2019 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 4:00 p.m. // FNB Field -- Harrisburg, PA Bowie Baysox (0-1) @ Harrisburg Senators (1-0) Game 1: RHP Hunter Harvey (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Erick Fedde (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Game 2: RHP Dillon Tate (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Mario Sanchez (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Games #2 and #3 Road Games #2 and #3 2019 SEASON In Case You Missed It: The Baysox lost the season-opener 8-4 to the Harrisburg Senators Thursday night. Bowie Overall Record 0-1 scored the first run of the game, when Cael Brockmeyer brought in Ademar Rifaela with a sacrifice fly in the Home Record 0-0 second inning. The Senators scored the next eight runs in the game, punctuated by a three-run home run from Road Record 0-0 Rhett Wiseman and a grand slam from Chuck Taylor. The Baysox battled back late, thanks to a Preston Palmeiro RBI Versus Eastern Division 0-0 double and an Anderson Feliz two-run home run, but the deficit proved too large to overcome. Jay Flaa had the Versus Western Division 0-1 best night of any Baysox pitcher, tossing 2.1 scoreless innings while striking out five. Current Streak L1 Last Homestand N/A Harvey Day: RHP Hunter Harvey will make his first start of the 2019 season todayin game one. A first-round Current Road Trip 0-1 pick back in 2013, Harvey has long been a top prospect in the Orioles system, but has struggled to stay healthy throughout his career. The 24-year-old enters the season at the Orioles #12 prospect, according to MLB.com. Last Last 5 Games 0-1 year, Harvey made nine starts with the Baysox before suffering a shoulder injury while avoiding a foul ball. He Last 10 Games 0-1 ended up missing the rest of the season after having elbow soreness while rehabbing the shoulder injury. Harvey When Scoring 4+ Runs 0-1 has an impressive 3.11 ERA for his career, but he has only been able to make 47 career starts in the six years since When Scoring 3- Runs 0-0 being drafted due to injuries. After Day Off 0-1 In Shutouts 0-1 In the Other Corner (Game 1): RHP Erick Fedde starts for the Senators in the first game today. Fedde made In 1-Run Games 0-0 11 starts in the big leagues with the Washington Nationals last year, posting a 2-4 record with a 5.54 ERA in 50.1 In 2-Run Games 0-0 innings. He also threw 67.1 innings with AAA Syracuse, and 4.0 innings in Harrisburg. Fedde made his MLB debut in vs. Left-Handed Starters 0-0 2017, pitching 15.1 innings with the Nationals that year and putting up a 9.39 ERA. A former first-round pick out of vs. Right-Handed Starters 1-0 UNLV, the now-26-year-old Fedde was a top-100 prospect in all of baseball from 2015-17 before graduating from Day Games 0-0 prospect status last year. Fedde has never spent a full season in Harrisburg, but has pitched 89.2 career innings with Night Games 0-1 the Senators across 2016, 2017 and 2018. His career ERA in Harrisburg is 3.31. With Harvey and Fedde both being Ahead After 7 Innings 0-0 former first round picks, this marks the first time since May 10, 2015 that two first-rounders have started against Behind After 7 Innings 0-1 each other in a Baysox game. That day, Dylan Bundy pitched for Bowie against Chris Stratton of Richmond. Tied After 7 Innings 0-0 Ahead After 8 Innings 0-0 Can Tate be Great?: RHP Dillon Tate starts game two of the doubleheader for the Baysox. Tate, the #18 ranked Behind After 8 Innings 0-1 prospect in the Orioles organization according to MLB.com, was acquired last July in the trade that sent Zack Britton to the Yankees. Tate was an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star last year with Trenton, but struggled with Tied After 8 Innings 0-0 Bowie after the trade, going 2-3 with a 5.75 ERA in seven starts. Tate was originally selected fourth overall in the In Extra Innings 0-0 2015 MLB Draft by the Rangers out of UC Santa Barbara. He was traded to the Yankees in exchange for Carlos In Doubleheaders 0-0 Beltran in August 2016. When Scoring First 0-1 Opponents Score First 0-0 In the Other Corner (Game 2): RHP Mario Sanchez will start the second game for Harrisburg today. This will mark Outhit Opponent 0-0 Sanchez's first appearance