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Myrtle Beach Pelicans (7-10) vs. Lynchburg Hillcats (13-4) vs. THE HILLCATS 2021 vs. Hillcats .......................................................................1-4 in Myrtle Beach .............................................................0-0 Sunday, May 23, 2021 - 3:00 p.m. in Lynchburg ..................................................................1-4 Game No. 18 • Road Game No.12 2019 vs. Lynchburg ................................................................8-9 Bank of the James Stadium • Lynchburg, V.A. RHP Sam Thoresen (0-2, 4.70 ERA) vs. RHP Lenny Torres (0-0, 7.20 ERA) All-Time vs. Lynchburg (since 2005) ..........153-156 (.495) LAST TIME OUT walk-off three-run home run to beat Augusta 9-7 in 10 PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS After giving up 14 runs the night before, the Pelicans innings. Mervis was signed as an undrafted free agent again surrendered double-digit runs in an 11-1 loss in in 2020 out of Duke University, and is playing his first Record ......................................................................7-10 Lynchburg on Saturday night. The lone run came from season of professional baseball. OF Jonathan Sierra is in Home Record ............................................................4-2 a solo home run from OF Jonathan Sierra for his first his fifth season of minor league baseball and collected Road Record ..............................................................3-8 homer of the year. LHP Adam Laskey took the loss after four RBIs in his first game with the Pelicans in the front Current Streak ............................................................ L3 pitching just 1.2 innings but giving up five earned runs end of Saturday’s doubleheader. Sierra has played in 286 off six hits. Andres Melendez became the second Hillcat career minor league games since he was signed in 2015 in as many games to hit multiple home runs. As a team, by the Cubs. Runs Scored .........................................66 (3.9/G)/9th Lynchburg collected 15 hits opposed to Myrtle Beach’s Runs Allowed ......................................85 (5.0/G)/3rd seven. TOP CUBBIE Run Differential .............................................-19/10th Highlighting the Pelicans’ roster in 2021 is the Cubs’ Low-A East, South Division Standing/GB ...........4th/3.0 WHOLE LOTTA RUNS first-round draft pickEd Howard. Howard was the first Current Standings Streak .......................4th/3 days After giving up just seven runs on 13 hits to the Hillcats in shortstop taken in the five-round 2020 MLB draft as the Long Standings Strk ...............4th (May 4-May 13) the first three games of the series combined, the Pelicans Cubs selected him 16th overall. The Chicago native was have now seen 25 runs cross the plate for Lynchburg in ranked as the fourth-best prospect in the Cubs system by the last two games off 31 hits. The starters have given Baseball America and fifth on MLB’s Cubs 2021 Prospect Series Record.............................................................1-2 up nine of those runs, while the bullpen has accounted Rankings despite his lack of professional experience. Series Streak ............................................................... L1 for the other 16. The double-digit run performances are Howard was put on the national stage when playing for Pelicans’ Sweeps ..........................................................0 the fourth and fifth times Lynchburg has done that this the Jackie Robinson West team that reached the 2014 Sweeps of the Pelicans ..............................................0 season. Little League World Series. Known for his defense, How- ard will join the Pelicans this summer after graduating Batting Average/Rank .............................. .181/11th YO YO from Mt. Carmel High School in 2020. Howard posted his On-Base Percentage ................................. .255/12th Pelicans’ OF Yohendrick Pinango has really turned things first three-hit game on Friday night (5/21) going 3-5 with up with the bat in this series. The 19-year-old is currently three runs socred. Slugging Percentage ................................ .272/11th riding a four-game hitting streak, where he’s been 6-16 OPS ................................................................. .527/11th (.375) in that span with a home run, double, three runs, BUDDY’S BACK Strikeouts .........................................................205/3rd and five RBIs. His average has climbed from .182 to a A familar face will be leading the Pelicans in 2021 as Walks ..................................................................45/12th team-leading .233 during this stretch. Buddy Bailey returns to manage the club for his second Hits ......................................................................99/11th stint in Myrtle Beach. Bailey previously led the Pelicans Doubles ................................................................25/6th COMEBACK KIDS from 2016-18, and will be coaching his 15th season in Triples ................................................................. 