Gwinnett Stripers Game Notes
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rd rd Columbus Clippers (23-25, 3 in IL West, 7.0 GB) Gwinnett Stripers (21-27, 3 in IL South, 7.5 GB) LHP Adam Wilk (1-5, 3.50 ERA) AT RHP Wes Parsons (1-0, 4.38 ERA) Monday, May 28, 2018 6:05 PM Coolray Field, Lawrenceville, GA Game #49 of 140 Home Game #25 Radio: 97.7 FM / 93.5 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers conclude a season-long eight-game homestand tonight 2018 RECORD BREAKDOWN with the finale of a four-game series vs. the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland Indians). In the South: The Stripers (21-27) are third in the IL South Division, trailing Norfolk (1st, 28-19) by Current Streak: Won 2 nd th 7.5 games and Durham (2 , 28-20) by 7.0 games and leading Charlotte (4 , 19-30) by 2.5 games. Last 10 Games: 6-4 All-Time vs. Columbus: Gwinnett is 29-47 (.382) in 76 regular-season meetings with Columbus, Long Winning Streak: 3 Games (2x, last: 5/23-5/24) winning the season series vs. the Clippers twice in nine years: 2009 (5-3) and 2015 (6-4). Long Losing Streak: 4 Games (2x, last: 4/25-4/29) Record Since 2009: 652-685 (.488) Last Game: The Stripers clinched a winning homestand with a 4-2 win over the Columbus Clippers yesterday afternoon at Coolray Field. LHP Kolby Allard (W, 4-1) Home: 11-13 Leading after 6: 15-5 pitched 7.0 innings of six-hit, two-run baseball, walking two while HOMESTAND (5-2) Road: 10-14 Leading after 7: 16-4 striking out two. Columbus took a 1-0 lead in the second inning Batting: Day Games: 8-7 Leading after 8: 15-2 as Nellie Rodriguez doubled and scored on an infield single by .244 (50-for-205), 9 2B, 2 3B, Night Games: 13-20 Tied after 6: 1-4 Todd Hankins, but Gwinnett quickly tied the score in the bottom 9 HR, 34 R, 30 RBI, 3 SB Extra Innings: 0-5 Tied after 7: 0-5 of the second on an RBI groundout by 2B Sean Kazmar Jr. (1- Pitching: Doubleheaders: 3-1 Tied after 8: 1-5 for-4, RBI). The Stripers took a 4-1 lead in the third as C Chris 4.28 ERA (25 ER in 57.1 IP), Shutout W/L: 4-3 Trailing after 6: 4-18 Stewart (1-for-3, R) singled, CF Danny Santana (1-for-4, 2B, R) 29 BB, 53 SO, 2 Holds, 3 Saves Last AB W/L: 2-10 Trailing after 7: 4-18 doubled and LF Dustin Peterson (1-for-4, HR, R, 3 RBI) crushed Walk-Off W/L: 0-5 Trailing after 8: 1-19 12-10 16-12 a three-run home run to left. The Clippers cut the deficit to 4-2 against Allard in the seventh, but RHP Score First: With a HR: Score Last: 9-11 Without a HR: 5-15 (H, 3) and RHP (S, 3) combined to strike out four over 2.0 scoreless Luke Jackson Josh Ravin 1-Run Games: 4-9 Allow a HR: 7-12 innings. RHP Stephen Fife (L, 3-5) yielded four runs on five hits over 3.0 innings for Columbus. 4-6 14-15 2-Run Games: Allow no HR: 3-Run Games: 3-3 With an Error: 11-15 All Good: Kolby Allard earned his team-leading fourth win of the season yesterday, turning in his +3-Run Games: 10-9 Without an Error: 10-12 sixth consecutive quality start (7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO)…he’s 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA (7 ER April: 8-14 Vs. LH Starter: 3-8 in 41.1 IP) and a .230 BAA (34-for-148, 2 HR, 9 BB, 25 SO) in that six-start span. Allard, rated No. 52 May: 13-13 Vs. RH Starter: 18-19 on MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list, is 4-1 with a 2.09 ERA (13 ER in 56.0 IP) in nine starts on his June: 0-0 Vs. Rehab Starter: 1-1 Triple-A debut. He ranks among IL pitching leaders in ERA (2nd), innings (2nd), fewest baserunners/9.0 July: 0-0 Pre All-Star: 21-27 IP ratio for starters (5th, 10.13), wins (T-6th), starts (T-6th), WHIP (8th, 1.09) and BAA (10th, .228). August: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 3-7-4 Rotation Resurgence: Stripers’ starting pitchers (Allard, Enderson Franco, Michael Mader, Wes Parsons, Anibal Sanchez, Miguel Socolovich) are 4-0 with a 2.10 ERA (7 ER in 30.0 IP) and VS. COLUMBUS (29-47 Since 2009) three quality starts