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 (60-77) @ San Jose Giants (65-73) RHP Xavier Altamirano (5-12, 5.60) vs. RHP Tristan Beck (2-2, 2.51) Game #139 / Home Game #69 Monday, September 2 Excite Ballpark 2:00 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Today’s Game: The San Jose Giants conclude the regular season today with the finale of a four- GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS game series against the Stockton Ports (A’s affiliate). Tristan Beck (2-2, 2.51 ERA) is slated to make O verall 65-73 the start on the mound. Stockton claimed the first two games of the series posting victories of 2-0 in Home 33-35 11 innings on Friday and 12-5 on Saturday before the Giants earned a 6-2 win yesterday afternoon. Road 32-38 vs. North 40-48 Wild Card Race: The Giants (65-73) are a half-game ahead of Modesto (65-74) in the North Division vs. South 25-25 wild card race with one game remaining in the regular season. San Jose will clinch a playoff spot with vs. Stockton 13-16 a win today or a Modesto loss. The Nuts host the Visalia Rawhide this afternoon at 2:05 PM. The Giants last reached the playoffs in 2016. San Jose has never missed the postseason three straight First Half 30-39 Second Half 35-34 years in their team history (1988-2019). Prior to the current two-year drought, the Giants reached the playoffs 12 times in 13 seasons from 2004-2016. Current Streak Won 1 Longest W Streak 8 Winning Ways: The Giants enter today’s contest having won nine out of their last 11 games. San Longest L Streak 6 Jose’s season-high eight-game winning streak was snapped with Friday’s series-opening loss to Last 5 Games 3-2 Stockton. Last 10 Games 8-2 Team Awards: The Giants will recognize their team MVP in a ceremony before today’s game. Award 2019 Home Attendance 153,224 2019 Average 2,322 winners this season include Matt Frisbee (Pitcher of the Year), Heliot Ramos (Offensive Player of the Year), David Villar (Defensive Player of the Year), Olbis Parra (Relief Pitcher of the Year) and John Gavin (Good Guy Award). CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Second Half: A victory today would give the Giants (35-34) their first winning half since the first half of the 2016 season (39-31). OVERALL STANDINGS Hawkins’ Power Surge: Courtney Hawkins homered again yesterday and has now hit six home runs North Division W-L PCT GB to go with 14 RBI’s over his last eight games. Hawkins matched a San Jose Giants single-game Visalia * 82-53 .607 - San Jose 65-73 .471 18.5 record when he homered three times on August 25 at Stockton. He hit 11 home runs in August (28 Modesto 65-74 .468 19.0 games) after going the entire month of July without hitting a homer (24 games). Hawkins’ 20 home Stockton 60-77 .438 23.0 runs this year leads the team. He became the first Giants player to hit at least 20 homers in a season since Brian Ragira in 2014 (20 HR). South Division W-L PCT GB R. Cucamonga * 80-57 .584 - Versus The Ports: The Giants are 13-16 against Stockton this season, including a 4-9 mark at Excite Lake Elsinore 72-65 .526 8.0 Lancaster 68-69 .496 12.0 Ballpark (9-7 at Banner Island Ballpark). Inland Empire 57-81 .413 23.5 Matheny Mashing: Shane Matheny is 16-for-34 (.471 AVG) with three home runs and nine RBI’s in * Clinched playoff berth his last eight games (after starting 2-for-18 with San Jose). Today’s Games Stockton at San Jose, 2:00 North Division Series: The best-of-five North Division Series begins on Wednesday. The Visalia Visalia at Modesto, 2:05 Rawhide won both the first and second half titles in the North and will take on either the Giants or Inland Empire at R. Cucamonga, 2:05 Modesto Nuts. If San Jose reaches the postseason, they’ll host Game 1 on Wednesday and Game 2 Lancaster at Lake Elsinore, 6:00 on Thursday. The Rawhide host Games 3, 4 and 5 from Friday-Sunday. Defending league champion Rancho Cucamonga will play Lake Elsinore in the South Division Series. 