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Lansing Lugnuts History vs. Dayton The Lugnuts are 3-2 this year and 178-141 all- Class A Affiliate, Toronto Blue Jays • 22-29, 6th time vs. Dayton, 95-68 at home, 83-73 road. RHP Troy Watson (9.00 ERA) 1st Half Score 2nd Half Score 4/18 at LAN W, 12-4 6/20 at DAY at 4/19 at LAN L, 9-4 6/21 at DAY 4/20 at LAN W, 4-0 6/22 at DAY 5/28 at DAY L, 8-1 6/23 at DAY Dayton Dragons 5/29 at DAY W, 3-1 8/10 at DAY 5/30 at DAY 8/11 at DAY Class A Affiliate, Cincinnati Reds • 16-36, 8th 8/12 at DAY 8/17 at LAN RHP Jhon De Jesus (6.14 ERA) 8/18 at LAN 8/19 at LAN 8/20 at LAN FIFTH THIRD FIELD DAYTON, OH FIRST PITCH: 7:00 PM THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019 Tonight: The Lugnuts play the rubber match of a three-game series at the Dayton Dragons, sending right-hander Troy Watson, followed by piggyback tandem-mate Josh Hiatt, against Dragons right-hander Jhon De Jesus. The Lugnuts have won of three of the five meetings with Dayton this year, splitting the first two games of this series. Lansing has not won consecutive games on the road since April 16-17 in West Michigan. Yesterday: Lugnuts 3, Dragons 1. RF Griffin Conine broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning with an RBI single in his MWL debut, 1B Jake Brodt followed with a two-run homer, and Josh Winckowski fired seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts to lift the Nuts to a ednesdayW night win. The game was completed in two hours and 18 minutes. On Deck: Following tonight’s contest, the Nuts return home for a three-game series vs. Bowling Green next weekend on Friday, May 31st - Forrest Gump Night; Saturday, June 1st - Mystery Jersey Night; and Sunday, June 2nd - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with special TMNT jerseys. Call of the Game: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Adam Jaksa deliver the call on Lansing’s Sports Station, The Game 730 AM. WVFN, streaming via Tune-In Radio and at lan- singlugnuts.com and TheGame730AM.com. The Lansing Lugnuts’ pre-game show starts at 6:45 p.m. PITCHING PROBABLES IN A NUTSHELL 7:05 p.m., Friday, May 31 TBA, Bowling Green Hot Rods at RHP Troy Miller (5.85), Lugnuts 22-29 7:05 p.m., Saturday, June 1 TBA, Bowling Green Hot Rods at RHP Sean Wymer (8.23), Lugnuts Streak: Won 1 1:05 p.m., Sunday, June 2 TBA, Bowling Green Hot Rods at RHP Fitz Stadler (4.97), Lugnuts Home: 14-15 Night: 16-22 Monday, June 3 Midwest League off day Road: 8-14 Day: 6-7 Lug•Notes vs. LHP: 6-10 vs. RHP: 16-19 Headlines: 3-game series: 4-4 P tossed his team-leading sixth quality start last night, blanking Dayton over seven frames. The WINckowski: Josh Winckowski 4-game series: 0-3-2 20-year-old right-hander, the youngest pitcher on the team, is now tied for 2nd in the Midwest League in victories (5), ranks 2nd in in- nings pitched (55 2/3), 4th in ERA (2.10), and leads the league in batters faced (230). Last year, Winckowski was named the Northwest Series sweeps: 2-2 League Pitcher of the Year. Series openers: 6-9 Rubber games: 2-1 Baseball Legacies: OF Griffin Conine joined the Lugnuts yesterday, delivering an RBI single in his third at-bat. Griffin is the son of 17-year Major Leaguer Jeff Conine, who was named to two All-Star teams and won the 1997 and 2003 World Series with the Florida Doubleheaders: 0-1 Marlins. He is the latest second-generation player in the Blue Jays’ system, joining the sons of Vladimir Guerrero, Craig Biggio, Dante Bichette and Roger Clemens. Conine is a top prospect in his own right, drafted 52nd overall in 2018 out of Duke and ranked the Blue Scored 1st: 17-6 Jays’ No. 16 prospect in the organization. Opponent scored 1st: 5-23 Thieves in the Night: The Lugnuts lead the Midwest League with 72 steals, third-most in Minor League Baseball and 20 more steals Shutouts: 3-4 than the MLB-leading Kansas City Royals. The Lugnuts led all of MLB/MiLB last year with 203 stolen bases. 