OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Gary SouthShore RailCats (7-6, T 4th North) at T-Bones (7-6, T 1st South) LHP #37 Trevor Lubking (2-1, 1.88) at RHP #35 Dylan Baker (1-0, 4.00) Game 14 – Home Game 12 6/1/19 - 7:05 pm — T-Bones Stadium, Kansas City, KS Series: Game 2 of 3 On air at T-&Bones MixLR Channel AA SOUTH STANDINGS FINAL STANDINGS Team W L GB Last Game Last Night T-Bones 7 6 L 7-1 GAR The T-Bones dropped their third game in a row as Gary won it 7-1. The RailCats hit a Cleburne 8 7 L 5-0 STP pair of home runs and broke open a 3-1 game late in the seventh and ninth scoring four Lincoln 7 7 0.5 L 7-2 MKE off the T-Bones pen. Dustin Hurlbutt tossed a hard luck quality start in the loss for KC. Sioux Falls 6 8 1.5 L 11-10 SF Sioux City 5 9 2.5 L 9-2 SC Tonight Texas 2 12 5.5 L 8-1 FM The T-Bones host longtime rival the Gary SouthShore RailCats in the second game of a Sizzle Facts three-game series at T-Bones Stadium. Streak: L3 Last 5: 2-3 Last 10: 5-5 Home: 6-5 Away: 1-2 Vs. GAR: 0-1 Pitching Matchups RHP Dylan Baker will face LHP Trevor Lubking for the RailCats. Dylan Baker takes South: 2-0 North: 5-6 Month: 7-6 the bump for KC. Baker comes to KCK after one season with the Los Angeles Dodgers Runs/Rank HR/Rank OBP/Rank organization where he went 3-6 in 34 games all in relief with a 6.08 ERA over 37 57 / 8th 9/T 6th .353 /T 4th innings and notched eight saves in 2018. Primarily a starter throughout his career, it AVG/Rank ERRORS OPS/Rank was his first season to notch a save as a pitcher. Prior to his one season with the .258/6th 10/T 7th .730 / 6th Dodgers system, he spent 2012 to 2017 with the Cleveland Indians organization. WHIP/Rank ERA/Rank Strike Outs/Rank th Baker was selected in the fifth round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft by the 1.47/ 9th 4.63 / 10th 119 / 4 Cleveland Indians and made his debut in the rookie Arizona League that summer. T-BONES LEAGUE LEADERS Lubking was drafted in the 14th round by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2014 out of Pacific st AVG Darenll Sweeney .410 / 1 Lutheran University. The Buckley, Washington native spent one season with the Rays nd Xtra base Darnell Sweeney 10/ 2 organization and another with the Brewers. He missed parts of two seasons due to BB Darnell Sweeney 11 / T 3rd injury but came back to have a solid 2018 making four indy ball stops. HR Darnell Sweeny 4 / T 3rd Total Bases Darnell Sweeney 33 / 5th Roster Moves SB Darnell Sweeney 6 / 1st It has been a busy day for the T-Bones. The team has signed seven-year Major OBP Darnell Sweeny .566/ 1st Leaguer Daniel Nava and former T-Bone Dylan Tice. To get to the American Last Five Association roster number of 23 the team has released OF Daniel Robertson but have Day Opp Result/Notes added him to the coaching staff as Hitting Coach. Bill Sobbe will stay at third base but 5/31 GAR L 7-1 another quiet bats night also take over the pitching coach duties. Sobbe served as the pitching coach for the 5/30 MKE L 12-1 too many runs club from until 2014-2016. 5/29 MKE L 6-4 three errors About the RailCats 5/29 MKE W 8-1 Three deep shots The Gary SouthShore RailCats and the T-Bones rivalry goes back to the old Northern 5/27 F&M W 10-6 Baker and Bats League. KC is 37-50 in the AA vs. the RailCats since 2011. The RailCats are led by By the Numbers Manager Greg Tagert one of the most successful Managers in all of baseball. In 15 Day…1-2 Night…6-4 seasons at the helm of the Cats. Tagert has reached the post season nine times. Series...1-3 Sweeps… Series Open…5-1 Series Middle…0-3 Old Mates Series Finale…3-2 Rubber Match…1-1 Kansas City and Gary used to share the same division in the American Association until Last At-Bat...2-2 Walk-Off…1-0 the switch to the new North South two division format last season. The T-Bones and Comeback…2-0 Extra Innings…2-0 RailCats met for the 2008 Northern League Championship with Kansas City defeating Doubleheader… 2-0-3 Score First…3-3 the defending champion RailCats