Lakewood Blueclaws 2018 Media Notes - May 19Th at Greensboro (Marlins) South Atlantic League Champions: 2006, 2009, 2010 / @Blueclaws on Twitter
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Lakewood BlueClaws 2018 Media Notes - May 19th at Greensboro (Marlins) South Atlantic League Champions: 2006, 2009, 2010 www.BlueClaws.com / @BlueClaws on Twitter Lakewood BlueClaws (21-17) at Greensboro Grasshoppers (16-20) First National Bank Field - Greensboro, NC (opened 2005) LHP Kyle Young (--) vs RHP Brandon Miller (0-2, 7.22) Series: Game 2 of 3 (Season series tied 2-2 of 24) Last Game Recap ...The BlueClaws scored four times in the ninth inning on Thursday, coming back to top Greensboro 4-1 at First National Bank Field...Gregori Rivero tied the game with an RBI triple and Nick Maton drove in the game winning run on an RBI single...Addison Russ earned his seventh save while Will Stewart gave up one unearned run in six innings of work. BlueClaws Bites Doubling Up ...The BlueClaws and Grasshoppers were rained out on Friday night at First National Bank Field...The teams will play a double-header on Sunday Standing beginning at 1:00 pm...The BlueClaws are 4-4 in double-header games this year, most recently splitting a pair on Monday against West Virginia at FirstEnergy Park...Greensboro is 2-1 (in their 4/26 DH at Hickory, they were only able to get one game in before the rain). Record 21-17 Games Back 4.0 Roster Moves ...The BlueClaws have added two players to their roster...LHP Kyle Young, who went 7-2 with Williamsport last year, joins the BlueClaws from Largest Lead --- extended spring training and will start tonight...C Nerlius Martinez, who spent last year with both the GCL Phillies and Willimsport, has also joined the BlueClaws...RHP Luis Ramirez and LHP David Parkinson have been transferred to Williamsport. Largest Deficit 5.0 (last 5/14) Welcome to Greensboro ... The BlueClaws make their first of four visits to Greensboro as they open a series with the Grasshoppers (Lakewood leads series 1-0 Quick Hitters and season series is 2-2)...Greensboro took two of three from the BlueClaws in Lakewood April 16-18 and will be in Lakewood for a three-game series Current Streak W1 beginning May 29th. Longest Win Streak W4 BlueClaws Starting Pitchers ...The BlueClaws are 2nd in the league with a team ERA of 2.60, but their starters have an ERA of 2.15: Longest Losing Streak L4 38 games, 14-6, 194 IP, 157 H, 45 ER, 62 BB, 215 K - ERA: 2.09, WHIP, 1.13, K/9: 9.97, BB/9: 2.87 Current Road Trip 1-0 (of 4) Last Homestand 4-2 (CHA/WV) Bagels and Bagels ...BlueClaws team pitching stats of the last eight games (6-2): 69 IP, 45 H, 11 R/8 ER, 12 BB, 81 K for a team ERA of 1.04. Next Homestand 5/21 - 5/24 (HAG) Quick-Hitters ...BlueClaws pitchers have thrown six shutouts so far this season, most in the league (one more than Augusta)...The BlueClaws have played 16 one-run games (10-7), third most in the league...22 games have been decided by two runs or less (13-10). Upcoming After this four-game series in Greensboro, Go Guthrie Go ...Dalton Guthrie is 17-40 with two home runs over the last 10 games (including a 3-3 game in the Monday double-header opener) after going 1- the BlueClaws will return home for four 35 heading into the May 3rd game at Rome...Guthrie was a 6th round pick and a national championship winning shortstop taken out of the University of Florida by the Phillies last year. games with Hagerstown starting Monday, beginning a stretch where they'll play 10 of Scheining Bright ...Jake Scheiner has hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games, going 19-56 over that stretch...He had two hits in both double-header games on their next 15 games in Lakewood. Monday...He hit his fourth home run of the season on Thursdsay night...Scheiner has hit in each of the first seven slots in the lineup already this year...He was a 4th round pick last year from the University of Houston...He leads the BlueClaws with nine multi-hit games. Malloy Back For More League Leader ...RHP Ramon Rosso leads the league in ERA at 0.93, having allowed no more than one earned run in any of his seven starts...He also second in Marty Malloy, who managed the BlueClaws the league in strikeouts with 52, including one game with 11 and one with 12. to a 73-65 record last year, returns for ihs second season...Malloy spent the last three Three Runs or Less ...The BlueClaws are 8-10 so far this year when scoring three