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 (43-22) @ San Jose Giants (30-38) RHP Shumpei Yoshikawa (2-2, 3.74) vs. RHP Sean Hjelle (1-2, 2.74) Game #69 / Home Game #34 Sunday, June 16 Excite Ballpark 1:00 PM UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Time Giants Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Monday, June 17 OFF DAY Tuesday, June 18 California League All-Star Game (7:05 PM at Inland Empire) Wednesday, June 19 OFF DAY GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS First Half Finale: The San Jose Giants close out the first half this afternoon with the finale of their five-game series against the Visalia Rawhide (Diamondbacks affiliate). Sean Hjelle (1-2, 2.74 ERA) is O verall 30-38 San Jose’s scheduled starting pitcher today. The Giants and Rawhide have split the first four games Home 16-17 of the series. Road 14-21 vs. North 16-26 The Giants: San Jose enters today’s contest having lost seven out of their last ten games. Since vs. South 14-12 falling a season-high 10 games below .500 on May 4 (10-20), the Giants have posted a 20-18 record. vs. Visalia 4-11 San Jose needs a victory this afternoon or a Modesto loss (vs. Stockton) to avoid finishing in last First Half 30-38 place in the first half North Division standings. Second Half 0-0 All-Stars: Four Giants – outfielder Heliot Ramos and pitchers Camilo Doval, Aaron Phillips and Frank Current Streak Won 1 Rubio – have been named midseason California League All-Stars. Doval has been selected as a Longest W Streak 6 replacement for Rubio, who was promoted to Double-A Richmond on Wednesday. The California Longest L Streak 6 League All-Star Game is Tuesday, June 18 at Inland Empire. Last 5 Games 2-3 Last 10 Games 3-7 Home Cooking: The Giants are 13-4 in their last 17 home games following a 3-13 start to the season 2019 Home Attendance 64,544 at Excite Ballpark. San Jose has not lost a series at home since dropping two of three games to 2019 Average 2,082 Rancho Cucamonga from May 3-5. Trouble With The Rawhide: The Giants are only 4-11 against Visalia this season. The Rawhide have won all three series’ played between the teams this year. Eight of San Jose’s 11 losses to CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Visalia have come by one or two runs. FIRST HALF STANDINGS At The Plate: The Giants are batting .260 as a team in June (4.9 runs per game) after hitting at just a North Division W-L PCT GB .219 clip in April (3.8 runs/game) and .227 in May (3.9 runs/game). San Jose is seventh in the eight- Visalia 43-22 .662 - team California League in batting average (.231), sixth in runs scored (4.0 per game) and last in on- Stockton 32-35 .478 12.0 base percentage (.310). The Giants’ 51 home runs this season are tied for third in the league behind San Jose 30-38 .441 14.5 only Rancho Cucamonga (77) and Lancaster (71). Modesto 30-39 .435 15.0 Hot Hitters: Heliot Ramos is batting .338 since returning from the injured list on May 27 (17 games) South Division W-L PCT GB … Courtney Hawkins has hit five home runs in his last 13 games (.320 AVG) … Bryce Johnson is R. Cucamonga 41-26 .612 - Lake Elsinore 34-33 .507 7.0 batting .297 since May 1 after hitting only .196 in April. Lancaster 33-34 .493 8.0 Inland Empire 26-42 .382 15.5 Close Calls: 36 of San Jose’s 68 games (52.9%) this season have been decided by one or two runs. The Giants are 16-20 (.444) in such games this year. San Jose is 8-13 (.381) in one-run games. Today’s Games Visalia at San Jose, 1:00 Looking Ahead: The Giants open the 70-game second half on Thursday in Stockton. San Jose’s first Inland Empire at Lancaster, 2:05 20 games of the second half will be played against North Division opponents (nine games vs. Stockton at Modesto, 2:05 Modesto, eight games vs. Stockton, three games vs. Visalia). The Giants are only 16-26 (.381) Lake Elsinore at R. Cucamonga, 2:05 versus the North this season compared to a 14-12 (.538) record against the South. 