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 San Francisco Giants (25-25) at Oakland Athletics (32-19) RHP Kevin Gausman (3-2, 4.05) vs. LHP Jesús Luzardo (2-2, 4.32) Game #51/Road Game #26 • Saturday, September 19, 2020 • Oakland Coliseum • 1:10 p.m. PT NBC Sports Bay Area •KNBR 104.5 FM & 680 AM • KSFN 1510 AM • ESPN RADIO UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES ARE IN PACIFIC TIME) Sun., Sept. 20 at OAK 1:10 RHP Johnny Cueto (2-1, 4.78) vs. LHP Mike Minor (1-5, 5.40) ESPN, NBCSBA All games broadcast on KNBR 104.5 FM & 680 AM in English and will be broadcast in Spanish on KSFN 1510 AM TODAY'S GAME: The Giants and A's play NL Wild Card Race GIANTS ON ROAD TRIP game two of a three-game weekend series... Games.................................................6 the Giants lost a 6-0 decision last night and Team W-L, Pct. GB Record ............................................ 2-4 are winless in four games against their Bay Phillies 26-25 (.510) -- Average.......................... .221 (40x181) Reds 26-26 (.500) -- Avg. w/RISP ....................... .250 (9x36) rivals, being outscored by a 36-16 margin. Giants 25-25 (.500) -- Brewers 24-26 (.480) 1.0 Runs/Runs Per Game ............... 17 (2.8) ROSTER MOVES: The Giants made the Mets 23-28 (.451) 2.5 Home Runs .........................................5 following roster moves today: OF Alex Rockies 22-28 (.449) 3.0 Stolen Bases .......................................1 Dickerson placed on the Paternity List...LHP ERA ..........................4.89 (25er, 46.0ip) Andrew Suarez optioned to the Alternate Training Site...LHP Wandy Peralta Starters W-L ................................... 0-3 (#60) and IF Daniel Robertson (#2) recalled from the Alternate Training Site. Starters ERA ............9.28 (22er, 21.1ip) Relievers W-L ................................. 2-1 THE GIANTS: Enter today's games having lost four of their last six games...SF Relievers ERA ............1.09 (3er, 24.2ip) has scored one run or fewer in all four of those losses. Saves/Chances ............................... 1/1 ON THE MOUND: RHP Kevin Gausman will make his first start since Sept. 7 vs. Arizona...the Giants' right-hander missed his last turn through the rotation due to right elbow tightness...Gausman is 1-2 with a 3.13 ERA in five career starts against the A's. ABOVE AND BELOW .500: The Giants are 5-15 (.250) against teams above All-Time vs. OAK: ............... 60-68 (.469) .500, tied with the Rangers for the lowest win pct. in MLB...however, SF has the at Oracle Park: ................. 31-27 (.534) fourth-highest win pct. against teams under .500, going 20-10 (.667) (Stats, at Oakland Coliseum: ....... 26-37 (.419) LLC). 2020 vs.OAK ...........................0-4 (.000) HITTING THE LONGBALL: The Giants played their 50th game of the season last night and although they did not hit a home run, they still have posted one of the The Giants & A's meet for the final time highest home run totals at that juncture in franchise history...the team has hit in the regular season...SF went 0-3 in 65 homers through 50 games this year for the fourth-highest total in franchise the first series against OAK back in Au- history behind the 2001 team (74 homers in first 50 games), 2000 team (71 gust and have lost nine of the last 13 homers) and 1958 club (70 homers). meetings dating back to 2018. HITTING LEFTIES: The Giants have the fifth-best OPS among MLB teams 2020 Head-to-Head vs. Oakland against left-handed pitching at .839...only the White Sox (.915), Tigers (.875), Date H/A W/L Score Rec. Phillies (.856) and Nationals (.850) have a better OPS against lefties than the 8/14 OAK L 7-8 (10) 0-1 Giants. 