Omaha Storm Chasers 2021 Game Information
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OMAHA STORM CHASERS 2021 GAME INFORMATION Omaha Storm Chasers | 12356 Ballpark Way, Papillion, Neb. 68046 | (402) 738-5100 | StormChasers.com | @OMAStormChasers Omaha Storm Chasers (1-1) vs. St. Paul Saints (1-1) RHP Scott Blewett (first start) vs. RHP Randy Dobnak (first start) Thursday, May 7, 2021 | Game #3 | Home Game #3 6:35 p.m. | Werner Park | Papillion, Neb. Radio: 1180 The Zone | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Fri�, May 7 St� Paul 7:05 p�m� RHP Ronald Bolaños (first start) vs� RHP Griffin Jax (first start) Sat�, May 8 St� Paul 7:05 p�m� TBA vs� RHP Bailey Ober (first start) Sun� May 9 St� Paul 1:05 p�m� TBA vs� TBA Mon� May 10 OFF ROLES REVERSED: After scoring eight runs with the help of four homers on Opening Night, the Storm Chasers 2021 OMAHA STORM CHASERS found themselves on the other side of the coin, yielding three home runs and falling 10-4 to St� Paul on Wednesday Record �����������������������������������������������������������������1-1 afternoon� RHP Carlos Herández allowed a career-high eight runs (six earned) on 10 hits across 4�0 innings in his �������������������������������������������������������������������1-1 Triple-A debut, tallying five strikeouts and zero walks� The Omaha offense collected 10 hits, including three from Home OF Edward Olivares, but left 13 runners on base in the defeat� Olivares finished the game 3-for-3 with a walk and Road ����������������������������������������������������������������� 0-0 hit-by-pitch tor reach base in all five plate appearances while also picking up the team’s first stolen base of thes Place (Triple-A East MW)������������������������� T-3rd eason� RHP Jace Vines pitched in an official game for the first time since May 30, 2019—a span of 706 days— Streak ������������������������������������������������������������������ L1 retiring all six batters he faced in 2�0 innings of shutout relief� With the win, St� Paul secured its first-ever win as Last 5 �������������������������������������������������������������������1-1 the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins� Last 10 �����������������������������������������������������������������1-1 FOR OMAHA: RHP Scott Blewett gets the start for Omaha� The right-hander pitched for the Storm Chasers in 2019, posting an 8�52 ERA in 18 appearances (16 starts), striking out 56 and walking 46 in 81�1 innings in his OMAHA vs. ST. PAUL first season at the Triple-A level� Following his final two appearances, both in relief, Blewett was transferred to 2021 vs. St. Paul ����������������������������������������������1-1 Double-A Northwest Arkansas, where he recorded a 3�55 ERA across five starts� The 25-year-old made his Major at Omaha ������������������������������������������������������1-1 League debut with the Kansas City Royals on Sept� 18, 2020 at Milwaukee, pitching 2�0 scoreless innings in relief at St. Paul ��������������������������������������������������� 0-0 while collecting his first two Major League strikeouts� With his debut, he became the 63rd overall and most recent Storm Chasers alum (2011-present) to make his debut with the Royals� In two appearances with Kansas City, All-Time vs. St. Paul ����������������������������������������1-1 Blewett recorded a 6�00 ERA with four strikeouts and one walk in 3�0 innings� at Omaha ������������������������������������������������������1-1 at St. Paul ��������������������������������������������������� 0-0 FOR ST. PAUL: RHP Randy Dobnak takes the hill for St� Paul, marking the first right-handed starter Omaha will face this season� Dobnak began this season with the Minnesota Twins and had an 8�16 ERA across seven relief IN THIS SERIES appearances before he was optioned to St� Paul� The 25-year-old made his Major League debut with the Twins on Aug� 9, 2017, just over two years after signing with the organization as a non-drafted free agent following four May 4�����������������������������������������������������������W, 8-2 collegiate seasons at Alderson Broaddus University (Phillipi, W�V�) and six outings with the Utica Unicors in the May 5 ����������������������������������������������������������L, 10-4 United Shore Professional Baseball League� In 2019, Dobnak started Game 2 of the ALDS against New York (AL), May 6 ���������������������������������������������������� 6:35 p�m� allowing four runs on six hits in 2�0 innings in an eventual 8-2 loss for Minnesota� May 7 ����������������������������������������������������� 7:05 p�m� WELCOME TO TRIPLE-A EAST: As a result of the reorganization of Minor League Baseball, the Omaha Storm May 8 ���������������������������������������������������� 7:05 p�m� Chasers are part of a newly-formed league, Triple-A East� The league, which combines teams from the previous May 9 ����������������������������������������������������� 