1- run games: 6-5 Home Cooking: At Cooley Law School Stadium, the Lugnuts are slashing .278/.359/.435 with 53 doubles, 16 triples and 22 home runs 4+ run games: 11-13 in 29 games at home, averaging 5.7 runs, and are +4 in run differential. On the road, however, the club is hitting .218/.299/.306 with 31 doubles, four triples and eight homers in 22 games, averaging 2.9 runs, and are -29 in run differential. More hits than opp.: 14-6 Fewer hits than opp.: 8-18 By the Numbers: Equal hits: 0-5 MLB.com’s Top 30 Jays prospects on the Lugnuts’ active roster (with SS Jordan Groshans and P Juan De Paula on the Injured List): 2 • OF Griffin Conine - No. 16 • C Gabriel Moreno - No. 18 Comeback wins: 7 Final at-bat wins: 5 Nuts to have made their MLB debuts this year: 2016 UT Cavan Biggio, 2015-16 OF Lane Thomas (St. Louis) and 2017 3B Vladimir Walk-offs: 2-0 3 Guerrero, Jr., (Toronto). 143 alumni have now reached The Show in 24 seasons of Lugnuts baseball, 18% of the 791 total players. Extra Innings: 1-2 Baserunners-per-nine-inning ratio for P Jackson Rees, leading all Midwest League relievers. Rees has allowed 17 runners in 22 2/3 6.8 innings and ranks 2nd in the circuit with a 15.88 K/9-IP ratio, whiffing 40 batters while walking just four and allowing only one earned run 9-INNING GAMES ONLY for an ERA of 0.40. In his professional debut last year in Bluefield, Rees had a 5.06 ERA between the GCL and Appalachian League. Leading Trailing Tied Consecutive games that UT Otto Lopez has reached base, thanks to drawing a first-inning walk, the second-longest on-base streak on 20 the Lugnuts this year behind Nick Podkul’s 24-game streak. During Lopez’s streak, beginning on May 5th, he’s batting .325/.386/.400. After 6: 17-1 2-23 3-2 After 7: 17-1 2-24 3-1 Stolen bases for OF Reggie Pruitt, leading the Midwest League. Pruitt, who stole 37 bases for the Lugnuts last year, has had two 21 separate three-steal games. The Kennesaw, Ga., native also leads the Midwest League with five triples. After 8: 19-0 0-24 3-2 Cooley Law School Stadium, 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 | (517) 485-4500 | lansinglugnuts.com | @lansinglugnuts | Contact: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, [email protected] MANAGER DALLAS MCPHERSON Age: 38 | Height: 6’4 | Bats/Throws: L/R • Member of The Citadel Hall of Fame, inducted 2011... won 17 games as a pitcher while posting .322 career batting average and Born: July 23, 1980 | Hometown: Randleman, NC knocking 21 home runs • Played for Cedar Rapids, taking part in the 2002 MWL All-Star Game... played in the 2004 Texas League All-Star Game, winning College: The Citadel (Charleston, SC) the HR Derby... played in the 2004 MLB Futures Game. 2nd round, 57th overall, 2001, Anaheim • Named Baseball America’s 2004 Minor League Player of the Drafted: Year after slashing .317 / .387 / .670 between Class-AA Arkansas and Class-AAA Salt Lake, totaling 36 doubles, 14 triples, 40 hom- Midwest League Experience: 1st season ers, 107 runs and 126 RBIs. • Made MLB debut 9/10/04 vs. Chicago White Sox... started all Pro Managerial Experience: 2nd season three games at 3B as Angels were swept in 2004 ALDS by even- tual champion Boston, batting 1-for-9. W-L Record Entering 2019: 40-36 (Vancouver, 2018) • Ranked No. 12 prospect in baseball entering 2005 season. • As a member of Triple-A Albuquerque, won the 2008 Joe Bau- Pro Playing Career: 2002-2012 man Roundtripper Award, leading MiLB with 42 home runs. • After playing career ended, coached King’s Christian High MLB: 2004-06 (Angels), ‘08 (Marlins), ‘11 (White Sox) School baseball and founded HardKnox Baseball Development. Years G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB IBB K HBP S SF AVG OBP SLG Minor League totals 10 874 3289 584 950 198 38 209 704 83 33 407 29 1050 31 1 20 .289 .370 .563 Major League totals 5 139 386 54 93 21 2 18 45 5 3 27 1 133 1 0 0 .241 .292 .446 Antonio Caceres Logan Bone Dave Pano Hiroki Yoshimoto Allison Tropf Justin Batcher Pitching Coach Hitting Coach Position/1B Coach Athletic Trainer Dietitian Strength/Conditioning Cotuí, Dominican Republic Festus, MO Worcester, MA -> Seminole, FL Osaka, Japan Dimondale, MI Milwaukee, WI Years in Lansing: 2009-10, ‘18-19 1st year in Lansing 2nd year in Lansing 1st year in Lansing 2nd year in Lansing 1st year in Lansing Pitched 1995-1998 in Jays’ org., Former catcher at Mizzou Former pro scout with Interned with Cleveland in 2012 Michigan State -> Eastern Mich. WGTC -> LaGrange College reaching Adv. R. Medicine Hat. 2018: coach at Lindenwood NY Yankees & Pittsburgh 2018: Dominican Summer League owns ALT Performance Nutrition 2018: Bluefield Luggie’s Fast Facts CURRENT MAJOR LEAGUE LUGNUTS Affiliation History Player Year(s) w/ Lugs Current Team 1.