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MEDIA INFORMATION Carolina Mudcats (52-42, 13-12 2nd, 3.0 GB / Southern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks (56-37, 12-12, 2nd, 4.0 GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals Game No. 94, 25 • Home Game No. 46 • Frawley Stadium • Monday, July 15, 2019 • 6:35 p.m. BLUE ROCKS BREAKDOWN Today’s Starting Pitchers HOME: 26-19 | AWAY: 30-18 STREAK: W2| LAST 5: 3-2 | LAST 10: 5-5 Wilmington: RHP Jonathan Bowlan ROCKS ON A ROLL: Daniel Tillo and Kyle Isbel combined on most of the heavy lifting in the Wilmington Blue Rocks’ 3-2 win Carolina: RHP Christian Taugner over the Carolina Mudcats on Sunday at Frawley Stadium. Tillo Today’s Starter for the Blue Crew turned in a quality start while Isbel provided the offense with a Jonathan Bowlan was the fifth pitcher selected three-run homer as the Blue Crew were victorious for the seventh by Kansas City in the 2018 Draft. He’d probably straight time against Carolina. prefer it described as the Royals’ second round choice the 58th overall selection of the draft. He TOP OF THE STANDINGS TO YOU: Wilmington has sat atop the excelled at the University of Memphis, register- Carolina League North standings for most of the 2019 season—90 ing 104 strikeouts in 14 starts as a junior. In his of the campaign’s first 100 days. The Rocks have not been out of best outing he set a school record with 18 strike- first place in the overall ledger since April 26. outs in a complete game win. The right-hander SETTING THE TONE FROM THE START: Wilmington’s starting signed for $1.17 million and is the 28th-ranked pitching has been magnificent over the last four games. During that prospect in the Kansas City system, according span the quartet of Kris Bubic, Austin Cox, Marcelo Martinez and to MLB.com. Bowlen began his pro career in Daniel Tillo have combined to allow just two earned runs over 25 Rookie-Idaho Falls last season, going 1-4 with innings pitched. Each turned in quality outings. For Tillo its was his a 6.94 ERA in nine starts for the Chukars. He fifth start in his last six trips to the mound, but his first win. In fact, opened this season in Low-A Lexington, and the victory was his first since May 31. went 6-2 with a 3.36 ERA in 13 games and 11 starts for the Legends. Bowlan fanned 74 and WELCOME BACK KYLE: Kyle Isbel announced his return to walked only 10 in 69.2 innings pitched. the Riverfront with authority on Sunday. Playing his first game as a Blue Rock since April 16 the prospect outfielder hit a three-run homer in the third inning. It was his third long ball in only 13 con- 2019 Regular-Season Series: WIL vs. CAR tests with Wilmington in 2019. Isbel began the season with the Blue Crew, but missed almost three full months on the injured list. He WIL Leads Series 7-1 returned for a week-long rehab stint in the Arizona Rookie League before being placed back on the Wilmington roster Saturday and (CAR Won Series, 9-5 in 2018) making his return to the lineup in Sunday’s triumph. Date Site Result KILLING IT IN CLOSE CONTESTS: The Blue Crew lead the Carolina League with 39 games decided by a single score in 2019 4/11 Carolina L, 7-6 and have played 58 affairs with a margin of victory of two-or-less. Wilmington is an impressive 41-17 in those close calls including 4/12 Carolina PPD 31-8 in one-run decisions. 4/13 Carolina W, 3-2 (7) FUN UNDER THE SUN: For most of the 2019 season Wilmington has had a great deal of success under the sun’s glare this season. 4/13 Carolina W, 6-0 (7) Wilmington won 13 of its first 14 day games, but dropped three 4/14 Carolina W, 5-1 straight before ending that skid Sunday afternoon against Carolina. 5/3 Wilmington W, 4-3 WHAT A COMEBACK: The Blue Rocks produced their largest comeback win of the season on Saturday, rallying from a five-run defi- 5/4 Wilmington W, 2-0 cit in the eighth inning to beat the Carolina Mudcats, 8-7, at Frawley 5/5 Wilmington Cancelled Stadium. The Rocks scored five runs in the pennultimate frame, four of which came with two outs in the inning. Then Dennicher Carrasco 7/13 Wilmington W, 8-7 singled home Brewer Hicklen in the ninth to give Wilmington its sec- ond walk-off win in as many days and their sixth on the year. 7/14 Wilmington W, 3-2 7/15 Wilmington BACK IN THE POSTSEASON: Wilmington clinched its first postseason berth since 2015 with its first-half CL North champion- 7/20 Carolina ship. That year Wilmington won the first half with a 38-32 record. The Rocks won 44 games in 2019 and finished 19 games above 7/21 Carolina .500 in the