13 of San Jose’s first 20 games of the second half will be at home. BROADCAST UPCOMING SAN JOSE GIANTS PROMOTIONS Radio: sjgiants.com (Joe Ritzo) Today Father’s Day Irish Heritage Day Kids Run the Bases BAY’s Giant Sunday 92.9 FM at Excite Ballpark 6/24 Discount Monday Motivation Monday Video: MiLB.TV 6/25 Tasty Tuesday CALIFORNIA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2007 2005 2001 1998 1979 1967 1962 1953 1949 TODAY’S SAN JOSE GIANTS STARTER RHP Sean Hjelle Born: May 7, 1997 Overall: 4 GS, 1-2, 2.74 ERA Age: 22 Born: Fridley, MN Home: 1 GS, 1-0, 0.00 ERA Resides: White Bear Lake, MN Road: 3 GS, 0-2, 3.71 ERA Throws: Right Acquired: 2nd Round, 2018 First Half: 4 GS, 1-2, 2.74 ERA College: University of Kentucky Second Half: 0 GS, 0-0, --- ERA Today’s Start: 22-year old right-hander is scheduled to make his fifth start with San Jose SEASON/CAREER HIGHS this season in today’s game against Visalia. Top Prospect: Currently ranked the #6 prospect in the San Francisco Giants 2019 Career organization by MLB.com … Is the third-highest rated pitcher on the list. IP: 6.0 (x4) 6.0 (x4 w/SJ & Augusta) 6’11” Tall: At 6’11”, would tie a record for the tallest player in major league history (Jon R: 5 (5/30 at LE) 5 (5/30/19 w/San Jose) Rauch). ER: 4 (5/30 at LE) 4 (x2 w/SJ & Salem-Keizer) San Jose Notes: Is 1-2 with a 2.74 ERA in four starts for San Jose … Has 20 strikeouts H: 10 (5/30 at LE) 10 (5/30/19 w/San Jose) and five walks in 23 innings … Has allowed two or fewer earned runs in three of his four starts … Owns a .270 opponents batting average (.189 vs. left, .327 vs. right) … Joined BB: 2 (x2) 2 (x2 w/SJ & Augusta) the Giants on May 20. K: 8 (5/8 at WV) 8 (5/8/19 w/Augusta) Last Time Out: Pitched six innings with two runs (both earned) allowed in his most HR: 1 (x4) 2 (7/23/18 w/Salem-Keizer) recent start on June 11 at Stockton … Gave up six hits, walked one and struck out six … Induced 10 groundouts … Threw a season-high 88 pitches … Received a no-decision (Giants eventually lost 4-3). 2019 DAY-BY-DAY With Augusta: Began this season with the Class-A Augusta GreenJackets prior to (SAN JOSE only) earning a promotion to San Jose … Made nine starts for Augusta and was 1-2 with a 2.66 ERA … Struck out 44 batters compared to just nine walks in 40 2/3 innings … DATE OPP DEC GS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Allowed two earned runs or fewer in seven out of his nine starts. 5/25 at Vis. L * 6.0 4 3 1 2 5 1.50 5/30 at LE L * 5.0 10 5 4 1 5 4.09 GreenJackets Highlights: Struck out a career-high eight batters over five innings on 6/5 Mod. W * 6.0 4 1 0 1 4 2.65 May 8 at West Virginia (one run allowed) … Tossed six scoreless innings with only one 6/11 at Stk. ND * 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 2.74 hit allowed on April 20 versus Charleston (six strikeouts). Draft Day: Was selected in the second round by the San Francisco Giants in the 2018 draft (45th overall pick). At Kentucky: Pitched three years at the University of Kentucky from 2016-18 … Ranks fifth in school history in career wins (22) and ninth in strikeouts (222) … Had a career ERA of 3.68 over 54 appearances (31 starts). SEC Pitcher Of The Year: Was the 2017 SEC Pitcher of the Year during his sophomore season … Fashioned an 11-4 record with a 3.89 ERA in 18 games (17 starts) … 11 wins were tied for fourth on Kentucky’s single-season list … Went 7-1 with a 1.90 ERA in conference play … Became the first player in Kentucky history to win SEC Pitcher of the Year … Was also a Second Team All-American during the season. Other College Notes: Was on the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Served as Kentucky’s closer as a freshman in 2016 … Collected eight saves, a Kentucky freshman record and tied for third on the school’s single-season list … Earned Mr. Wildcat honors in 2018, the highest award given to a male student-athlete at Kentucky. High School: Attended Mahtomedi High School … Earned three letters in baseball and four in basketball. In The Family: Older sister, Mara, played basketball at Wayne State and professionally in Finland and Germany. 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 1 2 2.74 4 4 0 0 0 23.0 24 11 7 1 2 5 20 .270 Augusta 1 2 2.66 9 9 0 0 0 40.2 41 16 12 3 1 9 44 .256 2018 Salem-Keizer 0 0 5.06 12 12 0 0 0 21.1 24 16 12 4 1 4 22 .273 Career 2 4 3.28 25 25 0 0 0 85.0 89 43 31 8 4 18 86 .264 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 April: 9-17 Sunday: 1-7 Most Games Over .500 2 April 11 (5-3) May: 15-13 Monday: 6-1 Most Games Under .500 10 May 4 (10-20) June: 6-8 Tuesday: 6-4 Longest Winning Streak 6 May 13-21 July: 0-0 Wednesday: 4-5 Longest Losing Streak 6 April 23-28 August: 0-0 Thursday: 8-5 Longest Home Winning Streak 7 May 5-27 September: 0-0 Friday: 2-9 Longest Road Winning Streak 3 April 8-10 Saturday: 3-7 Longest Home Losing Streak 8 April 23-May 4 First game of series: 11-9 Last game of series: 7-12 Scoring First: 21-10 Longest Road Losing Streak 5 May 24-31 Rubber game of series: 4-4 Opponent Scores First: 9-28 Largest Margin of Victory 9 April 8 at Stk.