Broadcast/Media Relations: Erik Oas | [email protected] | Tel: 563-242-0727 x107 | 537 Ballpark Drive Clinton, IA 52732 | www.lumberkings.com Clinton LumberKings vs. Quad Cities River Bandits 19-20, 58-51 (Seattle Mariners) 21-18, 61-48 (Houston Astros) Friday, August 3, 2018 – 6:35 p.m. Modern Woodmen Park (opened 1931) – Davenport, IA Game #110 of 140 RHP Randy Bell (2-4, 7.16) vs. RHP Luis Garcia (3-2, 3.55) Class A AFFILIATE OF THE Today’s Preview: The Clinton LumberKings (A, Mariners) meet the Quad Cities River Bandits (A, Astros) for the third time this season and the last time in Quad Cities this year with the finale of a three-game series. This Series Information year the LumberKings wont the first meeting by taking two of three from the River Bandits in Clinton May 29th All-Time Series (1960): through the 31st. Clinton had a chance to clinch a playoff spot in Quad Cities with two wins in their second Quad Cities leads, 414-457 meeting but instead were swept in the three-game series and missed the playoffs. The LumberKings trail the all- time series, dating back to 1960, 414 to 457. Since Clinton has been affiliated with the Seattle Mariners (2009) they trail in the head-to-head matchups 72 games to 77 games. Since 2009 (SEA): Seattle Mariners (Majors) Quad Cities leads, 72-77 American League (West) LumberKings Starter: Randy Bell, 23, makes his eighth appearance and start of the season for the Clinton 63-46 3rd 5.5 GB LumberKings. The Louisiana native, was hung with the loss in his second straight start in his last outing. He 2018: Quad Cities leads, 2-6 (of 12) Last night: L, 7-3 vs. Toronto worked six innings against the Peoria Chiefs at Ashford University Field, allowing seven runs, five earned, on a In Clinton: Clinton leads, 2-1 Cruz (SEA), 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI season high 11 hits, while walking one and striking out one. Four of the seven runs Bell allowed game in on Morales (TOR), 1-5, R, HR, 2 RBI home runs to Yariel Gonzalez and Nick Plummer. He came to the LumberKings to start the second half In Quad Cities: QC leads, 0-5 Hauschild (TOR), W, 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 5 K following the promotion of Nick Wells to the High-A Modesto Nuts. Bell began the season with the Modesto One-Run Games: QC leads, 0-1 Nuts going 3-4 with a 4.95 ERA over 13 starts and 67.1 innings of work in the offensive driven California Extra-Innings: Series tied, 0-0 Mariners Minor League System League. The Seattle Mariners took Bell in 10th round of the 2017 MLB Draft out of South Alabama University. In high school, lettered in football, baseball, and track, while helping the baseball team to capture two state 2018 Meetings: Tacoma Rainiers (Triple-A) championships. While in college the winning ways continued as he helped the Eagles to a NJCAA Division II Pacific Coast League College World Series in Enid, Oklahoma. Date Location Result/Time Pacific Conference (North) 5/29 CLINTON L, 4-2 53-56 3rd 9.5 GB River Bandits Starter: Luis Garcia, 21, makes his 14th appearance and fifth start of the season for the Quad 5/30 CLINTON W, 13-6 Last Night: L, 6-3 vs. Oklahoma Cities River Bandits. The Venezuelan native, earned his second straight win his last time out for a four inning 5/31 CLINTON W, 5-2 Gamel (TAC), 1-3, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB relief appearance against the Cedar Rapids Kernels in Cedar Rapids. He held the Kernels scoreless while allowing 6/12 at Quad Cities L, 4-0 th Mora (OKC), 3-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, K just one hit, walking four, and striking out one. This will be his first start since July 7 with the Tri-City Valley 6/13 at Quad Cities L, 5-4 th Neal (OKC), W, 6 IP, 3 R, 0 BB, K Cats and his first with the River Bandits since May 16 . Garcia has not faced the LumberKings before this season, 6/14 at Quad Cities L, 5-2 nd the Houston Astros signed him an international free agent on July 2 , 2017 for $20,000. This season Garcia has 8/1 at Quad Cities L, 9-1 Arkansas Travelers (Double-A) had his greatest success against right-handed hitters although he has allowed an ERA of 3.68 the opponent batting 8/2 at Quad Cities L, 4-2 Texas League (North) average of .190 against righties stands in contrast to that of left-handed hitters who are batting .328, and he has 8/3 at Quad Cities 6:35 PM 20-20 2nd 4.0 GB posted an ERA against lefties of 3.38 coming into this start. 