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game information www.cakesbaseball.com @cakesbaseball Wednesday, May 9 new orleans baby cakes (17-15) at round rock express (11-22) 7:05 p.m. CT Dell Diamond Game #33 Round Rock, TX RHP Zac Gallen (3-1, 2.50) vs. LHP David Hurlbut (0-2, 4.86) Road Game #18 THE BABY CAKES – e New Orleans Baby Cakes continue an eight ROAD WARRIORS – A er losing each of their rst nine road games of ‘cakes corner game road trip tonight with the second of a fourgame set against the the season, the ‘Cakes have won seven of the last eight, including ve in Round Rock Express. e ‘Cakes have claimed four of ve meetings this a for the rst time since July 1227, 2015. e last sixgame road winning Current Streak ...........................W6 Home ........................................105 season, including three in their nal atbat last week at the Shrine. Last streak was a sevengame run vs. Round Rock and Memphis, June 1226, Streak ..........................................W1 night matched the secondlargest margin of victory for New Orleans in 2007. New Orleans has won the rst ve games of a road trip for the rst Road ......................................... 710 105 alltime matchups at Dell Diamond (ninerun wins four times). time since its seasonending trek through Oklahoma City and Round Streak ..........................................W5 Rock from August 27-31, 2007 which clinched the club’s last division title. Last 10 ........................................ 82 vs. RHP (starter) ....................1313 YESTERDAY’S NEWS – e Baby Cakes used a 14hit attack to defeat vs. LHP (starter) ....................... 42 Round Rock, 102 for their sixth consecutive victory. Eric Campbell had HOT SOUP – Eric Campbell extended his hitting streak to 11 games, the vs. Division ..............................105 a tworun single in the rst inning to give the Baby Cakes an early lead, hlongest active streak in the PCL and the longest by a NOLA player vs. American Conference ...... 1715 and added an RBI single in the third and a sacri ce y in the h to nish since Reid Brignac had a 19game streak from August 226, 2015. He is vs. Paci c Conference .............. 00 vs. NL A liates .......................310 with a seasonhigh four RBI. Campbell tacked on his third single of the batting .489 (22x45) during the run, which includes multi-hit e orts in six vs. AL A liates ....................... 145 night during a threerun eighth inning. Magnerius Sierra also had three of his last seven contests. Campbell charted the Baby Cakes’ rst four-RBI Day ............................................. 43 hits, and Isaac Galloway and JT Riddle chipped in two apiece as the top game of the season, giving him 18 RBI in his last 17 games. Night ....................................... 1312 four hitters in the ‘Cakes lineup combined to go 10x19. Austin Nola Extra Innings .............................33 Shutouts ..................................... 42 drilled his rst home run of the season, a tworun shot in the sixth which HIT PARADE – New Orleans reached double-digit hits for the h game OneRun Games ........................ 55 pushed the Baby Cakes’ lead to 70. Adam Conley blanked the Express in a row. A er outhitting Omaha 5627 in four games, the ‘Cakes outhit Score 5+ Runs ........................... 85 for ve innings before tiring in the sixth, when he allowed a tworun Round Rock last night, 147. e Baby Cakes have batted .350 (70x200) Scoring First ............................ 125 homer to Tommy Joseph and was removed a er making 100 pitches. Joe in the ve contests, a er entering the road trip with a PCLworst .225 Opponent Scores First ........... 510 Commit Error .......................... 211 Gunkel gave up a single and a walk to the rst two batters he faced in the team batting average. Hit Home Run ............................84 sixth, then retired the last 10 in a row to earn the save. Quality Start ............................. 112 RIDDLE ME THIS – JT Riddle recorded his fourth straight multihit Outhit Opponent .....................114 ON THE HILL – Zac Gallen brings a 2.50 ERA, eighthbest in the PCL, game and h in six starts since joining the Baby Cakes, which includes Leading A er 6 ....................... 131 Trailing A er 6 ........................213 into his seventh start of the year. Last ursday against fourfou games with three hits. In seven games overall, he Leading A er 7 ....................... 131 Round Rock, Gallen blanked the Express on four hits On This Date ... is hitting .483 (14x29) with three doubles, one triple, Trailing A er 7 ........................213 one home run and 10 RBI. Leading A er 8 ....................... 