SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2020 GAME NOTES Oracle Park 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com sfgigantes.com giantspressbox.com @SFGiants @los_gigantes Oakland Athletics (13-6) at San Francisco Giants (8-12) LHP Jesús Luzardo (1-0, 2.60) vs. RHP Johnny Cueto (1-0, 5.40) Game #21/Home Game #7 • Friday, August 14, 2020 • Oracle Park • 6:45 p.m. PT NBCS Bay Area • KNBR 104.5 FM & 680 AM • KSFN 1510 AM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES ARE IN PACIFIC TIME) Sat., Aug. 15 vs. OAK 4:07 p.m. RHP Kevin Gausman (0-1, 4.05) vs. TBA FOX Sun., Aug. 16 vs. OAK 1:05 p.m. RHP Logan Webb (1-1, 2.81) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (0-2, 9.00) NBCS BA All games broadcast on KNBR 104.5 FM & 680 AM in English and will be broadcast in Spanish on KSFN 1510 AM TONIGHT'S GAME: The Giants and A's meet for game one of this three-game GIANTS ON JUST COMPLETED ROAD TRIP series...the Giants are coming off their longest road trip of the year, a 10-game Games...............................................10 trek where they went 3-7 at Colorado (1-3), Los Angeles-NL (1-2) and Houston Record ............................................ 3-7 (1-2)...the A's enter today's games with the best record in the American League Average.......................... .232 (79x340) at 13-6 (.684) and enter tonight having won 10 of their last 12 games. Avg. w/RISP ..................... .233 (17x73) Runs/Runs Per Game ............... 37 (3.7) Home Runs .......................................12 ON THE MOUND: RHP Johnny Cueto is slated to LOWEST CAREER INTERLEAGUE ERA, make his fifth start of the season tonight and his ACTIVE PITCHERS (minimum of 150 IP) Stolen Bases .......................................4 second here at Oracle Park...Cueto has faced the Name ERA ERA ..........................4.93 (46er, 84.0ip) A's twice in his 13-year career, going 1-0 with a Clayton Kershaw 2.26 Starters W-L ................................... 2-3 2.57 ERA (4er, 14.0ip)...Cueto is 16-7 with a 2.76 Trevor Bauer 2.42 Starters ERA ............4.27 (22er, 46.1ip) ERA in 34 career interleague starts...that 2.76 ERA Max Scherzer 2.65 Gerrit Cole 2.70 Relievers W-L ................................. 1-4 is the fifth-lowest figure among active pitchers Johnny Cueto 2.76 Relievers ERA ..........5.73 (24er, 37.2ip) with a minimum of 150.0 innings pitched. Courtesy Stats, LLC Saves/Chances ............................... 3/6 LONG STRETCH AT HOME: Starting tonight, the Giants will play 11 of their next 13 games here at Oracle Park. TOO MANY LONGBALLS: SF pitchers have allowed 30 home runs this year, tied with the Mets for the second-most in the Majors...only the Diamondbacks All-Time vs. OAK: ............... 60-64 (.484) have allowed more homers (43)...the Giants have allowed a home run in at Oracle Park: ................. 31-24 (.564) 16-consecutive games, the longest such streak in franchise history (Stats, LLC). at Oakland Coliseum: ....... 26-36 (.419) 2020 vs.OAK ...........................0-0 (.000) ALL ABOUT DONNIE: IF Donovan Solano, HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE THROUGH THE GIANTS' who has missed the last two games with FIRST 20 GAMES OF A SEASON - SINCE 1958 The Giants & A's play the first of two abdominal soreness, enters today's game Name Season AVG meetings this season...SF went 3-1 with a career-best 15-game hitting streak... Barry Bonds 2004 .500 against OAK last year, their first sea- he's hitting .458 (27-for-59) overall this Willie Mays 1964 .481 son series victory over the A's since season, the second-highest batting average Donovan Solano 2020 .458 Willie Mays 1960 .416 2015...SF has lost six of their last nine among all Major League players behind Barry Bonds 2002 .404 games to the A's at Oracle Park. Colorado's Charlie Blackmon (.472). Courtesy Stats, LLC 2020 Head-to-Head vs. Oakland MORE ON SOLANO: Solano's .458 batting average ranks among a couple Date H/A W/L Score Rec. franchise legends when looking at highest averages through a team's first 20 8/14 OAK -- -- -- games of a season in the San Francisco era (since 1958)...Solano's .358 batting 8/15 OAK -- -- -- average since the start of the 2019 season is the highest in the Majors when 8/16 OAK -- -- -- using a minimum of 250 plate appearances (Stats, LLC). 