8/29 CLINTON 6:30 PM Last Night: L, 5-1 vs. Tulsa 8/30 CLINTON 6:30 PM Filia (ARK), 1-4, 2B, RBI, K Last Time Out: The Clinton LumberKings ran their losing streak in Davenport to five games with a 4-2 loss to 8/31 CLINTON 6:30 PM Lux (TUL), 3-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, K the Quad Cities River Bandits. Scott Boches set a professional career high for inning pitched, seven, for the DeFratus (TUL), W, 7.2 IP, 3 H, R, 7 K LumberKings but was hung with the loss. The River Bandits took an early lead in the third inning and held on with strong pitching from their starter Chad Donato and reliever Bryan Abreu. Miguelangel Sierra singled off Modesto Nuts (High-A) Boches (2-4) to open the third and scored on a three base throwing error from catcher Juan Camacho on a failed pickoff attempt that went down the right field line. In the bottom of the fourth, Quad Cites broke out for three California League (North) runs to pull away from the LumberKings. Four hits in the inning lead to three runs with the final two runs in the 16-25 T3rd 3.0 GB inning chased home with two out in the frame. The LumberKings only runs of the night came across in the top Last Night: L, 3-2 vs. Stockton of the sixth inning. Billy Cooke leadoff with a double to right center and scored three batters later on a Dimas Jimenez (MOD), 1-4, R, 2B, 2 K Ojeda RBI single to left. Singles by Eugene Helder and Onil Pena plated the second run of the inning but Siddall (STO), 1-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, 2 K Donato (1-0) allowed no more as he picked up his first win of the year. Milburn (STO), W, 7 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 5 K MWL 2nd Half Standings Counting Ks: The Clinton LumberKings come in with the second most strikeouts in the Midwest League but Clinton LumberKings (Class A) they have been far outpaced by the leader of the league the Quad Cities River Bandits. On Thursday night, Clinton MWL Western Division Midwest League (West) was set down 12 times via the strikeout to bring the series total to 24. Overall this season, LumberKings pitching W-L GB 19-20 5th 7.5 GB has struck out 979 batters nearly two hundred off the 1,177 batters that the River Bandits have struck out this Last Night: L, 4-2 vs. Cedar Rapids season. Cedar Rapids 27-13 - Ojeda (CLI), 2-4, R, RBI, K %Peoria 24-14 2.0 Sierra (QC), 2-3, R, RBI House of Horrors: The fifth game of the season for the LumberKings at Modern Woodmen Park went the same Beloit 23-15 3.0 Donato (QC), W, 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 6 K as the previous four, ending in a loss. The 4-2 defeat on Thursday night will mean a series loss for the *Quad Cities 21-18 5.5 LumberKings and a chance, where they to lose tonight, of ending the 2018 season without a win in Quad Cities, Clinton 19-20 7.5 Everett AquaSox (Rookie) despite playing six games at the House of Horrors. Kane County 19-20 7.5 Northwest League (North) Wisconsin 18-21 8.5 Like They’re Double Parked: Thursday night’s loss featured four fewer runs of offense and a lighting pace 5-5 T2nd 1.0 GB Burlington 12-25 13.5 Last Night: W, 10-3 vs. Boise from the first pitch to the last. LumberKings pitching recorded 16 of their 24 outs on at-bats that took three pitches Raleigh (EVE), 1-4, R, HR, RBI, K or less. River Bandits pitching set down 15 of their 27 LumberKings on at-bats that took three or fewer pitches. Morgan (BOI), 4-4, 2 R As a result, game time was just two hours and nine minutes the quickest game of the year for the Clinton MWL Eastern Division LumberKings. Valdespina (BOI), W, 5 IP, 3 H, R, K W-L GB nd *Bowling Green 24-16 - AZL Mariners (Rookie) Road Woes: July 22 at Parkview Field the Clinton LumberKings swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Fort Wayne TinCaps to start a nine game road trips 4-1, the games were the last won by Clinton on the road. %Lansing 21-19 3.0 Arizona League (West) Since then, the LumbeKings have lost a series finale to TinCaps, have been swept in three game by the Cedar West Michigan 19-20 4.5 2-5 4th 3.5 GB Rapids Kernels, and have dropped the first two games of their series with the River Bandits to bring their road Dayton 19-21 5.0 Last Night: **DAY OFF** losing streak to six games, the longest road losing streak of the season for Clinton.