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Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (0-4) Vs TODAY’S MATCH-UP KANNAPOLIS CANNON BALLERS (0-4) VS. DOWN EAST WOOD DUCKS (4-0) Kannapolis Wood Ducks 0-4 Record 4-0 0-4 Home -- -- Road 4-0 Saturday, May 8th, 2020 - Game #5- 6:00 p.m. - Atrium Health Ballpark, Kannapolis, N.C. L4 Streak W4 L4 Last 5 W4 LHP Bailey Horn (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Nick Krauth (0-0, 0.00) L4 Last 10 W4 ..219 Batting Avg. .246 4.75 ERA 3.25 Last Game .925 Fielding Pct. .979 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Down East Wood Ducks kept rolling to their 3.5 Runs/Game 6.5 fourth win in-a-row Friday night as they beat the Kannapolis Cannon Team R H E LOB 3 HR 2 13 RBI 18 Ballers 4-2. The Wood Ducks have started the 2021 season on fire as 17 BB 21 Down East 4 11 1 12 58 K 54 they continue to find clutch hits late in games to collect wins. 2 SB 9 Kannapolis 2 6 1 17 STANDINGS IF YOU AIN'T FIRST, YOU'RE LAST: Down East continued to get on WP: B. Anderson (1-0) LP: M. Thompson (0- 1) HR: Acu a (1) TOG: 2:47 ATT: 2,140 W/L PCT. GB the board early as they scored first in the top of the second against ñ North: Lynchburg 4-0 1.000 -- Kannapolis starter Matt Thompson. With one out, Keithron Moss sin- Delmarva 2-1 .667 1.5 gled and advanced to third on a single by José Rodriguez. With two Prospecting the Wood Ducks Salem 1-2 .333 2.5 Fredericksburg 0-4 .000 4.0 outs, Rodriguez stole second and Moss stole home on the throw to MLB Baseball put the Wood Ducks ahead 1-0. Pipeline America Central: DOWN EAST 4-0 1.000 -- Carolina 3-1 .750 1.0 In the fourth inning Keyber Rodriguez singled with one out and ad- MiLB TEX MiLB TEX Fayetteville 1-3 .250 3.0 vanced to second on a single by Moss. With two outs, Xavier Valentin Kannapolis 0-4 .000 4.0 Luisangel Acuña NR 6 NR 8 worked a walk to load the bases and Jayce Easley followed with a Evan Carter NR 14 NR 18 South: single to score Rodriguez to put the Wood Ducks up 2-0. Charleston 3-1 .750 -- Owen White NR 17 NR 22 Augusta 2-2 .500 1.0 Columbia 2-2 .500 1.0 PACKING THE POWER: The Wood Ducks doubled their lead in the Myrtle Beach 1-3 .250 2.0 seventh inning thanks to some power courtesy of Luisangel Acuña. Tekoah Roby NR 24 NR NR SERIES MATCHUP Evan Carter doubled with two outs and Acuña followed with his first Keithron Moss NR 28 NR NR All-Time vs Kannapolis 4-0 homerun of the season to double the Down East lead to 4-0. Home: 0-0 Road: 4-0 2021 vs Kannapolis 5/4 at KAN W, 8-4 CLOSING TIME: Kannapolis didn’t quit as they put runs on the board Record By Uniform 5/5 at KAN W, 8-7 in the eighth and ninth. With runners on first and second, Joe Corbett 5/6 at KAN W, 6-1 Uniform Home Road Total 5/7 at KAN W, 4-2 was able to work out of trouble to secure the Wood Ducks victory 4-2. 5/8 at KAN 7:00 p.m. 5/9 at KAN 12:30 p.m. Green 2-0 2-0 6/15 KAN 7:00 p.m. PITCHING PERFORMANCES: In his first professional start, Tekoah 6/16 KAN 7:00 p.m. Camo 2-0 2-0 6/17 KAN 7:00 p.m. Roby went 2 1/3 innings, issuing only one walk and striking out three. 6/18 KAN 7:00 p.m. White (H) 6/19 KAN 6:00 p.m. Ben Anderson (1-0) earned the win and was the first reliever used by 6/20 KAN 1:00 p.m. manager Carlos Cardoza in this game. Anderson went three innings, Specialty 8/17 at KAN 7:00 p.m. 8/18 at KAN 7:00 p.m. allowing three hits and striking out four. John Matthews followed as Totals 4-0 4-0 8/19 at KAN 7:00 p.m. 8/20 at KAN 7:00 p.m. the second reliever out of the bullpen. Matthews went 2 1/3 innings 8/21 at KAN 7:00 p.m. allowing one hit and one unearned run, while issuing one walk and 8/22 at KAN 6:00 p.m. 8/31 KAN 7:00 p.m. striking out three. Joe Corbett pitched the final 1 1/3 innings, allowing 9/1 KAN 7:00 p.m. road to arlington 9/2 KAN 7:00 p.m. one run on two hits with one walk and three strikeouts. 