130 over 7.0 innings with a season-high six strikeouts, but 2001: Pinch hitter Raul Chavez drills a did not factor into the decision as the game remained Trailing A er 8 ........................011 walko threerun homer in the bottom Series Record ..........................440 scoreless into extra innings. Gallen has yet to permit a of the ninth as NOLA stuns Oklahoma JUMBOLAYAJUM – Jumbo Diaz has converted each of with nine unanswered runs to win 97. Series Openers .......................... 54 run in 20.0 innings in his three home starts, where the Alan Zinters grand slam and RBI his ve save chances, putting him tied for h place Series Finales .............................44 opposition is batting .176. In three road starts, he owns doubles from Scott Servais and Omar in the PCL, while the rest of the ‘Cakes bullpen has Doubleheader Games ...............00 a 5.63 ERA and a .366 batting average against. Gallen Ramirez highlight a sixrun eighth gonegon 4x10. Diaz has surrendered two hits in 18 atbats DH Sweep/Swept/Split ..........0/0/0 inning,ing, whichw had cut the de cit to 776. Come From Behind Wins ..............5 has surrendered just one home run in 36.0 innings. (.111)(.1 with runners in scoring position. Bat Around For/Against ...........3/1 Longest Win Streak ....................+6 FOR STARTERS – Baby Cakes starting pitchers have a 2.27 ERA (31 ER/ MAGNIFICENT MAGGY – Magneuris Sierra stretched his hitting Longest Lose Streak .....................7 123.0 IP) over the last 20 games and opponents are hitting .197 (93x472). streakto a seasonbest six games and has hit safely in 14 of his last 16 High Water Mark ........................+3 Low Water Mark ..........................6 Last night saw Adam Conley fall one out shy of posting the team’s ninth contests, during which he is batting .343 (24x70). Sierra is hitting .325 White Jersey .............................. 73 consecutive quality start, during which the sta owns a 2.00 ERA (14 ER/ since moving into the second spot in the lineup, a er going 5x40 (.125) Grey Jersey ..................................35 63.0 IP). NOLA is 112 when receiving a quality start. batting leado . Blue Jersey ................................. 56 Pelicans Jersey ........................... 11 Misc. Jersey ................................10 DEAN OF HITS – Austin Dean has gone 11x35 (.314) with seven walks STEAL AWAY – e Baby Cakes stole three bases in a game for the rst and eight RBI in his rst 10 TripleA contests. Dean was hitting .420 time this season to boost their season total to 29, tied with Omaha for thirdmost in the PCL. Magneuris Sierra joined Rafael Ortega as the only (34x81) in 22 games with AA Jacksonville and was honored as April’s TEAM LEADERS Southern League Player of the Month a er pacing the circuit in batting ‘Cakes players to swipe two bags in a game. Isaac Galloway’s steal was his AB: Sierra ....................................117 average, hits, total bases (53), slugging percentage (.654) and OPS (1.120). eighth of 2018 tied for thirdmost in the league, and the 58th of his New AVG: Campbell ....................... .348 Dean’s 45 hits overall are tied for thirdmost in the minors, two behind Orleans career, three behind the alltime franchise leader Colin Porter. H: Campbell .................................31 R: Galloway ..................................21 Salt Lake’s David Fletcher and San Antonio’s Josh Naylor, and his .388 2B: Galloway...................................6 batting average (45x116) ranks eighth in MiLB (Fresno’s J.D. Davis, .432). NO ORDINARY JOE – With 3.1 innings of onehit relief last night, Joe 3B: ree tied with ........................2 Gunkel lowered his ERA to 1.67 (5 ER/27.0 IP), qualifying him for HR: Rodriguez ...............................4 GOLDEN GOPHER – Right-hander Ben Meyer has been named PCL secondbest in the PCL behind Nashville’s Daniel Gossett (1.05). Gunkel RBI: Campbell ..............................20 Pitcher of the Week, a er going 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA (3 ER/14.0 IP) in a owns the league’s best WHIP (0.74) and third-best batting average against SB: Galloway ...................................8 pair of starts. Meyer gave up just ve total hits, limiting opponents to a (.184) and has struck out 21 batters against only two walks. W: Gallen ........................................3 .109 average (5x46) to lower his league-leading batting average against L: Conley .........................................4 to .172 (21x172). He also ranks second in the PCL in WHIP (0.84) and NAWLINS NOTES – Austin Nola’s home run was his rst since last July SV: Diaz...........................................5 19, also at Dell Diamond ... e Baby Cakes own a plus run di erential ERA: Gunkel .............................1.67 fourth in ERA (2.10). e University of Minnesota alum had nished 7.0 G: Gonzalez ..................................12 innings