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GAME NOTES DOUBLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING AND BASEBALL INFORMATION: JOSH CARAY - [email protected] MEDIA RELATIONS COORDINATOR: AARON CHERIS - [email protected] ROCKET CITY TRASH PANDAS (25-24) TENNESSEE SMOKIES (18-30) 3rd PLACE, DOUBLE-A SOUTH (NORTH) 4th PLACE, DOUBLE-A SOUTH (NORTH) RHP KYLE TYLER (4-1, 2.52) AT RHP DAKOTA CHAMBERS (0-0, 0.00) SMOKIES STADIUM - KODAK, TN - THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2021 - 6:00 PM CT GAME 50 | AWAY GAME 27 | TODAY’S BROADCASTS ONLINE MiLB TV RADIO SPORTSRADIO 730 AM/103.9 FM THE UMP UPCOMING STARTERS ROCKET CITY STATS DATE TIME (CT) OPPONENT TRASH PANDAS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Overall Record ....................... 25-24 Home Record ......................... 14-9 Friday July 2 6:00 PM @ Tennessee LHP Reid Detmers (2-2, 3.95) RHP Javier Assad (0-3, 4.58) Road Record ........................... 11-15 Saturday July 3 6:00 PM @ Tennessee RHP Cooper Criswell (5-3, 3.59) RHP Peyton Remy (0-1, 2.51) vs. North Division .................. 20-17 Sunday July 4 6:00 PM @ Tennessee RHP Boomer Biegalski (2-3, 5.28) TBA vs. South Division .................. 5-7 vs RHP .......................................... 19-15 LAST TIME OUT: A costly error by Trash Pandas leftfielder Orlando Martinez led to six unearned runs in the sixth inning as vs LHP .......................................... 6-9 Night ............................................ 21-20 Rocket City fell to Tennessee 7-2 on Wednesday night. Martinez dropped a fly ball with two out in a scoreless game to allow Day ................................................. 4-4 the inning to continue. The next five batters would reach base off Aaron Hernandez including two two-run doubles, an RBI Last 10 .......................................... 5-5 Streak ........................................... L2 double, and an RBI single by the Smokies. Designated hitter Ibandel Isabel lifted a two-run homer in the seventh for Rocket 1-Run Games ........................... 5-6 City’s only runs. Tennessee got a solo dinger in the bottom-half for the final tally. Hernandez allowed six unearned runs on Home Attendance ................ 129,457 six hits with three walks and six strikeouts over 3.1 innings to take the loss. Angels reliever Chris Rodriguez started the game Home Avg. Attendance .... 6,165 Season Sellouts ...................... 3 and tossed 2.2 scoreless innings with no hits, no walks and three strikeouts. GETTING K’S: Rocket City pitchers are racking up the strikeouts against opposing hitters whiffing 514 batters through the TEAM STATS first 49 games. That is good enough for first in AA-South. The most the Trash Pandas have struck out in a game was 19, which Batting Average .................... .246 happened on 6/26 against Chattanooga when starter Reid Detmers set a new season-high for Rocket City pitchers with 16Ks Hits .................................................. 397 Runs ............................................... 221 followed by reliever Ryan Clark who punched out three more Lookouts. Twice the Trash Pandas have struck out 16 batters. Runs/Game .............................. 4.5 First on 5/11 when they K’d 16 Smokies in a 10-inning loss then on 6/16 when they shutout Biloxi. The also struck out 15 Smokies Doubles ...................................... 66 in a shutout win on 5/13, 15 more against Birmingham on 5/25, and another 15 against Chattanooga on 6/5. Southpaw Reid Triples ............................................ 6 Home Runs ............................... 72 Detmers leads the way with 76 K’s after his 16-strikeout performance. RBI ................ ................................... 209 Stolen Bases ............................. 33 Team ERA ................................... 4.44 READY FOR LAUNCH: The Trash Pandas have lived up to the Rocket City nickname by launching 72 homers, which leads Innings Pitched ..................... 422.0 all of AA. 12 of those dingers came in the first Tennessee series, including two grand slams in the series finale on 5/16. Third Hits Allowed .............................. 400 baseman Mitch Nay leads the way with 12, which is tied for second in AA-South. In fact, the Trash Pandas possess four of the Strikeouts ................................... 514 top 10 homerun hitters in AA-South on the team. Nay has 12, with outfielder Izzy Wilson right behind him at 11. Outfielder TRASH PANDAS LEADERS Orlando Martinez sits behind both at 10, while designated hitter Ibandel Isabel clocks in with nine. Games ......................................... Nay, 47 Batting Average ..................... MacKinnon, .331 At-Bats .......................................... Martinez, 177 TEEING OFF ON TENNESSEE: Of the 72 homeruns hit by Rocket City this season, 51 have come against the state of Tennessee. Runs .............................................. 