1994 CHAMPIONS 2012 CHAMPIONS 2016 CHAMPIONS 2017 CHAMPIONS WINNIPEG GOLDEYES 2021 GAME INFORMATION GAME: #88 ROAD GAME: #43 WINNIPEG GOLDEYES (47-39) at MILWAUKEE MILKMEN (51-37) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25th , 2021 – FRANKLIN FIELD – 6:35 PM TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: WIN: RHP Dylan Burns (1-2, 4.64) MIL: RHP Christian Young (1-2, 8.71) GOLDEYES WIN TWO IN MILWAUKEE: The Winnipeg Goldeyes won both games of a double header over the Milwaukee Milkmen at Franklin Field on Tuesday night, taking the opener 3-0 and winning the nightcap 5-4. In game one, three Goldeyes pitchers combined on a one-hit shutout. Greg Harris started and won, allowing one hit over 5.0 scoreless innings. Harris walked three and struck out two. Travis Seabrooke pitched a perfect bottom of the sixth, while Donnie Hart worked a perfect bottom of the seventh to earn his eighth save. Winnipeg took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth on a solo home run from Logan Hill, and added two more in the sixth on an Austin Rei RBI single and a Tyler Hill sacrifice fly. In game two, Winnipeg took a 3-0 lead in the top of the second on a three-run home run from Deon Stafford. Kevin Lachance hit a two-run shot in the top of the third to make it 5-0. The Milkmen chipped away in the bottom of the third on a solo home run from Logan Trowbridge. Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth, and added a two-out, RBI single in the sixth to pull Milwaukee within 5-4. Zac Ryan struck out two in a perfect bottom of the seventh to earn his first save. Eduard Reyes started and picked up the win, allowing three earned runs on six hits over 5.0 innings. Reyes walked two and struck out one. ALL-TIME AGAINST THE MILKMEN: The Winnipeg Goldeyes are 15-13 all-time against the Milwaukee Milkmen, including a 6-6 record in road games, and a 9-8 record at Franklin Field. The Milkmen won the 2020 American Association championship, finishing in first place in the regular season with a 34-26 record, and then beating the Sioux Falls Canaries four games to one in the American Association Championship Series. Milwaukee was 38-62 during its expansion season in 2019. The Milkmen opened Franklin Field on June 24 th , 2019 with a 3-2 loss to the Gary SouthShore RailCats before earning its first official home win the following night over Gary SouthShore, 8-2. The facility is located in Franklin, Wisconsin, a suburb of downtown Milwaukee, and also plays host to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Panthers) baseball team. Inclement weather during the winter of 2019 led to construction delays, and the Milkmen played their first 14 home games at Kokomo Municipal Stadium in Kokomo, Indiana. Kokomo is home to the Northwoods League’s Kokomo Jackrabbits, a college summer wood bat team under the same ownership group as the Milkmen. The Milkmen went 7-7 during the games at Kokomo. Anthony Barone returns for his second season as Milkmen manager, and became the first rookie manager to pilot an American Association club to a championship in 2020. Barone served as Milwaukee’s bench coach in 2019. Barone previously managed the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League’s (PGCBL) Jamestown Jammers from 2015-18, winning a championship in 2018. Barone was named PGCBL Coach of the Year in both 2017 and 2018. SERIES MATCHUP: The Winnipeg Goldeyes are 47-39, in fourth place in the American Association North Division, and 7.5 games behind the Chicago Dogs. The Goldeyes just won two of three from the Kane County Cougars at Shaw Park. The Goldeyes are fourth in the American Association in hitting (.283), 10 th in pitching (5.40), and tied for seventh in fielding (.978). The Milwaukee Milkmen are 51-37, in third place in the North, and 4.5 games behind the Dogs. The Milkmen were just swept in a three-game series by the Kansas City Monarchs at Legends Field. The Milkmen are 10 th in the league in batting (.261), first in pitching (4.33), and tied for fifth in defence (.979). This is the last of four head-to-head series this season between Winnipeg and Milwaukee. The Goldeyes were 4-5 against the Milkmen in 2020. TONIGHT’S STARTERS: The Goldeyes go with rookie PROJECTED UPCOMING PITCHING MATCHUPS right-hander Dylan Burns who is 1-2 with a 4.64 ERA in 8/26 at MIL: TBA vs. TBA four starts and one relief appearance this season. Burns 8/27 at GAR: TBA vs. TBA picked up his first career win vs. Gary SouthShore last 8/28 at GAR: TBA vs. TBA Thursday, allowing one unearned run on four hits in 5.2 