Clinton Lumberkings Game Notes Class a Midwest League Affiliate of the Seattle Mariners
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Clinton LumberKings Game Notes Class A Midwest League Affiliate of the Seattle Mariners Clinton LumberKings Media Relations Dept. | 563.242.0727 ext. 106 | [email protected] | www.lumberkings.com th rd Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (13-18, 6 in West / 5.0 GB) Clinton LumberKings (16-15, 3 in West / 2.0 GB) RHP Jimmy Nelson (5-7, 4.19 ERA) VS. RHP George Mieses (4-10, 5.00 ERA) Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:00 PM Alliant Energy Field, Clinton, IA Game #102 Radio Broadcast: AM 1390 KCLN Kings Homer Way Past Wisconsin: Julio Morban , Stefen Romero and Kalian Sams all RECORD BREAKDOWN lifted off for home runs as the LumberKings opened the homestand with a 5-3 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers last night at Alliant Energy Field. Morban connected for a solo shot into the right-field Current Streak: Won 2 Lumber Lounge on the first pitch he saw from right-hander Maverick Lasker in the first, and after Kevin Last 10 Games: 4-6 Rivers drew a walk, Romero muscled up on a two-run clout to the berm in left for a 3-0 lead. Mike McGee doubled and scored on a double into the right-field corner by Rivers in the third inning, chasing Long Winning Streak: 3 Games (4x) Lasker (L, 1-4) after just 3.0 innings. Left-hander Nate Reed (W, 3-3) limited the Rattlers to a run on Long Losing Streak: 8 Games (5/7-5/14) All-Time Record: 4178-4394 four hits over 5.0 innings, that run coming as Joey Paciorek doubled and scored on an infield single by Nick Shaw in the fifth. The Kings got that run back as Sams lifted a solo homer over the wall in left- Vs. West: 28-48 Leading after 6: 28-8 center off right-hander Stosh Wawrzasek. Right-hander Jessie Nava yielded a run over 3.0 innings in Vs. East: 11-13 Leading after 7: 31-7 relief of Reed and left-hander Jon Hesketh (S, 1) gave up another run in the ninth before ending the First Half: 24-46 Leading after 8: 28-5 game on a strikeout of T.J. Mittelstaedt. Romero finished 1-for-3 with two RBI to lead the Kings. Scoring First: 27-21 Tied after 6: 6-8 Scoring Last: 26-19 Tied after 7: 6-8 Quest for the West: With last night’s win, the LumberKings are now just 2.0 games behind Kane Extra-Innings: 5-3 Tied after 8: 5-5 County (18-13) for first place in the West Division…Clinton remains in third place, 1.0 game ahead of Doubleheaders: 5-5 Trailing after 6: 6-45 Beloit (15-16) for the Wild Card spot. The Kings have been in third or higher in 27 of 33 days this April: 7-16 Trailing after 7: 3-46 half , including 10-straight days with a share of second place from 7/5 to 7/15. After finishing a league- May: 8-22 Trailing after 8: 2-46 worst 24-46 in the first half, manager Eddie Menchaca’s club attempts to secure a second-half playoff June: 13-11 Last AB Wins: 10 spot and reach the Midwest League postseason for the 10 th time in the last 14 years. July: 12-12 Walk-off Wins: 3 August: 0-0 Shutouts: 5 Romero is Rolling: Last night’s first-inning two-run homer by Stefen Romero was his 12 th of the September: 0-0 Times Shut Out: 9 season and sixth in the last 18 games…prior to that 18-game span, he had homered just five times Home: 17-34 10+ Runs: 4-0 Road: 23-27 1 Run Games: 14-14 over his first 63 games. He now has a hit in 12 of his last 14 games, including a seven-game hitting - streak from 7/16 to 7/23…he hit .286 (8-for-28) with two HR and three RBI during the streak. After LumberKings vs. Wisconsin in 2011 hitting .224 over his first two months, he’s batting .328 (42-for-128) since the start of June th Season: 4-3 Home: 2-2 Road: 2-1 including nine HR and 26 RBI in 34 games . Seattle’s 12 round pick out of Oregon State University in 2010, Romero leads the team with a .270 average and is second in HR (12) and RBI (40). Offense: .243, 6 HR Pitching: 2.33, 55 K Off the DL: Julio Morban , playing for the first time since 6/26 (had been on the DL), homered for TEAM TOTALS the second time last night and finished 1-for-3…he’s lifted solo HR in two of his last five games after starting the year with none