game information www.cakesbaseball.com @cakesbaseball Tuesday, April 9 new orleans baby cakes (2-3) at iowa cubs (4-1) 6:38 p.m. CT Principal Park Game #6 Des Moines, IA RHP Elieser Hernandez (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Duncan Robinson (0-0, 1.93) Road Game #1 THE BABY CAKES – e New Orleans Baby Cakes begin their rst AT THE CONFLUENCE – e Baby Cakes last played in Iowa’s home ‘cakes corner road trip of the season with a threegame stop in Des Moines to take opener in 2017, walking away with a 21 win in 10 innings. Both starters on the Iowa Cubs in their home opener. Last year, the ‘Cakes went 610 allowed one run on four hits in their outings, with the Cubs’ Eddie Butler Current Streak .............................L2 Home ..........................................23 against Iowa, hitting at a .247 mark, 20 points lower than their season logging 7.0 innings and Justin Nicolino working 5.0 IP. Moises Sierra Streak ............................................L2 mark, and pitching to a 4.49 ERA, 42 points higher. ey went 26 at drove in the winning run with a sacri ce y. Road ........................................... 00 Principal Park, where they play again from May 1620 in a vegame set Streak .........................................N/A among 15 total contests between the two teams, all before the end of May. RISPY BUSINESS – A er going 0x6 with runners in scoring position in Last 10 ........................................ 23 vs. RHP (starter) ........................ 22 the series nale, the ‘Cakes are now at a .119 clip (5x42) with RISP on the vs. LHP (starter) ....................... 01 YESTERDAY’S NEWS – e Round Rock Express scored all ve of season. Only Rochester’s .050 mark (1x20) ranks worse among TripleA vs. Division ................................ 23 their runs on three homers with Jack May eld’s solo shot in the sixth clubs. e Baby Cakes hit .271 with RISP last year, the team’s best mark vs. American Conference .......... 23 providing the di erence in a 54 win over the Baby Cakes. Ben Meyer since 2007. vs. Paci c Conference .............. 00 vs. NL A liates .........................00 struck out eight in his 4.1 innings of work, but also walked three and vs. AL A liates ......................... 23 allowed four hits, all for extra bases, as Round Rock built a 50 cushion THE LONG BALL – New Orleans pitchers have surrendered 14 home Day ............................................. 02 behind tworun blasts by Kyle Tucker and Myles Straw and May eld’s runs, a club record through ve games. e nexthighest total through Night ........................................... 21 home run. A er being held scoreless by Rogelio Armenteros through ve contests is eight allowed in 2017 to Memphis. El Paso (11) is the only Extra Innings .............................01 Shutouts ..................................... 00 ve, New Orleans battled back for four runs across the sixth, seventh and other PCL team to give up at least 10 home runs this year. OneRun Games ........................ 21 eighth innings, getting solo homers from Jon Berti, Isan Diaz and Yadiel Score 5+ Runs ........................... 02 Rivera, and had the winning run on base with nobody out in the bottom FEAST OR FAMINE – Despite the ugly home run numbers in the rst Scoring First .............................. 11 of the ninth thanks to a throwing error and a hit by pitch, but failed to series, New Orleans pitching is leading the PCL in opposing batting Opponent Scores First ............. 12 Commit Error ............................ 02 capitalize. average at .209, anchored Zac Gallen’s 7.0 nohit frames on Opening Day, Hit Home Run ............................13 and WHIP (1.07) by allowing both the fewest hits (32) and walks (13) in Quality Start ............................... 11 ON THE HILL – Right-hander Elieser Hernandez lls out the Baby the league. Outhit Opponent .......................11 Cakes’ six-man rotation to begin the season, making his rst appearance Leading A er 6 ......................... 11 Trailing A er 6 ..........................01 of 2019. Hernandez was selected from the Houston DEANDEA OF HITS – Austin Dean has hit safely in each Leading A er 7 ......................... 11 Astros in the 2017 Rule 5 dra , spending 32 games On This Date ... of the rst ve games and in 15 of his last 16 contests Trailing A er 7 ..........................02 with Miami and ve in the minors on two injury 1999: Ryan ompson belts a rstinning withwit the ‘Cakes dating back to last season. In his last Leading A er 8 ......................... 11 rehab assignments. e 23-year-old had not pitched grand slam and Wade Miller, who had 22 TripleA games, Dean is batting .453 (39x86) and Trailing A er 8 ..........................01 missed the nal four months of the 1998 Series Record ..........................010 above Single-A entering 2018. He made one start for season with a nger injury, pitches 5.0 has produced nine doubles, four home runs, 21 RBI Series Openers .......................... 