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MEDIA INFORMATION Down East Wood Ducks (10-5, 1st, 0.0 GB / Southern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Texas Rangers vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks (11-4, 1st, 0.0 GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals Game No. 16 • Home Game No. 9 • Frawley Stadium • Friday, April 19, 2019 • 7:05 p.m. BLUE ROCKS BREAKDOWN Tonight’s Starting Pitchup Matchups HOME: 6-2 | AWAY: 5-2 | STREAK: W3 | LAST 5: 4-1 | LAST 10: 8-2 ROCKS STAY HOT: A bases-clearing triple by Seuly Matias lifted the Wilmington Blue Rocks to a 4-3 victory over the Down East Wood Wilmington: LHP Daniel Tillo (2-0, 1.38) Ducks in an early-season matchup of first-place teams at Frawley Sta- Down East: RHP Reid Anderson (0-0, 1.00) dium on Thursday. Matias’ big knock in the fifth marked the second time in the game Wilmington had erased a deficit. The win was the Tomorrow’s Starting Pitcher for Wilmington Blue Crew’s 11th in their last 13 games. The Rocks got their fifth frame Daniel Lynch is one of three first-round started thanks to a one-out single by Rudy Martin. Martin then stole selections the Royals used on starting pitching in second and went to third on Ricky Aracena’s liner to right. A walk to the 2018 Draft. Lynch was the 34th overall pick Blake Perkins loaded the bases, but Brewer Hicklen struck out. That set out of the University of Virginia and signed the stage for Matias. The sixth-ranked prospect in the Royals system, for $1.7 million. He struggled his first two according to MLB.com, roped a liner to right-center that one-hopped seasons as a Cavalier, posting a combined the fence and plated all three runners. ERA of over five as a freshman and ROSTER MAINTENANCE: The Blue Rocks made their second sophomore, but saw things click in 2018. roster move of the season before the game on Thursday. Wilmington As a junior he lowered his ERA to 3.88 and placed prospect outfielder Kyle Isbel on the injured list and struck out 105 in only 88.2 innings. Then he replaced him with Rudy Martin. Martin spent the 2018 season with split his debut professional season between the Rocks, batting .232 with four homers, 21 extra-base hits and 37 Low-A Lexington and Rookie-Burlington. RBI in 75 games. Earlier in the week pitcher Marcelo Martinez Lynch allowed one run or fewer in 10 of his replaced Nolan Watson on the roster after Watson was placed on IL. total starts. He is the organization’s fourth- Martinez made quite the debut tossing five scoreless frames to earn ranked prospect according to MLB.com. a win on Wednesday. Martin went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in his 2019 debut with the Rocks on Thursday. 2019 Regular-Season Series: WIL vs. DE PLENTY OF CLOSE CALLS: The Blue Crew won for the seventh time this season in a game decided by only a single score. Wilmington is now 7-3 in one-run contests. The 10 games decided by just one run are the most in the Carolina League over the first two-plus weeks of the 2019 campaign. First Meeting in 2019 DEFENSIVE MISGIVINGS: The Blue Rocks continue to struggle defensively in 2019. Pitcher Jackson Kowar committed an error in the second inning on Thursday. It was Wilmington’s Carolina League- Date Site Result leading 21st defensive miscue of the season. The Rocks have gone just four games all season without committing at least one error. 4/18 Wilmington W, 4-3 TOUGH YARD TO LEAVE: The Blue Rocks hit eight home runs 4/19 Wilmington during their first road trip of the season, but have managed just one at the 4/20 Wilmington pitcher-friendly confines of Frawley Stadium. Kyle Isbel hit Wilmington’s only home dinger of the young year on Opening Day. The Rocks have 4/21 Wilmington gone seven consecutive games in the First State without one since. 7/26 Down East SOUTHERN COMFORT: Wilmington may call the Carolina League’s Northern Division home, but in the early part of the season 7/27 Down East the Blue Crew will be much more familiar with the CL South. The 7/28 Down East Rocks are in the midst of 17 consecutive games against southern division foes. Wilmington swept a three-game series at home against 8/16 Down East the Dash and then took three of four at Carolina before taking two of three at Winston-Salem. The Rocks are in the midst of a four-game 8/17 Down East series at home against Down East before welcoming the Dash back 8/18 Down East to Frawley Stadium for three more. Wilmington is currently 9-2 during this long stretch of southern hospitality. PROSPECT-LADEN