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Friday, August 10 new orleans baby cakes (55-60) vs. iowa cubs (42-73) 7:00 p.m. CT Shrine on Airline Game #116 Metairie, LA RHP Zac Gallen (7 6, 3.85) vs. RHP Trevor Cli on (2 2, 3.94) Home Game #57
THE BABY CAKES – e New Orleans Baby Cakes continue a four game GOOSE EGGS – e Baby Cakes recorded their 10th shutout of the ‘cakes corner set tonight against the Iowa Cubs, part of only seven home games in the season, and their second 1 0 blanking of Iowa (July 21 in Des Moines). Current Streak ...... W5 rst 24 contests of August. A er last night’s victory, the Baby Cakes have e ‘Cakes rank second in the PCL to Omaha (11), with eight of the Home ...... 32 24 won ve straight for the third time this season, and a win tonight would shutouts coming at the Shrine. NOLA had 11 shutouts last year, tied for Streak ...... L2 equal their season best streak, set May 3 8. New Orleans had dropped second most in the league, and has ranked either rst or second in the Road ...... 23 36 nine of 12 meetings with the I Cubs this season prior to last night. league in shutouts in seven of the last eight seasons. New Orleans has Streak ...... W4 Last 10 ...... 6 4 been shutout four times, tied for sixth most in the PCL. vs. RHP (starter) ...... 42 51 LAST TIME OUT – Sandy Alcantara and three relievers combined on vs. LHP (starter) ...... 13 9 a three hit shutout as the Baby Cakes beat Iowa, 1 0. Alcantara worked DIAZZLING – A er going hitless last night, Isan Diaz is 4x23 (.174) in vs. Division ...... 17 14 out of a rst inning jam a er he walked two of the game’s rst three seven home games. Diaz had recorded three multi hit games in a four vs. American Conference ...... 40 48 vs. Paci c Conference ...... 15 12 batters, settling in to retire 10 in a row until Iowa’s rst hit. Alcantara set game road series in Albuquerque, and is 13x41 (.317) in 11 games on the vs. NL A liates ...... 30 40 down the nal seven I Cubs and ended his night with six punchouts. road. On Saturday, Diaz became the rst NOLA player with two triples in vs. AL A liates ...... 25 20 New Orleans scored its lone run in the second inning when Tomas Telis a game since Vinny Rottino on April 15, 2010, also at Isotopes Park. Diaz Day ...... 14 14 doubled, went to third on a y out and scampered home on a passed ball. leads all Marlins farmhands with 39 extra base hits. Night ...... 41 46 Extra Innings ...... 6 9 Jose Quijada took over in the seventh and walked a pair of batters before Shutouts ...... 10 4 fanning Bijan Rademacher to escape trouble. He issued a two out walk TOMAS THE TANK – Tomas Telis scored the lone run in last night’s One Run Games ...... 17 24 in the eighth, but Jumbo Diaz came on to strike out Zagunis to leave the contest and extended his hitting streak to nine games, tying his season Score 5+ Runs ...... 31 14 tying run on base. Tyler Kinley allowed two singles in the ninth, putting high, by going 2x4 with two doubles. Telis had just four doubles in 222 Scoring First ...... 34 21 Opponent Scores First ...... 21 39 runners at the corners with one out, but induced a pop up from Jacob at bats entering last night. He is batting .364 (24x66) with 13 RBI in 19 Commit Error ...... 18 36 Hannemann and fanned Chris Gimenez to complete his sixth save. games since June 30 and now has 171 career hits as a New Orleans catch Hit Home Run ...... 30 19 er, third most in club history behind only Raul Chavez (288) and Mitch Quality Start ...... 