OMAHA STORM CHASERS 2021 GAME INFORMATION Omaha Storm Chasers | 12356 Ballpark Way, Papillion, Neb. 68046 | (402) 738-5100 | StormChasers.com | @OMAStormChasers Omaha Storm Chasers (21-9) at St. Paul Saints (16-15) RHP Eddie Butler (2-0, 1.35) vs. RHP Kenta Maeda (rehab start) Wednesday, June 9, 2021 | Game #31 | Road Game #13 7:05 p.m. CT | CHS Field | St. Paul, Minn. Radio: 1180 The Zone | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Thurs., June 10 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. LHP Daniel Lynch (1-1, 3.92) vs. RHP Chandler Shepard (1-1, 3.86) Fri., June 11 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. RHP Scott Blewett (1-1, 5.40) vs. RHP Rob Whalen (0-1, 1.08) Sat., June 12 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. RHP Jakob Junis (first start) vs. LHP Andrew Albers (1-2, 7.11) Sun. June 13 at St. Paul 2:05 p.m. TBA vs. LHP Charlie Barnes (2-0, 2.20) HELD IN CHECK: The Omaha Storm Chasers were limited to just three hits on Tuesday in a 4-1 loss to the St. Paul 2021 OMAHA STORM CHASERS Saints at CHS Field. INF Emmanuel Rivera extended his hitting streak to seven games with an RBI double in the Record ............................................................. 21-9 third inning to plate Omaha's only run. doubled in the sixth to extend his on-base streak to INF/OF Ryan O'Hearn Home ............................................................... 15-3 nine games. The Saints tied the game on a solo homer in the seventh before scoring three runs against RHP Tyler Zuber and LHP Gabe Speier in the eighth. The run Speier allowed was the first run he has allowed this season. Road ..................................................................6-6 Place (Triple-A East MW)............. 1st (+ 5.0 G) HOME RUN HEROES: The Storm Chasers offense has recorded 13 games with 10+ hits and 12 games with 2+ home runs this season (29 games). Of Omaha's 12 multi-homer games, two have been four-homer games and three Streak .................................................................. L1 have been five-homer games, including two in the last three games. Omaha recorded at least one home run in 13 Last 5 ..................................................................4-1 straight games from 5/16-6/1, has at least one home run in 17 of the last 19 games (with a league-best 41 home runs Last 10 ................................................................9-1 in that span), and currently leads Triple-A East with 52 total home runs this season. The Chasers also rank second in Triple-A East and first in Midwest Division in AVG (.264) and OPS (.817) while ranking third in the league and first OMAHA vs. ST. PAUL in the division in steals (37). 2021 vs. St. Paul ............................................4-3 ....................................................4-2 RED HOT RYAN AND RIVERA: INF/OF Ryan O'Hearn has reached safely in all nine games he's played with Omaha at Omaha since being optioned on May 28, batting .314/.385/.771 with five home runs and 11 RBIs. He went 8-for-24 (.333) at St. Paul .....................................................0-1 during the six-game series against Iowa from June 1-June 6 with five home runs, including a walk-off, two-run homer All-Time vs. St. Paul .......................................4-1 on June 1 and a 3-for-4 performance with two home runs and five RBIs on June 4.INF Emmanuel Rivera is batting at Omaha .....................................................4-1 .438 (14-for-32) with four doubles, one triple, and two home runs during a seven-game hitting streak from May 30- at St. Paul ................................................... 0-0 pres., including three games with at least three hits. BEST OF THE BEST: At 21-9 (.700), the Omaha Storm Chasers are tied for the fourth-best record in all of Minor IN THIS SERIES (0-1) League Baseball and tied for the best record in all of Triple-A with Nashville (21-9, .700) and Durham (21-9, .700). The June 8 ........................................................... L, 4-1 Bowie Baysox (Double-A, BAL), currently have the best record in Minor League Baseball at 22-7 (.759). June 9 ................................................... 7:05 p.m. HISTORY 101: Tuesday's game marked the first at CHS Field in franchise history for Omaha and seventh all-time June 10 ................................................. 7:05 p.m. against the St. Paul Saints. Prior to becoming the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins in 2021, the St. Paul June 11 .................................................. 7:05 p.m. Saints played in the independent Northern League and later, American Association, from 1993-2020. A previous June 12 ................................................. 7:05 p.m. iteration of the franchise played in the affiliated American Association from 1901-1960. When the Washington June 13.................................................. 