2/T-8th In the first two games of the series against Augusta, the the Cubs organization. During his first three years with Pelicans scored a combined six runs in the eighth inning, the Pelicans, Bailey recorded 216 wins, three half-season Home Runs .........................................................7/10th and both times it came when the Birds were trailing Southern Division Championship titles, one Southern Stolen Bases....................................................8/T-11th to start the frame. In the first game of the series,Matt Division Championship title, and the Carolina League Mervis doubled with the bases loaded to bring home Championship in 2016. In 2017, Bailey became just the Errors ..................................................................15/10th three runs and put the Pelicans in front 4-2. On Thursday 11th minor league manager to reach the 2,000-win night, three more runs came across in the inning which plateau- he currently sits with 2,147. 2021 wil be his 33rd ERA .....................................................................4.09/8th was capped off with aYohendrick Pinango RBI single season as a minor league manager. Strikeouts ..................................................... 184/T-8th that put Myrtle Beach ahead 4-3. Sunday night was the highlight as the Pelicans entered the 10th inning down PELICAN POINTS Walks .....................................................................71/7th 7-6. AfterEd Howard walked to put two runners on base, The Lynchburg Hillcats are the first non-Low-A East, South Hits Allowed ................................................ 126/T-4th Mervis smoked a ball to right field for his first career division that the Birds will be playing this year. Overall, Home Runs .........................................................13/5th home run and the Pelicans’ walked off winners 9-7 for Myrtle Beach will play five series against four teams WHIP .............................................................. 1.34/T-5th their third comeback win in the series. outside the division. (Salem, Down East, Fayetteville, and Lynchburg x2) WELCOME TO MYRTLE, MATT (AND JONATHAN) After being activated earlier in the day, IF Matt Mervis LOW-A EAST STANDINGS hit the go-ahead three-run double in the eighth inning SOUTH on Tuesday (5/11) to seal the comeback victory for the Columbia 10-7 -- Pelicans. On Sunday, Mervis ended the series with a Charleston 9-8 1 Augusta 8-9 2 Myrtle Beach 7-9 3 THE WEEK AHEAD NORTH DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Lynchburg 13-4 -- 05/24 OFF Delmarva 12-5 1 Salem 10-7 3 05/25 7:05 p.m. at Salem Red Sox RHP Richard Gallardo (0-1) Fredricksburg 1-16 16 05/26 7:05 p.m. at Salem Red Sox LHP DJ Herz (0-0) CENTRAL 05/27 7:05 p.m. at Salem Red Sox RHP Manuel Espinoza (1-1) Down East 12-5 -- 05/28 7:05 p.m. at Salem Red Sox LHP Adam Laskey (0-2) Carolina 10-7 2 05/29 6:05 p.m. at Salem Red Sox RHP Sam Thoresen (0-2) Fayetteville 8-9 4 05/30 4:05 p.m. at Salem Red Sox RHP Richard Gallardo (0-1) Kannapolis 2-15 10 BIRD DROPPINGS - The Birds rank 119/120 minor league teams in OBP (.255), 116th in avg (.181) - The Pelicans now rank 29th/30 Low-A teams in batting average (.181) above only Fredricksburg (.173) - The Pelicans rank 118th in all of the minors in SLG (.272) - 13 runs is marked a new season-high for the Pelicans on Friday night, while the 14 hits are also a season-high - Edmond Americaan leads the team with 3 HR, two came against Augusta in the six-game series last week. - The Pelicans have had at least one player with three strikeouts in 12 of 17 games played. 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 ....................................................................................4-6 In first place ........................................................................................0 vs. Low-A East, North................1-4......................0-0 ..........................1-4 With a LHSP ....................................................................................3-4 In second place .................................................................................0 vs. Lynchburg ..............................1-4......................0-0 ..........................1-4 Starter throws 5.0-plus ...............................................................1-2 In third place