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20182014, 2016 Freedom Sugar Division Champions Land | 2016 AtlanticSkeeters League Champions gameConstellation Field | 1 Stadium Drive, Sugar notes Land, TX 77498 | SugarLandSkeeters.com Sugar Land Skeeters (77-39, 36-17) vs. Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (45-69, 19-32) RHP Yasutomo Kubo (4-1, 3.83 ERA) vs. RHP Daryl Thompson (5-4, 2.88 ERA) Thursday, September 6th, 2018 • Regency Furniture Stadium • 5:35 p.m. CT LAST TIME OUT: The Skeeters took Game 2 of their three-game set at Southern Maryland with a 9-5 vic- Game #117 ..........................Road #50 tory on Wednesday night. Dallas Beeler collected the win for the Skeeters while Kyle Drabek took the loss SKEETERS SEASON: for the Blue Crabs. Juan Silverio provided a three-run homer while driving in four runs during the contest. Overall Record: ......................... 77-39 TIGHT FINISH: The Skeeters have won eight of their last 11 games, despite only outscoring opponents First Half Record: ...................... 41-22 37-34 over that stretch. The Skeeters rotation owns a 1.93 ERA over that stretch (98 IP). Six of the Skee- Second Half Record .................. 36-17 ters' last 11 games have been decided by one run and the Skeeters lead the Atlantic League with a 19-12 Home Record: ........................... 50-17 record in one-run contests this season. Away Record: ........................... 27-22 BUST OUT THE BROOMS: The Skeeters are going for a sweep of their three-game series at Southern Mary- Current Streak: ............................W 2 land on Thursday night, which would be their fourth sweep of the season and second sweep on the road. Last 5 Games: ............................... 3-2 The Skeeters only road sweep of the season also came at Southern Maryland (Aug. 7-9). The Skeeters' other two sweeps came against the Road Warriors (July 13-19) and the New Britain Bees (April 27-May 2). Last 10 Games: ............................. 7-3 Season Series: ............................ 13-5 POWER SURGE: Derek Norris belted his 10th home run of the season in Wednesday's win, giving the Skeeters six players with at least 10 home runs this season. It's the first time in franchise history that the Sweeps: ........................................ 3-1 Skeeters have six players with at least 10 home runs in a season. The Skeeters are the only team in the At- Shutouts: .................................... 13-7 lantic League to accomplish the feat this season. The last Atlantic League team to accomplish the feat was Day Game Record: ...................... 12-5 the 2017 New Britain Bees, which had seven players with at least 10 home runs. The Skeeters are second Night Game Record: ................. 65-34 in the Atlantic League with 103 homers as a team this season, trailing Long Island (110). Extra Inning Games: ..................... 7-3 TRUE ROAD WARRIORS: Following Wednesday's win, the Skeeters' road record moved to 27-22 (.551), When Scoring First: .................. 60-13 which leads the Atlantic League. The Skeeters have won eight of their last 10 road games, outscoring op- ponents 73-41 over that stretch. The Skeeters' top road record came in 2013 (45-24, .652), which was the When Opp. Scores First: ........... 17-26 only time in the franchise's history that it led the Atlantic League in road winning percentage. Come-From-Behind-Wins: ............. 26 When Hitting HR: ...................... 50-19 MATTer OF FACT: Skeeters first baseman Matt Chavez is fifth in the Atlantic League with a .328 batting average and is in the midst of a seven-game hitting streak, going 9-for-25 (.360) with a double, triple, home run and six No HR: ...................................... 27-20 RBIs throughout the streak. Chavez is also second in the league in hits (146), tied for fifth with 71 RBIs and is tied for eighth with 21 doubles. Chavez is on pace to set the Skeeters record for a qualifying batting average to end a season, surpassing Ricky Hague's .311 batting average in 2016. Chavez's 146 hits are fourth-most in a single Follow Along With The Action season in Skeeters history. Anthony Godwin owns the Skeeters' single-season hits record, with 157 hits in 2013. Watch Live: Youtube (@TheSLSkeeters) JUAN OF A KIND: Through his first 41 games with the Skeeters, Juan Silverio has hit .321/.360/.509 with 10 doubles, six home runs and 31 RBIs. Silverio has a hit in 21 of his last 23 games, going 32-for-90 (.356) Listen live: Sweet 96.1 FM with two home runs and 23 RBIs over that span. Silverio has also reached safely in 23 straight games, which is the