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 92.9 FM at Excite Ballpark Jose. Last year, Borg was the manager for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Giants Short-Season affiliate). He also managed the Giants’ Arizona Rookie League team in 2017. Borg played three Video: MiLB.TV seasons in the San Francisco farm system from 2004-06. San Jose is 24-19 since Borg took over as manager (41-54 before). 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 Tristan Beck Born: June 24, 1996 Overall: 5 GS, 2-2, 2.51 ERA Age: 23 Born: Corona, CA Home: 3 GS, 1-2, 3.71 ERA Resides: Corona, CA Road: 2 GS, 1-0, 0.77 ERA Throws: Right Acquired: Trade, 2019 First Half: 0 GS, 0-0, --- ERA College: Stanford University Second Half: 5 GS, 2-2, 2.51 ERA Today’s Start: 23-year old right-hander is scheduled to make his sixth start with San Jose SEASON/CAREER HIGHS in today’s game against Stockton. Traded To Giants: Was acquired via trade by the San Francisco Giants from the Atlanta 2019 Career Braves on July 31 … Traded to SF with pitcher Dan Winkler in exchange for pitcher Mark Melancon … Was added to San Jose’s roster following the trade. IP: 6.2 (7/13 at Clr.) 6.2 (71/3/19 w/Florida) R: 7 (7/26 vs. Day.) 7 (7/26/19 w/Florida) Prospect Ranking: Currently ranked the #18 prospect in the San Francisco Giants organization by MLB.com. ER: 6 (7/26 vs. Day.) 6 (7/26/19 w/Florida) H: 9 (7/26 vs. Day.) 9 (7/26/19 w/Florida) San Jose Notes: Is 2-2 with a 2.51 ERA in five starts for San Jose … Has struck out 31 and walked 11 in 28 2/3 innings … Has a .245 opponents batting average (.224 vs. right, .282 BB: 4 (8/28 vs. Vis.) 4 (8/28/19 w/San Jose) vs. left) … Has not allowed a run over his last two starts … Pitched six scoreless innings on K: 11 (7/1 vs. GCL Pir.) 11 (7/1/19 w/GCL Braves) August 23 at Stockton to record his first win as a member of the SF Giants organization … Tossed six shutout innings in his most recent start on August 28 against Visalia. HR: 1 (x3) 1 (x3 w/Florida & San Jose) Draft Day: Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the fourth round of the 2018 draft (112th overall). 2019 DAY-BY-DAY Florida State League: Was pitching for the High-A Florida Fire Frogs of the Florida State (SAN JOSE only) League prior to the trade … Made eight starts for Florida and was 2-2 with a 5.65 ERA. DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Injured List Stint: Began the season with Florida, but was placed on the Injured List (groin) 8/4 at IE ND * 5.2 6 1 1 1 6 1.59 following his April 26 start … Missed two months … Did not return until a rehab start with the 8/11 Mod. L * 5.1 5 4 4 2 7 4.09 Gulf Coast League Braves (Rookie-level) on June 26 … Made two starts for the GCL 8/17 IE L * 5.2 8 3 3 1 7 4.32 Braves before returning to Florida on July 6. 8/23 at Stk. W * 6.0 3 0 0 3 5 3.18 8/28 Vis. W * 6.0 4 0 0 4 6 2.51 At Stanford: Played three seasons at Stanford University from 2016-18 … Was 14-9 with a 2.74 ERA over 29 career starts. Freshman All-American: Was a First Team Freshman All-American and All-Pac-12 honoree in 2016 … Posted a 6-5 record with a 2.48 ERA in 14 starts … Was only the third freshman to start Opening Day at Stanford since 1988 (Mike Mussina and Cal Quantrill). Missed Season: Sat out his entire sophomore season in 2017 due to a back injury. Junior Year: Was an All-Pac-12 selection during junior season in 2018 … Logged an 8-4 record with a 2.98 ERA in 15 starts … Pitched 90 2/3 innings with 31 walks and 73 strikeouts … Won the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week award twice. Drafted Three Times: Was originally drafted in the 34th round by the Milwaukee Brewers out of the high school (2015), but did not sign … Was also selected in the 29th round by the New York Yankees as a draft-eligible sophomore at Stanford (2017), but again did not sign.