Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Clint Barmes homered, doubled in two runs and singled twice, Garrett Atkins hit a three-run homer, and the Colorado Rockies routed the Giants 15-6 Wednesday night. The Giants' Eugenio Velez watches his throw to first on an attempted double play after forcing out the Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki in the fifth inning. Matt Holliday was safe at first.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
San Francisco gets a two-out, two-run triple in the ninth to defeat the Diamondbacks, 4-3, and sweep a three-game series. Arizona's sixth loss in a row pads Dodgers' NL West lead. Eugenio Velez hit a two-out, two-run triple in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-3, Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Eugenio Velez singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth and the San Francisco Giants dealt the stumbling Arizona Diamondbacks their fifth straight defeat with a 5-4 victory Tuesday night.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Emmanuel Burriss hit his first major-league home run Sunday and the first by a Giants shortstop this season. That was bad news for Eugenio Velez, who lost bragging rights over his fellow rookie after less than a day. Burriss and Velez have become fast...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
- Emmanuel Burriss hit his first major-league home run Sunday and the first by a Giants shortstop this season. That was bad news for Eugenio Velez, who lost bragging rights over his fellow rookie after less than a day. Burriss and Velez have become fast...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Lineup San Francisco Giants @ Houston Astros 08/14/08 1:05 PM CDT San Francisco Giants Houston Astros Dave Roberts - LF Darin Erstad - CF Eugenio Velez - 2B Ty Wigginton - LF Randy Winn - RF Miguel Tejada - SS Aaron Rowand - CF Lance Berkman - 1B Pablo Sandoval - C Geoff Blum - 3B Travis Ishikawa - 1B Hunter Pence - RF Ryan Rohlinger - 3B David Newhan - 2B Ivan Ochoa - SS Humberto Quintero - C Kevin...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
If the Dodgers lose this hideous division by one game, the most grating image burned into their minds might be a delirious Jose Castillo hoisting Eugenio Velez into the air, celebrating another ridiculous Giants victory, not to mention their best weekend and...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Project Youth Manager Bruce Bochy, on the Giants' shedding of years: Second base: The brass has decided that Eugenio Velez -- will get most of the starts at second base now that Ray Durham is gone. The organization had been pushing Velez into the outfield but...
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview SP Kevin Correia SP Rich Harden 1-5, 4.96, 31 K, 22 BB, 49 IP (AL) 5-1, 2.34 ERA, 91 K, 32 BB, 77 IP LF #Eugenio Velez SS Ryan Theriot 3B Jose Castillo RF *Kosuke Fukudome RF #Ray Durham 1B Derrek Lee C Bengie Molina 3B Aramis Ramirez CF Aaron Rowand C Geovany Soto RF *John Bowker CF *Jim Edmonds 1B Rich Aurilia LF Mark DeRosa SS #Omar Vizquel 2B *Mike Fontentot...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Eugenio Velez returned to Fresno with his confidence, which was shot when he was demoted in mid-May. Manager Bruce Bochy said Triple-A manager Dan Rohn reported that Velez was swinging the bat well and playing good defense, although his baserunning,...
The San Francisco Giants Blog (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
The Giants optioned Eugenio Velez to Fresno and called up Travis Denker Wednesday. Velez couldn't carry over the swing he had this spring into the regular season and had been struggling since the Giants left Arizona in March. He was hitting just .207 with 9 RBI and 11 runs scored. He did have 8 stolen bases which is tied for the team lead, but had only 1 hit in his last 18 at-bats and just wasn't becoming...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
- Eugenio Velez's days in the majors could be numbered. The Giants have had internal discussions about sending the 26-year-old infielder to Triple-A Fresno so he can play every day, with 22-year-old infielder Travis Denker likely to take his place with the...
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Kevin Correia RHP, 1-2, 4.12 Micah Owings RHP, 3-0, 2.29 Baseball-Reference.com preview [opens in new window] Lineup San Francisco Giants @ Arizona Diamondbacks 04/21/08 9:40 PM EDT San Francisco Giants Arizona Diamondbacks Fred Lewis - LF Chris Young - CF Eugenio Velez - 2B Eric Byrnes - LF Randy Winn - RF Orlando Hudson - 2B Bengie Molina - C Conor Jackson - 1B Aaron Rowand - CF Mark Reynolds -...
Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
I read the news today, oh boy. Apparently Brian Sabean’s eye doctor has not been at fault these past months, when Sabean saw Dave Roberts and Ray Durham as set-in-stone starting players. Admittedly, younger players like Eugenio Velez, Rajai Davis, and Fred Lewis will have to earn their place in the lineup. [...]
The San Francisco Giants Blog (Free subscription) | 10/19/2007
The Arizona Fall League has gotten underway and there are a few Giants' of note participating this year. Daniel Ortmeier, Nate Schierholtz and Eugenio Velez are all getting an extension to their 2007 season. Ortmeier and Schierholtz are getting the most attention as both could realistically be starting for the Giants in 2008. The Giants' longterm plan of moving Ortmeier to first base has carried over...
