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edia InformationMedia Relations Department 198 Union Avenue | Memphis, Tennessee 38103 | Phone: 901.722.0293 | www.memphisredbirds.com | @memphisredbirds MEMPHIS REDBIRDS (43-29) VS NEW ORLEANS BABY CAKES (35-36) Thursday, June 21 • 7:05 p.m. (CT) • AutoZone Park (10,000) • Memphis, Tennessee Game #73 • Home Game #37 (21-15) RHP Daniel Poncedeleon (5-3, 2.57 ERA) vs. LHP Jarlin Garcia (0-0, 3.68 ERA) THE GAME REDBIRDS VS. BABY CAKES TODAY’S GAME: The Memphis Redbirds and New Orleans HISTORY WITH NEW ORLEANS: Memphis and New 2017: 2-3 Baby Cakes will kick off a four-game set tonight at 7:05 Orleans have played every year dating back to 1998 when at Memphis: 0-0 p.m. This is the second of four series the two teams will the ‘Birds joined the PCL. New Orleans narrowly owns the at New Orleans: 2-3 play against each other this season. New Orleans won the all-time series record with a 165-160 record. New Orleans All-Time: 160-165 first series 3-2. The ‘Birds are coming off a 2-2 series split took the first series this season 3-2. The ‘Birds have All-Time at Home: 91-69 with El Paso, while New Orleans is coming off a four-game dominated the series at AutoZone Park with an all-time All-Time at Road: 69-96 sweep of Sacramento. Today’s game will be broadcast on record of 91-69. In five games this season, Memphis is memphisredbirds.com and on WMC-TV’s Bounce Channel out-hitting New Orleans .246 to .242, but New Orleans has 2018 SEASON SERIES with Steve Selby on the call. dominated on the mound, posting a 2.74 ERA, compared to 5/30 New Orleans W, 3-2 a 5.23 mark for Memphis. 5/31 New Orleans L, 10-3 ON THE HILL: Right-hander Daniel Poncedeleon will get the 6/1 New Orleans L, 6-3 ball for the Redbirds tonight. Poncedeleon is coming off his THE SEASON 6/2 New Orleans W, 6-5 shortest start of the year in his last outing against El Paso. ABOUT THE LAST ONE: The Memphis Redbirds dropped the 6/3 New Orleans L, 4-3 In that game, Poncedeleon lasted just 3.1 innings, allowing series finale to El Paso 7-4, Tuesday night in El Paso, giving 6/21 Memphis 7:05 p.m. eight runs, only two of which were earned. He struck out six them a 2-2 series tie. 6/22 Memphis 7:05 p.m. and allowed seven hits in the outing. Despite his last game, 6/23 Memphis 6:35 p.m. Poncedeleon has been one of the best starters in the PCL Starter Kevin Herget struggled in the ballgame. He pitched 6/24 Memphis 2:05 p.m. this season. His 2.57 ERA is third in the league, narrowly 5.1 innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits and two 8/13 Memphis 6:35 p.m. behind teammate Dakota Hudson, who sits in first with a walks, while also serving up two home runs. It was the 8/14 Memphis 6:35 p.m. 2.13 mark. He is also tied for the third-most strikeouts in the second-straight game he had allowed at least five earned 8/15 Memphis 6:35 p.m. league, with 77, owns the fifth-best batting average against runs and two home runs. 8/16 Memphis 7:05 p.m. at .233, and has the second-best strikeouts per nine innings 8/21 New Orleans 7:00 p.m. pitched ratio at 11.18. Poncedeleon has pitched at least 5.0 The ‘Birds scored two runs early, but did not score again to 8/22 New Orleans 7:00 p.m. innings in all but two of his 12 starts, and has yet to allow the eighth. Luke Voit and Wilfredo Tovar both went 2-for-4 at 8/23 New Orleans 7:00 p.m. more than three earned runs this season. the plate, collecting four of the six Memphis hits. BY THE NUMBERS The Baby Cakes will send left-hander Jarlin Garcia to the Tyler O’Neill, Patrick Wisdom, and Voit all drove in a run for 99 transactions through the mound to battle Poncedeleon. Garcia has made two starts the ‘Birds. Max Schrock came up with a clutch RBI single in first 72 games for Memphis this for New Orleans this season, posting a 0-0 record, with the eighth, but Memphis could not complete the comeback. season, 1.4 per game. They did a 3.68 ERA. So far, he has pitched a total of 7.1 innings, not have their 99th transaction allowing seven hits and three earned runs, while walking Hector Mendoza and Conner Greene combined to pitch the until July 22 last season three and