2 Tied, 27 The team clubbed five homers in a win over Chattanooga on 6/27 giving the Trash Pandas 26 blasts against the Lookouts this Hits ................................................. MacKinnon, 49 season. In addition, the Trash Pandas have 25 homers this season against the Smokies, the second-most against any team. Doubles ....................................... MacKinnon, 12 Triples ............................................ Didder, 4 Home Runs ............................... Nay, 12 TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: Taking the hill for Rocket City will be righty Kyle Tyler who is coming off an poor performance RBI ................................................... Martinez, 28 Stolen Bases ............................. Wilson, 11 against Chattanooga on 6/25 when he allowed five runs on five hits over four innings in a no-decision. He held a 9-0 lead Walks ............................................ Nay, 21 after four before the Lookouts began to rally against him on their way to a 10-9 victory. After a rough outing to begin the On-Base % ................................ MacKinnon, .415 season at Chattanooga on 5/6 and an uneven performance on 5/12 against Tennessee, Tyler has settled in nicely. He compiled Slugging % ............................... MacKinnon, .534 Innings Pitched ..................... Criswell, 52.2 23.2 consecutive scoreless innings since firing 1.2 scoreless ball to wrap up his 5/12 outing. He followed that up with six more Wins .............................................. Criswell, 5 scoreless frames on two hits with nine Ks in another win over Birmingham on 5/26. He went the furthest any Trash Pandas ERA ................................................ Tyler, 2.52 hurler has gone in a game on 6/1 when tossed eight-plus innings, allowed four hits, struck out seven and walked none. He Strikeouts ................................... Detmers, 76 Saves .............................................. Higgins, 5 allowed the leadoff man to reach in the ninth inning, was removed from the game, then saw that runner score two outs later to end the streak. The Trash Pandas defeated Pensacola 2-1 on 5/19 before shutting out Birmingham 1-0 on 5/26. For the 5/26 vs DOUBLE-A SOUTH performance, Tyler was named AA-South’s Pitcher of the Week. After receiving a no-decision despite six shutout innings on OVERALL HOME ROAD 6/13 against Tennessee, Tyler fired the first complete-game in Trash Pandas history after going seven innings and allowing a BUFFALOBIRMINGHAM 2- 4 2- 4 0--0 run on two hits in a 6-1 win over Biloxi on 6/20. He also struck out eight for the contest and walked none. COLUMBUSCHATTANOOGA 81--19 3-- 2 51-17 DURHAMTENNESSEE 105--64 55--41 05-23 BELL & CO: At the helm for the Trash Pandas in their inaugural campaign is World Series Champion and Gold Glove Award GWINNETTNORTH DIVISION 2010-175 105--37 105-210 winner Jay Bell. A Major League veteran of over 2,000 career games, Bell was tabbed to lead Rocket City heading into the INDIANAPOLIS 3-7 1-2 2-5 2020 season and will coach in his first game in the Angels' organization tonight after originally being named Manager on LEHIGHMISSISSIPPI VALLEY (NOT ON2- 12021 SCHEDULE2-1 - ) January 7, 2020. Bell spent the previous seasons managing in the New York Yankees' system and led High-A Tampa (2017), LOUISVILLEBILOXI 62-32 45-12 01--20 Double-A Trenton (2018), and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (2019) to the playoffs in each season. Joining Bell on the Trash NORFOLKMONTGOMERY 70--40 30--00 40--40 Pandas coaching staff is Pitching Coach Michael Wuertz, who pitched in 421 Major League games for the Chicago Cubs and PAWTUCKETPENSACOLA 1-5 0- 0 1-5 Oakland A's between 2004-2011. Kenny Hook serves as hitting coach after managing Class-A Short Season Spokane in the ROCHESTERSOUTH DIVISION 3-33-7 3-04-2 0-31-5 Texas organization in 2019. Defensive coach Derek Florko joined the Trash Pandas after working as the hitting coach for High-A SCRANTON/WB - - - Inland Empire in 2019. Rounding out the coaching staff are Strength and Conditioning Coach Andrew Chappell and Athletic SYRACUSE 3-3 2-1 1-2 Trainer Yusuke Takahashi. TOLEDO 4-2 2-1 2-1 WHAT IS A TRASH PANDA? The name was chosen in a name-the-team contest and is a reference to the area's association with the space industry and the determination and ingenuity of raccoons, aka trash pandas. Trash Pandas, slang for raccoon, was included in the original 10 nominations following several Brandiose-led focus groups in Madison and Huntsville. The ballot descriptor read: Our community is known for engineering, and no creature in our galaxy is as smart, creative, determined and ingenious a problem solver - dedicated to the challenge at