9/18 OAK -- -- -- 9/19 OAK -- -- -- BELT'S 1,000 GAMES AT FIRST: On Wednesday at Houston, 1B Brandon Belt 9/20 OAK -- -- -- played in his 1,000th career game at first base...he's the seventh player in Giants 2020 Totals 0-0 franchise history to appear in 1,000+ games at first base with the team, joining Willie McCovey (1,775), Bill Terry (1,579), J.T. Snow (1,137), Will Clark ON THIS DATE: AUGUST 14, 2011 (1,124), Fred Merkle (1,040) and Roger Connor (1,002) (thanks to Elias and Darin Stephens for this note). The Giants erupted for four HRs in support of Ryan Vogelsong's 10th ONE RUN GAMES: The Giants are 5-1 in one-run games this year, after going win in a 5-2 victory over the Marlins. an MLB-best 38-16 (.704) in one-run contests last season...their 43-17 (.717) The first homer, hit byCody Ross in record in one-run games since last year is the best in MLB...according to Stats, the 3rd inning off Chris Volstad, was LLC, the last MLB team to win at least 70% of its one-run games over a two- a two-run shot that broke a record season span was the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1908-1909 (66-25, .725). string of 21 consecutive solo hom- ers by Giants batters since July 6th. BALLDUDE & BALLDUDETTE: Starting tonight, the Giants have installed Balldude/Balldudette Cutouts that are secured against the wall near the usual NEW BULLPEN DIMENSIONS 1st and 3rd baseline spots and will feature many of our regular Balldudes and Balldudettes...each cutout will be a $300 donation toward the Giants Community In an effort to increase player safety Fund & Junior Giants program...for more information on how to be a Balldude and enhance fan engagement, the this season, visit jrgiants.org. Giants created new bullpens at Oracle Park, which are located on either side TONIGHT'S BALLDUDE & BALLDUDETTE of The Garden, just below the left field and centerfield bleachers. Rick Apecechea (1st Base) Bob Kelley (3rd Base) (pronounced “appa-suh-CHAY-uh”) • Age: 80 Left CF (intersection of LF and CF wall):Old: • Age: 59 • From: Cambria, CA / Born & raised in San Fran- 404 & New: 399 • Hometown: San Mateo, CA cisco (Glen Park District) • Fun Facts: Retired San Mateo police officer & cur- • Fun Facts: He is a retired professor and has been CF (middle of CF wall): Old: 399 & New: 391 rently a Deputy Sheriff with the San Mateo County a Giants Fan since 1954. He’s been a Balldude since Triples Alley (intersection of CF wall and Sheriff's Office. Received the State Medal of Valor. 2009! brick RF wall): Old: 421 & New: 415 World Champions (8): 1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954, 2010, 2012, 2014 NL Pennants (21): 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1989, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2014 NL Division Champions (8): 1971, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2012 MANAGER GABE KAPLER & 28-MAN ROSTER PAGE 2 MANAGER GABE KAPLER Is in his first season as the skipper of the Giants after being From 2015-2017, the three seasons Kapler was at the helm of named the 39th manager in club history on November 12, 2019. the Dodgers Player Development, the Dodgers minor league Spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons as the skipper of the Phila- affiliates went a combined 1,299-1,128 (.535)...the .535 win- delphia Phillies, going 161-163 (.497) in his two seasons. ning pct. was fourth-best among MLB teams in that time The 2020 campaign marks his fourth season managing and his Had a 12-year career as a player from 1998-2010, suiting up for third at the Major League level...he managed Class A Greenville Detroit (1998-99), Texas (2000-02), Colorado (2002), Boston in the Boston Red Sox organization in 2007. (2003-06), Milwaukee (2008) and Tampa Bay (2009-10)...a Prior to joining the Phillies, Kapler was the Director of Player former 57th-round pick in 1995, Kapler hit .268 over his 1,104 Development for the Dodgers from November 2014 until being career games. hired by Philadelphia in October 2017. GIANTS ACTIVE ROSTER Manager: Gabe Kapler (19) Coaches: Kai Correa (50); Ron Wotus (23); Antoan Richardson (00); Donnie Ecker (63); Justin Viele (17); Dustin Lind (88) Andrew Bailey (45); Ethan Katz (21); Craig Albernaz (32); Brian Bannister (45); Nick Ortiz (79); Mark Hallberg (91); Alyssa Nakken (92) | Staff: Taira Uematsu (99), Brant Whiting (66) ACTIVE ROSTER (28) NO PITCHERS (14) B-T HT WT BORN BIRTHPLACE NUMERICAL ROSTER 64 Anderson, Shaun R-R 6-4 228 10-29-94 Coral Springs, FL 31 Anderson, Tyler L-L 6-2 213 12-30-89 Las Vegas, NV NO. NAME POS 73 Baragar, Caleb (BEAR-uh-grr) R-L 6-3 205 4-9-94 Grand Rapids, MI 1 Dubón, Mauricio IF 5 Yastrzemski, Mike OF 53 Cahill, Trevor R-R 6-4 223 3-1-88 Oceanside, CA 7 Solano, Donovan IF 47 Cueto, Johnny R-R 5-11 229 2-15-86 San Pedro de Macoris, DR 8 Pence, Hunter OF 76 Garcia, Jarlin (HAHR-leen) L-L 6-3 215 1-18-93 Santo Domingo, DR 9 Belt, Brandon IF 34 Gausman, Kevin (GAWZ-min) L-R 6-2 190 1-6-91 Centennial, CO 10 Longoria, Evan IF 58 Gott, Trevor R-R 5-10 182 8-26-92 Lexington, KY 12 Dickerson, Alex OF 60 Peralta, Wandy (WAHN-dee) L-L 6-0 216 7-21-91 San Francisco de Macoris, DR 13 Slater, Austin OF 57 Rodríguez, Dereck R-R 6-0 208 6-5-92 Arlington, TX 14 Tromp, Chadwick C 71 Rogers, Tyler R-R 6-3 181 12-17-90 Denver, CO 26 Herrmann, Chris^ C 31 Anderson, Tyler LHP 67 Selman, Sam R-L 6-2 198 11-14-90 Austin, TX 33 Ruf,