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Myrtle Beach Pelicans (17-22) vs. Charleston RiverDogs (25-13) vs. THE RIVERDOGS 2021 vs. RiverDogs .................................................................2-8 Sunday, June 19, 2021 - 6:05 p.m. in Myrtle Beach .......................................................................0-4 in Charleston .................................................................2-4 Game No. 40 • Home Game No. 16 2019 vs. Charleston .............................................................. N/A Ticketreturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark • Myrtle Beach, S.C. All-Time vs. Charleston ............................................ 2-8 (.200) RHP Richard Gallardo (1-2, 4.78 ERA) vs. RHP Matthew Peguero (0-0, 0.00 ERA) LAST TIME OUT PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS The Pelicans were held without a run for the second HOWARD RETURNS game in a row and fourth time this season with a 4-0 de- After nearly a month-long stint on the IL where he missed Record ....................................................................17-22 feat on Friday night to Charleston. The RiverDogs turned 21 games, Cubs’ 2020 first-round draft pickSS Ed Howard Home Record ............................................................6-9 six hits into four runs off another big game from Curtis returned to the starting lineup and went 0-2 against Road Record .........................................................11-13 Mead and a two-run double in the third inning. Myrtle Charleston on 6/17. In his first two games back, Howard Current Streak ............................................................ L5 Beach also totaled six hits, with OF Jacob Wetzel leading has been taken out after seing four innings of action. the team with two singles. RHP Jose Miguel Gonzalez Howard has gone 11-57 (.193) with 28 strikeouts in his was solid coming out of the bullpen for the Pelicans with first 16 professional games after becoming the first Cubs Runs Scored ....................................161 (4.1/G)/10th five strikeouts in his 4.1 innings pitched. The Birds have first-round selection out of high school since 2021 (Albert Runs Allowed ....................................189 (4.8/G)/6th not scored a run in the last 22 innings, dating back to the Almora Jr.) Run Differential ...............................................-29/9th seventh inning of Wednesday night’s contest. Low-A East, South Division Standing/GB ...........4th/8.5 BUDDY’S BACK Current Standings Streak .......................4th/3 days ALL THAT POWER A familar face will be leading the Pelicans in 2021 as Long Standings Strk ...........3rd (May 27-June 10) As a team, the Pelicans have struggled for home runs this Buddy Bailey returns to manage the club for his second season, ranking 11/12 in the Low-A East with 17 homers. stint in Myrtle Beach. Bailey previously led the Pelicans Of the 17, five were hit in the series against Augusta from 2016-18, and will be coaching his 15th season in Series Record.............................................................2-4 from 6/8-6/13. Myrtle Beach hit a home run in five- the Cubs organization. During his first three years with Series Streak ............................................................... L2 straight games from 6/10 to 6/15, the longest stretch this the Pelicans, Bailey recorded 216 wins, three half-season Pelicans’ Sweeps ..........................................................0 season with IF Luis Verdugo hitting his first two homers Southern Division Championship titles, one Southern Sweeps of the Pelicans ..............................................0 last week, and IF Ryan Reynolds homering in the series Division Championship title, and the Carolina League against Augusta and the series opener against Charleston. Championship in 2016. In 2017, Bailey became just the Batting Average/Rank .............................. .217/11th 11th minor league manager to reach the 2,000-win On-Base Percentage ................................. .296/11th MYRTLE BEACH CELEBRITY plateau- he currently sits with 2,157. 2021 wil be his 33rd Sharing the name with the A-List actor, Pelicans infielder season as a minor league manager. Slugging Percentage ................................ .312/11th Ryan Reynolds has been making his name known in the OPS ................................................................. .608/11th last week. Reynolds has hit safely in six of his last seven PELICAN POINTS Strikeouts .........................................................415/5th games started, going 8-23 (.348) during that stretch In the last homestand against Columbia from 6/1-6/6, the Walks ................................................................122/12th with two home runs, a triple, and seven RBI. Nicknamed Pelicans were only able to play two-nine inning games Hits ....................................................................274/10th “Deadpool”, Reynolds brought in 11 RBI in his first 11 without a delay. Tuesday and Wednesday were played Doubles .............................................................53/10th games since returing from missing 18 games on the IL. normally, while Thursday’s game was suspended in the Triples .....................................................................8/7th sixth inning due to rain and completed on Friday. Friday’s NEED SOME HELP regular game was postponed to Saturday, where Myrtle Home Runs ......................................................17/11th In the first three games of the series against Charleston, Beach played two seven-inning games. Sunday was post- Stolen Bases................................................. 21/T-11th the Birds’ pitching staff gave up double-digit hits in every poned to a later date. Tuesday’s series opener in Augusta contest, while being outscored 24-11. In this season-high (6/8) was also postponed to a doubleheader on Thursday. Errors .................................................................37/T-9th five game losing streak, the Pelicans have been outscored Rain also affected the game on 6/15 against Charleston, 32-13 by their opponents while being shutout two games with the contest being called after seven innings of play. ERA .....................................................................4.20/7th in a row by Charleston (6/17, 6/18). Strikeouts ..................................................... 409/T-4th The Pelicans played Charleston for the first time in the PABLO...SANCHEZ? season-opening series from 5/4-5/9 with the RiverDogs Walks ..................................................................162/6th Pelicans’ DH/C Pablo Aliendo has been hitting like the taking four of six games. It was the first time the two Hits Allowed ....................................................291/6th Backyard Baseball legend Pablo Sanchez in the last three teams had played a regular season series. As a team, the Home Runs .........................................................23/8th weeks. After starting the season just 4-32 (.125), Aliendo Pelicans went 36-200 (.180) in the series. WHIP ..................................................................1.37/7th saw a nine-game hitting streak end on Wednesday night (6/9) which was tied for the longest by a Pelican this season. In the stretch, Aliendo went 17-33 (.515) with 4 2B, 6 RBIs and 6 runs scored. He leads the team in LOW-A EAST STANDINGS average at .290 and had six multi-hit performances in SOUTH seven games from 5/25 to 6/2. Aliendo hit his first home Charleston 25-13 -- run of the season on 6/13 at Augusta. Columbia 22-15 2.5 Augusta 18-22 8 Myrtle Beach 17-22 8.5 THE WEEK AHEAD NORTH DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Delmarva 24-14 -- 06/20 6:05 p.m. vs. Charleston RiverDogs RHP Manuel Espinoza (1-3) LHP Jose Lopez (2-2) Lynchburg 21-17 3 Salem 22-18 3 06/21 OFF Fredricksburg 12-28 13 06/22 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies LHP Adam Laskey (0-2) TBD CENTRAL 06/23 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies LHP DJ Herz (0-1) TBD Carolina 24-15 -- 06/24 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies TBD TBD Down East 23-16 1 06/25 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies TBD TBD Fayetteville 15-24 9 06/26 6:35 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies TBD TBD Kannapolis 10-29 14 BIRD DROPPINGS - The Pelicans have knocked 39 hits in games 2-5 against Augusta, going 39-131 (.298) as a team in this stretch with - The Pelicans have lost tive straight games, their longest losing streak this season three double-digit hit performances - C/DH Pablo Aliendo tied the longest hitting streak by a Pelican this season at nine games (5/25-6/5) - The Pelicans dipped five games under .500 at 17-22 for the first time this season - The Pelicans committed a season-high five errors against Columbia on Wednesday 6/2 - 13 runs is marked a new season-high for the Pelicans against Lynchburg (5/21), while the 14 hits are also a season-high - The Pelicans hit a home run in five-straight games from 6/10-6/15, the longest streak this season - A three-game winning is the longest of the season for Myrtle Beach (May 23-26, May 28-30), they improved to over - The Pelicans have been held scoreless in the last 11 innings dating back to Wednesday’s game against Charleston .500 for the first time this year with a 4-0 win over Salem on Sunday 5/30) PAGE 2 • 2021 MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS GAME NOTES SITUATIONAL RECORDS & MISC., HIGHS AND LOWS PELICANS SITUATIONAL RECORD Against the 2021 Opponents Pitching Number of Days (in division) Team Total Home Road With a RHSP ...............................................................................11-12 In first place ........................................................................................0