2018 Helena Brewers Media Notes
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2018 Helena Brewers Media Notes August 29th 2018 - Game 68 (Game 30 - 2nd Half) - 7:05 PM MT Helena Brewers (MIL) (31-36, 14-15) vs Great Falls Voyagers (CHW) (32-34, 10-18) Kindrick Legion Field - Helena, MT Broadcast - Helena Brewers on TuneIn RHP #11 Caden Lemons: 0-2, 11.42 LHP #31 Konnor Pilkington: 0-1, 6.75 ERA, 8.2 IP, 16 H, 11 ER, 6 BB, 7 SO, VS ERA, 8 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, .303 .375 Opp Avg, 2.54 WHIP Opp Avg, 1.63 WHIP Upcoming Games/Pitching Matchups Date Opponent Time (MT) Brewers Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Thursday, August 30 Great Falls 7:05 PM RHP Michele Vassalotti (0-0, 5.68) RHP Jason Bilous (0-3, 6.25) Friday, August 31 Great Falls 7:05 PM RHP Max Lazar (3-2, 4.11) RHP Jonathan Stiever (0-1, 4.50) Saturday, September 1 Missoula 7:05 PM RHP Justin Bullock (1-5, 5.98) TBD Brewers vs Brewers By The Numbers Previous Matchup (8/28/18) R H E Voyagers Streaks (2018 Season) Longest Win Streak 4 3 6 0 Overall Record: 8-5 Home: 4-1 Road: 4-4 Longest Losing Streak 4 Batting: Current Streak L3 .309 Average, 79 Runs, 135 Hits, 14 HR Lead/Trail 2 10 0 Pitching: 3.99 ERA, .258 Opp Avg, 11 HR Allowed Leading After 5 Innings 21-10 Left Off The Voyage: Leading After 6 Innings 20-6 Last night the Brewers fell down 2-0 early and didn’t score 2018 Team Leaders Leading After 7 Innings 22-8 until the eighth inning against the Voyagers. David Fry’s two RBI double make it a Leading After 8 Innings 21-4 3-2 game, but the Brewers couldn’t get the tying run home. In the ninth inning the Batting Average ERA Brewers got the tying run to second with one out but could not score the runner Tied After 5 Innings 7-2 either, falling 3-2. The Brewers have lost each of their past two one run games. Tied After 6 Innings 6-2 Tied After 7 Innings 6-3 Tonight’s Duel: Caden Lemons takes the ball for the Brewers, making his fourth Tied After 8 Innings 6-2 start. He went four innings in his last start, allowing six runs in a loss against Trailing After 5 Innings 1-29 Orem. Konnor Pilkington, the 3rd round selection by the White Sox this season Trailing After 6 Innings 3-29 out of Mississippi State, goes for Great Falls. He is only expected to pitch two Trailing After 7 Innings 1-27 innings. Trailing After 8 Innings 0-26 David Fry - (.307) Wilfred Salaman - (2.66) Extra Innings 4-2 Where’s The O?: The Brewers in each of their last five games have failed to score Home Runs Wins Scoring Trends more than three runs. The Brewers have not scored a run in the first three innings Scoring First 21-15 in any of those games. Opponent Scores First 10-21 Scoring At Least 4 Runs 28-21 Masterful Matulovich: Joey Matulovich is the only Helena pitcher to have struck Scoring 3 Or Less Runs 3-17 out at least seven batters three different times. Over his last two appearances, he Scoring In The 1st Inning 12-9 has allowed two combined runs in 12 innings, allowing five hits while striking out Allowing At Least 4 Runs 12-31 17. Allowing 3 Or Less Runs 19-5 David Fry - (12) Wilfred Salaman - (4) Home Cookin: Helena will now play 6 of their final 9 games at Kindrick Scoring The Final Run 22-14 Legion Field. The Brewers play six straight at home and finish the season in RBI Innings Pitched Allowing The Final Run 9-22 Missoula. Record In 1 Run Games 12-6 Times Scoring 10+ Runs 7 Where They Stand: The Brewers trail Billings by 5 games for first place in the Record Splits Northern division with 9 games left. Versus LH Starter 4-7 Versus RH Starter 27-29 Abreu Loves A Grand Salami: On the last Southern division road trip Pablo Home 16-16 Abreu hit grand slams in two different games, with both slams giving the Brewers Away 15-20 the lead. Abreu had 12 RBI on the road trip, David Fry - (49) Max Lazar - (57) Night Games 26-29 Hits Strikeouts Day Games 5-7 Fabulous First Rounder: Brewers 2018 1st Round selection Brice Turang was Versus Northern Division Opponents 20-19 promoted to Helena prior to August 1st’s game and went 3 for 4 with three singles Versus Southern Division Opponents 11-17 