 Sunday: 0-2 May: 0-0 Monday: 1-0 Most Games Under .500 2 April 7 (1-3) June: 0-0 Tuesday: 1-0 Longest Winning Streak 4 April 8-11 July: 0-0 Wednesday: 1-0 Longest Losing Streak 3 x2, last: April 12-14 August: 0-0 Thursday: 2-0 Longest Home Winning Streak 1 April 11 September: 0-0 Friday: 0-2 Longest Road Winning Streak 3 April 8-10 Saturday: 0-2 Longest Home Losing Streak 3 April 12-14 First game of series: 3-0 Longest Road Losing Streak 3 April 5-7 Last game of series: 1-2 Scoring First: 4-1 Largest Margin of Victory 9 April 8 at Stk.