2:05 p.m. Senators franchise moved to Minneapolis, Minn., and became the Twins in 1961, the Saints moved to Omaha and became the Omaha Dodgers, where they played in 1961 and 1962 before folding. ON THE ROAD TRIP (0-1) FOR OMAHA: RHP Eddie Butler makes his second start and 10th overall appearance. Butler started on May 28 vs. Games ....................................................................1 IND, pitching 2.0 innings and allowing one run in a bullpen game for Omaha. In eight relief appearances, Butler has Record ................................................................0-1 a 0.79 ERA in 11.0 innings. Butler was originally drafted in the first round (46th overall) by the Colorado Rockies in the 2012 MLB Draft and made his Major League debut with Colorado in 2014. He split time between Triple-A Iowa Batters and Chicago-NL in 2017 and 2018 before he was traded to Texas midway through the 2018 season. Butler spent Batting Average ............................... .100 (3-30) the 2019 season with the N.C. Dinos in the KBO and the 2020 season with the Chicago Dogs in the independent RISP ...................................................... .000 (0-7) American Association. Wednesday marks Butler's second career start at CHS Field—he started for the Chicago Runs/Runs Per Game ................................1 / 1.0 Dogs against the independent St. Paul Saints on Aug. 19, 2020, allowing two runs on seven hits across 6.2 innings with three strikeouts and one walk. Home Runs ......................................................... 0 FOR ST. PAUL: RHP Kenta Maeda (adductor strain) makes a rehab start for St. Paul. He made nine starts for Pitchers Minnesota, posting a 5.27 ERA in 42.2 innings before being placed on the injured list on May 23. Maeda, now in ERA .................................... 4.50 (4 ER / 8.0.0 IP) his third season with the Twins after being traded from Los Angeles (NL) in February of 2020, finished second in Starter W/L ...................................................... 0-0 American League Cy Young Award voting in 2020, finishing the truncated season with a 2.70 ERA in 11 starts, striking Starter ERA ..........................0.00 (0 ER / 2.0 IP) out 80 and walking 10 in 66.2 innings. Maeda was selected out of high school by the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Nippon Professional League (NPB) in 2006. He won the Eiji Sawamura Award as the league's best pitcher in 2010 Reliever W/L .................................................... 0-0 and 2015 before signing with the Dodgers in 2016. Reliever ERA .......................6.00 (4 ER / 6.0 IP) Saves/Opps ............................................ 0/1 (0%) DOPPLER RADAR: Storm Chasers hitting coach Brian Buchanan played for the St. Paul Saints in 2006, batting .292 with 11 home runs in 48 games... Prior to Wednesday's game, the Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Carlos Hernández and optioned OF Edward Olivares to Triple-A Omaha... RHP Andrés Sotillet has been activated off HOME ATTENDANCE INFO of the Temporary Inactive List having returned from pitching for Team Venezuela in the recent WBSC Baseball 2021 Home Attendance ........................ 56,943 Americas Qualification Event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games... Royals No. 4 overall prospect RHP Jackson Kowar made his Major League debut on Monday at Los Angeles (AL), allowing four runs on three hits while walking Home Openings (Lost) .............................18 (0) two with zero strikeouts in 0.2 innings. Average Attendance ................................ 3,163 2021 Omaha Storm Chasers Game Information Page 1 STARTING PITCHER EDDIE BUTLER RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER CAREER HIGHS | IP (START): 8.0, 2x, last - 8/2/16 @ TAC HEIGHT WEIGHT BATS THROWS IP (RELIEF): 2.0, 2x, last - 5/14/21 @ COL (CLE) 6-2 180 RIGHT RIGHT RUNS ALLOWED: 9, 7/27/16 vs. SLC BORN: March 13, 1991 WALKS: 5, 3x, last - 8/28/15 vs. COL (MIL) BIRTHPLACE: Chesapeake, Va. STRIKEOUTS: 9, 7/6/13 @ STK AGE: 30 MOST HITS ALLOWED: 11, 5/1/14 vs. ARK ACQUIRED: MiLB FA, 2021 MLB SERVICE TIME: 2 years, 141 days 33 2021 SEASON HIGHS 2021 GAME-BY-GAME IP (START): 2.0, 5/29 vs. IND DATE OPPONENT DEC IP H R ER BB SO LEFT GAME RESULT RUNS ALLOWED: 1, 5/29 vs. IND 5/12 @ COL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 End 6, trailing 3-2 W, 5-4 WALKS: 1, 2x, last - 6/1 vs. IOW 5/14 @ COL ND 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 End 7, leading 7-3 L, 10-7 STRIKEOUTS: 4, 5/29 vs. IND 5/16 @ COL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 End 8, leading 8-3 W, 8-3 5/21 @ IOW ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 End 7, trailing 9-3 L, 9-8 MOST HITS ALLOWED: 3, 6/1 vs. IOW 5/23 @ IOW H 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 End 6, leading 6-3 W, 7-5 SCORELESS STREAK: 5.0, 6/1-pres. 5/26 vs. IND W 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 End 7, tied 7-7 W, 10-7 5/28 vs.