34 11 ON THE HILL – Zac Gallen makes his team leading 21st start. In three Meluskey (183). Outhit Opponent ...... 38 14 Leading A er 6 ...... 41 11 games against the I Cubs this season, Gallen is 1 1 with a 5.02 ERA (8 Trailing A er 6 ...... 6 42 ER/14.1 IP), and yielded eight hits and ve runs in a DANDY SANDY – Sandy Alcantara improved to 4 0 Leading A er 7 ...... 42 11 5 3 loss to Iowa at the Shrine on June 28. In his other On This Date ... with a 2.08 ERA (10 ER/43.1 IP) at the Shrine, where Trailing A er 7 ...... 6 44 seven outings at home, Gallen is 4 1 with a 0.43 ERA 2005: Rick Short goes 3 for 3 with an RBI opponents are batting .192 (29x151). Last night was Leading A er 8 ...... 42 3 (2 ER/41.2 IP), including a streak of 29.0 consecutive and a run scored, as NOLA scores ve times his second career start allowing just one hit, joining a Trailing A er 8 ...... 2 41 in the rst inning en route to a 6 1 win over Series Record ...... 9 15 5 shutout frames to open the season. Prior to his loss Portland. Brendan Harris caps the early 6.1 inning e ort for Low A Peoria on July 2, 2016 vs. Series Openers ...... 15 15 in El Paso last Friday, Gallen had won three straight scoring with a two run double, while Short Clinton. It was his third consecutive quality start with Series Finales ...... 13 16 following his All Star Game appearance, allowing just goes on to collect four hits in each of the the ‘Cakes and h in his last six outings as NOLA Doubleheader Games ...... 3 5 next two games to raise his batting average DH Sweep/Swept/Split ...... 0/1/3 one run and nine hits in 17.2 innings, becoming the to .400 entering the season s nal two weeks. upped its record to 10 5 in Alcantara’s starts. Come From Behind Wins ...... 27 rst NOLA pitcher to win three straight starts since Bat Around For/Against ...... 8/7 Jose Urena in 2015. RISPY BUSINESS – New Orleans went 0x6 with RISP Longest Win Streak ...... +6 last night, a er going 27x66 (.409) with runners in scoring position across Longest Lose Streak ...... 7 SHUCK HONOURED – High Water Mark ...... +3 e PCL named J.B. Shuck its Player of the the four games in Albuquerque. NOLA is batting .277 with RISP, their Low Water Mark ...... 10 Week for July 30 August 5, becoming the rst NOLA player to take the best mark since batting .279 since 2007. e ‘Cakes have stranded the White Jersey ...... 25 15 honor since Destin Hood in May 2017. Shuck went 11x16 (.688) in ve third most baserunners in the PCL (865), fewer than only Fresno (869) Grey Jersey ...... 12 18 games and reached base in 14 of 19 plate appearances (.737) to lead all of and Tacoma (898). Blue Jersey ...... 16 23 Pelicans Jersey ...... 1 1 MiLB in both categories. He also had PCL best marks in slugging (1.000) Misc. Jersey ...... 1 3 and OPS (1.737). In the four games in Albuquerque, Shuck reached base NEXT OF KIN – Tyler Kinley pitched in his team leading 33rd game 14 times, going 10x18 with four walks. Shuck is 27x59 (.458) over his last and recorded his sixth save in eight opportunities. He has not allowed a 17 games, adding a home run, six doubles and 13 runs scored, and has run in 14 of his last 15 appearances, during which opponents are hitting TEAM LEADERS boosted his batting average from .150 to .333 in that span. With a walk last .228 (13x57). AB: Adames ...... 371 night, he has reached base safely in 13 games in a row. AVG: Dean...... 319 ROSTER MOVES – e Marlins selected the contract of Rafael Ortega, H: Campbell ...... 102 R: Galloway ...... 