three games to one. It remains one of the more Allow First Run…4-2 1-Run Game…1-0 colorful chapters in both teams’ histories with the game being delayed for three days in 2-Run Game…1-3 3-Run Game…2-0 Gary with Rain and a sink hole in left field from the weather. The T-Bones would finish 4+Run Game…3-2 More hits…5-1 the post season with a 6-1 record that years on the way to the title. Fewer hits…1-4 Same hits…1-1 Scoring 0-3…2-5 Scoring 4-6…1-1 NEXT FIVE Scoring 7+…4-0 Allow 0-3…5-1 6/2 GAR RHP Eric Morell vs. TBA 1:05pm Allow 4-6…1-2 Allow 7+…1-3 6/3 @MKE RHP Tommy Collier at TBA 5:35pm 6/4 @MKE TBA at TBA 5:35pm 6/5 @MKE TBA at TBA 12:05pm 6/6 @MKE TBA at TBA 12:05pm Steak Bites from the Steakhouse Sell Sell Sell The T-Bones had a pair of contracts purchased today by Major League organizations. LHP Eric Stout was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds. The former Royal was joined by his AAA teammate from last season at Omaha in RHP Kevin Lenik who was purchased as well today by the Boston Red Sox. That makes three this season joining Randal Delgado who was signed by the New York Yankees last Friday. Tice Tice Baby Dylan Tice hit .333 in 68 games with one home run and 16 RBIs while holding down the leadoff spot for KC last season until August 5th. The next day he became the 38th Kansas City player and the eighth that season to have his contract purchased when the New York Mets came calling. Tice was among the league leaders at the plate all season last year. The Perkasie, Pennsylvania native was ninth in the league in average, 4th with 55 runs scored, 5th in hits with 91 and 4th in on base percentage at .428 when he was sold. Tice walked 41 times and added 12 stolen bases to a T-Bones club that flourished all season with him at the top of the batting order. He was second on the club in stolen bases and was hit by a team-leading seven pitches last season. Tice came to Kansas City following an All-Star season where he hit .327 for the Rockland Boulders of the CAN-AM League in 2017. Tice was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 36th round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He would spend parts of two seasons with the Cardinals organization, reaching high A Palm Beach in the Florida State League in 2016. In 40 games he hit .288 with a homer and 18 RBIs in 2016. Tice spent eight games at low A Peoria in the Midwest League, hitting a home run and driving in six runs in 35 at bats, and he spent another 20 games at short season A State College in the New York-Penn League with two long balls, 10 RBIs and a .281 batting average. Tice spent 41 games following the 2015 draft with the Cardinals Gulf Coast League club. He hit .280 with one home run and 22 RBIs in his rookie season. Keeping it local Right-hander Robert Calvano hails from Kansas City. Infielder Shawn O’Malley lives in Overland Park. RHP Dustin Hurlbutt is from Coffeyville, Kansas, and IF Casey Gillaspie is a former Wichita State star. Double vision The T-Bones have been rained out five times since Friday the 17th the opening night of the season. They have played four double headers after playing only four all of last season. The club was only washed away three times all season at home last year. The first did not come until August 15th against Fargo. The second came four days later on August 19th against Cleburne in a game that was not made up with the T-Bones only playing 99 games. The weather forced another rainout in Texas on June 7th the other double headers was a scheduled pair in Lincoln. This season the club was washed away on Saturday the 18th against Fargo and made up the next day the 19th. The back to back rain outs at home against Lincoln on the 20th and 21st and Friday night in Winnipeg. The back to back on Monday and Tuesday was the fourth time that the T-Bones have had back to back rainouts in a season. The last time was in 2015 when the T-Bones were washed away on back to back nights in Joplin on June 17th and 18th that season.