2019 Gary Southshore Railcats Game Notes
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2019 Gary SouthShore RailCats Game Notes RAILCAT @RAILCATS @GARYSOUTHSHORERAILCATS Director of Broadcasting & Media Relations: Jared Shlensky Contact Jared: [email protected] One Stadium Plaza Monday, July 29th — 7:05 p.m. Gary, IN 46402 Routine Field — Franklin, Wisconsin Phone: (219) 882-2255 Game 67, Away Game 28 Web: railcatsbaseball.com Gary SouthShore RailCats (26-40) vs. Milwaukee Milkmen (27-38) Audio: WEFM (95.9 FM) RHP Christian DeLeon (1-2, 3.42) vs. RHP Kurt Heyer (3-7, 5.72) UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS (ALL GAMES ARE CT) Date Opponent Time Probable Pitchers Tuesday, July 30th vs. Winnipeg 7:10 p.m. LHP Kevin McGovern (9-4, 4.13) vs. LHP Trevor Lubking (5-7, 4.79) Wednesday, July 31st vs. Winnipeg 12:10 p.m. RHP Joel Seddon (2-3, 6.35) vs. RHP Justin Sinibaldi (4-4, 3.05) Thursday, August 1st vs. Winnipeg 7:10 p.m. RHP Parker French (4-3, 4.67) vs. LHP Seth Hougesen (1-1 6.65) Last Game RAILCATS AT A GLANCE The first professional grand slam and a career-high six RBIs and seven total bases from Marcus Mooney guided the Gary SouthShore RailCats to a 14-9 win on a hot and sunny Sunday afternoon at Routine Field. Sunday’s Overall Record ........................ 26-40 win gives Gary their second series win of the month and the RailCats fifth victory (fourth straight) in six games Streak ........................................... W2 against the Milkmen. Mooney reached base in his first five plate appearances, tied a career-high with four hits, scored twice and extended his league-high hit by pitch total to 12 after getting plunked in his second-to-last Home Record .......................... 12-17 plate appearance. Seth Hougesen (1-1) was activated from the Disabled List before the game and recorded his Road Record ............................ 14-23 first professional win after allowing four runs over a career-high five innings pitched. The left-hander from- Indi anapolis retired the last 10 batters he faced and 12 of the final 13 he saw while yielding just five hits and a walk. First Half Record ..................... 21-29 Derek Heffel (0-2) was charged with the loss in his first American Association start. The right-hander allowed a Second Half Record .................. 5-11 season-high 10 runs on 10 hits and six walks over 4.2 innings. Last 5 ............................................. 2-3 ‘Cats improve to 5-1 against Milkmen The RailCats won their fourth straight game against Milwaukee and are now 5-1 against the Milkmen following Last 10 ........................................... 4-6 Sunday’s 14-9 victory. Gary has also outscored Milwaukee, 42-30, head-to-head and have six guys hitting over Home Attendance .................. 98,708 .300 against the Milkmen. Stealing with efficiency Gary is second in the American Association with an 84% (59/70) successful stealing rate after Colin Willis stole RailCats vs. Milkmen third in Sunday’s 14-9 victory. The reigning champion Kansas City T-Bones lead the league with a 86% (62/72) Overall Record ............................. 5-1 successful stealing rate and are fifth in the league in total stolen bases. Willis is a perfect 12/12 in stolen base attempts this season while Will Savage has yet to be thrown out in five attempts. Home Record ............................... 0-0 Transaction wire heavy Road Record ................................ 5-1 The Gary SouthShore RailCats lead the American Association with 89 transactions after placing right-handed First Half Record ......................... 3-1 pitcher Dugan Darnell on irrevocable waivers and signing right-handed pitcher Darin May to his first profes- Second Half Record .................... 2-0 sional baseball contract before Monday’s series finale against Milwaukee. 29 days into July, the ‘Cats have made 38 moves in the month, including six in the last three days. Date H/A Result Willis named American Association All-Star Game MVP 6/24 A W, 3-2 (11) RailCats lone All-Star Colin Willis was named the American Association All-Star Game MVP after going 2-for- 6/25 A L, 8-2 2 with two RBIs, a double and a run off the bench for the North Division in a 7-3 win over the South on Tues- day night at CHS Field in St. Paul, Minn. Trailing the South 3-0 through 3 & 1/2 innings, the North scored sev- 6/26 A W, 7-3 en unanswered runs to win 7-3. Willis is third in the league with 50 walks and is slashing .278/.408/.462/.870. 