64 DEAN OF HITS – Austin Dean picked up his 24th multi hit game and who had set the single season franchise record for triples (10) with a pair 2B: Campbell/Galloway ...... 21 homered for the second time on the road trip on Tuesday, a er going of three baggers on Tuesday in Albuquerque. Ortega, 14x37 (.378) over 3B: Ortega ...... 10 his previous 47 games with only one home run. Additionally, he has six his last nine games with the ‘Cakes, is appearing in the majors for the rst HR: Rodriguez ...... 11 doubles in seven games in August, one more than he totaled in his rst time since 2016 with the Angels. Additionally, Miami has activated right RBI: Campbell ...... 68 SB: Galloway ...... 20 76 games with the ‘Cakes. Dean owns a .340 batting average between AA hander Drew Rucinski, ending his rehab stint with the ‘Cakes before he Jacksonville and NOLA, good for eighth in all of Minor League Baseball, made an appearance. W: Gallen ...... 7 and has moved into a tie for eighth in the PCL batting race (.319). His 130 L: Peters ...... 7 hits overall are 10th most in the minors. NAWLINS NOTES – Baby Cakes relievers have not given up a run in SV: Diaz...... 9 ERA: Gallen ...... 3.85 their past three games (9.0 IP) ... Peter Mooney is 5x11 (.455) in his last G: T. Kinley ...... 33 LONELIEST NUMBER – e Baby Cakes played in their 41st one run three games, adding two RBI ... e ‘Cakes are 29 4 when allowing two GS: Gallen ...... 20 game, four more than any other PCL club. New Orleans has won their runs or fewer ... NOLA is second in the PCL with a .314 batting average IP: Gallen ...... 107.2 last two one run contests, but are still 17 24, the second worst mark in in August, trailing only Nashville (.325) ... e Baby Cakes own a 3.32 K: Gallen ...... 107 BB: Gallen ...... 41 the league (Albuquerque, 7 15). ERA at home, compared with a 5.19 ERA on the road. upcoming schedule and probable starters date time (CT) opponent probable pitchers radio/tv online Saturday, August 11 6:00 vs. Iowa RHP Je Brigham (3 0, 2.54) vs. RHP Duane Underwood, Jr. (4 9, 4.22) Sports 1280 AM & 99.5 FM / CST MiLB.tv Sunday, August 12 1:00 vs. Iowa RHP Tyler Cloyd (3 4, 5.88) vs. RHP Alec Mills (5 11, 4.57) Sports 1280 AM / CST MiLB.tv Monday, August 13 6:35 at Memphis LHP Dillon Peters (3 7, 6.62) vs. TBA Sports 1280 AM MiLB.tv Tuesday, August 14 6:35 at Memphis RHP Sandy Alcantara (6 3, 3.46) vs. TBA Sports 1280 AM MiLB.tv today’s starting pitcher #4 zac gallen
Height: 6 1 Weight: 185 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING rows: Right Bats: Right 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Born: 08/03/1995 Age: 22 14 9 10 3 9 1 46 RUN SUPPORT DURING STARTS Resides: Somerdale, NJ MLB Debut: 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R+ Avg. 4 3 2 3 2 4 2 3.2 2018 SEASON 2018 season GALLANT EFFORT – Gallen blanked Nashville on four hits for 6.0 innings in his season debut on 4/6, W L ERA G IP H R ER BB K becoming the rst New Orleans pitcher to nish with at least 6.0 scoreless innings in his team debut 7 6 3.85 20 107.2 120 46 46 41 107 since Sam Dyson shut out Reno for 6.0 innings on August 5, 2013. 