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 (22-9) at St. Paul Saints (16-16) LHP Daniel Lynch (1-1, 3.92) vs. RHP Chandler Shepherd (1-1, 3.86) Thursday, June 10, 2021 | Game #32 | Road Game #14 7:05 p.m. CT | CHS Field | St. Paul, Minn. Radio: 1180 The Zone | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Fri., June 11 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. RHP Scott Blewett (1-1, 5.40) vs. RHP Rob Whalen (0-1, 1.08) Sat., June 12 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. RHP Jakob Junis (first start) vs. LHP Andrew Albers (1-2, 7.11) Sun., June 13 at St. Paul 2:05 p.m. TBA vs. LHP Charlie Barnes (2-0, 2.20) Mon., June 14 OFF COMEBACK KIDS: The Omaha Storm Chasers came from behind to defeat the St. Paul Saints, 5-2, on Wednesday 2021 OMAHA STORM CHASERS thanks to two game-tying home runs from INF/OF Ryan O'Hearn and three runs in the top of the ninth inning. Record ............................................................22-9 O'Hearn's blasts—including one off RHP Kenta Maeda in the fourth—were his sixth and seventh home runs of the Home ............................................................... 15-3 season in 10 games with Omaha. The Chasers took the lead in the ninth when OF Bubba Starling stole third and scored on a wild throw before plating two more runs on a triple from OF Kyle Isbel. It was the 13th comeback win of Road ..................................................................7-6 the season for Omaha and the fourth on the road. Place (Triple-A East MW)............. 1st (+ 6.0 G) Streak .................................................................W1 HOME RUN HEROES: The Storm Chasers offense has recorded 13 games with 10+ hits and 13 games with 2+ home runs this season (31 games). Of Omaha's 13 multi-homer games, two have been four-homer games and three have Last 5 ..................................................................4-1 been five-homer games. Omaha recorded at least one home run in 13 straight games from 5/16-6/1, has at least Last 10 ................................................................9-1 one home run in 18 of the last 20 games, and currently leads Triple-A East with 54 total home runs this season. INF Gabriel Cancel is currently tied for the league lead with nine home runs and INF Ryan McBroom is tied for fourth in OMAHA vs. ST. PAUL the league with eight. INF Emmanuel Rivera and INF/OF Ryan O'Hearn are both tied for ninth with 11 other players 2021 vs. St. Paul ............................................5-3 with seven home runs. at Omaha ....................................................4-2 ......................................................1-1 RED HOT RYAN: INF/OF Ryan O'Hearn has reached safely in all 10 games he's played with Omaha since being at St. Paul optioned on May 28, with hits in nine of 10 games, batting .350/.409/.900 with seven home runs and 14 RBIs. All All-Time vs. St. Paul ......................................5-3 seven of his home runs have come in the last eight games, including a walk-off homer on June 1 and multi-homer at Omaha ....................................................4-2 games on June 4 and June 9. He went 8-for-24 (.333) during the six-game series against Iowa from June 1-June 6 at St. Paul ......................................................1-1 with five home runs. IN THIS SERIES (1-1) BEST OF THE BEST: At 22-9 (.710), the Omaha Storm Chasers are tied for the fourth-best record in all of Minor League Baseball and tied for the best record in all of Triple-A with Nashville (22-9, .710) and Durham (22-9, .710). June 8 ........................................................... L, 4-1 The Bowie Baysox (Double-A, BAL), currently have the best record in Minor League Baseball at 22-8 (.733). Omaha June 9 .........................................................W, 5-2 currently leads the Midwest Division by 6.0 games, the largest lead of any sole possesor of first place in MiLB. June 10 ................................................. 7:05 p.m. LOOK WHO'S BACK: OF Edward Olivares was optioned back to Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday following two June 11 .................................................. 7:05 p.m. more games with Kansas City. In five games with the Royals, Olivares is batting .278 (5-for-18) and one steal. June 12 ................................................. 7:05 p.m. Despite playing one game with Omaha since May 28, Olivares still leads Triple-A East qualifiers in AVG (.372) and June 13.................................................. 