ROSTER FOR THE ROCKS: The 2019 Wilmington Blue Rocks roster features six of the Kansas City Royals’ top seven prospects and 11 of the organization’s top 27 according to MLB.com. The team also includes six players with previous experience in Wilmington. Upcoming Probable Starters and Schedule Saturday, April 20 vs. Down East 6:05 p.m. LHP Daniel Lynch (0-1, 7.15) vs. RHP Noah Bremer 89.7 WGLS-FM Sunday, April 21 vs. Down East 1:35 p.m. RHP Brady Singer (1-1, 2.87 vs. RHP Jason Bahr 89.7 WGLS-FM Monday, April 22 vs. Winston-Salem 6:35 p.m. LHP Marcelo Martinez (1-0, 0.00) vs. TBA 89.7 WGLS-FM RADIO: Rowan Radio, 89.7 WGLS-FM WEBCAST: wgls.rowan.edu or bluerocks.com Wilmington Blue Rocks Game Notes MEDIA INFORMATION CONTINUED HOME RUN NOTES Blue Rocks vs. the Carolina League Blue Rocks 2-HR GAMES BY BLUE ROCKS (2 IN 2018 ) Opponent Record Home Road 4.14.19 Seuly Matias at CAR (Solo HR & 2-R HR) Frederick 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-HR GAMES BY BLUE ROCKS (HAS NEVER HAPPENED) Lynchburg 0-0 0-0 0-0 BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (1 IN 2018) Potomac 0-0 0-0 0-0 LAST TIME: 7.9.18 D.J. Burt & Emmanuel Rivera at FRE Salem 2-2 2-2 0-0 LEADOFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2018) Northern Div. 2-2 2-2 0-0 4.14.19 7.10.18 Nick Heath at FRE (Off big-league rehabber Chris Tillman) Opponent Record Home Road GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS (3 IN 2018) LAST TIME: 6.24.18 Meibrys Viloria at POT (off Jeremy Hellickson) Carolina 3-1 0-0 3-1 WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (0 IN 2018) Down East 1-0 1-0 0-0 LAST TIME 7.24.17 Chase Vallot vs. SAL (10th inning) Fayetteville 0-0 0-0 0-0 PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (1 IN BOTH 2018) Myrtle Beach 0-0 0-0 0-0 LAST TIME: 5.16.15 Dex Kjerstad at LYN Winston-Salem 5-1 3-0 2-1 INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS (2 IN 2018) Southern Div. 9-2 4-0 5-2 LAST TIME: 8.19.18 @ W-S Oliver Nunez (4th inning, solo HR) BLUE ROCKS HOME RUNS: 9 (63 IN 2018 / 23 HOME & 40 AWAY) Runners Left On Base Carolina 6 Lynchburg 0 Blue Rocks: 74| Opponents: 93 Down East 0 Myrtle Beach 0 Fayetteville 0 Potomac 0 Numbers With RISP Frederick 0 Salem 1 Blue Rocks: .186 Avg. (22-for-118) Winston-Salem 2 Blue Rocks On... FRAWLEY 1 ROAD 8 Mondays: 1-1 April: 11-4 Tuesdays: 1-0 May: 0-0 Opponents Wednesdays: 1-1 June: 0-0 2-HR GAMES BY OPPONENT (4 IN 2018) Thursdays: 1-2 July: 0-0 LAST TIME 8.19.18 Yermin Mercedes (Solo HR & GW 3-R HR) Fridays: 0-0 Aug: 0-0 3-HR GAMES BY OPPONENT (1 IN 2018) Saturdays: 3-1 Sept: 0-0 LAST TIME: Michael Chavis (SAL) 4.19.17 at Hayley Toyota Sundays: 2-0 BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 IN 2017/0 IN 2016) First Game of Series: 3-3 LAST TIME 8.10.18 Jared Young & Andruw Monasterio off Nolan Waston at MB Last Game of Series: 4-0 BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK (0 IN 2018) Series Won: 3 LEADOFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2017) Series Lost: 0 LAST TIME: 7.3.18 Luis Gonzalez (W-S) off Gerson Garabito at Wilmington Series Split: 1 GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS (3 IN 2018) Series Swept: 1 LAST TIME: 7.21.17 Drew Turbin (FRE) off Cristian Castillo (5-3 Loss) Rubber Matches: 0-0 WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2018) LAST TIME: 8.19.18 Yermin Merceds at Frederick 2019 Roster (26) PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (0 IN 2018) Pitchers (14) Holden Capps Infielders (6) INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS (0 IN 2018) J.C. Cloney Ricky Aracena Daniel Duarte Dennicher Carrasco HOME RUNS ALLOWED TO: 6 (92 in 2018/ 33 Home & 59 AWAY) Angelo Castellano Carolina 1 Lynchburg 0 Robert Garcia Down East 0 Myrtle Beach 0 Jackson Kowar Cristian Perez Fayetteville 0 Potomac 0 Rito Lugo Nick Pratto Frederick 0 Salem 1 Winston-Salem 4 Daniel Lynch Marcelo Martinez FRAWLEY 2 ROAD 4 Tad Ratliff Outfielders (5) Brady Singer Marten Gasparini Collin Snider Brewer Hicklen Daniel Tillo Kyle Isbel Nolan Watson Rudy Martin Tyler Zuber Seuly Matias Blake Perkins Catchers (2) MJ Melendez Sebastian Rivero TODAY’S BLUE ROCKS STARTING PITCHER #45 LHP Daniel Tillo Acquired: Third-Round Pick in 2017 Draft Born: Sioux City, IA Age: 22 (June 13, 1996) Resides: Sioux City, IA Ht: 6’5 Wt: 215 College: Iowa Western Community College Bats/Throws: L/L Pitch Repertoire: 4FB, 2FB, SL, CH THE BOOK ON DANIEL TILLO: Daniel Tillo will make his second start of the 2019 campaign on Saturday.