10 New Orleans, rehabbing a blister on September 2 scoreless innings to beat Fresno 61. and 16 runs scored. Dean is the only Baby Cake to Series Finales .............................01 against Omaha. In 2.2 innings of work, he struck out Lance Berkman tacked on a tworun havhave a hit in all ve games. Doubleheader Games ...............11 homer in the eighth. a pair and allowed three runs (two earned) on three Sweep/Swept/Split .................0/0/1 Come From Behind Wins ..............1 hits, including a two-run homer. In MLB, he went 2-7 GOIGOING DEEP – e Baby Cakes homered three times Bat Around For/Against ...........0/0 with a 5.21 ERA and 45 strikeouts to 27 walks. in a game for the rst time since last August 24 at Round Rock, and the Longest Win Streak ......................1 rst time at home since August 11 vs. Iowa. New Orleans doubled its Longest Lose Streak ......................2 THE SKIPPER – Keith Johnson leaves PCL foe Salt Lake to take the output from the rst four games combined, and is now tied for seventh in High Water Mark ........................+1 Low Water Mark ..........................1 helm of the Baby Cakes for 2019 as the 16th skipper in franchise history. the league in home runs. White Jersey .............................. 12 He managed the Bees from 20112018, winning 468 games which was Grey Jersey ..................................00 three shy of the franchise record, and was named PCL Manager of BIG FISH – Both the Marlins’ Minor League Player of the Year and Blue Jersey ................................. 11 the Year in 2013 a er reaching the league championship series. In his Pitcher of the Year are on the Baby Cakes’ roster. Austin Dean batted .345 Pelicans Jersey ........................... 00 Misc. Jersey ................................00 minorleague managing career, he compiled a career record of 679711 across 109 games last season, including .326 in 87 contests with NOLA, (.488). Selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth round in 1992, which placed him fourth in the PCL batting race at the time of his 8/15 promotion to Miami. Nick Neidert went 12-7 with a 3.26 ERA in 26 starts he batted .264 with 118 home runs and 600 RBI across 12 MiLB seasons, TEAM LEADERS reaching the majors with the Angels in 2000 and going 2x4 with two walks. with AA Jacksonville and earned Southern League All-Star honors, tying AB: Galloway/Ramirez ...............19 for the most innings pitched (152.2 IP) in all of Double-A while ranking AVG: Castillo .............................500 THE STAFF – Pitching coach Jeremy Powell is the only inuniform second in victories and strikeouts (154). H: Dean ...........................................6 R: Galloway ....................................4 returning coach from last season, entering his second campaign with the 2B: Four tied with ..........................1 ‘Cakes, and is joined by hitting coach Justin Mashore and defensive coach ROSTER MOVES – Righthander Kyle Keller has been added from AA 3B: ...................................................0 Chris Briones, both arriving by way of the Texas Rangers organization. Jacksonville, replacing righty Je Brigham, who was placed on the injured HR: Six tied with ............................1 Trainer Greg Harrel and strength coach Robert Reichert are both back list. Keller, a New Orleans native, made his TripleA debut with the Baby RBI: Dean .......................................4 with the ‘Cakes, while Alex Noel joins the sta as video coordinator. Cakes last August and allowed one run in 6.2 IP across ve appearances SB: Six tied with .............................1 with 10 strikeouts and two walks. W: Garcia/Neidert .........................1 PROSPECT WATCH – e Opening Day roster includes three of the L: ree tied with ...........................1 Marlins’ top six prospects, according to MLB Pipeline, and seven of the NAWLINS NOTES – New Orleans has lost ve of their last six series SV: Eveld .........................................1 nales dating back to last season ... NOLA is secondtolast in the PCL in ERA: Gallen ...............................0.00 top 30. Out elder Monte Harrison (#3) and righthander Nick Neidert G: ree tied with ..........................2 (#4) spent all of 2018 with AA Jacksonville, while in elder Isan Diaz (#6) runs (19), and last in RBI (15) ... e Baby Cakes dropped all seven games GS: Five tied with ..........................1 joined New Orleans from DoubleA in July. Righthanders Zac Gallen on their rst road trip of 2018, en route to a 30-40 nish on the road ... IP: Gallen .....................................7.0 (#18) and Je Brigham (#25), out elder Austin Dean (#26), and le - e ‘Cakes have struck out 38 times, tied with Salt Lake for the fewest in K: Gallen .......................................11 hander Jose Quijada (#27) all logged signi cant time with NOLA last year. the PCL. BB: Neidert, Meyer ........................3 upcoming schedule and probable starters date time (CT) opponent probable pitchers radio/tv onlinevv Wednesday, April 10 6:38 at Iowa RHP Zac Gallen (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Duane Underwood Jr. (0-1, 10.80) Sports 1280 AM MiLB.tv ursday, April 11 12:08 at Iowa RHP Hector Noesi (0-0, 3.60) vs.