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 Visalia Rawhide (42-21) @ San Jose Giants (29-37) RHP Matt Mercer (1-2, 5.02) vs. RHP Jake Wong (2-1, 3.43) Game #67 / Home Game #32 Friday, June 14 Excite Ballpark 7:00 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Saturday, June 15 vs. Visalia 6:00 PM RHP Casey Meisner (0-0, 2.95) TBA Sunday, June 16 vs. Visalia 1:00 PM RHP Sean Hjelle (1-2, 2.74) RHP Shumpei Yoshikawa (2-2, 3.74) GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight’s Game: The San Jose Giants play the middle game of their five-game series against the Visalia Rawhide (Diamondbacks affiliate) this evening. Jake Wong (2-1, 3.43 ERA) is the Giants’ O verall 29-37 scheduled starting pitcher tonight. The teams have split the first two games of the series with Visalia Home 15-16 claiming a 1-0 decision on Wednesday before San Jose earned a 4-3 win yesterday. Road 14-21 vs. North 15-25 The Giants: San Jose enters tonight’s contest having lost six out of their last eight games. Four of vs. South 14-12 the six losses have come by one run. vs. Visalia 3-10 First Half 29-37 Home Cooking: The Giants are 12-3 in their last 15 home games following a 3-13 start to the season Second Half 0-0 at Excite Ballpark. Current Streak Won 1 Bart Bash: Joey Bart has hit three home runs in eight games since returning from the injured list, Longest W Streak 6 including his first multi-homer game of the season last Saturday at Stockton. Bart suffered a fractured Longest L Streak 6 hand when he was hit by a pitch on April 15 and missed the next 43 games. Bart was the second Last 5 Games 2-3 overall pick in the 2018 draft and is currently rated the #1 prospect in the San Francisco Giants Last 10 Games 4-6 organization by MLB.com. In 18 games this season, Bart is batting .254 with five home runs, 15 RBI’s 2019 Home Attendance 56,078 and a .900 OPS. 2019 Average 1,934 Trouble With The Rawhide: Despite last night’s win, the Giants are only 3-10 this season against first half North Division champion Visalia. The Rawhide have won all three series’ played between the teams this year. Yesterday’s victory snapped a seven-game losing streak to Visalia. CALIFORNIA LEAGUE All-Stars: Four Giants – outfielder Heliot Ramos and pitchers Camilo Doval, Aaron Phillips and Frank FIRST HALF STANDINGS Rubio – have been named midseason California League All-Stars. Doval has been selected as a North Division W-L PCT GB replacement for Rubio, who was promoted to Double-A Richmond on Wednesday. The California Visalia 42-21 .667 - League All-Star Game is Tuesday, June 18 at Inland Empire. Stockton 31-34 .477 12.0 San Jose 29-37 .439 14.5 At The Plate: The Giants are batting .256 as a team in June (4.5 runs per game) after hitting at just a Modesto 29-38 .433 15.0 .219 clip in April (3.8 runs/game) and .227 in May (3.9 runs/game). San Jose is seventh in the eight- team California League in batting average (.229), seventh in runs scored (3.9 per game) and last in South Division W-L PCT GB on-base percentage (.306). The Giants’ 51 home runs this season are third in the league behind only R. Cucamonga 40-25 .615 - Lake Elsinore 33-32 .508 7.0 Rancho Cucamonga (77) and Lancaster (70). Lancaster 32-33 .492 8.0 Inland Empire 25-41 .379 15.5 Hot Hitters: Heliot Ramos is batting .364 since returning from the injured list on May 27 (15 games) … Courtney Hawkins is hitting .302 with five home runs in his last 11 games after starting 6-for-39 (.154 AVG) with the Giants … Bryce Johnson is batting .306 since May 1 after hitting only .196 in Today’s Games Visalia at San Jose, 7:00 April. Inland Empire at Lancaster, 6:35 Stockton at Modesto, 7:05 Close Calls: 36 of San Jose’s 66 games (54.5%) this season have been decided by one or two runs, Lake Elsinore at R. Cucamonga, 7:05 including their last six contests. The Giants are 16-20 (.444) in such games this year. Last night’s victory improved San Jose’s record in one-run games this season to 8-13 (.381). BROADCAST UPCOMING SAN JOSE GIANTS PROMOTIONS Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo, Justin