second-longest active on-base streak in the Atlantic League. It also matches Matt Chavez skeetersroad.com (July 30-August 25) for the longest on-base streak from the Skeeters this season. Twitter - @SL_Skeeters CHANCE AT HISTORY: The Skeeters enter Thursday's game with a 77-39 overall record, equaling a .664 winning percentage. The Skeeters set the Atlantic League records in 2013 with 95 total wins and a .679 winning percent- Instagram - sugarlandskeeters age. The Skeeters need to win nine of their final 10 games of the season to surpass their 2013 winning percentage. Facebook - SugarLandSkeeters CHASING THE MAGIC: The Skeeters enter Thursday's game with a magic number of five over the York Revolution to clinch the second-half Freedom Division title. Any combination of Skeeters wins and York losses totaling five will result in the Skeeters clinching the second-half title. 2018 VS. SOUTHERN MARYLAND: The Skeeters are 13-5 against Southern Maryland this season and have Freedom Division Standings (Second Half) won seven of their last eight games against the Blue Crabs. They've gone 7-3 at Constellation Field and 6-2 at Regency Furniture Stadium. The Skeeters have hit .293/.380/.494 with 26 home runs in 18 games W-L PCT GB STREAK LAST 10 against Southern Maryland while the pitching staff owns a 3.30 ERA (161 IP). CRAB DINNER: Juan Silverio has hit .364 (12-for-33) with two home runs and 10 RBIs in eight games against the Sugar Land: 36-17 (.679) - W2 7-3 Blue Crabs this season. Albert Cordero has hit .361 (26-for-72) with three home runs and 16 RBIs in 17 games and Anthony Giansanti has hit .347 (25-for-72) with six doubles, four home runs and 15 RBIs in 18 games. York: 30-23 (.566) 6 W3 8-2 AMAZING AUGUST: The Skeeters ended August with a 19-8 record, which led the Atlantic League. The Skee- Lancaster: 28-23 (.549) 7 W1 6-4 ters also led the league with a 3.00 ERA and a .300 batting average during the month. Excluding April, the Skeeters' .300 batting average was the highest of any month this season and the 3.00 ERA was the second- So. Md.: 19- 32 (.373) 16 L3 3-7 lowest of any month, with the Skeeters' lowest monthly ERA coming in June (2.85) The Skeeters led the Atlantic League with a 17-8 July record as well and were tied for the league lead with an 18-10 record in June. Date Time (CT) Opponent Probable Pitchers 9/7 5:35 P.M. @New Britain RHP Konner Wade (8-5, 3.17 ERA) vs. TBA 9/8 5:35 P.M. @New Britain RHP Michael Mariot (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. TBA 9/9 12:35 P.M. @New Britain LHP James Russell (7-4, 2.60 ERA) vs. TBA SKEETERS STARTING PITCHER #22 Yasutomo Kubo, RHP (4-1, 3.83 ERA, 9 G, 9 GS, 47 IP, 42 K, 22 BB, 46 H) KKKKKKKKubo: 2018 APPEARANCE CHART Yasutomo Kubo Date: Opp. Final: Dec: Pitching Lines •Born: August 6, 1980 (38) 7/16 RW 3-1 ND 4 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 10 K, 65-43 •5’11”, 181 lbs. 7/22 @YRK 5-1 ND 3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 3 BB, 3 K, 56-31 •Born: Kashihara, Japan •Made his professional debut in 2005 with the Chiba Lotte Mariners of Nippon Profes- 7/27 YRK 1-4 ND 5 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 K, 97-61 sional Baseball 8/1 YRK 9-3 W 5.1 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 8 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 92-62 8/8 @SMD 12-2 W 6 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 6 K, 98-62 LAST THREE STARTS: 1-1, 7.56 ERA, 16.2 IP, 22 H, 10 BB, 9 K 8/13 SOM 8-0 W 7 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K, 91-60 DO YOU REMEMBER: Kubo's only appearance against the Blue Crabs came on Aug. 8 8/18 @LAN 5-4 ND 5.2 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 3 K, 92-57 at Southern Maryland, allowing one run on four hits while striking out six and walk- 8/24 NB 3-8 L 6 IP, 7 R, 7 ER, 9 H, 4 BB, 3 K, 129-82 ing three en route to a 12-2 Skeeters victory 8/31 LAN 9-5 W 5 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 3 K, 92-59 MR. 100: With Kubo's win in his last start on Aug. 13, he picked up his 100th profes- sional win in his 14th professional season. Prior to joining the Skeeters in 2018, Kubo spent 13 seasons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, going 97-86 with a 3.70 ERA in 304 career appearances (231 starts). Kubo's career high in wins came in 2010 when he went 14-5 with a 3.25 ERA with the Hanshin Tigers WHAT A DEBUT: Kubo struck out 10 batters over four innings of work in his Skeeters debut on July 16 against the Road Warriors, matching the Skeeters' single-game high for strikeouts this season, which has been done on three occasions.