in his Helena debut on August 1st. He has hit safely in all eight games he has Against Opponents With +.250 Team Avg 23-28 played in Helena. The former LSU commit hit .319 in 13 games in the AZL. His father Brian played parts of two seasons in the majors with the Seattle Mariners. Against Opponents With -.250 Team Avg 8-8 He has four sisters that all played college athletics. Against Opponents Averaging 4< Runs/Game 30-35 Against Opponents Averaging 4> Runs/Game 1-1 David Fry, Road Warrior: All but three of David Fry’s home runs in 2018 have Against Opponents With 3.50> Team ERA 1-0 come on the road. He has 13 RBI on the road in 16 second half games. Fry on Yeison Coca - (71) Justin Bullock - (57) Against Opponents With 3.50< Team ERA 30-36 August 14th had a 16 game hitting streak & a 21 game on base streak snapped. Runs Saves When Outhitting Opponent 24-7 Both were the longest by a Brewer in 2018. He leads the Brewers in batting When Outhit By Opponent 7-29 average, home runs, and RBI. When Starter Completes 6 Innings 11-3 When Starter Goes Less Than 6 Innings 20-33 Brewer Prospecting: Three players on Helena’s current roster are currently ranked When Using 3 Or Less Pitchers 19-11 in MLB Pipeline’s top 30 Brewers prospects. Shortstop Brice Turang is 4th, while When Using 4 Or More Pitchers 12-25 pitcher Caden Lemons is ranked 15th. Outfielder Je’Von Ward is ranked 26th. When Hitting At Least 1 Home Run 20-14 Ward, a former USC commit, is the nephew of former NFL safety Mark Carrier, When Going Homerless 11-22 who also played at USC. Yeison Coca - (44) Strzelecki/Mediavilla - (3) When Allowing At Least 1 Home Run 14-28 Venting The Voyagers: 1st Half 17-21 Great Falls won the first half in the Northern division, but currently sit in last place in the North in the second half. They have two MLB @helenabrewers Helena Brewers Walkoff Situations 6-1 Pipeline top 30 White Sox prospects (Konnor Pilkington & Jonathan Stiever). Today’s Starting Pitcher 2 RHP - #11 Caden Lemons Born: December 2nd, 1998 - Height/Weight: 6’6”, 175 LBS - Resides: Birmingham, AL - Acquired: 2nd Round of 2017 Draft Career Statistics Year Team W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP Opp Avg WHIP 2017 AZL Brewers 0-1 6.75 3/3 2.2 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 .200 0.75 2018 AZL Brewers 0-0 1.38 5/4 13.0 7 4 2 5 11 0 0 .149 0.92 2018 Helena 0-2 11.42 3/3 6.2 16 15 11 6 7 1 1 .372 2.54 2018 Day By Day (Helena) Chatting With Caden: Caden Lemons makes his fourth Date Opp Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP TBF start in Helena after starting the 2018 season with the AZL 8/9 @GJ ND 16.20 1.2 4 3 3 3 1 0 1 13 Brewers. A 2nd Round selection in the 2017 draft out of 8/15 @ORM L 15.43 3.0 4 6 5 1 3 1 0 15 Vestavia Hills High School in Birmingham, Alabama, 8/22 ORM L 11.42 4.0 8 6 3 2 3 1 0 23 Lemons is the 15th ranked prospect in the Brewers system by MLB Pipeline. He turned down a commitment to Ole * = relief appearance, ^=complete game Miss in order to sign with the Brewers. 2018 Day By Day (AZL Brewers) Date Opp Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP TBF 7/6 SD ND 4.50 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 9 2018 In The AZL: After pitching just 2.2 professional innings 7/11 ATH ND 1.80 3.0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 13 in 2017, Lemons is off to a good start in 2018, having allowed just two earned runs in 13 innings with the AZL 7/19 DOD ND 1.13 3.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10 Brewers. While he has not pitched more than three 7/25 @RED ND 1.64 3.0 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 13 innings in an appearance, Lemons didn’t allow more 8/1 @SD* ND 1.38 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 than three hits in an appearance in the AZL. 2017 Day By Day (AZL Brewers) History With White Sox Affiliates:This will be Lemons’ sec- Date Opp Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP TBF 8/18 @ATH ND 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 ond career appearance against a White Sox affiliate as he never faced the AZL White Sox.