9/3 KAN 7:00 p.m. 9/4 KAN 6:00 p.m. Affiliate Distance (miles) 9/5 KAN 1:00 p.m. UP NEXT: The Wood Ducks continue their six-game series with the 2021 vs. Kannapolis 4-0 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Saturday, May 8th with first pitch set for 256 Home: 0-0 Road: 4-0 7:00 p.m. ET. Down East will send RH Nick Krauth to the mound while Woodies AT GLANCE LH Bailey Horn will toe the rubber for Kannapolis 1,267 Standing, GA/GB: 1st, 4.0 May: 4-0 1,380 Last Road Trip: 0-0 UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTERS Extra Innings: 0-0 1,267 vs. RHP: 4-0 DATE OPPONENT/TIME WOOD DUCKS vs. OPPONENT vs. LHP: 0-0 5/9 at KAN 12:30 p.m. RHP Mason Englert vs. RHP Andrew Dalquist 5/11 CAR 7:00 p.m. TBA vs. TBA vs. North: 0-0 5/12 CAR 7:00 p.m. TBA vs. TBA vs. Central: 4-0 5/13 CAR 7:00 p.m. TBA vs. TBA vs. South: 0-0 5/13 CAR 7:00 p.m. TBA vs. TBA One-Run Games: 1-0 5/14 CAR 6:00 p.m. TBA vs. TBA Page 1 Tonight's starting pitcher #25 Nick Krauth - RHP Acquired: Signed as NDFA 2020 Experience: R Age: 21 Bats/Throws: R/R Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Concord, CA Pitch Arsenal: FB, SINKER, SLIDER, CURVEBALL, CHANGEUP KRAUTH CAREER STATISTICS YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO 20 SEASON CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 21 Down East (A) 0-0 0.00 0/0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minors Career NO CAREER STATS TODAY SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Nick will be making the first start of his professional career IP Saturday, May 8th against the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (White Sox, Low-A East). He did not pitch in 2020 due to the H pandemic and the canceled minor league season. R ER BB SO HR LAST TIME OUT SEASON SPLITS HOME: ROAD: LEFT: RIGHT: DAY: NIGHT: KRAUTH VS KANNAPOLIS Date H/R Dec IP H R/ER BB/K HR 5/8 R SEASON NOTES KANNAPOLIS VS KRAUTH RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (AS STARTER) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2021 GAME LOG DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 5/8 at KAN * Relief Bold - Career High CAREER NOTES • Signed as a non-drafted FA on 6/15/20 • Went 4-0 with a 0.36 ERA in four starts at UCONN • Older brother Ben Krauth was selected by Cleveland in the 16th round of the 2016 draft Page 2 Team highs/lows TEAM HITTING TEAM PITCHING Runs, Game 8, TWICE Strikeouts 18, 5/6 at KAN Walks 5, 5/6 at KAN Runs, Inning 6, 5/4 at KAN Fewest Walks 2, TWICE Hits, Game 11, 5/7 at KAN Runs Allowed, Game 7, 5/5 at KAN Fewest Hits, Game 5, 5/4 at KAN Runs Allowed, Inning 2, 5/4 at KAN Hits Allowed, Game 10, 5/4 at KAN Doubles 3, 5/6 at KAN Fewest Hits 4, 5/6 at KAN Triples 1, TWICE Home Runs 1, 5/4 at KAN Home Runs 1, 5/4 at KAN Extra-Base Hits 4, 5/6 at KAN STARTS BY POSITION Total Bases 15, 5/7 at KAN NAME C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Acuña -- -- 2 -- 2 -- -- -- -- Stolen Bases 3, TWICE Cabello -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 2 -- Walks 7, 5/4 at KAN Carter -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 -- 1 Strikeouts 14, TWICE Easley -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1 1 -- Left On Base (9-Innings) 13, 5/6 at KAN Florentino 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Left On Base (Extras) TBA Freeman 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Harris -- 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 Inoa -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- INDIVIDUAL HITTING Moss -- -- 2 1 -- -- -- -- -- Hits 2, Multiple, 5/6 at KAN Rodriguez, J. -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 Runs 2, Carter/Harris, 5/4 at KAN Rodriguez, K. -- -- -- 1 2 -- -- -- -- Home Runs 1, Cabello, 5/4 at KAN | 1, Acuña, 5/7 at KAN Smith -- -- -- -- -- 3 -- -- -- RBIs 3, Acuña, 5/6 at KAN Valentin 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 Total Bases 5, Acuña, 5/7 at KAN Doubles 1, Multiple, 5/4 at KAN STARTS BY BATTING ORDER Triples 1, Multiple NAME 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Extra-Base Hits 1, Multiple, 5/4 at KAN Acuña -- 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Stolen Bases 2, Smith, 5/5 at KAN Cabello -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1 1 -- Walks 3, Carter, 5/4 at KAN Carter 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Strikeouts 4, Valentin, 5/7 at KAN Easley -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 Hitting Streak 4, Multiple Florentino -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- Freeman -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Harris -- -- 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- Most Innings, Starter 3.1, Acker, 5/6 at KAN Inoa -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Fewest Innings, Starter 2.1, Multiple Moss -- -- -- -- -- 3 -- -- -- Rodriguez, J.
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