in the Nationals organization after being signed to a minor league contract last winter. Outhit by Opponent 0-1 Sanchez spent the last two years in the Phillies organization, but suffered a major elbow injury in June of 2017 that Equal Hits 0-0 caused him to miss the rest of that season and prevented him from anything but rehab assignments in the GCL in 2018. While healthy in 2017, Sanchez excelled with AA-Reading, posting a 2.88 ERA in 56.1 innings. Sanchez was Hit a Home Run 0-1 originally signed by the Nationals in 2012 as an international free agent out of Venezuela, and spent the first five No Home Runs 0-0 years of his career in the Nats' organization before being traded to the Phillies in December of 2016. No Errors Committed 0-0 Baysox vs. Harrisburg Top Tier Talent: The Bowie Baysox roster is filled with some of the top prospects in the Orioles' farm system. According to MLB.com, seven of the top 30 prospects in the organization will begin the season in Bowie. Outfielder 2019 Record: 0-1 Yusniel Diaz headlines the roster, coming into the year as Baltimore's number one prospect. Outielder Ryan McKenna (#7) and Left-Handed Pitcher Zac Lowther (#8) also rank in the Orioles' top ten. Pitchers Hunter Harvey April 5 @HBG L, 8-4 (#12), Dillon Tate (#18), Zach Pop (#20) and Infielder Rylan Bannon (#23) round out the top prospects that start the 2019 campaign with the Baysox. The Buck Starts Here: 2019 marks Buck Britton's first season as manager of the Bowie Baysox. Britton replaces Gary Kendall, who was the head man in Bowie from 2011-2018. Last season, Britton managed the Delmarva Shorebirds, leading the club to a 68-66 record. Prior to getting into coaching, Britton played nine seasons in Minor League Baseball, and spent parts of 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 with the Baysox. Buck is the brother of former Baysox and Orioles' left-hander Zack Britton. This Day in Baysox History: On April 6, 2017, the Baysox pounded out 13 runs on 15 hits in an Opening Day win over the Akron RubberDucks. Cedric Mullins hit a leadoff home run to get the Baysox going to start the season. Garabez Rosa and D.J. Stewart also hit home runs in the win. Ryan Meisinger picked up the win for Bowie in a game that was called in the eighth inning due to snow. 2019 TEAM LEADERS Statistic Name Total Statistic Name Total Home Runs Anderson Feliz 1 ERA Jay Flaa 0.00 RBI Anderson Feliz 2 Wins N/A N/A Batting Avg Anderson Feliz .667 Strikeouts Jay Flaa 5 Runs 4 Tied 1 Saves N/A N/A UPCOMING BAYSOX SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS Date Time Opponent Pitchers Sunday, April 7 1:00 p.m. @ Harrisburg Senators LHP Zac Lowther vs. RHP Tyler Mapes Monday, April 8 6:35 p.m. @ Richmond Flying Squirrels RHP Tyler Herb vs. TBD Tuesday, April 9 6:35 p.m. @ Richmond Flying Squirrels LHP Bruce Zimmermann vs. TBD Wednesday, April 10 10:35 a.m. @ Richmond Flying Squirrels TBD vs. TBD TODAY’S BAYSOX STARTER: Hunter Harvey HT: 6’3” WT: 175 B: R T: R BORN: 12/9/94 PLACE: Catawba, NC AMATEUR: Bandys High School (NC) HOW ACQUIRED: Selected by BAL in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 2013 MLB Draft 2018 Stats Career Highs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K Hits: 8 (2x, last: 7/25/14 w/ Delmarva, A) Bowie: 1-2 5.57 9 9 32.1 36 20 20 9 30 Earned Runs: 6 (2x, last: 6/1/18 w/ Bowie) CAREER: 8-10 3.11 47 47 176.2 146 72 61 60 217 Innings Pitched: 7.0 (5/12/14 w/ Delmarva, A) Walks: 5 (4/22/14 w/ Delmarva, A) Strikeouts: 10 (5/12/14 w/ Delmarva, A) HARVEY 2018 DAY-BY-DAY 2018: Started the year in Baltimore but did not pitch...made 9 starts with Bowie...went DATE CLASS OPP REC W/L IP H R ER BB SO 1-2 with a 5.57 ERA in 32.1 innings...struck out 30 batters and only walked 9...last start of the year was on June 1...missed the rest of the season due to a shoulder injury and 4/14 AA @ HBG 0-0 ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 4/20 AA v. AKR 0-0 ND 2.1 2 0 0 2 1 elbow soreness. 4/27 AA @ AKR 0-0 ND 4.0 2 0 0 1 6 5/3 AA v. AKR 0-1 L 4.0 6 4 4 2 2 2017: Did not pitch in a game until July 19 while recovering from Tommy John 5/9 AA @ ALT 1-1 W 5.0 5 2 2 0 2 surgery...split the season between the GCL, SS-A Aberdeen and Demlarva...made 3 5/15 AA v.