8/29 at GAR: TBA vs. TBA innings. Burns walked none and struck out seven. Burns recently completed his college career at the University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) where he was 5-5 with a 4.32 ERA for the Bulls in 10 starts and eight relief appearances. Burns struck out 84 and allowed just six home runs in 77.0 innings as a fifth-year senior. Burns picked up the win in relief in the Bulls’ opening game at the NCAA Regionals vs. the University of Florida, and helped South Florida reach the Super Regionals against the University of Texas. Burns was a combined 10-8 with two saves and a 4.77 ERA at South Florida from 2016-21 in 74 games, 15 of them as a starting pitcher. Burns combined for 159 strikeouts in 179.1 collegiate innings. Tonight will be Burns’ first career appearance against Milwaukee, as well as his first career appearance at Franklin Field. The Milkmen go with rookie right-hander Christian Yong who is 1-2 with an 8.71 ERA in three starts since signing with Milwaukee on August 10 th . Young took the loss at Kansas City on Friday, allowing six earned runs on nine hits in 3.1 innings. Young walked one and struck out four. Prior to this season, Young last pitched in 2019 during his senior season at Mercyhurst University (Erie, Pennsylvania) where he was 7-3 with a 3.93 ERA in 14 starts and one relief appearance for the Lakers. Young previously pitched at West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) and Niagara County Community College (Sanborn, New York). Young previously pitched under Milkmen manager Anthony Barone with the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League’s Jamestown Jammers in 2017 and 2018. Tonight will be Young’s first career appearance against Winnipeg. Young is 1-1 with a 5.14 ERA in two career starts at Franklin Field. GOLDEYES RETURN HOME: The Winnipeg Goldeyes returned to Shaw Park on Tuesday, August 3 rd with a 14-6 win over the Sioux City Explorers. It marked the Goldeyes’ first official home game since September 2 nd , 2019, which was a span of 701 days. A total of 20 games over 19 home dates were added to the remaining schedule. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION POSTSEASON FORMAT ADJUSTED: On August 4 th , the American Association announced an expanded playoff format. The top three teams in each division by winning percentage will now qualify for the postseason. The second- and third-place teams in each division will meet in a one-game playoff. The winner of the playoff game will face the winner from their own division in a best-of-five Division Series. The Division Series winners then meet in a best-of-five American Association Championship Series. The format originally called for the top two teams in each division qualifying for the postseason and immediately meeting in the Division Series. 99 GAMES: The second game of the scheduled double header on August 22 nd between the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Kane County Cougars was cancelled due to rain. As per American Association rules, since August 22 nd marked the final scheduled day of games between the clubs this season, the contest will not be made up. As a result, the Goldeyes can play a maximum of 99 games out of the 100 originally scheduled 2021. This marks only the second time in the last 11 years in which the Goldeyes will fall short of a complete regular season schedule. The Goldeyes last fell short in 2015 when they played 99 out of 100 games. Prior to that, the Goldeyes had not lost a game from their schedule since 2010, which was their final season in the Northern League. MARTIN SETS GOLDEYES RBI RECORD: Goldeyes’ first baseman Kyle Martin hit a pair of RBI doubles on August 12 th at Chicago before the game was suspended in the top of the ninth. The two RBI were Martin’s 89 th and 90 th of the 2021 season, which matched Juan Diaz’s franchise single-season record set in 2009. Once the game is completed, it will be recorded as having been played on August 12 th . The following night at Kane County, Martin hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth for the record-breaking 91 st RBI. EXTRA, EXTRA: Through 86 games, the Winnipeg Goldeyes are tied for second in the American Association in doubles (177), and rank third in triples (23). The Goldeyes are on pace for 204 doubles and 27 triples. The franchise records in those categories are 206 doubles in 2011 and 30 triples in 1999. STEADY PRESENCE: Goldeyes’ infielder Raul Navarro had a career-high 18-game hitting streak end on July 16 th at Fargo-Moorhead.