over the last six games (team is 5-1). Gwinnett starters had been 4-9 with a 4.54 ERA (53 ER in 105.0 IP) and eight quality starts over the previous 20 games (team went 8-12). ’09- ‘17 2018 ’18 Offense vs. COL Home: 11-23 2-1 .211, 6 HR, 22 RBI Power Up: Dustin Peterson’s decisive three-run clout yesterday (#4, his first HR since 5/1 at CHA) Road: 15-21 1-2 ’18 Pitching vs. COL was Gwinnett’s ninth home run of the homestand. Peterson (1), Danny Santana (4), Xavier Avery (1), Overall: 26-44 3-3 2.63 ERA, .203 BAA Peter Bourjos (1), Carlos Franco (1) and Rio Ruiz (1) have all gone deep on the homestand, raising the Stripers’ season homer total to 38 (5th in IL, 13 behind leader Lehigh Valley, 51 HR). TEAM IL RANKINGS .239 (10th) 3.55 (5th) Santana is IL Batter of the Week: Danny Santana was named International League Batter of Batting: ERA: Runs: 198 (6th) Runs: 198 (T-6th) the Week for 5/21-5/27 today. He hit .333 (8-for-24, 2 2B, 4 HR, 7 R, 7 RBI, .917 SLG, 1.250 OPS) in Hits: 381 (8th) ER: 165 (10th) six games during the week, leading the league in homers, total bases (22) and extra-base hits (T-1st, 2B: 89 (5th) Innings: 418.0 (3rd) 6). In 34 total games with Gwinnett this season, Santana is batting a team-best .264 (37-for-140, 11 th th rd 3B: 12 (T-4 ) SO: 415 (4 ) 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR, 23 R, 17 RBI, .514 SLG, .790 OPS). He ranks among IL leaders in triples (T-3 ), th nd th th th th HR: 38 (5 ) BB: 173 (T-2 ) slugging percentage (6 ), extra-base hits (T-6 , 20), homers (T-9 ) and total bases (T-9 , 72). th st RBI: 190 (T-5 ) CG: 2 (T-1 ) th th Carlos Franco leads the IL in RBI (38) and ranks among league leaders in Steals: 27 (7 ) SHO: 4 (T-6 ) Fantastic Franco: th th games (T-1st, 48), at-bats (2nd, 184), home runs (T-2nd, 9), total bases (T-4th, 80), runs (8th, 26) and OBP: .302 (13 ) Holds: 14 (T-6 ) th th extra-base hits (10th, 18). He has done the bulk of his damage on the road, batting .309 (29-for-94, 5 SLG: .382 (7 ) Saves: 8 (T-13 ) OPS: .684 (10th) WHIP: 1.28 (6th) 2B, 6 HR, 15 R, 22 RBI, .553 SLG, .919 OPS) in 24 games. Franco, named Gwinnett’s player of the Month for April by Atlanta (.250, 22-for-88, 5 2B, 4 HR, 11 R, 18 RBI, .443 SLG, .752 OPS in 22G), is batting .229 (22-for-96, 4 2B, 5 HR, 15 R, 20 RBI, .427 SLG, .713 OPS) in 26 games in May. TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) AVG: Santana (.264) ERA: Allard (2.09) IL Leaderboard: In addition to the rankings for Allard, Santana and Franco, the following active OBP: Franco (.297) WHIP: Allard (1.09) Stripers currently rank among International League leaders: Rio Ruiz ranks in games (T-1st, 48), at- rd th SLG: Santana (.514) Wins: Allard (4) bats (3 , 183) and runs (T-4 , 28)…Peter Bourjos leads the league in triples (5). OPS: Santana (.790) IP: Allard (56.0) Rise of Riley: Austin Riley is batting .312 (24-for-77, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 R, 14 RBI, 1 SB) over 20 Hits: Ruiz (45) SO: Allard (38) Franco (9) Allard (6) games on his Triple-A debut with the Stripers, including a career-best three-homer, eight-RBI effort HR: QS: on 5/13 vs. Norfolk (4-for-5, tied Gwinnett’s single-game record for HR and RBI). Rated No. 75 on Runs: Ruiz (28) CG: 2 Tied (1)* MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list, Riley is batting .324 (57-for-176, 12 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 25 R, 34 RBI, RBI: Franco (38)* Holds: 2 Tied (3) Steals: Carrera (7) Saves: 2 Tied (3) 1 SB, .580 SLG, .961 OPS) in 47 games between Double-A Mississippi and Gwinnett this season. ‘Pen Performers: Stripers’ relievers are 5-4 with a 3.43 ERA (32 ER in 84.0 IP) and five saves (5-for-7) in 25 games in May. Luke Jackson has posted a bullpen-best 12.0-inning scoreless streak (0 R, 2 H, 6 BB, 23 SO) over his last six outings, going 2-0 in that span. Evan Phillips is 2-1 with three saves and a 0.39 ERA (1 ER in 23.0 IP, 13 H, 6 BB, 35 SO) over his last 14 games.