MEDIA INFORMATION Frederick Keys (52-58 / 17-24, 5Th, 9.0 GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles Vs
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MEDIA INFORMATION Frederick Keys (52-58 / 17-24, 5th, 9.0 GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks (56-53 / 25-14, 1st, -- GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals Game No. 110 / 40 • Home Game No. 54 • Frawley Stadium • Friday, August 3, 2018 • 7:05 p.m. Tonight’s Starters BLUE ROCKS BREAKDOWN WIL: LHP Daniel Tillo (2-2, 4.50 ERA) HOME: 29-24 | AWAY: 27-29 | STREAK: L1 | LAST 5: 2-3 | LAST 10: 7-3 vs. ROCKS WALKED OFF BY ASTROS IN SERIES FINALE: The Wilmington Blue Rocks were FRE: LHP Zac Lowther (3-2, 2.89 ERA) walked off for just the third time this season in the bottom of the ninth inning by the Buies Creek Astros to suffer a 4-3 loss on Thursday night at Jim Perry Stadium. Jonathan Arauz delivered the decisive blow -Left-hander Daniel Tillo makes his 14th start of the season with Wilmington and with a one-out, three-run double in the bottom of the ninth. Blue Rocks’ starter Gerson Garabito turned fourth against the Keys. in another quality start on the mound, going six full innings while giving up only five hits, one run, -Drafted by the Royals in the third round of the 2017 Draft out of Iowa Western walked two while also amassing six strikeouts. The loss snapped a streak of four straight series victories Community College. by Wilmington. -Entered the season as the No. 19 prospect in the Royals’ system per MLBPipeline.com and by Baseball America. SO LONG BUIES CREEK: The loss on Thursday night marked the last time Wilmington and Buies -In his last start on July 28 in the second game of a doubleheader against Buies Creek will square off in the regular season. Creek he suffered the loss. -The loss was the first time this season the Rocks lost a lead after leading after the eighth inning (41-1) -He worked two innings, which was tied for the shortest start of his career, al- -The Blue Rocks ended the season series against the Astros with a 3-3 record going 2-1 at home and 1-2 lowed three runs (all earned) on just two hits, but walked a season-high six batters. on the road. -It was his fourth straight no-decision. -The Astros are the second team to wrap up their season series against the Blue Rocks this season. -Of his 13 starts with Wilmington, Tillo has lasted at least five innings in 10 of -Wilmington finished its series against the Carolina Mudcats in mid-May and went 2-5. them. -This weekend’s series against the Keys will also conclude the head-to-head matchup between these two -Against Frederick: 0-1, 6.08 ERA in three starts. Northern Division rivals. -13.1 IP, 13H, 9R/9ER, 9BB, 6K, .265 BAA. -The Blue Crew currently lead the series 11-9 and have won their last six against the Keys. -Started the season with the Low-A Lexington Legends. -During those six straight wins, the Rocks are outscoring the Keys 46-23. -Went 1-1 with a 4.35 ERA in seven starts. -The last time the Blue Rocks lost to the Keys was back on July 9 at Frederick (Lost 4-2) -41.1 IP, 37H, 22R/20ER, 14BB and 31K. -Royals’ Director of Scouting Lonnie Goldberg told MLB.com that“Tillo has a HATE TO SEE JULY GO: The Blue Rocks continue to play some of their best baseball in the second half chance to be a mid-rotation starter and a guy you dream on.” with their performance in July being a vital reason for Wilmington’s success. -Was originally drafted out of high school in Sioux City, Iowa by the Minnesota -Wilmington closed out the month of July with a 19-9 record which was the best record of any team in the Twins in the 39th round of the 2015 draft. CL during the month. -Named Iowa’s Mr. Basketball in his senior year of high school. -The Rocks as a team hit .277, the highest batting average of any month this season and also scored more -Originally attended University of Kentucky and pitched just 7.1 innings before runs (155) then they did in any previous month. transferring to Iowa Western Community College. -The Blue Rocks also have the highest winning percentage of any team in the second half at .641. (Winston-Salem -Was committed to play at Arkansas before the Royals drafted him. is second .605, 23-15) -Features a fastball (91-94 mph) to go along with a slider and changeup. -Wilmington has either been atop