6/27 A W, 6-5 (10) Willis also leads the Gary offense in games, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, extra-base hits, RBIs, total bases, walks, stolen bases, multi-hit games, multi-run games, multi-walk games, slugging percentage and 7/27 A W, 10-3 OPS. 7/28 A W, 14-9 RailCats’ Previous Series 7/29 A Gary was swept for the second straight series after getting swept by Sioux City on Thursday night. 8/2 H Milkmen’s Previous Series Milwaukee took two of three from Chicago earlier in the week after winning the first two games of the series 8/3 H against the Dogs in Rosemont, Ill., on Wednesday and Thursday. 8/4 H Scouting Milwaukee 8/15 H Milwaukee enters Monday’s series finale 1.5 games ahead of Gary for fifth in the North Division after losing 14-9 on Sunday. The Milkmen have relied on their relied on their pitching staff predominantly this year. 8/16 H Milwaukee leads the American Association with four complete games and rank fifth in strikeouts The Milkmen 8/17 H also have four midseason All-Stars on their team (Manuel Boscan, catcher; T.J. House, starting pitcher; Angel Ventura, starting pitcher; Myles Smith, relief pitcher). Last Transaction TEAM COMPARISON The RailCats placed right-handed pitcher Dugan Darnell on irrevocable waivers and signed right-handed pitch- (American Association Rank) er Darin May to his first professional baseball contract before Monday’s series finale against Milwaukee. ‘Cats Stats Milkmen RailCats Nuggets • Gary has used a different lineup combination in 60 of their 66 games 12-17 (10th) Home 10-16 (11th) • The RailCats have turned a league-high 68 double plays, have been hit a league-most 56 times and 14-23 (9th) Road 17-22 (8th) have drawn a league-best 287 walks • Gary has won back-to-back games for the first time since winning consecutive games back on July W2 (3rd) Streak L3 (10th) 18 & July 19 vs. Fargo-Moorhead • The ‘Cats won their first series of the second half and first series since July 4th after taking two of 4-6 (T-6th) Last 10 4-6 (T-6th) three from Texas .242 (11th) Average .252 (9th) • The Gary bullpen has allowed at least one run in four straight innings and five of the last six innings pitched 292 (9th) Runs 270 (10th) • The ‘Cats scored a season-high 14 runs and matched a season-high with 14 hits and 54 plate appear- 528 (11th) Hits 545 (8th) ances in Sunday’s 14-9 victory • Tom Walraven has reached base safely in 14 straight games after going 2-for-6 with two runs, two 27 (11th) Home Runs 55 (7th) RBIs and a ground-rule double on Sunday 59 (7th) Stolen Bases 60 (6th) • Marcus Mooney went 4-for-5 with his first career grand slam, second professional home run and a career-high seven total bases and six RBIs on Sunday 4.82 (10th) ERA 4.56 (7th) • Colin Willis matched a season-high with four walks drawn on Sunday • Seth Hougesen recorded his first professional win in his first game back off the Disabled List on 414 (12th) Strikeouts 500 (5th) Sunday 235 (6th) Walks 260 (10th) • Trevor Lubking leads the American Association with 16 starts, is second with 92 innings pitched and tied for fourth with 69 strikeouts 13 (T-8th) Saves 13 (T-8th) 2019 American Association Standings North Record Percentage GB Streak Today Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 41-25 .621 -- L2 @ WIN St. Paul Saints 40-25 .615 0.5 L4 vs. KC (DH) Chicago Dogs 39-26 .600 1.5 W1 vs. CLE Winnipeg Goldeyes 38-27 .585 2.5 W7 vs. FM Milwaukee Milkmen 27-38 .415 13.5 L3 vs. GAR Gary SouthShore RailCats 26-40 .394 15 W2 @ MIL South Record Percentage GB Streak Cleburne Railroaders 39-26 .600 -- L1 @ CHI Sioux City Explorers 37-29 .561 2.5 W9 vs. TEX Kansas City T-Bones 32-31 .508 6 W1 @ SP (DH) Sioux Falls Canaries 30-35 .462 9 L1 vs. LIN (DH) Lincoln Saltdogs 26-38 .406 12.5 W1 @ SF (DH) Texas AirHogs 15-50 .231 24 L4 @ SC Today’s Starting Pitcher #47 Christian DeLeon RHP Ht: 6-4 Wt: 210 B/T: R/R Born: 05/21/92 Opening Day Age: 27 Status: Rookie Pronunciation: day-LEE-own Twitter: None Pitches: 4-Seam FB, 2-Seam FB, Slider, Changeup Years of Professional Baseball: 2 Years with Gary SouthShore RailCats: 1 Residence: Houston, TX College: University of Nebraska Acquired: Signed with Gary on Feb. 7, 2019 Season Statistics Team W-L ERA G GS SHO CG QS SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG WHIP Gary 1-2 3.42 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.1 16 8 6 1 0 6 7 0 .246 1.27 Season/Career Highs Season Splits Last Start: DeLeon tossed two hitless in- vs. LH: .167 (5-30 2 2B, 1 BB, 6 K) nings as the “opener” in his first game back off the Career Season Inactive List in Wednesday’s series opener against vs.