over 46 games. Left-hander Jon Hesketh , pitching for just the third time Hitting: .229 (16 th ) ERA: 3.97 (13 th ) since being reinstated from the DL on 7/15, pitched around a walk and a hit for his first professional HR: 66 Strikeouts: 838 th save last night. Hesketh, Seattle’s 20 round pick in 2009, had no saves in 53 prior outings. XBH: 216 Starter W: 22 Slammin’ Sammy: Kalian Sams homered for his team-leading 13 th time last night, lifting a solo Runs: 379 Holds: 14 Steals: 120 Saves: 21 clout to left-center off Wisconsin right-hander Stosh Wawrzasek in the fifth inning...he finished 1-for-3 - rd rd with his 33 RBI (3 most on the club). For Sams, it’s his third HR in his last seven games and also his third career blast off the Timber Rattlers, the team he debuted with (as a Mariners affiliate) in 2007. TEAM LEADERS The South Holland, Netherlands native has bashed 64 career HR including 33 in the Midwest League (4 with WIS, 29 with Clinton)…he has 19 total roundtrippers this year (6 with High Desert). Average: Stefen Romero (.270) Hits: Mickey Wiswall (91) That’s Quality: Left-hander Nate Reed was good enough to get his third win last night (5.0 IP, 4 H, Doubles: Baron / Romero / Wiswall (13) 1 ER, 2 K), but fell an inning shy of becoming the fourth LumberKings starter to throw a quality Triples: Julio Morban (5) start in the last five games . Left-hander Tony Butler didn’t get the win, but posted his second quality Home Runs: Kalian Sams (13) start on Monday (6.0 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 4 K) at West Michigan. On Saturday, fellow southpaw Anthony RBI: Mickey Wiswall (41) Fernandez turned in his sixth quality start (7.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 6 K in ND) and his fifth start of 7.0-plus Stolen Bases: Kalian Sams (22) IP…he’s 2-1 with a 2.88 ERA (13 ER in 40.2 IP) over his last seven starts. On Friday at South Bend, right-hander George Mieses worked his seventh quality start (7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 UER, 5 K) in a win…he’s Wins: Tyler Burgoon (5) 3-1 with a 3.69 ERA (13 ER in 31.2 IP) in his last five starts after going 1-9, 5.58 in his first 14 starts. Innings: George Mieses (102.2) ERA: Taijuan Walker (3.31) Rivers is MWL Player of the Week: Kevin Rivers went 1-for-3 with an RBI double last night Quality Starts: Mieses / Snow (7) in his first home game since winning the Midwest League Offensive Player of the Week award on Strikeouts: Taijuan Walker (97) Monday. During the week beginning on 7/18, Rivers hit .522 (12-for-23) with a 1.130 OPS, recorded Holds: Reed / Seco (3) two doubles and four HR, scored six times and drove in six RBI and also stole a base. Everett’s Saves: Tyler Burgoon (11) Offensive MVP in 2010 (.332, 11 HR, 48 RBI), Rivers is hitting .258 with eight HR and 27 RBI. The New Guys: Mariners’ 2011 draft picks John Hicks (4 th round out of Virginia) and Mike McGee (15 th round out of Florida State) combined to produce Monday’s winning run in West Michigan. Hicks, a day removed from his career-best 3-for-4, two-double (first two extra-base hits of his career), RBI game on Sunday at West Michigan, went 1-for-3 with his first career two-RBI game including his first career game-winning RBI . The former Cavaliers teammate of fellow Seattle draftees LHP Danny Hultzen (1 st round, 2 nd overall) and 3B Steve Proscia (7 th round), Hicks is hitting .275 with two doubles and five RBI in 11 games with Clinton. McGee, 1-for-4 with a double last night, has a hit in 19 of 25 games since joining Clinton …he is hitting .295 with seven doubles, a triple, HR, 19 runs scored and 12 RBI in 25 games. Bullpen Briefs: RHP Jonathan Arias worked around two walks and struck out two to earn his fourth win on Monday at West Michigan…he is now 4-0 with three saves and a 1.75 ERA (5 ER in 25.2 IP) since the end of May…the former catcher has fanned 63 batters over 39.2 IP, good for 14.29 K/9.0 IP. RHP Tyler Burgoon pitched 2.0 scoreless innings to lock down his team-leading 11 th save in 16 tries on Monday…he’s 1-1 with three saves and a 3.00 ERA in July after starting the year 4-3 with eight saves and a 1.85 ERA in his first three months.