2:05 p.m. OBP (.455) while ranking fourth in SLG (.616). Batting leadoff in each of the 21 games he has played with Omaha, Olivares has 11 multi-hit games while hitting safely in 17 of 21 games overall and reaching base safely in 19 of 21 ON THE ROAD TRIP (1-1) games. He began the season with a nine-game hitting streak and 14-game on-base streak. Games .................................................................. 2 HISTORY 101: Tuesday's game marked the first at CHS Field in franchise history for Omaha and eighth all-time Record .................................................................1-1 against the St. Paul Saints. Prior to becoming the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins in 2021, the St. Paul Batters Saints played in the independent Northern League and later, American Association, from 1993-2020. A previous Batting Average ............................. .200 (11-55) iteration of the franchise played in the affiliated American Association from 1901-1960. When the Washington Senators franchise moved to Minneapolis, Minn., and became the Twins in 1961, the Saints moved to Omaha and RISP ....................................................... .077 (1-13) became the Omaha Dodgers, where they played in 1961 and 1962 before folding. Runs/Runs Per Game ..............................6 / 3.0 Home Runs ......................................................... 2 FOR OMAHA: LHP Daniel Lynch makes his fourth start (fifth appearance) for Omaha. He turned in his shortest outing of the season in his last start, allowing four runs on six hits in 4.0 innings against Iowa at Werner Park on Pitchers June 4 in an eventual 13-8 win. Lynch, the No. 2 prospect in the Kansas City Royals organization according to ERA .........................................3.18 (6 ER / 17.0 IP) Baseball America and the No. 25 propsect overall, was on the Chasers' preliminary roster before getting called Starter W/L ...................................................... 0-0 up to make his Major League debut on May 3 vs. Cleveland. He recorded a 15.75 ERA in three starts (8.0 IP) with Starter ERA ............................ 1.35 (1 ER / 6.2 IP) Kansas City before he was optioned to Omaha on May 14. According to Baseball America, Lynch is the second- best left-handed pitching prospect in baseball behind Tampa Bay's Shane McClanahan. Reliever W/L .......................................................1-1 Reliever ERA ........................ 3.97 (5 ER / 11.1 IP) FOR ST. PAUL: RHP Chandler Shepherd makes his fourth start (sixth appearance) for St. Paul this season. After Saves/Opps ..........................................1/2 (50%) making the first two appearances of the year in relief—including a scoreless outing against Omaha on May 8— Shepherd has made four straight starts. Last time out, he went a season-high 5.2 innings while allowing one run on two hits, one of which was a solo home run, against Louisville. HOME ATTENDANCE INFO 2021 Home Attendance ........................ 56,943 DOPPLER RADAR: Storm Chasers hitting coach Brian Buchanan played for the St. Paul Saints in 2006, batting .292 with 11 home runs in 48 games... Prior to Wednesday's game, the Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Carlos Home Openings (Lost) .............................18 (0) Hernández and optioned OF Edward Olivares to Triple-A Omaha... Omaha has won 15 of its last 17 games. Average Attendance ................................ 3,163 2021 Omaha Storm Chasers Game Information Page 1 STARTING PITCHER DANIEL LEFT-HANDED PITCHER CAREER HIGHS LYNCH | IP (START): 7.0, 3x, last 0 5/25/19 vs. MD HEIGHT WEIGHT BATS THROWS IP (RELIEF): 6.0, 5/18 @ IOW 6-6 200 LEFT LEFT RUNS ALLOWED: 5, 5/8/19 @ SAL BORN: Nov. 17, 1996 WALKS: 4, 4/10/19 vs. WS BIRTHPLACE: Newport News, Va. STRIKEOUTS: 9, 2x, last - 8/24/19 vs. DE AGE: 24 MOST HITS ALLOWED: 10, 5/8/19 @ SAL ACQUIRED: 1st Round (34th overall), 2018 MLB SERVICE TIME: 12 days 52 2021 SEASON HIGHS 2021 GAME-BY-GAME IP (START): 5.1, 5/25 vs. IND DATE OPPONENT DEC IP H R ER BB SO LEFT GAME RESULT RUNS ALLOWED: 4, 6/4 vs. IOW with Kansas City (MLB) WALKS: 3, 5/19 @ IOW 4/3 vs. CLE ND 4.2 4 3 3 4 3 Mid 5, leading 3-1 L, 8-6 STRIKEOUTS: 7, 2x, last - 5/30 vs. IND 4/8 vs. CWS L 0.2 7 8 8 1 0 Mid 1, trailing 7-0 L, 9-1 4/13 @ DET L 2.2 7 4 3 0 4 Mid 3, trailing 4-0 L, 4-3 MOST HITS ALLOWED: 7, 5/19 @ IOW with Triple-A Omaha SCORELESS STREAK: 0.1, 6/4-pres. 5/18 @ IOW L 6.0 7 4 4 3 7 Mid 8, tied 4-4 L, 5-4 5/25 vs. IND W 5.1 6 1 1 1 6 Mid 6, leading 2-1 W, 3-1 5/30 vs. IND ND 5.0 2 0 0 2 7 End 5, leading 1-0 W, 7-2 RUN SUPPORT 6/4 vs. IOW ND 4.0 6 4 4 1 4 End 4, leading 8-4 W, 13-8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 6/10 @ STP -- 2 6 2 1 -- -- -- -- 11 Bold - Career High Italics - Relief Outing LYNCH CAREER STATISTICS PITCHER VS.