San Jose Giants on Deck: Giants Return Home for Three Games against Lake Elsinore
May 6, 2016 - California League (CalL1)
San Jose Giants News Release
At Municipal Stadium (San Jose, CA)
* Friday, May 6, 7:00 PM
* Saturday, May 7, 5:00 PM
* Sunday, May 8, 1:00 PM
Records
Lake Elsinore: 12-16
San Jose: 14-11
Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday
Lake Elsinore - Chris Huffman (3-1, 2.86)
San Jose - D.J. Snelten (1-2, 3.43)
Saturday
Lake Elsinore - Martires Arias (0-3, 6.16)
San Jose - Jordan Johnson (2-2, 2.63)
Sunday
Lake Elsinore - Michael Kelly (0-3, 7.66)
San Jose - Mark Reyes (2-0, 4.87)
Broadcast Information
The games on Friday and Saturday will be televised live on Comcast Hometown Network (Channel 104 SD/819 HD). Joe Ritzo handles the play-by-play while color commentary duties will be provided by Joe Castellano. The entire series can also be heard live on sjgiants.com and inside Municipal Stadium on 92.9 FM with Justin Allegri calling the action. Radio broadcasts begin 30 minutes prior to first pitch with The Giants Pregame Show. All 140 games this season will be aired on the club's official website and the San Jose Giants Mobile App. Additionally, every home game is streamed live and available on demand through MiLB.TV.
Giants Begin Three-Game Series Against Lake Elsinore Tonight
The San Jose Giants return home this evening for the opener of a three-game series against the Lake Elsinore Storm at Municipal Stadium. D.J. Snelten is slated to make the start on the mound for the Giants tonight. Snelten has allowed two earned runs or fewer in three out of his four starts this season. The left-hander was a ninth round pick of the San Francisco Giants in the 2013 draft out of the University of Minnesota.
Road Trip Review
MAY 6, 2016
Giants Return Home For Three Games Against Lake Elsinore
At Municipal Stadium (San Jose, CA) * Friday, May 6, 7:00 PM * Saturday, May 7, 5:00 PM * Sunday, May 8, 1:00 PM
Records Lake Elsinore: 12-16 San Jose: 14-11
Probable Starting Pitchers Friday Lake Elsinore - Chris Huffman (3-1, 2.86) San Jose - D.J. Snelten (1-2, 3.43)
Saturday Lake Elsinore - Martires Arias (0-3, 6.16) San Jose - Jordan Johnson (2-2, 2.63)
Sunday Lake Elsinore - Michael Kelly (0-3, 7.66) San Jose - Mark Reyes (2-0, 4.87)
Broadcast Information The games on Friday and Saturday will be televised live on Comcast Hometown Network (Channel 104 SD/819 HD). Joe Ritzo handles the play-by-play while color commentary duties will be provided by Joe Castellano. The entire series can also be heard live on sjgiants.com and inside Municipal Stadium on 92.9 FM with Justin Allegri calling the action. Radio broadcasts begin 30 minutes prior to first pitch with The Giants Pregame Show. All 140 games this season will be aired on the club's official website and the San Jose Giants Mobile App. Additionally, every home game is streamed live and available on demand through MiLB.TV.
Giants Begin Three-Game Series Against Lake Elsinore Tonight The San Jose Giants return home this evening for the opener of a three-game series against the Lake Elsinore Storm at Municipal Stadium. D.J. Snelten is slated to make the start on the mound for the Giants tonight. Snelten has allowed two earned runs or fewer in three out of his four starts this season. The left-hander was a ninth round pick of the San Francisco Giants in the 2013 draft out of the University of Minnesota.
Road Trip Review The Giants finished with a 4-3 record on their road trip that concluded last night. San Jose was swept in a three-game set by Visalia last weekend to open the trip. It was the first time the Giants had been swept in a series this season. San Jose then swept a four-game series in Stockton to finish with a winning record on the trip. It marked the Giants' first road series sweep of the season.
Sweep In Stockton With last night's victory, the Giants achieved their first four-game sweep in Stockton since the opening weekend of the 2007 season (April 5-8). San Jose improved to 7-0 against the Ports this year (7-11 against the rest of the league).
Four Straight Wins The Giants enter this evening's contest riding a season-high tying four-game winning streak. San Jose also won four straight from April 24-28. The Giants have won eight out of their last 11 games overall. Yesterday's win moved San Jose (14-11) to a season-high three games above .500 for the season.
Rare May Home Series The Giants are currently in the midst of stretch (April 29-May 28) playing 24 out of 29 games on the road. Tonight is the first of only eight home games for San Jose during the entire month of May. The Giants have won a season-high four straight home games. Offensively, San Jose has fared considerably better at home this season. The Giants are batting .295 and averaging 6.0 runs per game at Municipal Stadium compared to a .241 team average and 4.2 runs per contest on the road.
Shaw Surging During the just-completed road trip (seven games), first baseman Chris Shaw went 11-for-26 (.423 AVG) with three doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI's. Shaw has hit safely in 20 out of his last 22 games. The former first round draft pick is currently fifth in the California League in batting average (.351), tied for fifth in home runs (6), third in RBI's (23), second in slugging (.649) and fifth in on-base percentage (.415).
With RISP The Giants are batting a league-best .303 with runners in scoring position this season. Individually, San Jose's top hitters with runners in scoring position are: Jose Vizcaino, Jr. (.455 AVG, 15-for-33), Aramis Garcia (.444 AVG, 8-for-18) and C.J Hinojosa (.389 AVG, 7-for-18).
League Leader Shortstop C.J Hinojosa is leading the California League with a .382 batting average. Over his last 11 games, Hinojosa is batting at a .463 clip (19-for-41) with two home runs and six RBI's. Hinojosa is also leading the league with a .481 on-base percentage. He's reached base safely in all 24 of his games played this season.
Scoring First The Giants have scored first in their last seven games and never trailed at any point during their four-game sweep of Stockton earlier this week. San Jose is 13-5 (.722) this season when scoring first compared to 1-6 (.143) when their opponent scores first.
San Francisco Affiliation This year is San Jose's 29th season as an affiliate of the San Francisco Giants - the longest current partnership of any team in the California League. Since their inception in 1988, the San Jose Giants have won six league championships (1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010), 11 North Division titles and qualified for the playoffs 21 times (in 28 seasons). The Giants enter this year having posted a league-record 12 consecutive winning seasons (2004-2015).
Opponent Notes: Lake Elsinore Storm The Lake Elsinore Storm, an affiliate of the San Diego Padres, are 12-16 this season and have lost 10 out of their last 14 games. The Storm are last in the league in batting average (.219) and runs scored (3.2 per game) while they're third in ERA (3.61). Lake Elsinore won two out of three games against the Giants in a series at The Diamond from April 18-20. This series marks the Storm's only visit to San Jose this season.
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