1:05 p�m� Pacific Coast League, International League, Double-A Southern League, and independent American Association, is comprised of 20 teams split between three divisions: Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast� Omaha plays in the ON THE HOMESTAND Midwest Division along with Columbus (CLE), Indianapolis (PIT), Iowa (CHC), Louisville (CIN), St� Paul (MIN), and Games ������������������������������������������������������������������ 2 Toledo (DET)� Omaha will only face teams in the Midwest Division in 2021� Record �����������������������������������������������������������������1-1 THE NEXT WAVE: Omaha’s Opening Day roster includes seven of the Kansas City Royals top 30 prospects, per Batters Baseball America, including RHP Jackson Kowar (4), OF Kyle Isbel (6), RHP Carlos Hernández (15), RHP Ronald Batting Average ������������������������������������������� �275 Bolaños (18), OF Edward Olivares (19), INF Lucius Fox (22), and RHP Scott Blewett (25)� Each member of the Storm Chasers current starting rotation (Kowar, Hernández, Blewett, Bolaños) is a top-30 prospect� RISP ����������������������������������������������������������������� �227 Runs/Runs Per Game ������������������������������������6�0 BACK AT THE HELM: Brian Poldberg embarks on his seventh season as the manager for the Omaha Storm Home Runs ����������������������������������������������������������4 Chasers and his 21st season as a manager overall� The Carter Lake, IA, native has a 1,283-1,353 (�486) all-time record as a manager, which includes a 408-439 (�482) record with Omaha� Poldberg is one of two managers in Pitchers Omaha franchise history to eclipse 400 wins, joining the franchise’s all-time wins leader, Mike Jirschele (995), ERA ������������������������������������������������������������������ 5�00 who managed the team for 14 seasons (‘94-’97, ‘03-’13)� During his playing career, Poldberg spent parts of three Starter W/L ���������������������������������������������������������1-1 seasons as a catcher for the Omaha Royals from 1983-1985� Starter ERA �����������������������������������������������������5�79 WERNER PARK: 2021 marks the 10th season of Storm Chasers baseball at Werner Park since the ballpark opened Reliever W/L ���������������������������������������������������� 0-0 in 2011� Since then, 63 players have gone from playing for the Storm Chasers to making their Major League debut Reliever ERA ���������������������������������������������������4�15 with the Kansas City Royals, including 2021 Storm Chasers Jake Newberry (2018), Kelvin Gutierrez (2019), Bubba Saves/Opps �������������������������������������������������������� -- Starling (2019), Nick Dini (2019), Gabe Speier (2019), Erick Mejia (2019), and Scott Blewett (2019)� HOME ATTENDANCE INFO PARTNERSHIP EXTENDED: The Omaha Storm Chasers and Kansas City Royals extended their partnership this offseason, continuing the longest affiliation at the Triple-A level in all of Minor League Baseball and the second- 2021 Home Attendance ������������������������������ 5,750 longest affiliation overall (Reading/Philadelphia - since 1967, Lakeland/Detroit - since 1967)� Omaha and Kansas Home Openings (Lost) �������������������������������2 (0) City have been partners since 1969, the first season for both organizations� Average Attendance ������������������������������� 2,875 2021 Omaha Storm Chasers Game Information Page 1 STARTING PITCHER SCOTT RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER CAREER HIGHS BLEWETT | IP (START): 9�0, 2x, last - 8/18/18 vs� FRI HEIGHT WEIGHT BATS THROWS IP (RELIEF): 3�0, 7/23/18 vs� ARK 6-6 245 RIGHT RIGHT RUNS ALLOWED: 8, 2x, last - 5/20/17 @ FRE BORN: April 10, 1996 WALKS: 6, 9/1/17 vs� LYN BIRTHPLACE: Syracuse, N�Y� STRIKEOUTS: 12, 6/22/17 @ SAL AGE: 25 MOST HITS ALLOWED: 11, 5/8/19 vs� RR ACQUIRED: 2nd round (56th overall), 2014 40 MLB SERVICE TIME: 31 days 2021 SEASON HIGHS 2021 GAME-BY-GAME IP (START): -- DATE OPPONENT DEC IP H R ER BB SO LEFT GAME RESULT RUNS ALLOWED: -- 5/6 vs� STP WALKS: -- STRIKEOUTS: -- MOST HITS ALLOWED: -- SCORELESS STREAK: -- RUN SUPPORT Bold - Career High 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL Italics - Relief Outing -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- BLEWETT CAREER STATISTICS YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHER VS. ST. PAUL 2014 Burlington (ROK) 1-2 4�82 8 7 0 0 0 28�0 27 16 15 3 15 29 2015 Lexington (A-) 3-5 5�20 18 18 0 0 0 81�1 88 51 47 6 24 60 DATE H/R DEC IP H R/ER K/BB 2016 Lexington (A-) 8-11 4�31 25 25 2 0 0 129�1 138 72 62 10 51 121 5/6 H -- -- -- -- -- 2017 Wilmington (A+) 7-10 4�07 27 27 1 1 0 152�2 153 76 69 16 52 129 2018 Northwest Arkansas (AA) 8-6 4�79 26 25 1 0 0 148�1 164 84 79 12 49 100 2019 Omaha (AAA) 5-8 8�52 18 16 0 0 0 81�1 115 82 77 24 46 56 2021 SPLITS WITH OMAHA Northwest Arkansas (AA) 1-3 3�55 5 5 0 0 0 25�1