Myrtle Beach Pelicans (46-50, 12-14) Vs. Potomac Nationals (47-46, 10-16) Vs
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Myrtle Beach Pelicans (46-50, 12-14) vs. Potomac Nationals (47-46, 10-16) vs. THE NATIONALS 2018 vs. Nationals ...............................................................4-1 Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 7:05 p.m. in Myrtle Beach ..........................................................4-1 Game No. 97 • Second Half Game No. 27 • Home Game No. 50 in Potomac ..................................................................0-0 TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark • Myrtle Beach, S.C. All-Time vs. Potomac.....................................183-186 (.496) MiLB.tv • MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast • MiLB First Pitch • TuneIn 2017 Regular Season vs. Nationals ..................................2-9 in Myrtle Beach ..........................................................1-3 RHP Rollie Lacy (1-0, 1.69 ERA) vs. RHP Joan Baez (4-8, 4.87 ERA) in Potomac ..................................................................1-6 SIX-GAME WINNING STREAK ENDS WITH 5-1 LOSS BATS UNBROKEN PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS The Myrtle Beach Pelicans’ six-game winning streak came to Myrtle Beach has rattled off wins in six of their last seven Record ...............................................................................46-50 an end with Wednesday’s 5-1 loss to the Potomac Nationals. games, outscoring their opponents 36-16 over this span. Home Record ..................................................................26-23 Three batters into the game, the P-Nats took a 2-0 lead The club’s recent success can partially be attributed to a Road Record ....................................................................20-27 when Bryan Mejia scored on a wild pitch and Ian Sagdal resurgent offense. As a team over the last seven games, the Current Streak .......................................................................L1 notched an RBI ground out. Potomac added a run in the Pelicans are hitting .276/.366/.372 (239 AB, 66 H, 8 2B, 0 fourth inning when Jakson Reetz scored on a double play 3B, 5 HR, 28 BB, 6 HBP). Before this six-game run, the Birds Runs Scored ...................................355 (3.7 per game)/10th Runs Allowed ...................................394 (4.1 per game)/3rd ground ball. Meanwhile, the Birds finally got on the board were batting just .234/.311/.327 for the season. Run Differential..........................................................-39/T-8th in the fifth inning thanks to Aramis Ademan’s two-out RBI Pythagorean Record .......................................................43-53 single. However, the Nationals responded immediately START SPREADING THE NEWS Southern Division Standing/GB..................................4th/5.0 when Jack Sundberg homered in the sixth inning to make it Though Erich Uelmen surrendered four runs in 5.2 innings Current Standings Streak ..................................... 4th, 6 days a three-run game. Luis Garcia registered an RBI single in the on Wednesday, Myrtle Beach has still received extremely Long Standings Streak ........................5th, 31 days (5/3-6/2) eighth inning to get the tally to 5-1 in favor of Potomac. The strong starting pitching of late. Over the last 18 games, Series Record ............................................................... 12-13-2 P-Nats compiled 15 hits in their series-opening win. Pelicans starters have worked 91.1 innings, yielding only 25 Series Streak .........................................................................W2 runs, 24 earned, on 71 hits (7.0 H/9) for a 2.36 ERA (81 K, Pelicans’ Sweeps ..................... 5 (4-game, 7/13-7/16 at DE) DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS 36 BB). In the seven games prior to this run, Myrtle Beach Sweeps of the Pelicans ......... 4 (5-game, 6/25-6/29 vs. BC) Heading into play on May 24, Myrtle Beach ranked seventh starters had posted an ugly 7.62 ERA thanks to 27 runs, 24 in the Carolina League in team ERA at 4.50. However, the earned, on 39 hits (12.4 H/9) in 28.1 innings (30 K, 13 BB). Batting Average/Rank .............................................. .238/10th On-Base Percentage ................................................. .315/9th Birds’ FIP, an ERA estimator based on factors most within a Slugging Percentage ................................................. .331/10th pitcher’s control like strikeouts, walks and home runs, was BETTER TO BE LUCKY THAN GOOD? OPS ............................................................................ .646/10th more than a run better at 3.44. That, along with the club’s The Pelicans have posted an 11-6 record since June 30, BABIP .................................................................................. .297 .322 batting average on balls in play, which was far above with all but two of their losses coming against Buies Creek. Strikeouts ........................................................730/3rd-Fewest .300 baseball-wide average, indicated some positive future However, it appears the Birds have been fortunate with the K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................21.2% regression towards the mean. Sure enough, in the 51 games Walks ............................................................................. 324/4th way the schedule has panned out over these last 17 games. BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ......................................................9.4% since that point, the Pelicans’ ERA has come plunging down Myrtle Beach’s three most recent opponents, Potomac, Hits ............................................................................... 720/10th towards its FIP, with the figures currently at 3.61 and 3.24, Carolina and Down East, have combined to go 33-45 (.423) Doubles .......................................................................128/10th respectively. The Birds’ defense has played a huge factor in in the second half of the season, posting a combined run Triples ........................................................................... 16/T-8th this, along with simply larger sample sizes and better luck. differential of -36. Following their three-game set with the Home Runs ................................................................... 41/10th Over these last 51 games, Myrtle Beach is yielded just a .281 P-Nats, Myrtle Beach’s schedule strengthens considerably; Stolen Bases.....................................................................63/6th BABIP (1,592 AB, 359 H, 21 HR, 385 K, 15 SF). To put that in Winston-Salem, Carolina and Lynchburg, the Birds’ next Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .699 perspective, Tampa Bay leads Major League Baseball this three opponents after Potomac, are a combined 46-31 Errors .......................................................................... 105/Most season in BABIP allowed at .272. (.597) in the second half. The Dash, Mudcats and Hillcats have collectively posted a second-half run differential of FIP ..........................................................................................3.24 CONNECT FOUR +73. ERA ............................................................................... 3.61/3rd Thanks to a staff that ranks at or near the top of the Carolina BABIP .................................................................................. .301 Strikeouts ...................................................................... 769/4th League in nearly every single pitching category, the Pelicans PELICAN POINTS K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................22.3% do not necessarily need to score a plethora of runs to win Over the last eight games, Myrtle Beach’s bullpen has Walks .............................................................. 278/2nd-Fewest games. Sure enough, when Myrtle Beach plates at least four yielded five runs, three earned, on 22 hits in 30.0 innings BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ......................................................8.0% tallies in a game, the Birds have a 35-9 (.795) record. This for a 0.90 ERA. Pelicans relievers have struck out 25 against Hits Allowed ...................................................739/3rd-Fewest success has been exemplified of late; In the 71 games since eight walks during that span... Jared Young has collected Home Runs ...............................................................46/Fewest WHIP ............................................................................1.25/2nd May 11, the Pelicans have pitched well, posting a collective hits in six consecutive games, a streak in which he is 8-for-23 3.24 ERA (527.1 IP, 441 H, 7.5 H/9, 223 R, 190 ER). Myrtle (.348) with a home run and three RBIs... Roberto Caro has Beach has scored at least four runs in 27 of those contests, notched at least one hit in eight of his last nine contests, SECOND HALF STANDINGS and the Birds are 25-2 (.926) in those games. slashing .433/.485/.500 over this run. SOUTHERN Winston-Salem 17-9 -- Buies Creek 17-10 0.5 THE WEEK AHEAD Carolina 14-11 2.5 Myrtle Beach 12-14 5.0 DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Down East 9-18 8.5 Fri. July 20 7:05 ET Potomac RHP Cory Abbott (2-4, 4.34) RHP Wil Crowe (9-0, 2.43) Sat. July 21 6:05 ET Winston-Salem LHP Bryan Hudson (6-7, 4.84) TBA NORTHERN Sun. July 22 6:05 ET Winston-Salem RHP Tyson Miller (8-6, 3.62) TBA Wilmington 14-10 -- Mon. July 23 7:05 ET Winston-Salem RHP Alex Lange (6-6, 3.31) TBA Lynchburg 15-11 -- Tue. July 24 4:30 ET at Carolina RHP Erich Uelmen (3-2, 4.09) TBA Salem 14-12 1.0 Tue. July 24 GM2 at Carolina TBA TBA Potomac 10-16 5.0 Wed. July 25 11:00 a.m. at Carolina TBA TBA Frederick