Gwinnett Braves Media Relations Dept. Manager: Dave Lezotte (678.277.0320) Assistant: Juan Dorado (678.277.0328) rd nd Louisville Bats (40-37, 3 in IL West, 5.5 GB) VS Gwinnett Braves (36-39, 2 in IL South, 5.5 GB) RHP Jair Jurrjens (1-2, 6.00 ERA) RHP Gus Schlosser (3-3, 4.84 ERA) Monday, June 23, 2014 12:05 PM Coolray Field, Lawrenceville, GA Game #76 of 144 Radio: WDUN.com TV: WSB 2.2 MeTV Today’s Game: The Gwinnett Braves continue a season-long 10-game homestand (4 vs. LOU, 4 RECORD BREAKDOWN vs. TOL, 2 vs. CHA) today with the finale of a four-game series vs. the Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds). After going 25-18 (.581, 1st in IL South) over their first 43 games this season, the G-Braves Current Streak: Lost 2 are 11-21 (.344) in their last 32 games. The club spent 63 days at or above .500 from 4/15 to 6/14 Last 10 Games: 3-7 before falling below the mark on 6/15…Gwinnett has been below .500 for eight straight days. Long Winning Streak: 7 Games (4/14-4/21) GWN trails Durham (43-35) by 5.5 games for first place in the International League South Division. Long Losing Streak: 5 Games (5/1-5/5) GWN is tied for eighth in the IL Wild Card standings, 5.0 games behind leader Rochester (42-35). Record Since 2009: 389-404 With a win today, the G-Braves would avoid falling to four games under .500 for the first Home: 16-19 Leading after 6: 27-7 time this season...a win would also raise the club’s all-time home record vs. Louisville to 10-13. Road: 20-20 Leading after 7: 29-5 Day Games: 4-11 Leading after 8: 29-1 Bats Upend G-Braves in 12th: The Louisville Bats broke a 3-3 tie with three runs in the top of th Night Games: 32-28 Tied after 6: 3-4 the 12 inning and held off a late rally to hand the G-Braves a 6-5 loss yesterday at Coolray Field. RHP 2-2 2-3 th Extra Innings: Tied after 7: Jorge Reyes (L, 0-3) yielded RBI singles to Bryan Anderson, Kris Negron and Neftali Soto in the 12 , Doubleheaders: 3-1 Tied after 8: 3-4 giving the Bats their largest lead of the game at 6-3. Jose Yepez (1-for-1, 2B, RBI) and Phil Gosselin Shutout W/L: 5-6 Trailing after 6: 6-28 th (3-for-3, RBI) both notched RBI hits in the bottom of the 12 to make it 6-5, but Gwinnett couldn’t Last At-Bat W/L: 6-9 Trailing after 7: 5-30 complete the comeback. RHP Tim Crabbe (W, 4-6) gave up two runs over 1.2 IP for the win, and RHP Walk-Off W/L: 3-1 Trailing after 8: 2-32 Pedro Villarreal (S, 2) retired the only batter he faced in the 12th to earn the save. Score First: 21-11 With a HR: 17-11 The G-Braves lost despite leading 2-1 after three innings and 3-2 after six innings…LOU’s Ruben Score Last: 18-16 Without a HR: 19-28 Gotay tied the score at 3-3 with an RBI single off RHP Yunesky Maya in the top of the seventh. 1-Run Games: 15-13 Allow a HR: 16-19 2-Run Games: 2-4 Allow no HR: 20-20 The 12-inning contest was GWN’s longest game since 8/27/13 vs. Norfolk (lost 4-3 in 12 innings). 3-Run Games: 7-5 With an Error: 16-22 th Yepez earned the final out of the 12 (0.1 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO) in his first pitching appearance since +3-Run Games: 12-17 Without an Error: 20-17 6/28/09 with Advanced-A High Desert (0.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 4 HR in 33-18 loss vs. Lake Elsinore). His April: 15-10 Vs. LH Starter: 12-9 scoreless effort yesterday lowered his career ERA from 135.00 to 67.47 (5 ER in 0.2 IP). May: 14-15 Vs. RH Starter: 24-30 June: 7-14 Pre All-Star: 36-39 Best (And Worst) For Last: All three games in this series with Louisville have been July: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 . Gwinnett won 1-0 on Friday on a “walk-off” single by August/Sept: 0-0 Series W/L/T: 7/7/6 decided in the winning team’s last at-bat Joey Terdoslavich with two outs in the ninth inning. The Bats won 5-4 on Saturday thanks to Tucker th VS. LOUISVILLE (21-25 Since 2009) Barnhart’s three-run double in the ninth, and won 6-5 yesterday on three 12 -inning RBI singles. th GWN is now 6-9 in games decided in the last at-bat, including 2-2 in extra innings (7 in IL). ’09-‘13 2014 ’14 Offense vs. LOU th Home: 8-11 1-2 .265, 0 HR, 20 RBI The Only Way is One: The G-Braves are now 15-13 (.536, 6 in IL) in one-run games this Road: 11-9 1-3 ’14 Pitching vs. LOU season. Last year, Gwinnett led all of Minor League Baseball with 59 one-run decisions (24-35, .407, th Overall: 19-20 2-5 3.57 ERA, .232 BAA 13 in IL). Since 2009, the club is 116-130 (.472) in games decided by one run. TEAM RANKINGS More on Maya: RHP Yunesky Maya saw his team-best scoreless innings streak snapped at 16.0 IP yesterday on Ruben Gotay’s solo home run with two outs in the first inning…it was Maya’s first Hitting: .262 (5th) ERA: 4.03 (9th) HR allowed since 5/23 vs. Norfolk (Quintin Berry, solo). Despite settling for a no-decision (6.2 IP, 7 H, HR: 40 (14th) Strikeouts: 568 (9th) 3 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB, 5 SO, 116 pitches, 72 strikes), Maya turned in his sixth consecutive quality Runs: 305 (11th) WHIP: 1.42 (10th) start...he is 2-1 with a 1.41 ERA (6 ER in 38.1 IP) in that span dating back to 5/28. OPS: .704 (10th) Holds: 25 (T-3rd) His 2.39 ERA (18 ER in 67.2 IP) is fourth lowest among all International League pitchers. th th Steals: 56 (T-5 ) Saves: 18 (T-10 ) Gosselin Among Leaders: INF Phil Gosselin went 3-for-3 with an RBI yesterday, moving him TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) from fifth in the International League in batting (.321) to third (.328). He also ranks among IL leaders in hits (1st, 88), doubles (T-6th, 18), total bases (8th, 115) and triples (T-12th, 3). Average: Phil Gosselin (.328) After batting a combined .333 (66-for-198, 14 2B, 2 3B, HR, 27 R, 13 RBI) in his first 48 games this Hits: Phil Gosselin (88)* season, Gosselin is batting .314 (22-for-70, 4 2B, 3B, 9 R, 4 RBI) in 19 games in June. Home Runs: Ernesto Mejia (7) RBI: Mark Hamilton (33) BethanCLOUT: Though 0-for-10 in his last three games, C Christian Bethancourt is leading the Stolen Bases: Jose Constanza (16) club with a .318 average in June (21-for-66, 3 2B, HR, 3 R, 7 RBI in 18 games). His breakout month Wins: 3 Players Tied (4) includes a 12-game hitting streak from 6/2 to 6/14 (.383, 18-for-47, 3 2B, 2 R, 6 RBI). ERA: Yunesky Maya (2.39) Bethancourt has improved offensively each month this season…he hit .203 (13-for-64, 3 2B, 6 RBI) Strikeouts: Cody Martin (76) in 17 games in April and .271 (23-for-85, 5 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 17 RBI) in 23 games in May. Holds: Atahualpa Severino (7) He’s batting .308 (33-for-107, 6 2B, 2 HR, 19 RBI) in 30 games at Coolray Field this season. Saves: Juan Jaime (13) Constanza Sets the Record: OF Jose Constanza played in his 314th game as a G-Brave yesterday, moving him past former OF Stefan Gartrell (313 games) for the Gwinnett franchise record for games played…he and Gartrell are the only two players in club history to appear in 300 games. In five seasons with Gwinnett (2011- current), Constanza is batting .294 (366-for-1,245)…he leads the sixth-year franchise in career at-bats, hits, triples (13), runs scored (172) and stolen bases (74). In 57 games with GWN this year, he’s batting .264 (60-for-227, 5 2B, 2 3B, 32 R, 17 RBI, 16 SB)…his 16 stolen bases (16-for-19, 84.2%) are fourth most in the IL. Scoring Drought: Following an 8-3 win at Pawtucket on 5/27, Gwinnett led the IL in team batting average (.274) and OPS (.745) and ranked third in runs scored (242). In 25 games since, the offense has combined to hit .234 (191-for-812) with 43 extra-base hits and 63 runs scored (8-17 record, outscored 97-63, 2.52 average runs per game). That stretch has dropped the club to fifth in the IL in team batting average (.262), 10th in OPS (.704) and 11th in runs scored (305). The G-Braves have been shut out five times in the last 25 games: 5/28 at PAW (3-0), 5/30 at ROC (7-0), 6/5 vs.