striking out six batters. This is Garcia’s first career final 2.1 innings. The two did not allow a hit, while walking stint at the Triple-A level after jumping from Double-A to two, and striking out four total batters. PCL AMERICAN SOUTHERN Miami last year. W L GB Memphis Redbirds 43 29 -- BIRD BITES N.O. Baby Cakes 35 36 7.5 AROZARENA: Sunday night, hit first home run of the season with Memphis, and first career-Triple-A home run Nashville Sounds 32 37 9.5 BARON: In last Monday’s loss, drove in two runs in Memphis’ six-run second; first multi-RBI game this season Round Rock Express 30 41 12.5 GARCIA: Recently snapped a nine-game hitting streak, his longest of the season; leads PCL with 10 outfield assists KELLY: Hitting .324 (11-for-34) in six games since being optioned from St. Louis; five extra-base hits and seven RBI UPCOMING PROMOTIONS MEJIA: Despite going hitless Sunday night, drove in two runs with two sacrifice flies, also scored a run Thurs. June 21 vs. NO (7:05 p.m.) MERCADO: Sun. night, came off the bench to deliver the go-ahead two-run single in the 8th inning to give Memphis the win $2 Beers on Thirsty Thursday All-You-Can-Eat Wings Specialty O’NEILL: Hit two home runs Wed. night for fourth time this season; now has 18 homers between Memphis and St. Louis Ticket RAVELO: Is hitting .356 (21-for-59) with 12 runs scored, a double, triple, six home runs, and 16 RBI in last 16 games Throwback Thursday School Colors Series Specialty Ticket SCHROCK: In Tuesday night’s 7-4 loss to El Paso, came off the bench and drove in a run with a pinch-hit single ____________ TOVAR: Hitting just .245 (13-for-53) in 16 games this month; is hitting just .232 (29-for-125) since May 1 Fri. June 22 vs. NO (7:05 p.m.) URIAS: Friday night, went 2-for-5 at the plate, scoring two runs, and hitting a home run, his third with Memphis Star Wars Night feat. Harrison Bader VOIT: Recently appeared in eight games with St. Louis, hitting .183 with a home run and three RBI in 11 at-bats Bobblehead Friday Night Block Party WISDOM: Sunday night, had first multi-home run game this season; is hitting .323 (53-for-164) since May 1 Free Stuff Friday Papa John’s Family Pack UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS ____________ DATE TIME (CT) OPPONENT REDBIRDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Sat. June 23 vs. NO (6:35 p.m.) Postgame Fireworks Fri. June 22 7:05 p.m. vs. New Orleans RH Chris Ellis (0-0. 4.00) vs. RH Zac Gallen (4-3, 3.36) ____________ Sat. June 23 6:35 p.m. vs. New Orleans RH Dakota Hudson (9-2, 2.13) vs. RH Sandy Alcantara (5-2, 3.76) Sun. June 24 vs. NO (2:05 p.m.) Sun. June 24 2:05 p.m. vs. New Orleans TBA vs. LH Dillon Peters (1-3, 7.00) Prairie Farms Ice Cream Sunday Mon. June 25 7:40 p.m. at Colo. Springs TBA vs. TBA Kids Run the Bases STRUGGLES WITH THE DIVISION: Despite the three home runs in Sunday’s win, with two of them over 600 batters this season. ‘Birds batters are also strong overall record of 43-29, second-best in the coming off the bat of Patrick Wisdom, while the other towards the bottom of the league in total strikeouts PCL, Memphis has struggled significantly against came off the bat of Randy Arozarena. It was the first by hitters. Memphis batters have struck out just its own division. The Redbirds are just 10-13 against multi-homer game of the year for Wisdom, and the 471 times through the first 72 games (6.5/game), the American Southern Division, while they are 25-10 fifth overall for Memphis. Tyler O’Neill has the other not only the lowest mark in the PCL, but also all of against the American Northern Division, 3-4 against four such games. In its recent seven-game road trip, Triple-A. Memphis and Omaha are the only two teams the Pacific Northern Division, and 5-2 against the Memphis hit 10 home runs. After going a season- in the PCL that have struck out under 500 times this Pacific Southern Division. Memphis is 2-6 against long five games without a longball from June 3 to season, and two of just three teams in all of Triple-A Nashville, 2-3 against New Orleans, and 6-4 against June 8, Memphis has hit 16 homers in the last 10 that have struck out under 500 times.