first half. The Blue Crew clinched their 2019 crown 7/22 Carolina on June 8. The 2015 Blue Crew eventually reached the Mills Cup Championship Series by sweeping Lynchburg in the Northern Di- vision Championship Series. Wilmington is in search of its first Carolina League crown since 1999. Upcoming Probable Starters and Schedule Tuesday, July 16 SCHEDULED DAY OFF Wednesday, July 17 at Winston-Salem 7:00 p.m. TBA vs. TBA 89.7WGLS-FM Thursday, July 18 at Winston-Salem 7:00 p.m. TBA vs. TBA 89.7WGLS-FM RADIO: Rowan Radio, 89.7 WGLS-FM WEBCAST: wgls.rowan.edu or bluerocks.com Wilmington Blue Rocks Game Notes MEDIA INFORMATION CONTINUED HOME RUN NOTES Blue Rocks vs. the Carolina League Blue Rocks 2-HR GAMES BY BLUE ROCKS (2 IN 2018 ) Opponent Record Home Road 4.14.19 Seuly Matias at CAR (Solo HR & 2-R HR) Frederick 10-6 6-2 4-4 3-HR GAMES BY BLUE ROCKS (HAS NEVER HAPPENED) Lynchburg 7-3 2-2 6-1 BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (1 IN 2018) Potomac 7-7 2-3 5-4 LAST TIME: 7.9.18 D.J. Burt & Emmanuel Rivera at FRE Salem 7-9 3-4 4-5 LEADOFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2018) Northern Div. 32-25 13-11 19-12 7.10.18 Nick Heath at FRE (Off big-league rehabber Chris Tillman) GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS 1 (3 IN 2018) Opponent Record Home Road 6.3.2019 MJ Melendez at MB Carolina 7-1 3-0 4-1 WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (0 IN 2018) 7.12.19 MJ Melendez vs. Salem Down East 1-3 1-3 0-0 Fayetteville 5-3 3-1 2-2 PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (1 IN BOTH 2018) LAST TIME: 5.16.15 Dex Kjerstad at LYN Myrtle Beach 6-1 3-1 3-0 Winston-Salem 5-4 3-3 2-1 INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS (2 IN 2018) LAST TIME: 8.19.18 @ W-S Oliver Nunez (4th inning, solo HR) Southern Div. 24-12 13-8 10-4 BLUE ROCKS HOME RUNS: 28 (63 IN 2018 / 23 HOME & 40 AWAY) Carolina 7 Lynchburg 4 Runners Left On Base Down East 0 Myrtle Beach 2 Blue Rocks: 509 Opponents: 560 Fayetteville 3 Potomac 7 Frederick 9 Salem 4 Numbers With RISP Winston-Salem 2 Blue Rocks: .211 Avg. (151-for-716) FRAWLEY 7 ROAD 31 Blue Rocks On... Mondays: 4-3 April: 15-11 Opponents Tuesdays: 8-5 May: 19-9 Wednesdays: 3-9 June: 16-10 2-HR GAMES BY OPPONENT (4 IN 2018) 7.6.2019 Jackson Reetz at Pfitzner Stadium Thursdays: 5-7 July: 6-7 3-HR GAMES BY OPPONENT (1 IN 2018) Fridays: 11-3 Aug: 0-0 LAST TIME: Michael Chavis (SAL) 4.19.17 at Hayley Toyota Saturdays: 11-8 Sept: 0-0 BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 IN 2017/0 IN 2016) Sundays: 9-2 LAST TIME 8.10.18 Jared Young & Andruw Monasterio off Nolan Waston at MB First Game of Series: 15-12 BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK (0 IN 2018) Last Game of Series: 16-9 Series Won: 14 LEADOFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2017) LAST TIME: 7.3.18 Luis Gonzalez (W-S) off Gerson Garabito at Wilmington Series Lost: 8 GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS (3 IN 2018) Series Split: 6 6.30.2019 Trevor Craport’s (FRE) off Austin Cox (5-3 Loss) Series Swept: 4 7.2.2019 Brian Mejia (POT) off Marcelo Martinez (10-4 loss) Rubber Matches: 0-5 WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2018) LAST TIME: 8.19.18 Yermin Merceds at Frederick 2019 Roster (39) PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (0 IN 2018) Pitchers (20) Catchers (3) Rudy Martin Jonathan Bowlan MJ Melendez Seuly Matias Holden Capps INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS (0 IN 2018) Sebastian Rivero Blake Perkins J.C. Cloney Stephan Vidal HOME RUNS ALLOWED TO: 29 (92 in 2018/ 33 Home & 59 AWAY) Austin Cox Carolina 3 Lynchburg 3 Daniel Duarte Down East 1 Myrtle Beach 1 Infielders (9) Fayetteville 9 Potomac 5 Josh Dye Ricky Aracena Frederick 9 Salem 7 C.J. Eldred Dennicher Carrasco Winston-Salem 6 Robert Garcia Angelo Castellano FRAWLEY 18 ROAD 25 Jackson Kowar Offerman Collado Austin Lambright Jose Marquez Rito Lugo Kyle Kasser Daniel Lynch Marcelo Martinez Cristian Perez Josh Mitchell Nick Pratto Tad Ratliff Colby Schultz Brady Singer Collin Snider Outfielders (7) Daniel Tillo Marten Gasparini Nolan Watson Michael Gigliotti Tyler Zuber Brewer Hicklen Kyle Isbel TODAY’S BLUE ROCKS STARTING PITCHER #44 RHP Jonathan Bowlan Acquired: Selected in the 2nd round of the 2018 Draft Born: Arlington, TN Age: 22 (December 1, 1996) Resides: Arlington, TN Ht: 6’6 Wt: 262 College: Memphis Bats/Throws: R/R Pitch Repertoire: 4-FB, 2-FB, SL, CH THE BOOK ON JONATHAN BOWLAN: Jonathan Bowlan was the fifth pitcher selected by Kansas City in the 2018 Draft.