2018 splits (aaa) SEVENTH HEAVEN – With 7.0 shutout innings on 4/21 vs. Oklahoma City, Gallen became the rst Baby Cakes pitcher to work at least 7.0 innings in 2018. Gallen held the Dodgers to four hits and fanned Home Games: 4 2, 1.33 ERA Away Games: 3 4, 5.82 ERA ve to record his second victory. He repeated the feat on 5/3 vs. Round Rock with 7.0 scoreless frames Day Games: 1 0, 3.12 ERA in a no decision with a season high six strikeouts. Night Games: 6 6, 3.91 ERA vs. Le handers: .322 (55x171), 7 HR, 18 BB, 40 K HOME SWEET HOME – Gallen did not surrender a run over his rst four starts at home, pitching 26.0 vs. Right handers: .258 (65x252), 3 HR, 23 BB, 67 K consecutive scoreless innings to open the season. Opponents batted .204 (19x93) and just .048 (1x21) April: 3 1, 3.10 ERA May: 1 0, 3.51 ERA with runners in scoring position. e streak ended at 29.0 IP on 6/2 vs. Memphis when Anthony Garcia June: 0 3, 3.86 ERA led o the fourth inning with a home run. July: 3 1, 4.03 ERA August/September: 0 1, 9.00 ERA K MAN – With nine strikeouts in 6.0 IP on 5/9 at Round Rock, Gallen equaled his career high, set twice in 2017 with High A Palm Beach. It was Gallen’s h quality start in his rst seven outings of the season. 2018 highs/lows (aaa) CENTURY MARK – Gallen threw 107 pitches in a no decision on 6/2 vs. Memphis, a new career high. Innings: 7.0 4/21 vs. OKC and 5/3 vs. RR Gallen had never thrown more than 100 pitches, a plateau reached twice in 2017 while with High A Most Hits Allowed: 12 7/4 at Colorado Springs Palm Beach. He surpassed the mark with 111 pitches on 6/28 vs. Iowa, most by a NOLA pitcher in 2018. Least Hits Allowed: 2 7/28 vs. Tacoma Most ER Allowed: 9 7/4 at Colorado Springs Least ER Allowed: 0 Seven times (recent: 7/28 vs. TAC) LIMITING THE DAMAGE – ough opponents batted .284 against Gallen through his rst 13 starts, Strikeouts: 9 5/9 at Round Rock he yielded only a .213 average (20x94) with runners in scoring position. Each of the four home runs he Walks: 4 6/2 vs. MEM and 7/16 at OKC surrendered came with the bases empty. Homers Allowed: 3 7/4 at Colorado Springs Winning Streak: W3 4/21 5/15 and 7/16 7/28 Losing Streak: L4 6/8 7/4 DIRTY DOZEN – Colorado Springs knocked Gallen for 12 hits in 4.2 innings on 7/3, matching Jarlin Shortest Start: 2.2 5/27 at Iowa Garcia (6/27 vs. Iowa) for the most hits surrendered by a Baby Cakes pitcher in 2018. e Sky Sox used Pitches rown: 111 6/28 vs. Iowa three home runs, a career high against Gallen, to score nine runs, the rst time in 45 career starts he allowed more than ve runs in a game. last time (AAA) YOU’RE AN ALL STAR – For the second straight season, Gallen earned league All Star honors as he Win: 7/28/18 vs. Tacoma was selected to the PCL squad by ranking ninth in the league with a 3.43 ERA through his rst 15 starts. Loss: 8/03/18 at El Paso Gallen needed just seven pitches to retire the International League side in order in the sixth inning of Quality Start: 7/21/18 at Iowa the Triple A All Star Game on 7/11. Complete Game: Shutout: ROAD WOES – Across his rst nine road assignments, Gallen went 1 3 with a 6.85 ERA (33 ER/43.1 IP). Opponents batted .358 (67x187), and plated at least four runs in six of the nine starts. career vs. opponent W L ERA G IP H R ER BB K BACK ON TRACK – Gallen snapped a nine start winless drought with 6.0 innings of one run, three hit 1 1 5.02 3 14.1 16 8 8 5 13 ball on 7/16 at Oklahoma City. He has gone on to win his next two starts as well. day-by-day starts DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB K HR NP S SCORE NOTES 4/6 NAS W, 1 6.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 83 58 W 5 1 1st NO SP w/ 6+ IP/0 R in debut since 8/5/13 4/11 @COS L, 1 6.0 9 2 2 1 4 0 84 55 L 7 2 COS went 2x12 w/ RISP 4/16 @OKC 5.0 10 4 4 2 5 1 85 55 L 8 7 (10) Most hits allowed in career (32 GS) 4/21 OKC W, 2 7.