Allegri) Tonight Joey Bart Bobblehead Giveaway Postgame Fireworks KRTY Family Friday 92.9 FM at Excite Ballpark 6/15 Wizarding Night Postgame Fireworks 2009 SJ Giants Champions Bobblehead Video: MiLB.TV Giveaway MIX 106 Saturday in the Park 6/16 Father’s Day Irish Heritage Day 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 Jake Wong Born: September 3, 1996 Overall: 4 GS, 2-1, 3.43 ERA Age: 22 Born: Chandler, AZ Home: 1 GS, 1-0, 1.50 ERA Resides: Chandler, AZ Road: 3 GS, 1-1, 4.20 ERA Throws: Right Acquired: 3rd Round, 2018 First Half: 4 GS, 2-1, 3.43 ERA College: Grand Canyon University Second Half: 0 GS, 0-0, --- ERA Tonight’s Start: 22-year old right-hander is scheduled to his fifth start with the San Jose SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Giants in tonight’s game against Visalia. San Jose Notes: Is 2-1 with a 3.43 ERA in four starts for San Jose … Has struck out 19 2019 Career batters in 21 innings … Has a .250 opponents batting average (.217 vs. right, .294 vs. IP: 6.0 (x7) 6.0 (x7 w/SJ & Augusta) left) … Is 2-0 with a 2.12 ERA (4 ER/17.0 IP) over his last three starts … Was added to the Giants roster from Class-A Augusta on May 20. R: 4 (x3) 4 (x3 w/SJ, Augusta & S-K) ER: 4 (5/22 at Mod.) 4 (5/22/19 w/San Jose) Last Time Out: Received a no-decision in his most recent start on June 8 at Stockton … Pitched five innings with four runs allowed … Only one run was earned … Gave up H: 9 (4/24 at Hic.) 9 (4/24/19 w/Augusta) seven hits, walked one and struck out three … Threw 80 pitches … Giants lost the game BB: 3 (x2) 3 (x2 w/SJ & Augusta) 8-7 in 10 innings. K: 6 (x4) 6 (x4 w/SJ & Augusta) Back-To-Back Wins: Won consecutive starts for the Giants on May 27 against HR: 2 (4/24 at Hic.) 2 (4/24/19 w/Augusta) Lancaster (6 IP, 1 R, 4 SO) and June 1 at Lake Elsinore (6 IP, 2 R, 6 SO). Top Prospect: Currently ranked the #7 prospect in the San Francisco Giants organization by MLB.com … Is the fourth-highest rated pitcher on the list. 2019 DAY-BY-DAY (SAN JOSE only) With Augusta: Began this season with Augusta … Made eight starts for the GreenJackets and was 2-1 with a 1.99 ERA … Allowed only 26 hits in 40 2/3 innings DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA pitched … Struck out 34 and walked 11 … Limited the opposition to a .186 batting 5/22 at Mod. L * 4.0 7 4 4 1 6 9.00 5/27 Lan. W * 6.0 3 1 1 1 4 4.50 average … Allowed two runs or fewer in six of his eight starts. 6/1 at LE W * 6.0 3 2 2 3 6 3.94 6/8 at Stk. ND * 5.0 7 4 1 1 3 3.43 Pitcher Of The Week: Was named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 29-May 5 … Fired 12 hitless innings over two starts during the week … Pitched six innings with no runs and no hits allowed on April 30 against Lexington (2 BB, 6 SO) … Did not give up any runs or hits over six innings in his next start on May 5 versus Hagerstown (0 BB, 2 SO) … Streak of hitless innings was snapped at 12 in the bottom of the first in his following start on May 11 at Lexington. Draft Day: Was selected in the third round by the San Francisco Giants in the 2018 draft (80th overall pick). Grand Canyon: Pitched three years at Grand Canyon University from 2016-18 … Finished three-year collegiate career ranked fourth in school history in wins (16), fourth in innings pitched (223) and third in strikeouts (168) … Became Grand Canyon’s highest draft pick since Tim Salmon in 1989. All-Conference: Earned Second Team All-WAC honors as a junior in 2018 … Posted a 9-3 record and a 2.81 ERA in 15 starts … Struck out 89 and walked 29 over 89 2/3 innings … Single-season rankings in GCU Division I history: third in ERA, tied for third in wins and tied for second in strikeouts. High School: Attended Hamilton High School (Chandler, AZ) … Helped lead Hamilton to an Arizona state championship as a junior in 2014. In The Family: Father, Pete, played soccer at Kent State and worked in the front offices of the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks … Mother, Amy, played basketball at Northern Arizona … Younger sister, Jessica, is currently a member of Grand Canyon’s women’s soccer team.