runs or less...They were 29-43 in 2017, 21-47 in 2016, 11-48 in 2015, and 9-69 in 2014. previous years managing the GCL Astros and this is his first year in the Phillies Heating Up ...Gregori Rivero is 14-35 since beginning the season with 2 hits in his first 24 at bats of the season...Rivero has two home runs this year after organization. hitting two last year (one with Williamsport and one with the BlueClaws)...He had the game-tying RBI triplein the May 17th win at Greensboro. New Faces on Staff Leading Off ... Jake Scheiner has led off for the BlueClaws in the last 12 games and is the seventh different lead-off hitter of the season for the BlueClaws...Number of games hitting lead-off: Jake Scheiner - 12, Daniel Brito - 10, Dalton Guthrie - 7, Simon Muzziotti - 5, Malvin Matos - 2, Nick Maton - 1, While manager Marty Malloy returns for a Josh Stephen - 1 second season with the BlueClaws, he is joined by a new staff...Brad Bergesen, a Lock It Down ...Addison Russ (2 ER in 20.2 IP) has stuck out 27 of the 74 batters he has faced this year while Kyle Dohy (3 ER in 19.2 IP) has struck out 35 of the 81 batters that he has faced...Russ has seven saves and Dohy has four...Russ has either won (four) or saved (seven) 11 of Lakewood's wins so far this season. former Orioles draft pick, is the new pitching coach, his first year as a coach...Tyler Going, Going ... Every BlueClaws position player to play in a game this year has at least one home run except Simon Muzziotti (11 games) and Malvin Matos Henson is the new hitting coach, joining the (three games)... Quincy Nieporte had two home runs on the last homestand...Jake Scheiner and Gregori Rivero homered on Thursday night...Rodolfo Duran hit his second home run on Monday...Dalton Guthrie hit his first home run of the season, and second as a pro, on Sunday. BlueClaws from Williamsport...Milver Reyes, who previously coached with the GCL Extra, Extra, Read All About It ...The BlueClaws are 5-3 in extra innings this year, most recently beating Columbia on May 7th... The BlueClaws lead all 120 full- Pirates, is the first base coach. season Minor League teams with eight extra inning games (Iowa, New Orelans, Erie, and Harrisburg have played six)... Kyle Dohy has prevented the inherited runner (at second base) from scoring three times in four tries this year...No other SAL team has played more than four extra inning games so far this season. Bouncing Around ...Three BlueClaws have already started games at multiple (non-pitcher/catcher) positions so far this year: Dalton Guthrie (3 at 2B, 13 at 3B, 12 at SS), Jake Scheiner (10 at 1B, 15 at 3B, 5 in LF) and Nick Maton (3 at 2B, 26 at SS). Upcoming Pitching Probables May 19, at Greensboro, 7:00 pm LHP Kyle Young (--) vs RHP Brandon Miller (0-2, 7.22) May 20, at Greensboro, 1:00 pm (G1) RHP Spencer Howard (3-2, 2.89) vs RHP Ryan Lillie (2-1, 2.88) May 20, at Greensboro, G2 LHP Damon Jones (2-1, 2.10) vs RHP Edward Cabrera (0-3, 4.19) May 21, vs Hagerstown, 6:35 pm RHP Connor Brogdon (1-2, 3.95) vs TBA May 22, vs Hagerstown, 6:35 pm TBA vs TBA May 23, vs Hagerstown, 11:05 am TBA vs TBA Welcome Back ... The following players are back with the BlueClaws to open this season after spending time with the BlueClaws last year: RHP Luis Carrasco, LHP Jonathan Hennigan, RHP Addison BlueClaws Breakdown Note Rec. Russ, C Colby Fitch, C Gregori Rivero, 2B Daniel Brito. Overall 21-17 First Half 21-17 Attendance Mark ...The BlueClaws open the Second Half 0-0 2018 season in Lakewood on April 12th having Roster Breakdown (25-Man Active) Home 9-6 drawn 7.098 million fans to FirstEnergy By Nationality (birth country) - United States (16), Venezuela Road 12-11 Park...They crossed the 7-million fan mark in (5), Dominican Republic (4) Scoring First Run 15-8 Allowing First Run 6-9 July of 2017. By State (resides) – Florida (3), California (3), Texas (2), 1-Run Games 10-8 Colorado (1, Garcia), Idaho (1, Jones), Alabama (1, Stewart), 2-Run Games 3-2 From The Shore to the Show …Ten different New Jersey (1, Warren), Tennessee (1, Fitch), Illinois (1, Maton) 3-Run Games 4-4 former BlueClaws made big league debuts in Last Club (where they finished the 2017 season)… Williamsport 4+Run Games 4-3 2017...So far in 2018, three have made big (16)...Lakewood (6)...GCL Phillies (3) Extra Innings 5-3 league debuts (2015 IF Scott Kingery with Double-Headers 4-4 Philadelphia, 2013-15 OF Carlos Tocci with Youngest… Simon Muzziotti (12/27/1998) Vs.