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 91 58 W 2 0 1st NO SP w/ at least 7.0 IP since 8/17/17 4/28 @NAS W, 3 5.0 7 4 4 2 5 0 95 60 W 8 6 Allowed 4 runs on 5 hits in 3rd inning 5/3 RR 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 93 64 W 1 0 (10) Retired nine of last 10 batters faced (1 BB) 5/9 @RR 6.0 4 2 2 2 9 0 90 64 L 5 4 Tied career high w/ 9 K (2x w/ Palm Beach) 5/15 OMA W, 4 6.0 7 0 0 1 2 0 91 60 W 16 0 OMA went 0x8 w/ RISP 5/21 @OMA 4.0 8 5 5 2 3 1 81 50 W 9 5 Tied career high for most ER allowed (5) 5/27 @IOW 2.2 4 3 3 0 3 0 69 45 L 5 4 (10) Shortest start since 2016 in GCL 6/2 MEM 6.0 4 1 1 4 8 1 107 64 L 6 5 (10) Career high 107 pitches 6/8 @SL L, 2 5.0 8 4 4 2 4 0 95 59 L 4 0 Falls to 1 2, 6.42 ERA in 7 GS on road 6/15 FRE L, 3 4.0 5 1 1 3 6 1 86 52 L 5 1 FRE went 0x7 w/ RISP 6/22 @MEM 5.0 5 0 0 3 8 0 100 64 L 5 4 Exited game with 4 0 lead 6/28 IOW L, 4 5.2 8 5 5 2 6 2 111 68 L 5 3 Career high 111 pitches 7/4 @COS L, 5 4.2 12 9 9 2 5 3 91 62 L 9 2 (5) Career highs in hits, runs and HRs allowed 7/16 @OKC W, 5 6.0 3 1 1 4 7 0 95 60 W 5 1 1st win in nine starts since 5/15 vs. OMA 7/21 @IOW W, 6 6.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 92 53 W 1 0 Back to back QS for 1st time since 5/9 15 7/28 TAC W, 7 5.2 2 0 0 3 7 0 97 60 W 5 3 Won 3 straight GS for 2nd time (7/16 26, 2017) 8/3 @ELP L, 5 5.0 8 5 5 0 6 1 91 59 L 5 4 Gave up four runs with two outs bullpen #14 odrisamer despaigne #50 jumbo diaz Last Win: 6/26 vs. IOW Saves / Att.: 2 / 3 Last Win: 6/10 at IOW Saves / Att.: 9 / 10 Last Loss: 7/17 at OKC (gm2) Inherited / Scored: 7 / 2 Last Loss: 6/2 vs. MEM Inherited / Scored: 15 / 4 Last Save: 8/7 at ABQ First Batters: 5x12 (.417) Last Save: 7/24 vs. RNO First Batters: 7x29 (.241) • Opened with the Marlins, going 2 0 with a 5.31 ERA in 11 games (1 start) • Stranded two runners inherited, recorded nal two outs for rst save, 4/9 vs. NAS • On DL (forearm strain) from 4/21 5/20, and optioned to New Orleans on 6/9 • Earned wins in back to back app., 4/30 and 5/3 vs. RR, by pitching scoreless 10th innings • Picked up rst win on the season, throwing 2.2 innings vs. FRE on 6/14 • Opponents went 1x17 (.059) with RISP over rst 10 appearances • Worked 5.1 scoreless IP of relief in win vs. IOW on 6/26, yielding two hits • Stranded three baserunners (two inherited) to maintain a one run lead, 5/31 vs. MEM • Named PCL Pitcher of the Week for 6/25 7/1, tossing 10.1 scoreless IP in two games • On the disabled list from 6/20 7/17 Recent Appearances: Recent Appearances: Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB K Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB K 8/7 at ABQ S, 2 3.0 3 0 0 3 4 8/9 IOW 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 8/2 at ELP 3.1 4 1 1 0 3 8/5 at ABQ 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 7/28 TAC S, 1 1.1 4 3 3 0 0 8/2 at ELP 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 7/22 at IOW 4.2 6 1 1 0 8 (GS) 7/26 RNO L, 6 1.1 2 4 2 1 1 7/17 at OKC (gm2) L, 3 5.2 10 5 5 2 4 (GS) 7/24 RNO S, 9 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
#29 Joe gunkel #34 tyler kinley Last Win: Saves / Att.: 1 / 1 Last Win: 5/19 vs. RR Saves / Att.: 6 / 8 Last Loss: 5/14 vs. OMA Inherited / Scored: 16 / 4 Last Loss: 6/7 at LV Inherited / Scored: 9 / 1 Last Save: 5/8 at RR First Batters: 4x16 (.250) Last Save: 7/8 at COS First Batters: 7x30 (.233) • Pitched 3.0 innings of relief on Opening Night before joining starting rotation • Made the Minnesota Twins