of the division or out of the top spot by just one game since July 11 and have led the division since July 18 and hold a 3.0 game lead over second place Lynchburg and nine game -Lefty Zac Lowther makes his 12th start with the Keys this season and fifth lead over the Keys. against the Blue Rocks. -The Blue Rocks also have not been below .500 at any point this half. (Have been at .500 mark four times) -Drafted by Baltimore in the second round (competitive balance round) of the -The Rocks are currently 21-9 against Northern Division foes in the second half which is the best mark in 2017 Draft out of Xavier University and was the highest-drafted player in the the division. program’s history. -Rated as the 17th-best prospect in Baltimore’s system per Baseball America. WALK OR RUN THIS WAY: The Blue Rocks have led the Carolina League in walks for the majority -In his last start on July 29 at Down East he did not factor in the decision. of the season and also lead the league in stolen bases. -He lasted five and two-thirds innings, allowed one run (earned) on four hits, -Wilmington has racked up 440 walks this year, 15 more than Potomac who is second in the league. walked one and struck out seven. -The Blue Crew also have been stealing bases at a rapid clip in the second half and have stolen 60 bases -Against Wilmington: 1-1, 2.57 ERA in four starts. through 39 games of the second half. -21.0 IP, 17H, 8R/6ER, 9BB, 21K, .218 BAA. -Wilmington has four different active players with double-digit stolen bases including D.J. Burt who is -Has allowed an earned run or less in seven of his last ten starts with Frederick. the active team-leader and third in the CL with 27, Blake Perkins ranks fourth in the CL with 22 between -Started the season with the Delmarva Shorebirds (Low-A/South Atlantic Potomac and Wilmington, Rudy Martin has 18 stolen bases on the year and Travis Jones has 11. League) -The Blue Crew have stolen five bases in six different games this season. -He ranked as one of the best pitchers in the circuit despite a small sample size. -Wilmington is the only team in the Carolina League to steal 20 or more bases in each of the first four -The 22-year-old posted a 3-1 record with a sterling 1.16 ERA. months of the season. (37 in April, 20 in May, 37 in June and 38 in July.) -Features a fastball, curveball and changeup. -They also have an impressive 73% success rate stealing bases this season (137 out of 188). 2018 Regular-Season Series: WIL vs. FRE (WIL Leads Series, 11-9) CAN COUNT ON CANCEL: Infielder Gabriel Cancel has been a major run producer for the Blue Rocks, especially in the second half. He delivered a game-tying RBI in the top of the ninth inning on (Series Tied 13-13 in 2017) Wednesday at Buies Creek. Date Site Result WP LP Save -Cancel has driven in 47 runs over his last 46 games and has also put together 14 multi-RBI games during the stretch and leads the team with 17 games driving in multiple runs. 4-19 FRE W, 15-4 Garabito (1-1) Sedlock (0-2) -He currently is the team leader, second amongst Royals’ farmhands in RBI and also second in the CL 4-20 FRE W, 2-0 Hernandez (1-0) Humpal (0-3) Brickhouse (3) with 67 runs batted in on the season. 4-21 FRE W, 12-10 Becker (1-0) Teague (0-1) Wynne (1) -Cancel drove in 26 runs in 27 games in the month of July. 4-22 FRE L, 6-2 Peralta (1-1) Vines (0-4) Kline (1) -When batting third, the infielder is hitting .280 (28-for-100) with 26 RBI in 26 games. 5-4 WIL W, 8-5 Hope (1-0) Jimenez (0-1) Wynne (3) -When he bats cleanup, Cancel is a .333 hitter (28-for-84) with 22 RBI in 22 games. 5-5 WIL L, 12-9 Araujo (1-0) Bender (1-1) 5-6 WIL L, 3-2 Teague (1-1) Tatum (0-1) Trowbridge (1) BURT PROVIDING THE HURT: Second-year Blue Rock D.J. Burt is not suffering from a sophomore slump in the Carolina League and was named a Carolina League All-Star. 5-29 WIL L, 2-1 Wells (3-3) Garabito (1-5) Muckenhirn(1) -He is third in the CL in on-base percentage (.393), third in the Carolina League in stolen bases (27), and 5-30 WIL L, 5-3 Britton (1-0) Hernandez (5-3) Muckenhirn (2) tied for fifth in batting average (.302) 5-31 WIL L, 5-2 Baumann (2-0) Hope (1-1) Erwin (3) -He picked up a hit in 20 of 24 games in July to help him post a .330 batting average (31-for-94) with two 6-8 WIL L, 3-2 Lowther (1-0) Gomez (2-4) Erwin (4) homers, 18 RBI and a .404 OBP.