8/15 OAK L 6-7 0-2 8/16 OAK L 3-15 0-3 FINAL COUNTDOWN: Just 10 games remain on the regular-season schedule 9/18 OAK L 0-6 0-4 for the Giants -two at Oakland, four vs. Colorado and four vs. San Diego. 9/19 OAK -- -- -- 9/20 OAK -- -- -- JUST SCORE FOUR: San Francisco has posted a 24-11 (.686) record when they 2020 Totals 0-4 score four-or-more runs in a game, compared to a 1-14 record when they score three-or-fewer runs. GIANT OFFENSE: San Francisco enters today's game ranking third in the NL in team batting average (.266), fifth in extra-base hits (169) and sixth in OPS (.783)...last year, the Giants ranked 22nd in extra-base hits (493), 27th in team batting average (.239), 28th in OPS (.694). WITH THE GLOVES: The Giants committed 21 errors in 155.0 innings in their The Giants are celebrating 20 first 18 games this season from July 23-August 10, the most miscues in MLB years at 24 Willie Mays Plaza this during that span...however, beginning August 11, SF has made a total of just season. The logo featured here 15 errors over their last 32 games and 276.1 innings, the fewest errors in the will be placed on uniform sleeves National League. for the 2020 season. IN THE PEN: SF's bullpen has held opponents scoreless in 16.2 innings in their last three games and have posted a 1.65 ERA (9er, 49.0ip) in their past 12 ON THIS DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 1998 contests...in fact, beginning August 19, the Giants' bullpen ERA of 1.94 is the The Giants scored seven runs in the second-best in MLB behind Oakland (1.89). 3rd inning, and six more in the 4th, as they defeated the Dodgers by ROUGH ON THE ROAD: The Giants are just 9-16 (.360) on the road this season a score of 18 - 4. Bill Mueller and for the third-lowest road winning percentage among NL teams ahead of the Jeff Kent hit grand slams in the two Pirates (5-20, .200) and Diamondbacks (9-19, .321)...SF has lost their last five frames, just the second time in Gi- games away from Oracle Park. ants history that two players hit grand slams in a game (April 26, 1970 was the other). 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 (52); 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 53 Cahill, Trevor R-R 6-4 223 3-1-88 Oceanside, CA 2 Robertson, Daniel IF 65 Coonrod, Sam (KOON-rahd) R-R 6-1 225 9-22-92 St. Louis, MO 5 Yastrzemski, Mike OF 47 Cueto, Johnny R-R 5-11 229 2-15-86 San Pedro de Macoris, DR 7 Solano, Donovan IF 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 60 Peralta, Wandy (WAHN-dee) L-L 6-0 216 7-21-91 San Francisco de Macoris, DR 13 Slater, Austin OF 71 Rogers, Tyler R-R 6-3 181 12-17-90 Denver, CO 14 Tromp, Chadwick C 67 Selman, Sam R-L 6-2 198 11-14-90 Austin, TX 18 Smyly, Drew LHP 18 Smyly, Drew (SMIY-lee) L-L 6-2 188 6-13-89 Little Rock, AR 21 Bart, Joey C 56 Watson, Tony L-L 6-4 224 5-30-85 Sioux City, IA 31 Anderson, Tyler LHP 62 Webb, Logan R-R 6-1 220 11-18-96 Rocklin, CA 33 Ruf, Darin IF NO CATCHERS (2) B-T HT WT BORN BIRTHPLACE 34 Gausman, Kevin RHP 21 Bart, Joey R-R 6-2 238 12-15-96 Buford, GA 35 Crawford, Brandon IF 14 Tromp, Chadwick R-R 5-8 221 3-21-95 Oranjestad, Aruba 41 Flores, Wilmer IF NO INFIELDERS (9) B-T HT WT BORN BIRTHPLACE 46 Smoak, Justin IF 47 Cueto, Johnny RHP 9 Belt, Brandon L-L 6-3 231 4-20-88 Nacogdoches, TX 35 Crawford, Brandon L-R 6-1 223 1-21-87 Mountain View, CA 53 Cahill, Trevor RHP 1 Dubón, Mauricio (do-báhn) R-R 6-0 173 7-19-94 San Pedro Sula, HON 56 Watson, Tony LHP 41 Flores, Wilmer R-R 6-2 213 8-6-91 Valencia, VZ 60 Peralta, Wandy LHP 10 Longoria, Evan R-R 6-1 213 10-7-85 Downey, CA 61 Basabe, Luis OF 2 Robertson, Daniel R-R 5-11 210 3-22-94 Upland, CA 62 Webb, Logan RHP 33 Ruf, Darin R-R 6-2 232 7-28-86 Omaha, NE 64 Anderson, Shaun RHP